318ti compact vs e30 318iS

[harry_p]

someone with an e30 look up the length in their handbook. the figs on carfolio might be wrong, but as i said, the compact figs are straight out of a 1995 bmw compact handbook. i think the e36 front end is longer, so overall it's not that much shorter despite the stumpy tail.

[e36boy]

i cant belive the compact is only 115mm shorter than a coupe that dosnt seem right to me some how

E30 coupe though which are smaller cars anyway

[town325i]

sorry my bad i didnt see it was being compared to an e30 i thought is was being compared to an e36is god i need to learn to read yes i am a retard!

[tim_s]

lol. e30 318is weight according to handbook is 1125kg. Early e36 coupe 318is is 1250kg iirc. tbh didn't realise there was so little in it weight-wise between e36 compact and e30 IS, still would have an e36 coupe over an e36 compact i think though for the z axle, they handle really well.

[toby]

Rear spoiler adds some balance to the blunt rear of the compact.

Yes you're right they are around 1250kg according to a few sites I checked.

[e30bmlover]

lmao... 318ti!! the 87' loves em! me... i cant stand them they just look wrong! so very, very wrong!... forgot to add they are gutless too

[Ant]

45.2 Mpg from the M44 though Tim, thats my usage not the claimed figs, that's extra urban( 40 town/60 motorway ) too and I don't sit in the inside lane nursing it either

looks are subjective for defo, indeed I still have a love/hate relationship with it , but at the end of the day, its transport , RWD and runs on air, I looked @ e36 coupes( I have owned an M3 and a 325 this year too ) but they are overpriced, under maintained turds in the pricebracket( or councilled to death ) so a low miles minty Ti ticks a lot of boxes suddenly.

[Simon13]

Compacts are still very much in demand too Ant, hence the strong secondhand prices still. A good compact isn't forsale long. We bought ours with in 3 days of the previous keeper advertising it and we sold it on within 2 weeks also

[harry_p]

lol, we spotted the add for the one i bought literally 5mins after the bloke placed it.

3 hours later it was mine

[e30bmlover]

45.2 Mpg from the M44 though Tim, thats my usage not the claimed figs, that's extra urban( 40 town/60 motorway ) too and I don't sit in the inside lane nursing it either

looks are subjective for defo, indeed I still have a love/hate relationship with it , but at the end of the day, its transport , RWD and runs on air, I looked @ e36 coupes( I have owned an M3 and a 325 this year too ) but they are overpriced, under maintained turds in the pricebracket( or councilled to death ) so a low miles minty Ti ticks a lot of boxes suddenly.

fair point ant but for me im used to getting 240 miles to a tank ( £45 ) so economy really isnt a factor.. although saying that schnitzer did build a 3.2 evo based compact.. now that would be worth having!

[78dude]

The Compact and E30 is in many way two cars who forfill each other good, only that the E36 is much more modern. Here in Sweden, the 323tii is a populare car and I can see plenty of them, but my favorite is the 4 pot 140bhp version who can also be a very good track day car and it also more handy than a E30 as well.

[ShepsEvo3]

I'd have a 318ti if it was really cheap.

But then the back end looks too much like a Mk5 Escort. Maybe I prefer the RS2000

[toby]

Would it be possible to get a couple of mountain bikes in the back of a compact?

[e30bmlover]

here is the only compact to have... Another victory for Aachen!

[dips346]

here is the only compact to have... Another victory for Aachen!



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that a ac boot spoiler ?

[e30bmlover]

here is the only compact to have... Another victory for Aachen!



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that a ac boot spoiler ?

cant really see mate as im viewing the zone on my pc with the shady monitor.. will have to boot the laptop up.. i would have thought it was.. i see it has the roof spoiler too.

[dips346]

wouldnt mind the 2 spoilers for mine

[e36boy]

I very nearly bought a Dakar yellow edition Schnitzer 318ti last year....Complete with black Type 1's

[harry_p]

now this


has pi$$ed me right off! about 2 months agoi sprayed one of my type1s black, and pit a red rim pinstripe on, with a view to doing the rest when i got time, and having never seen them on a compact, and now, before i can finish them and get them on i see this

not keen on the front end though, the earlier, standad e36 AC front spoiler looks loads nicer than that bozz eyed lumpy foglamp one