I stumbled across this forum Monday night after looking for common issues with a 318ti that I was looking at buying. I bought the 318ti last night. I took it for a test drive and the radiator sprung a leak, bummer. It did give me a little more haggling room though. Needs an OFH gasket and most likely an oil pan gasket along with some basic maintenance. Long term plans are an M52 or S52. I was looking at 328is 5 speeds and this popped up. It's definitely different from every other BMW I've had. Most of those were E34's.