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V35 skylines would be what the doc recommends :)

350GT Premium tiptronic auto.

The driver's seat has many electric adjustments so you can have it just the way you like.

Car isn't overly low so you can get in and out quite easy.

Comfy car with lots of performance.

More gutsy than a 318is, newer and roughly the same price and parts are reasonable.

Thanks for the thought, I thought these were running around $25K which is a fair bit more than I want to spend and I didn't bother looking also maybe a bit of the large-and thirsty side ? I'll have a look .

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Thanks for the thought, I thought these were running around $25K which is a fair bit more than I want to spend and I didn't bother looking also maybe a bit of the large-and thirsty side ? I'll have a look .

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They have come down in price - autos are cheaper than manuals anyway.

I'd say fuel economy would be on the good side of average - not a light drinker but not a guzzler either - you will also need to fill it up using premium unleaded.

Another option in the v35 range would be the tiptronic sedan version VQ30 (direct injection) - these are somewhere in the 16k to 20k mark depending on year.

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the 318i i drove for a while was so gutless. it was shamefull. after owning a skyline you will want to shoot your self when you try and over take someone in the 318i... bmw forgot to put the powers in the engine when they built it, dunno why there hasnt been a re-call yet...

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Mum used to own a e46 318i - 4 banger. To be completely honest with you, the car isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sure, it's got leather seats and has a nice interior but the ride is shocking, theres a fair bit of road noise and it doesnt have much go in it at all, especially when you've got passengers.

She ended up trading in for a Mazda 6 - 4 banger again. Much better car, doesn't carry the BMW badge but it's still a nice car to drive, has a better ride than the bmw and in the hatch model there's a bit of road noise but less than the e46 had. The mazda has all the same features the bmw had anyway, and if anything they were more refined. Never had one problem with the car - and I've thrashed it a fair bit when my car was getting a gearbox reconditioned.

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Stay away from BMW's they are a real money sink.

If you want to go with an e36, go a 6cyl.

Honestly if you can find an e30 from 1983 with the good ol 4cyl M10 or any of the 6cyls in it they are good and have a fairly nice look to em, e36's alwase look like a tryhards car IMO.

EDIT: Yes all 318's are very underpowered as BMW is a german car they have had to design engins with emissions and economy in mind, power hasnt realy been something they designed for (unless its from the M garage)

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Thanks for the BMW info guys , I'm still recovering from the shock of being offered $7K trade for my near minty 98 R34GT-t with 84400ks against a 99 BMW 318iS with 105000 on it and priced very optimisticly , I thought , by the dealer @ $14950.00.

In other words the dealer wanted $8K of me , which is around the wholesale price of the BMW + my R34GT-t to do the deal.

I'm still wondering if I'd slipped through a temporal fiscal warp when I pulled onto the car lot .

If I did I hope I walked back through it when I left.

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A $7950 'Changeover' is an insult. I resent the fact that many salesmen consider a grey import as a 'leper'.

But hey Al, you've had enough cars to know that you needed to sell the GT-T first > then get a discount cash deal on the Beemer!

You can still get an E36 325i or 328i auto privately for the same bucks as that dealer 318iS (with perhaps the same kms).

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A $7950 'Changeover' is an insult. I resent the fact that many salesmen consider a grey import as a 'leper'.

But hey Al, you've had enough cars to know that you needed to sell the GT-T first > then get a discount cash deal on the Beemer!

You can still get an E36 325i or 328i auto privately for the same bucks as that dealer 318iS (with perhaps the same kms).

Yeah Terry , I know, I was just shocked--even more so that I didn't belt him, I must be getting old, woops--so that was it :) .

I carsalesed it today anyway and I've had one enquiry from here who was going to look today but unfortunately a family matter came up and he had to cancel.

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