My new car

"6cyl" (6cyl) 02/12/2016 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

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I have been searching for a 318ti to take over DD duty from the mk4 2.slow golf. Finally found one that was right for me! Picked it up about a week ago. 212k miles stock everything except the bilstein shocks/struts and z3 wheels. On the to do list: brakes, rear shocks, h&r sport springs, needs a new windshield and headliner.

mazda616 > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 12:49

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I have always liked those!

6cyl > mazda616 02/12/2016 at 12:51

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Me too! They are very polarizing. People seem to love them or hate them.

d15b > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 12:51

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I like the wheels. Looks period specific.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 12:57

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s54 swap

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R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 12:57

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I dig it.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:01

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These are such cool cars. I wanted on to DD a long time.. but they are either clean and $$$ or beat up and not worth owning. Great buy!

Steve in Manhattan > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:06

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Buddy of mine lives in Santa Fe - still lusts after one of those.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:09

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Awesome car! Looks suprisingly clean with that mileage. A blue 98 Compact should have been my first car.

6cyl > Somethin' 'bout a truck 02/12/2016 at 13:11

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Yeah I took a while to find the right one. If they are well taken care of they seem to go forever. This one was owned by an older BMW enthusiast then purchased by a BMW tech. Then I got it from him for $3,400. Some people would say that was too much but it is very clean and has no rust.

They very in price a lot based on several properties. Manual brings a good premium as does the sport package. In fact any dark interior seems to bring a higher price. The ‘95 club sport and ‘99 are by far the most expensive. Mine is a ‘98 sport package and has the fairly uncommon factory rear spoiler.

Leadbull > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:21

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Nice!

I almost bought one of those last summer, but I didn’t pull the trigger because it had an auto and a California roof.

They're neat little cars for sure.

EL_ULY > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:44

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SUPER CLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAN!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

Flyboy is FAA certified insane > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:55

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A guy in our school’s car club has one of these. Had a bunch or handling upgrades that made it feel like it was a go kart. Now straight 6 swapped and scary as hell.

Jagvar > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 13:57

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Congrats on owning an unusual gem! I’ve always liked the Compacts, and even test-drove a green ‘96 318Ti back in the day. Here’s an Oppositelock feature from a couple years back that goes deep into the history of these cool odd ducks.

Somethin' 'bout a truck > 6cyl 02/12/2016 at 16:13

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Honestly that’s not a bad price for that model and such good history! I say NP!

Alex B > 6cyl 02/13/2016 at 15:37

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I know a lot of people hate these, but I think they are really cool little hatches.