euro/spec/motor(?)

[marko]

what is a euro spec motor? was there a diff between U.S. & euro motors?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-3...QQcmdZViewItem

[thesk8nmidget]

this is us
1995-1996 318ti - 1.8 L M42B18 I4, 134 hp (100 kW)
1996.5-1999 318ti - 1.9 L M44B19 I4, 138 hp (103 kW)

this is euro
1994-1995, 318ti: 1796 cc, I4, 16 valves, 140 hp/103 kW, 175 Nm
1996-1999, 318ti: 1896 cc, I4, 16 valves, 140 hp/103 kW, 180 Nm
1998-2001, 323ti: 2494 cc, I6, 24 valves, 170 hp/125 kW, 245 Nm

[thesk8nmidget]

also this seller has some bad vibes behind him


rear this thread for more info

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...euro+spec+sale

[thesk8nmidget]

and look at this bid history on that car

Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time
s***8( 0 ) US $1,675.00 Nov-13-07 11:23:01 PST
9***0( 2 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $1,650.00 Nov-13-07 18:30:56 PST
0***b( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $1,600.00 Nov-12-07 23:42:53 PST
s***8( 0 ) US $1,500.00 Nov-12-07 22:47:09 PST
0***b( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $1,400.00 Nov-12-07 22:54:21 PST
0***b( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $1,250.00 Nov-12-07 22:54:08 PST
a***a( 0 ) New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $1,000.00 Nov-12-07 18:02:13 PST
Starting Price US $1,000.00 Nov-07-07 18:23:51 PST

i can bet lots of money that all those bidders are that guys account!

[marko]

Oh, shoot.. I thought that looked familiar!

well, wasnt gonna get the car anyway, just wanted to find out more about the euro motor... guess there is a slight difference.
2 HP - not a big deal...

Originally Posted by thesk8nmidget

also this seller has some bad vibes behind him


rear this thread for more info

http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...euro+spec+sale

[cooljess76]

Worst part, he's a member on this forum. I called him out, the first time the car was listed because I caught him in a lie. He hasn't been back since.

[thesk8nmidget]

Originally Posted by marko

Oh, shoot.. I thought that looked familiar!

well, wasnt gonna get the car anyway, just wanted to find out more about the euro motor... guess there is a slight difference.
2 HP - not a big deal...

ya its not really a worlds difference.

would be nice to live in europe and get all sorts of special europe things the us cant get.

some day i wanna move to europe. (always has been a dream)

[cooljess76]

I lived in Europe for 5 years. Can't wait to go back, but I must say that there's times that you wish things were like they are in the states. I left America for 10 years and when I came back, it's totally changed for the worse. I wouldn't mind moving to Austrailia or New Zealand.

[thesk8nmidget]

what things did you prefer?

give me some pros and cons

cause it is something i really wanna do

[cooljess76]

For starters, driving and cars are better. Television is better. People are more fashionable and the women are smokin hawt! Nightlife was spectacular, the clubscene is off the hook. Most beaches are topless. Most of the radio stations play electronic and techno 24/7, but thats cool with me. Food is great, but you can't get a decent hamburger or Mexican food to save your life. I learned the language(Sicilian) which helped tremendously. People were less superficial and easy going. They live for the moment and value spending time with friends and family more than working to buy things that they don't need. I traveled all over Europe, but lived in Sicily. I've been to Austrailia 4 times and all over the Western Pacific(Asia) as well. Austrailia was incredible to say the least. If you're serious, I'd consider buying a EuroRail pass and tour Europe. There's so much to see and experience. The EuroRail goes through several countries and you can get on and off as you please.

[thesk8nmidget]

Originally Posted by cooljess76

For starters, driving and cars are better. Television is better. People are more fashionable and the women are smokin hawt! Nightlife was spectacular, the clubscene is off the hook. Most beaches are topless. Most of the radio stations play electronic and techno 24/7, but thats cool with me. Food is great, but you can't get a decent hamburger or Mexican food to save your life. I learned the language(Sicilian) which helped tremendously. People were less superficial and easy going. They live for the moment and value spending time with friends and family more than working to buy things that they don't need. I traveled all over Europe, but lived in Sicily. I've been to Austrailia 4 times and all over the Western Pacific(Asia) as well. Austrailia was incredible to say the least. If you're serious, I'd consider buying a EuroRail pass and tour Europe. There's so much to see and experience. The EuroRail goes through several countries and you can get on and off as you please.

AWESOME

can you tell me some of the cons??

me and my fiance want to eventually move somewhere in europe, not sure of where but not in a huge tourist attraction town, we wanna be deep in the true culture and lifestyle area.

we plan on learning the language and hopefully raising our kids there once we have them.

[cooljess76]

Can't really think of many cons. Some things were cheaper, while other things cost more. Most places stay open late while others close early for no reason at all. Sometimes it's hard to get things done because of strange holidays or people just being lazy, lol. Nobody's really in a hurry to do anything. In Sicily, everyone takes the month of August off and everything closes. But it's cool because it's like a giant beach party. I had a house on the beach and every August they would setup a DiscoTech in my villagio. The whole beach is lined up with bonfires and the clubs extend all the way out to the water. You see, everytime I try to think of cons, I come up with dozens of pros! Lol.

[thesk8nmidget]

hahahah thats great i used to be way into the "rave" party scene back when i lived in oregon and then once i moved to texas there was no real good raves that had the right vibe.

i would help throw partys run lasers and experimented with a little djing

i can manage the electronic music being a huge thing lol

also some of the biggest one night raves are thrown in europe

i have heard about that sugust thing me and my buddy were gonna save up and go cause there was a group buy for plane and stay and tickets to some 2 week long beach party in august with foam raves and all sorts of crazy stuff!

but didnt end up doing it cause i went to burning man instead.

[jimmyloose]

Originally Posted by cooljess76

For starters, driving and cars are better. Television is better. People are more fashionable and the women are smokin hawt! Nightlife was spectacular, the clubscene is off the hook. Most beaches are topless. Most of the radio stations play electronic and techno 24/7, but thats cool with me. Food is great, but you can't get a decent hamburger or Mexican food to save your life. I learned the language(Sicilian) which helped tremendously. People were less superficial and easy going. They live for the moment and value spending time with friends and family more than working to buy things that they don't need. I traveled all over Europe, but lived in Sicily. I've been to Austrailia 4 times and all over the Western Pacific(Asia) as well. Austrailia was incredible to say the least. If you're serious, I'd consider buying a EuroRail pass and tour Europe. There's so much to see and experience. The EuroRail goes through several countries and you can get on and off as you please.

I'm sold.

Group Buy for tickets to Australia...

Oh yeah, don't forget that Australian women love US servicemen

[teetime4one]

have you seen what they pay for gas in Europe?
take an American Express...it gets spendy!