New to BMW's

[z6crx]

Hey, first post just got referred from hondaswap by Brian aka B. (Briansol here I assume). My name is James and I am a here and there, currently full time college student.

I browsed around the board found a lot of good information. Did my first oil change last night with my most recent car purchase. Probably the easiest oil to change that I have done since it uses a filter cartridge; which to me is a lot cleaner looking and less mess when replacing. A 1995 BMW 318ti with the "M-package" I believe. Don't know how to tell exactly what it was meant to have stock other than posting in your VIN thread which I will do a bit later.

I'm sticking with z6crx since that's really the first car I did anything with, and technically my first car. Only swapped the engine in it because the engine died about a month after I got it, never did any work on cars myself before, not even an oil change. Already planning on swapping the rear differential out for better highway gas mileage but I want to keep the LSD since it snows/ices here in Pittsburgh especially on hills.

So that's about it and this forum looks pretty good.

[hotmilk400]

looks really nice.. not a big fan of those rims tho.. to many people have them, and they are boring.. i like the 5 spoke rims better, or aftermarket..

if ya need parts, im close to Philly. =] , which, is not that close to you, but its in teh same state =]

there are a few people on here from pittsburg.

[Ji Money]

What's up dude. Your car is looking sweet alrrady with the spoiler. I see your Honda in the pic too. Heh, my first car was a Honda too so I got some love for them.

[lkwd318ti]

Hey man congrats on the car and welcome!
If you have half cloth and half leather seats then it should be the sport package.
You unfortunately don't have the Clubsport (which has all the M-tech bumpers and side moldings)
From your pictures it looks like the dash is tan, so it could just be a base model or an active package.
You have an OEM rear spoiler, which is somewhat sought after and expensive if you were to buy one new.
Hope you find plenty more useful info on this site!

-Randy

[tiFreak]

welcome, you have a good starting point with that car

[z6crx]

thanks
the honda in the backround would have to be my 3rd crx.
1st 1990 si (h2b)
2nd 1991 si (b16)
3rd 1990 hf (staying stock and slow)

parted the first one(I was broke and needed money)
sold the second which the guy wrecked a week later.
selling the third one out to a guy in Virginia (supposedly)


the bmw reminds me of my second one due to the short gearing an similar handling aspects. Other than the fact of it being rwd it drives almost exactly the same mostly due to the short gearing and high rpms on the highway and similar power, the crx seemed a bit faster though.

The rims aren't the stock ones, the guy had winter tires on them and put hem on his convertible and just traded them out before selling . However it does have black leather seats, and drilled slotted rotors that appear to be a bit larger than a few others I have seen with "BMW" in white lettering on them. Also just under the spoiler has an M emblem as well as on the shifter but i know that can easily be added.

[tiFreak]

black leather seats would make it a base or active package, does it have cruise control?

[BakeR318]

Originally Posted by z6crx

Also just under the spoiler has an M emblem as well as on the shifter but i know that can easily be added.

So legit! Hard to find a real M spoiler for the ti...yours appears to be one. Nice car!

[z6crx]

no cruise control. Then again I never really cared if it was there or not for any car. I always get it to screw up, randomly turn on and try to kill me in low speed traffic.

[tiFreak]

well then it's a base model, oh, I just noticed you don't have a sunroof, believe it or not, ti's without sunroofs tend to be more desirable than ti's with the standard sunroof

[z6crx]

Originally Posted by tiFreak

well then it's a base model, oh, I just noticed you don't have a sunroof, believe it or not, ti's without sunroofs tend to be more desirable than ti's with the standard sunroof

Same thing goes with some Hondas. Less stuff to break and being lighter, and of course leaking seems to be an issue with any sunroof.

So I have a base model with a brake upgrade package and LSD pretty much. i would imagine autocrossers love this car then. Something I've been meaning to try out, watched a lot locally, just never signed up.