Original 1986 BMW 325e - Tedward POV Test Drive (Binaural Audio)

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[@TedwardDrives]

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[@jayaung4628]

Tedwa

[@ahmirmekhi4415]

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[@bishopjaiden9482]

@Ahmir Mekhi Yea, have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself =)

[@situation_zero]

Growing up in the 80's I worshipped this car. This was the young executive entry level luxury sports sedan of its day.

[@danmurphy1994]

Ted I enjoy this style of POV drive very much, limited talking but the words you do say are often informative and always welcome.. Strikes a nice balance between the original formula of WR POV drives and the 'competitions' constant camera-in-face gum flapping. Thanks

[@vlado242]

Ted, I enjoy this blah blah blah 9:55 blah….boring! We need pulls and gear bangin’!!!!!

[@corbana4743]

I am honored to say I just picked a like new 1985 325E from original owner , car is a coupe sport seats in mint shape , 241k , runs like a dream I wish I know how to post picks here

[@crispybacon420]

There's something magical about the sound of an inline 6 BMW.

[@Makedeth]

damn i love that blue leather. its so 80's!

[@PianoandCarcrack94]

That blue interior is fantastic

[@jameskerherve7487]

I could listen to that engine all day. Especially that smooth eta engine with the 5 speed.

[@oddities-whatnot]

Had one of these 325i models as company car in 1991. Loved it. The engine was so smooth and boy did it pull. Fast car in its day. Cost new £27K from Benham BMW in Stockport. Happy days.

[@PipeOPhile]

I will rewatch this over and over and over. Make more videos on it Tedward, on your channel works too.

[@TedwardDrives]

Thanks!

[@johnspence2630]

So I had the automatic and I was going to do the conversion to a manual. I never got to do it. Looking back,seeing this video, regret, regret regret,should of done it. Memories. Thanks buddy. Keep em coming.

[@miloskujovic]

More driving videos of Old BMW's

[@windingroadmagazine]

We'll ask Tedward to see what he can find!

[@gabepettinicchio7454]

I test drove a 320, new in 86' or 87' and loved it. the manual shifter was like a hot knife thru butter. It handled well and steering was good. The one knock I had was that the car I drove had the ETA Engine. It was unbelievably slow around town unless you got the revs high. Nice video. Glad I saw this. It brought back a fond memory. Thanks!

[@killz4money]

Isn't the ETA engine supposed to be more torque-y down low than the standard M20s are?

[@gabepettinicchio7454]

To be honest, it was 30 yrs. ago. I just know that it was very disappointing in the acceleration department ... about 120 hp and the red-line was well below 5000 rpm. I only drove it stoplight to stoplight and it was still a dog, especially having just gotten out of the old Saab 900 Turbo. --- It was a fun day!

[@killz4money]

I got you, it does compare poorly to a big ol' Turbo of course. I drive an E28 520i myself, so that has the M20 engine but not the ETA version. Now just consider that the ETA engine already develops more than my peak torque - at 1000 rpm! But I just find myself thinking, nothing can beat how smooth these engines run, and that sound... nothing will ever replace it. M20 engines are fine to put around in, as Tedward mentioned, but most of them are not racing monsters. Unless you have some fun with tuning a 25i (M20B25).

[@gabepettinicchio7454]

Good post. Yeah, even though slow, it was so damn smooth.

[@malibujo1]

ETA engines came out only as 325E which was in fact 2.7 liter. The 320i sold only in europe and japan where actually 2.0L engine (M20B20) with 129 HP. I've been driving one daily for ten years now, (320i) revs 7000 like a charm. Kinda slow below 4000 rpm but sound amazing from 2000 to rev limiter. Real driver's car, European cars came stock with optional power steering and drum brakes at the back unlike US market cars but man, you do all the work and that is very satisfying. I wouldn't exchange it for a modern car.

[@michaelhughes3273]

Been thru there before, on our way to Sevierville. Dolly's Hometown, SMKW, Dollywood, etc. And the Smokies looks gorgeous in the morning just before sunrise!

[@floyd9572]

I loved my 325es. I would almost kill for my e30 back.

[@kevinngomez5451]

That blue is fire

[@maxcichon2557]

Oak Ridge "made" no weapons. They produced the U235 (extracted from U238) and sent it to Los Alamos NM for assembly.

[@bmw320540750]

Amazing car

[@afghanistanthesatankillers2895]

Super nice car

[@RichieRouge206]

This is just so more appealing than any of the new anodyne over-techy BMWs. A proper soulful straight six - to hell with economy and emissions. This has soul and driver appeal.

[@dimitrijvolcov]

Funny thing is: the 325e was actually the economical and low emission version of the 325i. It was designed to rev very low (with torque maxed out at about 1k rpm) and consumed only 7-8l/100km.

