318IS INFO

Post Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:09 pm

Looks quite nice from the pics...

Post Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:18 pm

Cheers for that bud,honest to good it looks even better in the flesh.Really happy i think me has got a bargin for once me hopes.

Post Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:21 pm

looks good made and it's still red which most are not!

Post Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:31 pm

Simon13 wrote:looks good made and it's still red which most are not!

Hey! No pink-ness here either!

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:32 pm

Nice car, shame it's missing the lip spoiler though.

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:48 pm

Very few 318is come with the lip spolier! Every one i saw,wanted to see didnt have it

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:20 pm

I had to buy the lip for mine. It seems that quite a few of them are without one now days!

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:36 pm

Yeah loads of theiving gits about - guess I'm lucky that
a) mine came with the lip
b) I've only had my BBS centres nicked so far

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:16 pm

I thought they were more common than that, i suppose theres a lot of copies about nowadys as well.

Only had one center cap stolen so far

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Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:51 pm

Am I the only person in the land who doesn't like the iS lip spoiler?? I think it just looks a bit odd, the front of the car having that lip so close to the ground when the rest of the bodywork isn't at the same level

Post Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:09 pm

Yeah i think the iS should have come with SE sideskirts or something, i spent hrs starting at my Black one and often got that "snowplough" feeling...
Altho its pretty nice from a direct frontal view!

Post Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:37 pm

Hey guys

getting my cab back on friday,costing me Ãƒ”šÃ‚£850.
The heads been done.
Fitted second hand clocks.
Exhaust manifold been done.
Brand new rad.
And a few odds and ends.
Ãƒ”šÃ‚£850
He has not done the handbrake cable and rear bushes if i have em done while the car is there looking at Ãƒ”šÃ‚£1100/1200.Think i will leave them out until next time.I will park the convertible up in the garage now until summer and save up.I will just use the 318is when i get her over the weekend cant wait.

Cheers

Post Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:44 pm

Im pretty tempted to try and find some SE sideskirts to put on mine....

Sounds cool palerider, looks nice. You will have a lot of fun driving it im sure

Post Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:48 pm

Hi guys just got home not so long ago with the 318is,and i just cant make up my mind if i like it or not.Its not the fastest tool on the road dont get me wrong i am no boy racer but it just felt funny and sounded funny.Not in the same league as a 325i or my alpina b11 i know they are great cars in there own right but you just cant beat a straight six growling.She was great on the motorway but it was very hard to keep up with my mates e34 525i he kept on pulling away ,he says he was trying to get me going give some of that right foot.Which is very stupid of him as it a high mileage car and its strange you just dont do thinks like that until its been serviced.The condition of the car done it for me its perfect but i suppose like anything you have to get used to it might be the best bmw i have ever owned.Just maybe.

Temp guage i noticed was very slow of the mark do the m42 run cold did not get passed the first quater mark.
Engine is very quite aside from a slight cammy noice ever so slight.

Cheers
Ryan

Guest · Post Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:14 pm

If u decide u dont like it, and in a couple of months u feel like sellin it, im you're man. How many miles has it done, and if u dont mind me askin, how much did u pay for it?

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:54 pm

It isnt quick in a straight like

But go find some B roads and see how you like the is then

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:05 pm

Yeah they could do with a bit more power really
Whats needed is the handling of the iS and the power of the 325

Think its called an m3...

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:08 pm

palerider325icab wrote:Temp guage i noticed was very slow of the mark do the m42 run cold did not get passed the first quater mark.

Mine is like this - doesnt really go much above 1/4 way unless you're thrashing the life out of it & even then doesnt really go over half on a hot day. I bought a new thermostat as I thought maybe thats sticking, but I just havent got around to fitting it.

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:19 pm

I was at work today so i did not get a chance to have a good look at her.I took her round to my dad to let him have a look and he could not believe the condition of the car its out of this world.I took him round the block and he turned down the radio to listen to the engine he thought there was something up with it because it has a sound all of its own like a busy be buzzing kind of sound not the 6pot growl anyway i hope thats the way the IS is supposed to sound.I also noticed that the dechrome on the drivers side from where the back side window meets the front door that black strip is missing i think it covers the rain channal.Where can i buy dechromed sections from.

I think she will grow on me not going to use her until i get her serviced but she will have to wait untill the big girl comes home lol[325i]

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:23 pm

They sound raspy top end sounds like normal to me

Post Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:24 pm

the M42 does sound very buzzy! Its nice in its own way, and totally unique; or atleast ive never heard anything else quite like it.