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BMW with a blown head gasket on the intake side. White smoke is steam not oil. Water pumps go out on these as if they were a dime a dozen. A 2 day job for most mechanics.
If you can find a clean manual e46 330i that would check all your boxes. They are an absolute delight to drive and rather diy friendly with excellent forum support and well known solutions for the common issues.
I have an e34 518i as my second car and I daily it (I’m 18). It’s a brilliant second car and pretty reliable for the most part, its a 30 year old car so expect the off electrical gremlin. Sills are normally the killers for these cars. Have a good look at the jacking points and take off the sill covers if you buy one and make sure it doesn’t need any welding. I would recommend not getting the 518i as I had to redo the HEADGASKET but other than that they are good. Make sure to get it to speed and make sure it doesn’t have the usual 55mph wheels wobble. Brilliant cars though! Do it!!
E34 520i Blown headgasket in the first 2 months 10/10 amazing car since then been faultless i love it tbh
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