Well, it survived ringmeet, got driven by some people, drove a lot more people around the Eifel. Sadly, I didn't deem it ready for the rigors of the N?rburgring just yet, but it did perform a lot better than I anticipated, and it felt right at home in the twisties. As with the E36, there's a soft layer of comfort on the surface, but when pushed, the car responds beautifully, and gets into its groove.
In the past months I've had far less tim than I had hoped to tackle stuff on the car, but I did find a few new issues. The front of the engine is quite wet, and it drinks coolant like a mofo (about 2l per 100km), so I guess the waterpump or thermostat housing is leaking (even with an engine bay this big, I cannot see enough of the front of the engine to see where it's coming from). Also, the cluth appears to be leaking from somewhere, my guess is slave cylinder. The rate of leaking isn't enough to be annoying, so that's down the list of stuff I need to fix. Front suspension needs new shocks and new strut mounts, which will be the first job I tackle. Then there's the alternator and battery, which are both in a sorry state, requiring me to grab the Anker for every start of the car, which is okay if you need it once a week for a 10km drive to the train station and back. But it gets annoying if you want to use it more than that, so those will need fixing as well. And lastly, the issue of the non working speedo, I suspect it's the SI board, but I cannot rule out the diff plug, which is a cheap enough part to change out anyway. If only it wasn't held on by rusty bolts on the lower rear of the diff housing....