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| RoadGlue |
 Jan 14 2013, 03:32 PM
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Sonoma County Gear Head  Group: Admin Posts: 2,033 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 108 Region Association: Northern California 
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Some of you may have caught wind from a previous post in which I was trying to decide whether or not to keep my 914s or sell one or both to fund the purchase of another car. Well I ended up trading in blue as a down-payment for the purchase of car for my friend, and then got my friend's '96 BMW 318ti. Mods include a Dinan stage 1 exhaust, chip and suspension upgrade. They're supposed to be the #1 U.S. BMW tuners. Otherwise it's stock and extremely clean. It has some miles, but it's been impeccably taken care of and has all of the service history. With the mods, it's about 150 hp (not a rocket ship, but that's what the motorcycle is for) and it weighs in at 2,600 lbs. Not bad for a mid-90s front-engine, rear-wheel drive hatch back.
Pretty stoked. It's by far the newest car I've ever owned. I think I had a 90's pickup for a few months (I've owned a lot of cars...). Heat, air, leather, sticky tires, lots of cool options. Makes a boy feel spoiled! http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelrandy/se...ith/8379884622/ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif) Really glad I kept the Yellow 914 too! So my engine build continues... it's going to be a number of months, but hopefully it'll be back on the road by or during summer. Thanks everyone for your advice and help, and I'm glad to still be part of this awesome community. Randy |
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| strawman |
Jan 16 2013, 02:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 891 Joined: 25-January 08 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 8,624 Region Association: Central California
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Nice choice on the "compact." I've got a '97 328i auto (115k) and a '96 318ti manual (185k). I like the solid feel of the 328i for longer trips, but my bone stock ti with a sloppy worn-out suspension is funner in the twisties. Check out 318ti.org for info. The ti is a great platform for a six swap, since everything literally bolts in ('cept for the aft-header exhaust) if you ever get the urge for more power. But I actually like the free-revving M44 -- once I fixed all the oil leaks. As with every BMW, you need to replace the cooling system every 50k miles or so -- especially the plastic pipes on the M44.
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RoadGlue I'm still here! Sold one of the two 914s Jan 14 2013, 03:32 PM
biosurfer1 I looked at the ti's when I was buying a commu... Jan 14 2013, 03:35 PM
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I looked at the ti's when I was buying a comm... Jan 14 2013, 03:50 PM Tom_T
I looked at the ti's when I was buying a com... Jan 14 2013, 04:19 PM billh1963 So...did you delete your thread documenting your e... Jan 14 2013, 03:42 PM RoadGlue
So...did you delete your thread documenting your ... Jan 14 2013, 03:48 PM Krieger Yea Randy! Jan 14 2013, 05:38 PM jeeperjohn56 Clean looking car Randy,might be a little more com... Jan 14 2013, 06:19 PM RoadGlue
Clean looking car Randy,might be a little more co... Jan 14 2013, 06:55 PM Cap'n Krusty Pretty nice cars, if you're into BMWs. One wo... Jan 14 2013, 06:26 PM RoadGlue Thanks Cap'n. It's been running the tune/c... Jan 14 2013, 06:54 PM kg6dxn :Qarl:
:cheer: Jan 14 2013, 07:03 PM Krieger First Redwood AX is March 9... Jan 14 2013, 09:53 PM jbyron Randy, keep it maintained and you should have no t... Jan 15 2013, 08:51 AM Gint That'll be fun! Looks good. Jan 15 2013, 10:24 PM |
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