BMW cars............

mmm intresting

I just picked up a new to me '86 325e to replace my '82 320i

the old E21 has 325,000 miles and still runs the ballz it got hit in the rear end and crunched the left rear quarter from the rear axle back, it still goes down the road straight, so I've been driving it when my SV wasn't appropriate transportation

just found the E30 last week, cheap , seems to run good, but I ain't driven it much yet, I prefer to ride unless it's not practical

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Is the 318 a 4 pot or a 6 pot motor. Personally I think a BMW with a 4 pot motor in it is just wrong.

318's are a 1.8 litre 4

I prefer the 318 over a 6

the 318 is a high reving motor and much ligher weight than the 6s they are more balanced and handle better .. and just like the underpowered SV, I think you can get thru the twisties quicker with the little engine

the M3s are still 4s afik

the 6s are more suited to the 5 series imho

[Quiff Wichard]

I used to have an ace BMW when I was loaded.

now I drive a corsa..





I am still a **** !!

Originally Posted by RandyO

318's are a 1.8 litre 4

I prefer the 318 over a 6

the 318 is a high reving motor and much ligher weight than the 6s they are more balanced and handle better .. and just like the underpowered SV, I think you can get thru the twisties quicker with the little engine

the M3s are still 4s afik

the 6s are more suited to the 5 series imho

you'd be right if it was 1990 however around e46 time the 318i became a 2.0l, imo because it was underpowered! the e30 318i for instance only had 115hp, even the 318iS only had 136hp.
you never hear people really pushing the e30 4 pot over the 6, but in your case you must be talking about either the m10 (modded!!! this was the basis of the 1500hp turbo f1 engines they had) or the m42 iS engine because the m40 just isn't very good, each to their own though.

definitely agree that the iS is slightly better on the handling, but then it comes with the mtech suspension, etc, and slightly better weight distribution iirc due to the 4 pot.

m3's haven't been 4 pots since the e30 - the e36 non evo and evo were both 6's.

Utter nonsense really that is due to lack of understanding, lack of experience or more sinister form of ignorance

You expect anything more?

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

You expect anything more?

It's the BMW riding motorcylists that are the real menace. Hooligans, the lot of them.

Originally Posted by muffles

you'd be right if it was 1990 however around e46 time the 318i became a 2.0l, imo because it was underpowered! the e30 318i for instance only had 115hp, even the 318iS only had 136hp.
you never hear people really pushing the e30 4 pot over the 6, but in your case you must be talking about either the m10 (modded!!! this was the basis of the 1500hp turbo f1 engines they had) or the m42 iS engine because the m40 just isn't very good, each to their own though.

definitely agree that the iS is slightly better on the handling, but then it comes with the mtech suspension, etc, and slightly better weight distribution iirc due to the 4 pot.

m3's haven't been 4 pots since the e30 - the e36 non evo and evo were both 6's.

yes, I'm still living in a world of E30s, my son's 318 has the M42 motor and my old E21 had the M10 motor in 1.8 size, the early years of the E21 has the 2.0 version of the M10

[Kylie]

When I moved to Ireland (late 90s) there was not that much money around, not many BMWs. My irish mates all thought BMWs were great, pinacle of german engineering and all that, they couldn't understand my englishman's prejudice against them.

Ireland has boomed since and lots more BMWs started appearing on the road. A mate bought one, he loved it. But interestingly, attitudes started to change, the image of BMW started to move to that it has in the UK. My mate sold his BM recently, he had someone kick and dent his door last year, and was noticing people being hostile to him on the road. He didn't like the image BMW were getting and he wanted out. Now has a Focus.

So while I'd agree that not all BMW drivers are bad, they do seem to attract a certain type of person that gives them a bad name, that has happened and changed their image in Ireland, and thats nothing to do with historical prejudice.

I see Audi heading that way now, and its because they've sold too many TTs and A4 ragtops to the same type of BMW/Merc jock. Shame, because I fancy an A4

I don't buy the jealousy thing, no gripes with Porsche or Aston drivers.

Originally Posted by RandyO

yes, I'm still living in a world of E30s, my son's 318 has the M42 motor and my old E21 had the M10 motor in 1.8 size, the early years of the E21 has the 2.0 version of the M10

i had an e30 320i from 99->04 have to say no m3 looks quite as...purposeful as the e30 m3. i just realised you're in the states which iirc never got the m40, or very few of them - the std 318i had the m42 motor as you mention...

are you on the zone by any chance? www.e30zone.co.uk?