advice on a car

MagicBoy said:
The Mk3 16V is 150bhp. It's the 8v that's 115bhp.

They're getting a bit old now. Check around the tailgate and rear doors for rust. Watch the insurance tbh - they're Group 16!
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Ahhh I see. :)
 
Looks quite tidy, the alloys are a bit :/ I think I saw the same type on a lupo once. Evidently have a gander at it before you bid. :)
 
Jez said:
The low range 3's are a tad gutless but they dont half drive well, looking atcars like this you cant go far wrong with something like a 318i
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Spoken for truth.

I had a very low opinion of the 318i before I bought mine, 3years & 50,000miles of ownership changed my view completely.
My first BMW, I had no plans of changing it until I saw the film "The Transporter" :o In all honesty, my 728i seems no quicker from behind the wheel - it is, you don't get any real impression of speed from the inside, its so damn quiet & smooth! - I got great fuel consumption from it and it is a strong car - mine was rear ended twice in my ownership, both times, nothing more than a bumper was required, despite both vehicle's that had hit it being write offs!

My old 318i was (and still is) a superb car.
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Always wanyed some nice alloys for it, never got round to it.... :(

Happy to 100+ all day on the motorway (which a lot did!) lasted 175,000miles on its factory clutch got driven very very hard and seemed to thrive on it.

I'd sum a 318i up thus, wind it up, keep it there, the chassis is more than able to cope. ;)

Ignore the image, enjoy it for what it is, a bloody good car.
 
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yea i would rather have one that looks abit like an old lady has had it, may not have much of a hard life n i can get the extra bits n bobs for it.
 
i disagree completely, the 318i is gutless and tbh pointless.
get a 318iS if you must.
at all costs avoid the 316
 
Ditch the auto, drop in a longblock 16v from a mkIII on bike throttle bodies and a straight-through exhaust.

Add a quaife 6-speed sequential 'box and LSD and you'll have one hell of a road/track weapon.

*n
 
MaXXeH said:
yea i would rather have one that looks abit like an old lady has had it, may not have much of a hard life n i can get the extra bits n bobs for it.
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Worked for me mate. ;)
 
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