Manual 318 Ti Bmw 2018
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The most affordable BMW in the United States, during the middle years of the, was. A four-cylinder hatchback, it sold for about two-thirds the price of a six-cylinder 328 sedan or coupe.
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In 1996, buyers could get a version with a huge canvas-covered sunroof, known as the California Edition, and that’s what I have found in a Denver-area self-service wrecking yard. The California roof was similar to the big “ragtop” sunroofs on 1950s Volkswagen Beetles — sort of halfway between a regular sunroof and a full convertible. Had a roof like this, and it was handy for teenage passengers who wanted to stand up on the freeway and yell at occupants of other cars. Later on, the California roof became an option on all 318tis. The mechanism appears to be in good shape, but no junkyard shoppers bought it during the several weeks it had been in the yard prior to these photographs. The 318ti never achieved serious sales success in North America, though plenty of have ended up as nimble 24 Hours of Lemons race cars.
The base price on the 318ti was $20,560, or about $33,500 in 2018 dollars. That looked pretty cheap next to the $32,990 328is, but the 138-horsepower 318ti looked like less of a steal next to the $21,000 Acura Integra GS-R and its wild 170-horse engine (which, granted, drove the front wheels). This one, like most BMWs sold in the United States after the middle 1980s, has an automatic transmission. Even with the big sunroof, it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as fun to drive as the Integra GS-R or, for that matter, the $14,200 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 with manual transmission. The compact E36s sold much better in Europe, where six-cylinder and diesel engines were available. Featherston Grain of salt, as I’ve never ridden in one of these let alone owned one, but they’re probably my favorite BMW of the past 25 years.
I liked the looks (which remind me of a Manx cat), the hatchback practicality, and the fact that it seemed to cut against BMW’s post-1980 tack in North America. These had a different rear suspension from their E36 half-siblings, didn’t they, using the E30’s trailing arms? Points for the cloth interior, too. And finally, I’m guessing this example spent at least the first 75% of its life garaged. Nonetheless, I’m impressed by the canvas top. You’d think it would be an obvious failure point.
But judging only be this example, it looks like BMW actually properly invested in the design and execution. – – –.OK, I’d take a Z8, money no object. Money considered, I’d sell a Z8 and get one of these. Snakebit The reason BMW gave for using the E30 rear suspension in the E36 Compact was to enable a larger, flatter rear loading space, as that’s what would attract hatchback buyers. Truth be told, at one point, I spent about six months shopping for a used 318ti. On my last dealer visit, still no 318ti on the lot, but I found a E46 328Ci with 90K on it at a price a little more than I budgeted for the 318ti Compact, had always admired those since they were new, and I struck a deal to bring that home and the 3-Series Compact search ended. Friendlyjoe My ’98 was a pleasure to operate until A) the plastic cooling system components failed by snapping off flush with the engine block (I think this was a feature, as my in-law’s two 740is did the same thing), and more interestingly, B) the fairly well-documented self-immolation of the entire engine bay wire harness due to an unfused short somewhere in the bundle of ridiculously under-gauged wires, prompting me to throw in the proverbial towel.
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I mean, some of the wires were so thin that you could have flossed your orthodontically-correct teeth with them.
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