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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 
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 11:33 PM » |
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Very nice, neither of those models are available here.
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 11:33 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 08:30 AM » |
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Very nice, neither of those models are available here.
Not available? How do you mean? no 316i or 318i? What do you get in the US then?
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:12 PM » |
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1999-2000 was the change over here for the E46. It was available as 323i, 325i and 330i. There never was a 4 cylinder E46 over here.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:45 PM » |
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We've got 316i, 318i, 320i, 323i, 325i, 328i and 330i available from 1998 till 2005... specs for the 316i: BMW 316i 3 Series (e46) Body: Sedan 1999 until 2001 1360kg H: 1415mm W: 1739mm L: 4471mm topspeed: 200km/h 0-100km/h: 12.4s 80-120km/h: 12.2s city: 11.2 hway: 5.9 avg: 7.9 Engine code: M43TU B19 1895cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 77kW / 105HP (5300rpm) torque: 165Nm (2500rpm) And I can imagine why Europe does have the economy 3 series...  How about the 320i, didn't you get those in the US?
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 02:43 PM » |
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No, not in E36 or E46. Not sure about older models.
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 03:52 PM » |
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we got E30 320i s... i think... lol i remeber seeing them...
nice car your dads getting!
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 10:00 PM » |
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thanks  haven't heard of an e46 320is before, but did find some stuff on google... Weird that americans get different bm's... But that's life, here in holland we can just buy the same bm's as they sell in Germany 
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 04:14 AM » |
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E46 316's and 318's are the pathetic low gas using excuses from BMW! I drove my friend's e46 318, it made me cry! 
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, September 12, 2005 - 08:44 AM » |
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E46 316's and 318's are the pathetic low gas using excuses from BMW! I drove my friend's e46 318, it made me cry!  Have you seen gas prices in Holland (you must have, you live there  ).... My dad just couldn't afford driving the 320i anymore, and I recommended him the 316 or 318 for it's economic ride...
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« Reply #10 on: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 03:09 AM » |
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I had a 1981 e21 316i and the 1982 e21 320i - both 4 bangers. there was the e21 323i - and as I know, those were the only e21 3 series made. the e30 brought the 318, 325, M3. there was no e30 316 here in the US, but you could get it as a "gray/grey?" market car.
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« Reply #11 on: Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 08:27 AM » |
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There were more e21's, look at this list:
BMW 315 3 Series (e21) 1981 until 1982 1010kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 160km/h 0-100km/h: 14s city: 10.5 hway: 8.2 engine: M98 (M10) 1573cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 55kW / 75HP (5800rpm) torque: 110Nm (3200rpm)
BMW 316 3 Series (e21) 1975 until 1980 1010kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 160km/h 0-100km/h: 13.8s engine: M41 (M10) 1573cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 66kW / 90HP (6000rpm) torque: 125Nm (4000rpm) BMW 316
3 Series (e21) 1980 until 1981 1020kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 167km/h 0-100km/h: 12.5s city: 11 hway: 8.3 engine: M10 B18 (M99) 1766cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 66kW / 90HP (5500rpm) torque: 137Nm (4000rpm)
BMW 318 3 Series (e21) 1975 until 1980 1020kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 165km/h 0-100km/h: 11.9s engine: M42 (M10) 1766cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 72kW / 98HP (5800rpm) torque: 145Nm (4000rpm)
BMW 318i 3 Series (e21) 1980 until 1982 1030kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 173km/h 0-100km/h: 11.5s city: 10.4 hway: 8.4 engine: M10 B18 1766cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 77kW / 105HP (5800rpm) torque: 145Nm (4500rpm)
BMW 320 3 Series (e21) 1975 until 1977 1030kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 170km/h 0-100km/h: 11.2s engine: M43/1 1990cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 80kW / 109HP (5800rpm) torque: 160Nm (3700rpm)
BMW 320/6 3 Series (e21) 1977 until 1982 1090kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 180km/h 0-100km/h: 10s city: 13 hway: 9.6 engine: M20 B20 L-jetronic 1990cc petrol Cyl: 6 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 92kW / 125HP (5800rpm) torque: 170Nm (4000rpm)
BMW 320i 3 Series (e21) 1975 until 1977 1090kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 182km/h 0-100km/h: 9.9s engine: M64 (M10) 1990cc petrol Cyl: 4 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 92kW / 125HP (5700rpm) torque: 175Nm (4350rpm)
BMW 323i 3 Series (e21) 1977 until 1982 1110kg H: 1380mm W: 1610mm L: 4355mm topspeed: 201km/h 0-100km/h: 8.3s city: 12.8 hway: 9.1 engine: M20 B23 2316cc petrol Cyl: 6 Valv/cyl: 2 power: 102kW / 139HP (5300rpm) torque: 205Nm (4000rpm)
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