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looking into getting a 318ti compact as a winter hack! i do mainly motorway miles 150 a week and 50 urban miles per week.

thanks.

You're going to get decent mpg 30+ but why a compact 318ti ???

I would rather do it in your E34.

A compact will return an easy 35-40mpg on a run.

I think with that drive you'll get around 35, as long as you're not hooning it everywhere. I think it's a good choice, but I'd rather have an E36 318is coupe personally.

Why does eveyone diss the compact its a very good car i personally would own one of them over any other E36

They look hideous though. I saw one today and I cant like it. Looks wrong.

Blitz wrote:They look hideous though. I saw one today and I cant like it. Looks wrong.

All the sh1t cars you like aswell like that bloody toyota taxi thing you are just wrong!

we currently have a compact, not sure on the MPG as i never check but it seems very good !

I was going to buy a 318ti compact. But coming from a e36 coupe the interior just seemed a bit cheap. Which I think was a comment made by the Auto press when it was new.

How ever I do like the practical side of it.. which is why I wanted one. And I don't think they look that bad.

mine would do an easy 40mpg on a run, and barely sip fuel pottering around town. however, it was only a 316 so for most of my b-road commute it needed to be thrashed and averaged 35mpg or so, but i got fedup with the lack of power.

i should imagine the 318ti would give similar if not better economy and also have a bit of poke when you need it.

i actually prefer the way the compacts feel and handle, they have a certain amount of e30 nimbleness which was lost with the normal e36s complex and sure footed rear end. the dash looks pretty low rent, but it's still nicely put together and a lot more practical then the normal e36 dash. definately needs to be black though, the lighter colour dashboards are disgusting!

My 318ti gets 35mpg all day long.

mite get one! i am afraid of my e34 getting rusty! and want to keep it mint! would like a compact hack around in lol mpg sounds good too me! are they lighter than e30`s?

I weighed my E30 325i @ 1242kg,
I weighed my compact 318ti sport @ 1240kg (weighed 1260kg with an M52 in it)

MPG with the 1.8 i was getting low 30's mixed driving

Tbh I know they're pretty similar weight wise, but my compact always felt lighter than my e30, maybe because the major controlls are a bit lighter and the steering on them is quicker. The e36 also felt like a far stiffer shell.

Compacts are great, bastard child yes and flawed but I honestly love mine.

bought as a hack and she's stuck longer than most cars

does average 37 mpg weekly commuting, can get 45 outa her if I nurse and draft a bit lol !

drive one, see what you think only massive drawback..... they are gash in the snow !

M44 best donk, with a working SACS of course.

Ant wrote:Compacts are great, bastard child yes and flawed but I honestly love mine.

bought as a hack and she's stuck longer than most cars

does average 37 mpg weekly commuting, can get 45 outa her if I nurse and draft a bit . !

drive one, see what you think only massive drawback..... they are gash in the snow !

M44 best donk, with a working SACS of course.

Agreed Ant, i bought mine as a short termer when I sold my 328i sport, 2 years on and 25k miles later its still here. Also all its ever needed is oil changes and tires.

I love mine but will be selling it shortly when the m50 touring is complete and no doubt I will regret it.

Heres a nice example to prove that compacts can look good.#

Is this a compact whoring thread

Hmm better take a pic of mine then lol

I have a e36 touring 1600 and a e36 compact m42 1800 road rally car.

My touring does 400 miles per full tank, i recon it would do loads more on a long run, but the 400 miles is back and too from work.

My compact, i filled it up, drove to st asif, thats about 50 miles from me and where the road rally Gogledd started, did half the rally, put £10 in it , did the second half, so thats 140 miles of flat out motorsport, and then drove home and had 1/4 a tank of fuel left. Finished 22nd overall, and first novice to produce BMW glory ;)


Compacts handle better than e36 in the wet, and like with most cars, yo pich your wheels and that makes the look of the car...

COmpacts are the Rallying future!

oh forgot the pics




red is rally car black is the touring...









the compact is such a nice car... For next to no money you can have one hell of machine!