» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | 10-12-2007, 01:49 AM | #1 | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 | Next Car???? Last edited by Bozola; 01-31-2011 at 02:29 PM. | | | 10-12-2007, 02:13 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | No way they will bring a hatch. I was hoping for a 135 but it looks like I won't be getting it since the housing market has taken such a nose dive. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti 2003 MINI Cooper S 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 10-12-2007, 02:19 AM | #3 | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 | Well.. you can always have hope. The worse would be to buy a 135 coupe and find out a year later you COULD have got the hatch!!!! ________ weed Last edited by Bozola; 01-31-2011 at 02:29 PM. | | | 10-12-2007, 02:22 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | Quote: Originally Posted by Bozola Well.. you can always have hope. The worse would be to buy a 135 coupe and find out a year later you COULD have got the hatch!!!! | I'd sell it in a heartbeat. Plans are for a convertible. Who knows how much these will be? **** I wish I could sell my house. Two mortgages and utility bills are killing me. I'm going to have zero once my debts are paid off. Wonder how much 318ti.org is worth. __________________ ...steven BMW CCA #146825 1996 BMW 328ti 2003 MINI Cooper S 2016 M235i www.bmwcca.org | | | 10-13-2007, 04:14 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 | e46 325Ci next for me __________________ 1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black Mods: Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators M3 17" Wheels De-Baffled Air Box AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings Chrome Interior bits IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs Kenwood Power Series Audio Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers Sports Seats | | | 10-13-2007, 04:29 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 | I'm very picky, about everything I buy. It took awhile to find the right replacement for my Scirocco. Now that the 1 series is in sight, nothing but a 2 door hatch, will entice me to give up my 318ti. If they never bring one to the USA, I will move overseas........again. Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti I'd sell it in a heartbeat. Plans are for a convertible. Who knows how much these will be? **** I wish I could sell my house. Two mortgages and utility bills are killing me. I'm going to have zero once my debts are paid off. Wonder how much 318ti.org is worth. | __________________ 1998 (July) 318ti, 5-spd OEM Armrest Blaupunkt Heidelberg CD50 CD Player/Compact Drive MP3 Player Diamond Audio 5.25" rear speakers Navman ICN 530 GPS BMWALARM.COM (with comfort settings) after market alarm system Magnecor 8.5mm wires M-Z3 Shifter/Momo Knob Burlwood Dashboard Stromung Exhaust X-brace Racing Dynamics Front Strut Bar Carbonio C.A.I. 17" Rial Rims Vader Seats/Heated/Lumbar Support M-tech Steering Wheel/Front Sway Bar/Front & Rear Bumper Depos/w 6500K Angel Eyes/6000K HIDs Clear Corners M3 Mirrors UUC Light Weight Flywheel/M5 Clutch/M3 Clutch Slave E28 3.46 LSD/Mcoupe Cover/E30 Flanges & Halfshafts UUC S.S. Brake/Clutch Lines Hartge Roof Spoiler BavAuto Springs Bilstein Sport Struts/Shocks E46 M3 Rear Shock Mounts SPC Front Camber Kit Reiger Hatch Spoiler BavAuto Rear Camber Kit Dinan Stage II Software Turner Rear Sway Bar Reinforcements BMW E46 Auto dimming mirror with Clown Nose alarm Engine Compartment Light Heated Wiper Fluid Retrofit OEM Fire Extinguisher Da'lan Trailer Hitch Rear Sun Shade OEM Fog Light Retrofit H & R MZ3 Rear Sway Bar/ UUC Adjustable End Links Cruise Control Retrofit On Board Computer Retrofit M3 twistie style side skirts Carbon Fiber Hood | | | 10-13-2007, 10:46 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 | 1 series suck, we had one for a work pool car recently. It was just as bad as it looked. 3 series for the win!!! or a 6 if i can ever afford it __________________ 1995 BMW 316i Cosmos Black Mods: Magnex Cat-Back Exhaust Smoked Corner Lights + Repeators M3 17" Wheels De-Baffled Air Box AC HandBrake Handle and Gear Knob DEPO Euro Epsiloids + Predator Chronium Rings Chrome Interior bits IE Poly-Urethane RSFMs Kenwood Power Series Audio Powder Coated e36 325 Front Callipers Sports Seats | | | 10-14-2007, 01:05 AM | #8 | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 | Was it a 130? ________ Willys Last edited by Bozola; 01-31-2011 at 02:30 PM. | | | 10-14-2007, 06:40 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: chicago Posts: 172 | i dunno, ever since the anti-suv mazda mp5 became a mainstream hit, 5-dr touring styles have gotten more acceptable here, so i wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of a bmw hatch return in the u.s. what used to be a small niche (vw, subaru, volvo, eg/ek buyers) grew in size to sustain things like the mp5, toyota matrix, all euro compact hatchbacks and touring cars, all those dodge magnums, countless focus wagons and hatchbacks, bla bla... i know bmw is still a lil p*ssy hurt from the pisspoor 318ti sales in the 90s, but they should know that if there ever was a good time to bring a compact hatch over to the u.s., it's now. it seems the rear seats in the 5-dr 1er are pretty damn cramped from everything i've read. why not just bring the 3-dr over along w/ the coupe and call it a day? the 118d 1.8 diesel (63 mpg), 118i 2.0 petrol (38mpg), and 130i 3.0 petrol (265hp, 34mpg). the ti was like an e30 tribute, the new 1er coupe is definitely a nod to the e30s, and this would wrap all that up into a nice ti/e30 tribute. | | | 10-14-2007, 09:47 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: lancashire, england Posts: 300 | might be a 1 series but i'm still not in love with the front end. might wait for a facelifted one. 320si's are nice but not very fast or tuneable, but love the fact theyre a homo/btcc/wtcc car. dont want an e46 so probably another e36 before the 1 and e90 3. __________________ E36 3.0 M3 Cosmos Schwarz E36 1.8 318ti Cosmos Schwarz | | | 10-14-2007, 10:40 PM | #11 | Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 68 | Quote: Originally Posted by col.hapablap why not just bring the 3-dr over along w/ the coupe and call it a day? | I've read a lot that they feel the hatch would canibalize some of their market away from the Mini. __________________ 1988 M3 Track rat - 1989 325iC - 1998 318ti | | | 10-15-2007, 01:04 AM | #12 | Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Columbia MO Posts: 38 | I like it, will look for one in about 10 years. IF BMW was p**y hurt by the low sales of the ti, they don't understand their own marketing. I personally know of 2 people in our small town that went to the dealership to buy a low priced ti and were upsold to a 325. Another bought a ti and then traded it 6 months later for a 325. Now I just bought my first for a song last week and am already looking for another. | | | 10-15-2007, 01:30 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 402 | I have a deposit down already for a 135i. I have no idea what it's going to wind up costing me, but I want to have my daughter driving the 'ti between work & home, and school & home. Other than that, I'll still use the 'ti for autox and track events (and on weekends). The 135i will slowly become the autox and track car, once my daughter gets a bit older. She's got a permit now and has been learning to drive on the 'ti. My wife and I won't let her drive the slushie audi we have, until she masters the 3rd petal. She's doing great so far. I almost can't wait to get rid of my e90 330i right now, in anticipation of the 135i. I only wish they had a sunroof delete option for those of us in the US. __________________ 1997 332ti - Don't even ask. 2006 330i - ZPP/ZSP/ZCW/6sp/Nav/BT/H&R Sport 2011 E92 M3 | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |