318is or 325i

[bss325i]

If fuel economy is such a big deal to you, go buy a diesel. It will probably be faster to!

[SpencerLavery]

Anyone referring to their 130 bhp car as "fast" needs to be bitch slapped.

[Royalratch]

That's the whole point - it's not that fast it's just near enough as fast as a 325i point-to-point.

barry - your logic does not work. You say iS owners give it the biggun and we say 325i owners need to be taken down a peg.

Like the 325i is fast lol. Half of them have tractor autos and the other are shagged beyond belief or in the wrong shell (Gaybriolet, 4-Door etc).

Jhonno - such rubbish on the MPG FFS...

[spook]

Gaybriolet, excellent Ratch

[SpencerLavery]

That's the whole point - it's not that fast it's just near enough as fast as a 325i point-to-point.

There is a huge 33.3% more power in the M20, that's not "near enough" by any measure. Would you say that a 95hp car is near enough as fast as an iS? Exactly.

Factory speeds aside - the best stock bottom M20 I've ever seen makes 475whp, the best stock bottom M42 I've ever seen makes 285whp, they're not comparable.

[Dezzy]

They are both shit.

[bss325i]

it's just near enough as fast as a 325i point-to-point.

No not at all. Never!

325i Sport 0-60 6.8
318iS 0-60 9.ZZZZZzzzzzzz

Although Ratch has no answer to this, the 0-60 time is the least of its weaknesses. 0-100......a yawning six seconds difference.

[DanThe]

They are both shit.

Exactly, get them weighed in while the price is right!

[DanThe]

Has anybody ever ridiculed an iS by taking it down the 1/4 mile?

[SpencerLavery]

They are both shit.

Haha, all engines are shit in certain contexts. Except perhaps the LS7.

[pac1982]

bit off topic but what is the fastest of all the E30's including the rare ones?

[bss325i]

Out of the factory cars the M3 Sport Evo.

Out of the Tuner cars the Hartge H36 24v.

[Dezzy]

^ Over all the best handling and power to weight, it's got to be the IS surely?

[e30topless]

Has anybody ever ridiculed an iS by taking it down the 1/4 mile?

Alex took his down in 2009, he got dusted by council Jimmy in a 325i !

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[DanThe]

What was his time Steve? That 325i looks rather poorly

[Alex]

Has anybody ever ridiculed an iS by taking it down the 1/4 mile?

Alex took his down in 2009, he got dusted by council Jimmy in a 325i !

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Sport v sport this year, if his wins this time i will put it down to mine having more metal attached to it

[e30topless]

16.5 I think for the IS, Alex's car was running good

Jimmy's car gets the thrashing of it's life everyday, that M20 has never been opened 175k and has seen more ring action than Elton John!

both cars are stock/factory so proof is there, a tired 26 year old 325i can dust a good running 318IS by at least 2 seconds !

[Alex]

16.5 I think for the IS, Alex's car was running good

Jimmy's car gets the thrashing of it's life everyday, that M20 has never been opened 175k and has seen more ring action than Elton John!

both cars are stock/factory so proof is there, a tired 26 year old 325i can dust a good running 318IS by at least 2 seconds !

mine was chipped, i posted the vid too, 4 pages ago

Well used that b25 of jimmys, does he still fit new tyres every few weeks

[cecotto479]

Let's face it. In 1990, nobody, but nobody, ever said,
"The handling and balance of the 318iS is so superior, I'll forego a few extra bhp, that noise and a few ft/lbs, some mph, and a couple of seconds along with the cachet of buying at the top of the range for the sake of a couple of mpg and a cheaper insurance bill." All original 318iS owners, without exception, really wanted a 325.

Then, as now, you bought a 318iS because for whatever reason you couldn't afford to buy or probably more likely, run, a 325i.

The flagship was the 325i. If not, they'd have discontinued the 325i on the introduction of the 318iS. BMW effectively decreed it so in 1990. It is the inferior model. Live with it.

[DanThe]

I heard the dealers had to spec them up with alloys and other trinkets at their own expense just to punt them out the door

[bss325i]

It is the inferior model. Live with it.

[jann]

It is the inferior model. Live with it.

This! can it end now please. It's making me have thoughts of owning a 325 now! as much as i love my iS lol.

[e30topless]

The flagship was the 325i. If not, they'd have discontinued the 325i on the introduction of the 318iS. BMW effectively decreed it so in 1990. It is the inferior model. Live with it.

that is a fact,
no doubt BMW spent a fortune on research before discontinuing the 4 pot shitter after miserable sales figures,

there's nothing like a 6 pot howl, even when driven carefully, it always gives me a grin

that never ever happens in a 4 cylinder turd....

[skipunda]

I think we've hit the end of this one. How long until the next? I give it 4 months.