i owned a car like this once... except at least yours ran good. I had to wait for the high idle that hurt your eardrums to drop before even attempting to drive it. 

no bad talking to your car when in or near it... the car knows. always carry tools (and for me a first aid kit..because clumsy) because then you wont need them.

What E-brake (LOL - it needed to be adjusted so it was non-existent)

Haha sorry for the delayed reply. If you still want me to send you an email let me know!

I have had several cars over the years and have dwindled down to a small number of 4. Any who... I learned several things and still follow those things to this day:

Too many good memories, but 1 car which was the “black cat” of the bunch.

I learned on an 87 3 series that was a colossal mess (body was PERFECT, but it had electrical issues amongst other things). I bought the car off some dudes lawn after hawking the car and creepin past the guys’ house for two weeks. I finally pulled the trigger and bought it for $1k. learning on this car was easy since…

Ahhh. The struggle... i had an E30 with issues that reminded me of this list. i called the issues “features”.

I owned a 87 BMW 325ES , alpine weiss, cardinal red interior, coupe, 5 speed. i drove past the car for a good two months before buying it. i had it inspected since it had been sitting for 2 years on the dudes lawn. ended up getting the rust free beaut’ for $1000. As soon as i drove it off the lawn, the trouble…