318is or 325i

[skipunda]

Some people like the four pot and I've had a few miles in an IS and 318. It does *sound* a little more pokey as most high revving engines do. However you can always hear a straight 6 BMW engine from a street or two away, a fantastic whine to it regardless of capacity.

[reggid]

both are shit in standard form

Do me a favour! They are nothing of the sort!

in standard form either will get there ass handed to them in a straight line and corners by newer cars. But they are more fun to drive and with a few tweaks are great to drive...

i saw an old article where a 325i Sport was 0.4sec slower than the M3 in a 40sec lap, it is not much considering the hype......make up your own mind about how the 318is with 60bhp less would do

[HairyScreech]

Amusingly i have seen an E30 m3 fail to keep up with a sport ka so really the whole thread is invalid.

[sean_318i]

All this talk of the zones' decline of late. Well its all bs, the same old discussions are still being played out regularly since I joined in 2005.
Ive driven 318i, 318is, 320i, and 325i and they are all special and all have their own distinctive feel. Each one feels nice after you have driven another for a long time but I still choose the 325i

[HairyScreech]

Lets face it either will do because they are only going to be pulled out in favour of a 2.8 or an m5x.

[snakebrain]

i dont care how fast i can go around sharp bends and corners, but i do like to give it the full beans on empty straights

One of these might be for you then...

[Cloggy Saint]

thats gotta be be shit! ive touched 130 in my 316i

[polsta]

Some people like the four pot and I've had a few miles in an IS and 318. It does *sound* a little more pokey as most high revving engines do. However you can always hear a straight 6 BMW engine from a street or two away, a fantastic whine to it regardless of capacity.

the "drive" that really did it for me, hadnt had the 325i long, maybe 2 weeks, hadnt really given it a proper flat out drive, the fella flew down from scotland to buy my is,picked him up from airport, looked it over etc etc, did the deal...he said right i need to go to a bank ? bank its like 4pm or whatever it was and he needed to get 3k from a bank...i went your shitting me ? no.. , so we jumped in the car flew down local bank which was different to his..and he couldnt get it, im thinking no no nooooooo, had visions of hotel for him or whatever and a right ball ache, we literaly had 20 mins to make the bank before it closed and a normal 30/35 min drive away and wasnt even sure exactly where it was...we jumped in and woooosh , i just drove it like i stole it , that sort of drive you just cant replicate without that real urgency like life depended on it, and the car was fantastic, sounded unbelievable, made it literaly with seconds to spare and i had a nervous wait round the corner wondering if he managed it,and he came back with the 3 grand and that was it, a leisurely drive back with a big smile

that drive was the one

[Andyboy]

thats gotta be be shit! ive touched 130 in my 316i

Beat me to it! What nonsense!

[harry_p]

Now now, don't take the mick or the lurking ban hamsters might appear.

And people wonder why so many regulars don't bother any more.

[Barx325i]

thats gotta be be insane! ive barely ever touched 130kph in my 316i

[pukar]

i can't believe that it took 16 posts before that old chestnut "baby M3" came out


325i is better.......BUT


........average sport or a well sorted SE?

[polsta]

i can't believe that it took 16 posts before that old chestnut "baby M3" came out


325i is better.......BUT


........average sport or a well sorted SE?

:

if the 318is is the baby m3, is the SE "the daddy M3"

[kangman]

i can't believe that it took 16 posts before that old chestnut "baby M3" came out


325i is better.......BUT


........average sport or a well sorted SE?

:

if the 318is is the baby m3, is the SE "the daddy M3"

And the 320i is the M3's uncle

[polsta]

no, you dont get it

[bmw9818]

thats gotta be be shit! ive touched 130 in my 316i

Beat me to it! What nonsense!

It is capable of 120 easy, took a bit of pushing but got it to 130, it's not nonsense, what speed would you consider a 316i to be capable of, at about 90-100 it feels very torquey and pulls all the way to 120,, mice had my 1.2 zetec fiesta at 100 that was with low oil!

The m40 had just been complete serviced, new head, coil, filters, leads, pump, plugs the lot!

It also had a 325 radiator in it because I got. Sent the wrong one and never got around to changing it so that could be a contributing factor to the blistering performance

[Barx325i]

112 mph when new, but check with your GPS at top whack and report back..

[jmc330i]

A speedo indicated 130mph is one thing, real world speed is another. 130 indicated will most likely be 115-120mph.

[pony]

325i .... All day .... Every day ....
A proper BMW with a II6