will_ainsworth
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i know i will only be 18 with one years no claims but this is cheeper and cheeper on insurance than a gti, i know its a saloon but i really like it!!
lol i no people will say its too grown up etc but what do you think...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/324758.htm
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gavin18787
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Nice cars but will be quite thirsty and cost a bit to run.
Plus you may get bored with a "grown up" car in terms of the way it drives etc
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Tom
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Nice 
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aim1
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6 cylinders are thirsty, the 16v engines aren't. They're just slow, quite smooth but slow.
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G_Man
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Originally posted by gavin18787
Nice cars but will be quite thirsty and cost a bit to run.
Plus you may get bored with a "grown up" car in terms of the way it drives etc
Good points, think about these a lot before you decide
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ClaireF
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very nice
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will_ainsworth
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so what would people recommend then? tbh i just want something nice to drive and something smart, fed up of getting told im a boy racer too!! plus i dont really drive fast, i duno what i really want tbh but love the look of this! and thirsty? how thirsty lol
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will_ainsworth
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also dont forget im used to a corsa b 1.0 so every other car will be faster lol!
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WU-TANG- DAN
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i like old man cars and im younger than you.
i say no to that one though, its a bit 'imageless' IMO
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SVM 286
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Very good car.
Don't expect to set any land speed records in one though.
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G_Man
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i have a 320 and it gets 20mpg round town. Yes they are comfy etc and nice to drive, but is it what you want at 18?
If you buy a beemer, people jus tell you its your dads or ask if your a drug dealer haha, so boy racer/drug dealer, you choose which ud rather be 
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will_ainsworth
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Originally posted by SVM 286
Very good car.
Don't expect to set any land speed records in one though.
lol i dont need a v fast car, im used to a 1.0 so im sure its faster also i will be driving up to london a bit this year, so thats 300+ miles, good car to go in?
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Mike
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Not a lover of the 3 series saloon tbh, I like the coupes but the saloons just don't do it for me. Another thing to consider is that you'll always be getting the old 'how's daddy's car?' from the people who don't know you and just expect it's not yours. I know that can get annoying.
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will_ainsworth
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Originally posted by G_Man
i have a 320 and it gets 20mpg round town. Yes they are comfy etc and nice to drive, but is it what you want at 18?
If you buy a beemer, people jus tell you its your dads or ask if your a drug dealer haha, so boy racer/drug dealer, you choose which ud rather be
well i am a drug dealer so it might make business a bit better.
lol oj!
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will_ainsworth
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Not a lover of the 3 series saloon tbh, I like the coupes but the saloons just don't do it for me. Another thing to consider is that you'll always be getting the old 'how's daddy's car?' from the people who don't know you and just expect it's not yours. I know that can get annoying.
lol i got an answer that would shut em up anyway,,, well dad died, but yeh he liked his beemers
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Mike
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My brother had an E36 a while back, he was about 21 when he had it and loads of people didn't believe it was his, they tend to see the badge and think, he couldn't afford that, they seem to forget that even tho it's a BMW they do still drop in price 
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will_ainsworth
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nah but on a serious note, are they reliable? bad points? (i know bmw parts are expensive but i dont reli mind,
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Tom
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I'd get an a4 over that actually.
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will_ainsworth
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thing is the best part will be people saying its my rents or sumin then just being able to show the paperwork if i really needed to! anyway dont care if people think it,
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SVM 286
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quote:
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Originally posted by SVM 286
Very good car.
Don't expect to set any land speed records in one though.
lol i dont need a v fast car, im used to a 1.0 so im sure its faster also i will be driving up to london a bit this year, so thats 300+ miles, good car to go in?
Definitely.
E46s are a lovely drive.
They don't look too dissimilar to the 36, but are a superior car to drive.
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will_ainsworth
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I'd get an a4 over that actually.
well i have sorta got a p reg a4 saloon but its actually more expensive on insurance and reminds me of my dad too much as it was his.
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SVM 286
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Front wishbones suffer with play after some time and clonk badly eventually and the power steering pump WILL stop working sooner or later.
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G_Man
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parts can be expensive, but they are reliable, if its what you definately want, go for it
[Edited on 26-01-2008 by G_Man]
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Mike
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Reliability wise, we've had 3 BMW's in the family altogether, the first was fine, only problem we had was a leaky rad (apparently a common fault on the 3 series) that eventually led to my mum blowing the engine spectacularly, then we had to put a new one in. Then my brother's, he had it just short of 2 years and spent around £1800 fixing it, mainly little bits but lots of them, it seemed like I was forever working on it. Then there's my Dad's 7 series, never had any major problems I don't think, although it cost him about £500 to get it through it's last MOT, cause of a bush on the rear suspension, was quite a big job, so a big labour bill.
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mwg
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wouldn't bother with one with that engine
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