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Re: D Stock BMW 318ti

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Subject: Re: D Stock BMW 318ti
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:21:23 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Jeffrey Lloyd wrote:
> Alex, What Is... Building them right?
> 
> Drive a 318 Ti and get back in your Neon, I swear it will feel like a 
> Rattle box.. I bring the Z3 in for service and I get Corollas, Altimas 
> and Ti's for loaners Once I got A Neon The Nissan was Bad the corolla 
> was worse The Neon had more road noise then My convertable and was 
> Really rattly. Fun to drive Yup But you could tell where they saved the 
> money... Build quality.. The ti drives as good as any other bmw, and is 
> Rock solid (no rattles) I think it's worth the 10 large any day, The 
> diffrence is a lot like the diffrence between the Z3 and the miata..  

Maybe I'm weird, but I'd trade more road noise and rattles for more
performance any day of the week.  The fact that it costs $10k less is a
really nice coincidence.

Mark


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