Hello,
I went to the dealers last monday with my dad, to go look for a new BMW.
His old (but trustfull) 320i e30 from 1990 had some problems, and it was time to get a new car, in stead of putting money into the old one.
We drove 2 different e46's, a 318i e46(1998) and a 316i e46 (2000).
After driving on the autobahn (that is just a 10 min drive) with the 318i at 180 km/h, we decided to buy the 316i.
My dad is getting old, he doesn't need a very fast car, and next to that, the 316i has alloy wheels, park distance control, and only 50000km on the counter, which makes up for 13 less horses!
It's a vey nice ride, drives so different from the 320i, has less hp, but at low revs its already pretty nice on the gas.
I could notice that the 318i (with only 13hp more), was much more responsive on the throttle, and more aggresive in the corners.
Here are some pictures of the car:
http://www.autotrack.nl/owa_dima/owa/partnermod.details?p_id=2643748&p_code=KERAM_BMW&p_pre=&p_post=Owh, and next to that, with my awfull job as a private chauffeur, I had to drive the 530d e60 from Amsterdam to Brussels today
