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Quote: Originally Posted by budget76  I'm sorry, but that was impossible to read. Please use sentences and paragraphs
I'm guessing you're talking about the TI being a bastard child. It was an economy BMW, and most people don't view it as a 'real' bmw. | The ti is not only a real BMW, it is a unique BMW, the only BMW hatchback. That one of the things that makes it cool, that and the fact that the ti is easy to maintain, relatively inexpensive to buy, and great fun to drive. |  |  | | 08-07-2011, 02:59 AM | #17 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
Quote: Originally Posted by jca The ti is not only a real BMW, it is a unique BMW, the only BMW hatchback. That one of the things that makes it cool, that and the fact that the ti is easy to maintain, relatively inexpensive to buy, and great fun to drive. | Not the only hatchback. Just the only one called a hatchback. There is also the Z3/Z4 Coupe. __________________ ...steven
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Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti Not the only hatchback. Just the only one called a hatchback.
There is also the Z3/Z4 Coupe. | Don't forget about the 2002tii 
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That's so dope!^
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 03:56 AM | #20 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 |
I have heard all the crap online from e-thugs about the hatch being the ugly step child of the e36 platform.
However, in person, someone always comes up to me and admits they really like the ti and want one... __________________ 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! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 05:27 AM | #21 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Riverside ,So-Cal Posts: 725 |
Quote: Originally Posted by wolferj I have heard all the crap online from e-thugs about the hatch being the ugly step child of the e36 platform.
However, in person, someone always comes up to me and admits they really like the ti and want one... | +1 __________________
EURO FRESH | | | | | 08-09-2011, 05:54 AM | #22 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
There's an a$$hole my age that's tries to give me **** for my car. He's such tool. He drives a really old beat up cop car and thinks he's cool. He said he could kick my ass in a straight line or in the curves. I just laughed. I have yet to shut him up
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old!
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Sorry jess! I'll take it easy. That kid just gets me heated, just thinking about it!
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Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 08-09-2011, 10:21 PM | #24 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: MD/PA/DC Posts: 1,629 |
Quote: Originally Posted by barische Once you drive something faster you would understand. No going back. | Meh, my Country Squire has more than double the HP and tq of the ti, and handles better....But I still like the ti. __________________  No more ti. | | | | | 08-10-2011, 03:36 PM | #25 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southwest England Posts: 379 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Ralliart10 +1 | +1 | | | | | 08-15-2011, 06:38 AM | #26 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 15 |
97e36ti, the guy who ragged on your car is a jerk, plain and simple. We know the 318ti is a great car, otherwise we would not have bought one. Right?
And anybody who uses "gay" as an insult just proves he's a tool. I don't get how that's supposed to be a bad thing. | | | | | 08-15-2011, 07:16 AM | #27 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,464 |
Quote: Originally Posted by familytruckster Meh, my Country Squire has more than double the HP and tq of the ti, and handles better....But I still like the ti. | A Country Squire that handles better than a ti?  I would think that just on wheelbase alone, the ti could out handle something like that. Surely you're not dealing with a stock suspension...? The funny thing is, practically everyone I've noticed that rips on the ti drives a 3-series themselves. It's almost like they're trying to say: "This was as much BMW as I could afford, but I still feel the need to be superior to SOMEBODY." The sad thing is, too many people in the US buy a BMW because they feel it lends them some sort of status or prestige, and probably the root reason why so many like to disparage the ti- it is, after all, an economy car, but the real reason the rest of us drive one is because, like most other German cars, they are exceptionally well engineered and just flat out fun to drive! Also? See Johnboy's post...  | | | | | 08-18-2011, 03:32 AM | #28 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 |
Jess, thanks for the pics of the 2002 hatchbacks...neat little cars...I didn't know they existed. | | | | | 08-18-2011, 07:50 AM | #29 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 265 | 
Quote: Originally Posted by vsonix I have to say I go on a few BF.c meets in my area and they are OK, but they tend to be cross-forum meets, and so far pretty much everyone has been very respectful of my car, again, I don't really visit the other areas of the board quite as much. I think someone else said on the other thread - the specialist areas are useful, the 'general' areas are a bit crap. Mind you I know/use several forums where that is the case. I think you just have to assume that there are a lot of dickheads on the net and set your filter to screen them out. Otherwise you end up going mental.
ETA... ohhh wait a second I didn't realise BF.com and BF.co.uk are different sites... in which case disregard what I said! | ha ha ha. no man, bf.com in the US is very similar, which is why i rarely post on it. being that i was (and still am) new to bmw's, i had a lot of questions and never really got any answers. this forum on the other hand is very supportive. i have NEVER see someone get 'flamed' on here or told to 'use the search' when they had a legitimate, un-answered question. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by bubela I’m happy in my blissful ignorant euphoria! Simple man, simple mind, bigger hammer! | 1996 318ti base
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1996 Sabb 900 convertable - sold | | | | | 08-18-2011, 10:29 PM | #30 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southwest England Posts: 379 |
Quote: Originally Posted by 1996 328ti Not the only hatchback. Just the only one called a hatchback.
There is also the Z3/Z4 Coupe. | and the 5 series GT... also rumoured 'GT' (hatchback!) shape F30 3er due in 2013 they don't seem to be setting the world alight with sales, though, they were released in 2009 and I've only seen a handful on the roads. Not too sure if I like them in general, although this Hamann version is quite nice.
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