Hi! I am not new to this site, although I have never posted before, but I guess today is the day. I was an owner of a beautiful 1997 328i convertible. The car was beautiful but for many reasons it was not completely practical for my purposes. I had the car for about 18 months and was in love. It was my first BMW and there is nothing like your first one. All of a sudden stupid things started to go wrong with the car-- Ball joints, front and rear brakes, check engine light kept going on and off, the weather stripping on the back window ripped, plastic sheeting under the convertible began to deteriorate and other annoying things. It seemed that I was putting a lot of money into this car every month and I am not able to do any of the work myself ( I'm a chick) So finally I'll get to my point. I traded in the car to BMW and bought a 2003 325ci hardtop. The car has 16,000 miles on it and is Orient blue. It's absolutely beautiful. It feels so different. I had learned alot about my other car from this site and was wondering if anyone can tell me more about my new one. I'm really happy with it but I still miss my convertible. I sound like I'm whinning, but I feel like I broke up with a bad boyfriend. thanks