Just found forum, Love my newish 95 ti

[jordanmc]

I came home this evening to find my key out of the ignition with the engine still running, I d/c the battery to stop the car, but then the key would not turn.

Totally panicked that I would be looking at a new ignition I opened 4-5 windows and dropped some google bombs on 318ti

After about an hour browsing the electrical forum, I found a couple others who had that happen, some posts told me to replace the WHOLE thing including a new key.

Actual fix: 3 screws and a couple tweaks with some pliers

Thanks to the team effort of people in PA, Jamaica, and Australia, I will be headed to work tomorrow in my baby.

Glad to find this place, ill be here frequently!

What goes on at these meets?
I guess you can count me in, I nearly crash every time I see another 318ti on the road cause im oogling it

[lazoh]

Originally Posted by jordanmc

I came home this evening to find my key out of the ignition with the engine still running, I d/c the battery to stop the car, but then the key would not turn.

Totally panicked that I would be looking at a new ignition I opened 4-5 windows and dropped some google bombs on 318ti

After about an hour browsing the electrical forum, I found a couple others who had that happen, some posts told me to replace the WHOLE thing including a new key.

Actual fix: 3 screws and a couple tweaks with some pliers

Thanks to the team effort of people in PA, Jamaica, and Australia, I will be headed to work tomorrow in my baby.

Glad to find this place, ill be here frequently!

What goes on at these meets?
I guess you can count me in, I nearly crash every time I see another 318ti on the road cause im oogling it

Welcome! And we do all sorts of things at the meets, it all depends on the weather, mood of the other members, things done on the previous meet etc. This saturday some of us are planning to go to Irvine for the cars and coffee meet, you should joins us since this saturday is BMW day at the cars and coffee meet. Welcome once again and hope to see you this saturday.

[tiFreak]

welcome to the forum, I found it through google too post some pics of your car

[trickiekid]

Google is great. This site has saved my ass a few times. Welcome to the org

[jordanmc]

this was pretty hard to get as my camera isnt good with no light

day pics in the morning
ive since learned that it is just basic stock everything, the manual has stamps, and it looks like it was owned by only one person.

I got it in Escondido, CA for 5g with 93,000mi

[jordanmc]

its a clean canvas

[tiFreak]

wow, and I thought my engine bay was dirty looks like you have the sunroof-delete option, that's pretty desirable on these cars, any plans for it?

[trickiekid]

Nice find. May I interest you in an upgrade to the world's sexiest hubcaps??? j/k, reminds me of myine when I first got it. Nice, clean and bone stock. Again, good job finding it and again welcome to the org.

[jordanmc]

reason for the engine bay dirt


next time you are in san diego

if you think you can handle it, holler at me for some rally action.

I am going to be turning it into a rally/camp warrior.

It handles dirt roads better then most SUVs

[jordanmc]

fixed
some grime and crap from years of neglect left to clean, but i need to change hoses and belts soon, Im gonna save some of the nitpicky toothbrush scrubbing for then.

[tiFreak]

much better FWIW, this is a small forum, so it's not really necessary to have 2 threads for the same thing