[@SlaughterOW]

the clunky sound of bmw doors closing is to die for

[@afghanistanthesatankillers2895]

Nice

[@nuclearnonsense2274]

those seats my god

[@TheTechCguy]

Solid car. Classic. Worthy of preservation. Only thing about it: no airbags. An accident that serious enough would really give you a bad day....

[@rbarnard264]

I found it very clean 1986 here in my town for sale for 200,000 miles on it he’s asking $12,000 it’s a one owner car. Do you think it’s worth it?

[@shaib7204]

Can you drive opel kadett 1988

[@maximusfuscus]

Had one of those but that one was a lemon. Canadian winters didn’t help either. Then an E39 540i.

[@tman4life01]

maximusfuscus lol i live in ontario. Is it possible to dd one of these or would i NEED an xi

[@trungquan9600]

Where are you from, Chris?

[@windingroadmagazine]

This video was created by Tedward (from Boston). Chris is from Michigan

[@DoctaM3]

Oh hell yea.... Bimmer love. You have to love the e30--such a great platform but also the e30 M3 is the tits!

[@matozec9177]

DoctaM3, great car. 👍

[@neekmail2858]

Better than today's 'so called modern plastic body cars'...

[@theflobby2518]

Nice interior!!!!!!?

[@Tajonxv]

300,000 miles?!?!?😭😭😭

[@brunomatos5748]

Mercedes s63 coupé please !

[@jacksonbuxton3175]

Why such a low redline? Is it a diesel?

[@killz4money]

E28 enthusiast here. In making the M20B27 (or Eta engine), BMW wanted to focus on torque performance and fuel economy. In reducing friction, one of the things they did was go from double valve springs to single valve springs. That's one of the reasons the redline is pretty low, because at standard high RPMs, these single valve springs would be liable to break / snap. It is a petrol engine, yes.

[@HiyasuJ]

What are the difference between the 325e and the 325i ?

[@charliefm826]

Jabs AMG fuel injection in the i I think

[@TedwardDrives]

the e has a 2.7l engine which is a longer stroke than the 2.5 found in the i. It has fewer cam bearings and single valve springs instead of dual in order to improve efficiency by reducing friction

[@HiyasuJ]

Tedward thanks !

[@garretmctavish2953]

The 2.7, M20B27 in the 325e is lower compression, only has 120hp, and a redline of 4800rpm or something crazy like that. It's a total dog compared to the M20B25, the 2.5 in the 325i, which had higher compression, 168hp, revs easier, and a 6800rpm redline. The B25 is a way more fun engine.

[@tomsfruitstand6821]

So e is eco and the i is sportier?

[@Jagermaestro7]

only up to 4.5k wtf? why is the rev range so tight?

[@1GTASANANDREASCJ]

e stands for eta engine. This engine is made to work like a diesel. Low rpm, much torque.

[@TedwardDrives]

Fewer cam bearings and single valve springs to improve efficiency means lower redline

[@Jagermaestro7]

I feel so dumb now for not having heard about them yet. Thank you for clearing that up for me!

[@Jagermaestro7]

do they also have a longer lifetime?

[@TedwardDrives]

Not sure if that is the case... It has more torque than the "i" and likely a similar if not identical bottom end (a BMW mechanic can enlighten me here). I'm there's trade offs that balance out

[@_TREMPEL_]

4:00 А почему ям нет? Прорвались???

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@tomsfruitstand6821]

Looks like a Smurf came all over the interior.

[@CNDCarManiac]

Love my e

[@dennisvanderben2719]

better feeking tech than idrive lmao

[@noreasonchannel4012]

[@abelard6134]

How about u drive a toyota supra

[@isiahfriedlander5559]

Interesting point of view, back in the day you had no safety apart of the seat belts, therefore everyone focused on defensive driving or wither didn't care.

[@akishot6735]

Isiah Friedlander What do you mean this car and many others in the era had crap tons of safety features, disc brakes, abs, airbags, crumple zones, collasable steering columns, and much much more

[@user-ds8ff5gn6h]

Я 7. еееееее

[@majaeder567]

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[@tonykieffer1396]

Who would buy a simpler sporty car aka cable throttle type shit rather than all this new shit

[@MrStewart681]

This is the last good bmw....

[@starsaber2002]

IMHO the E38 was the last good one

[@Warrior2044]

Wtf is a binaural audio?

[@Edmonaise]

When do u buyed this car i mean i heard no one wants this 320e bmw cause the front the car looks ugly,u should buy BMW 525i E60 2008,is and nice car and smoothly annnd strong💪🏻🚘👉🏻

[@FOURTEEFIVE]

you are 12

[@elgranfreezer9117]

What an ugly car, but at least it sounds good.

[@danbmx445]

I myself as a late model e30 owner think the US early metal bumpers are ugly. Just my opinion though, these cars are all cool.