 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  05-07-2009, 08:14 AM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 12 |  yr 2000+ 318ti E/46 anyone??
Hi, i was wondering if anyone in here has a 318ti from the year 2000 and above, if so what mods have you done to them if any, what do you think about the car and how would you rate it.
I myself just bought a 2003 318ti E46/5 four days ago got to drive it for one day and had to send it back to the car yard to get some minor repairs done to it.
Cant wait to get it back im suffering like you wouldn't beleive.
I will share my thoughts on the car with you as soon as i get to drive it for more than a day, its the first bmw I've ever owned and i knew nothing about them prior to my purchase, but i can allready tell you i love them dearly. |  |  | | 05-07-2009, 05:34 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
there's a few with them, most members here have the E36 ti's because this is a mostly US forum and the E46 wasn't ever sold here
I personally like them, only thing I don't like is the multi-piece headlights | | | | | 05-07-2009, 09:23 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 |
I hear sometime in 2010-2011, they're gonna release a hatchback. __________________ Come get a ti-shirt
Quote: | From the e30 M3, evolved the e36.
They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99.
After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | | | 05-08-2009, 04:46 AM | #4 | | Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 12 | ahhh
Oh ok thanks i wasn't aware that they wern't released in the states, any particular reason why?
Im really new to bmw never thought id have one but now that i do I'am trying to inform myself as much as i can, its really hard to find info on them though.
What are the posatives/negatives about them? | | | | | 05-08-2009, 11:27 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
lack of interest, at the time most Americans didn't want a fuel-efficiency European hatchback | | | | | 05-09-2009, 01:33 AM | #6 | | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 |
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oh my god, I've been pronouncing Hartge wrong all this time  | | | | | 05-09-2009, 01:59 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Quote: Originally Posted by newbe  Oh ok thanks i wasn't aware that they wern't released in the states, any particular reason why? | BMW NA doesn't think Americans want hatchbacks. Fact is, more E36 hatchbacks where sold than cabrios. And let's not forget that other hatchback, The Mini. And how can they say hatchbacks don't sell?  I think the fact was that they couldn't make as much money on them. __________________ ...steven
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bozola | what a machine! I would buy that in a heartbeat...... but rarity is what makes the ti so sweet. IMO __________________
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Quote: Originally Posted by tavish I want an e46 ti.. right now | Semi-tangential: OK, so this is probably farfetched, but would it be possible to find an e46 ti elsewhere and import it into the US at all? Maybe from Canada, or Mexico? Of course an Australian or British one would be nice, but the steering wheel's on the "wrong" side... But seriously, could it be done reasonably? | | | | | 05-10-2009, 09:49 PM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 151 |
Quote: Originally Posted by bovilexic ..Of course an Australian or British one would be nice, but the steering wheel's on the "wrong" side... But seriously, could it be done reasonably? | Nah, it's on the right side.. It's you lot that has them on the wrong side  Don't like the E46 compact - lights look too much like they're from a Rover for my liking. If they were normal E46 lights it would look good. __________________ E36/5 '95 318ti Auto. Boston Green, Sand Grey Leather.
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Quote: Originally Posted by tavish CAN I HAVE IT!? | Thanks and sure you can buddy, for the right price anythings possible. | | | | | 05-12-2009, 09:08 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 216 |
318ti Compact E46 are fine but the front Headlights Sucks!!!  I would have to change that in the first place!!  __________________ 
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