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#21
06-19-2008, 09:03 AM
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I had a e36 M3 and was impressed. mpg avg was ~23, maybe a little more if mostly highway. While it did everything well, I thought of it more as an appliance. No regrets selling it. Now I have a 318 e36 and like it just the same. Sure, it's 100hp down, but it handles just about as good and gets much better mpg. Oh insurance was high for the M3, at least for me.
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#22
06-19-2008, 09:29 AM
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Does the 318 run on premium as well?
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06-19-2008, 09:55 AM
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I am going to look at one today. Thanks!
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#25
06-19-2008, 10:08 AM
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You sure about that? The late E30 318i's have the E36's twin cam motor. Its high CR and I thought it required 91. One of my E30 racing 'mates used to own one as a daily. There is no knock detection on the ones I've seen so be careful running cheap gas.
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#26
06-19-2008, 02:26 PM
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#27
06-19-2008, 02:32 PM
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#28
06-19-2008, 02:33 PM
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My neighbor has an E36 M3 but it's a 4 door. Apparently they only sold it in the US as a 4 door for one year, 1998.
I like the "normal" 2 door much better. 
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06-19-2008, 02:41 PM
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AND...it's really fun to drive, just a different kind of fun than my Targa (AND the A/C works). Peter
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#30
06-19-2008, 03:41 PM
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And I don't 'do' regular -- that's gas for the 'common man'. sorta like taking public transportation when you have a perfectly good car (or 3!) 
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