 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  02-29-2012, 05:40 AM | #1 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 13 |  just bought a 96 318ti base, first BMW
so i've been a VW guy for a while, since i started driving. i started driving very late in life, when i was 23. i grew up in Philadelphia and never needed a car until i took a job in California that happens to be in a town that is... miserable at best. lack of public transit forced me to learn to drive. i fell in love with driving and with cars, and fast forward 3 years i own 2 MK1 VW diesels and a 67 Bug. the girlfriend got sick of my cars not having airbags and essentially told me to sell one (or two if she had it her way) and buy a newer reliable car. we live 40 miles away from work and where putting a ton of miles on her car. so i need a car that gets good MPG, was cheap, and had to be fun. never even occurred to me to look for BMWs. test drove some civic SI's and some newer golfs and just wasn't that into it. then i happened to find a 1996 318ti locally at a used car lot. figured i'd try it out, as i had borrowed my buddies 5 series wagon and loved it, even though it was an automatic. fell in love on the first test drive. probably paid a little too much for it @ 4k out the door registered until April 2013, but i'm still happy. a couple little quirks need to be worked out, but nothing beyond what i'd expect on an older car. the only two things that bug me about the car are no bentley manual that covers the ti specifically, and no way (that i've found) to put a hitch on it for a bicycle hitch rack. here is how she sits:  don't worry, i'll be bugging you all for advice soon enough! like the problem with my engine not warming up properly... but i'll post that up in the right forum (i hope) |  |  | | 02-29-2012, 05:48 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 |
Welcome to the Forum! Nice to see another NorCal member, too.
There are a couple of options for a trailer hitch available, Member CirrusSR22 has a great thread about towing with the Ti... __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy":  *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet!  97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | | | 03-01-2012, 03:39 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 |
The warm up problem is probably one of two things: thermostat shot and stuck open or the cooling system needs to be bled of air. I had the same problem when I bought mine...it was a bad thermostat. Good luck...nice looking ti you have there. Have I seen that picture of it somewhere else? | | | | | 03-01-2012, 04:37 AM | #4 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 13 |
Thanks! Been getting compliments on it! Maybe because people saw me in the mk1s though... Heh. Might have seen the car in the wheels and tires forum maybe. Didn't see any other enkei on there do I posted. I bought a thermostat, nice to have anyway. I'll bleed it first to see if that does it. Thanks for the advice! | | | | | 03-02-2012, 05:49 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: West Palm Beach,Florida Posts: 261 |
Just a queistion where'd you get the rack lol __________________ I<3MY TI | | | | | 03-02-2012, 06:54 PM | #6 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 13 |
Quote: Originally Posted by HellaFlushTI  Just a queistion where'd you get the rack lol | the rack is actually on my Jetta which is parked behind the ti!  put better wheels and the trays since then. | | | | | 03-02-2012, 06:57 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: West Palm Beach,Florida Posts: 261 |
What year jetta? __________________ I<3MY TI | | | | | 03-02-2012, 09:20 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
Cut springs? Haha __________________
Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 03-02-2012, 10:09 PM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 13 |
1982 turbo diesel. cut springs? naw, coil overs! parts are wayyy cheap for MK1 VW's  | | | | | 03-02-2012, 11:58 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW Florida Posts: 4,275 |
nice ti
welcome to the Org __________________ 
Sean
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