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Just looking for advice from anyone that's owned one? From what I've seen the early ones seem to suffer with rot, is this true, are the later ones any better? Are there any particular ones to go for or avoid? They do look like quite a lot of car for the money.
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Last Edit: Apr 29, 2013 7:03:51 GMT by yukonphil
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My mate had a 316 and the headgasket went on it and the rear arches were rusty. It was OK to drive but underpowered as they're heavy cars. On the otherside, I had a later 318 compact and it was lovely.
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1993 Mercedes-Benz 190e LE in Azzuro Blue.
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We had a 1999 318ti from new and recently sold it. Cracking car. It was rust free and still went well.
Like any car, there will be good and bad. I'd say this was down more to how the car was looked after rather than how it was built.
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We have had three 318ti compacts, It's the only engine to go for in my opinion, and as late a car as poss, we had an R plate and two S plates, good cars all round but suffer the usual e36 woes, of trim falling off, breather pipe problems etc. The M sport rear lights and rear bumper are rare and hard to get, so if you get a kitted car, bonus  Here is our last one we had **How do i sort pics ? never used to have problems on here  |
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Apr 29, 2013 14:06:33 GMT
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Great car's had a 318ti Sport for 18 months.
Watch for the air hose splitting after the MAF/AFM, will cause funny revving issues & the window mechs can fail - meaning your window falls out. Also make sure the handbrake works ok as putting new rear brakes on is a PITA.
Other than that, cant really go wrong with one.
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