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New to BMW, question regard to 318 and 320+
first, thank you guys so much, just more curious about older 318 with 4 cyclinder, are they comfort and powerful enough for me on the highway runing over 130km with low rpm and runs stabible? because i currently have a 4 cyclinder 1.6L RWD corolla so if it's not really different from 1.8L 4 cyclinder BMW than i will consider the 6 cyclinder 320 or better model, Thanks!
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I think for basic transportation, my BMW 318i is more than powerful enough. It's definately not a race car, but its quick enough. I regularly cruise at 80mph (130Km/h) on my way to work in 5th gear at around 3000-3500rpm, if that helps.
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It might be a bit quicker than the corrolla, but not noticeably. A 6 is always better, more power + lasts longer
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Quote: | It might be a bit quicker than the corrolla, but not noticeably. A 6 is always better, more power + lasts longer | That a six lasts longer is mostly fallacy. The fours are no more stretched than the sixes - if anything, less so. They don't rev as high, and the older fours aren't nearly as complicated.
A six is obviously better for engine note and charisma, but you'll have to go to a 325i to notice any power improvement. (Also the E46 318i was not sold in Canada.) How much is fuel in Canada these days?
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Quote: That a six lasts longer is mostly fallacy. The fours are no more stretched than the sixes - if anything, less so. They don't rev as high, and the older fours aren't nearly as complicated.
A six is obviously better for engine note and charisma, but you'll have to go to a 325i to notice any power improvement. (Also the E46 318i was not sold in Canada.) How much is fuel in Canada these days? | If BMW 4 cylinders have a bad rep, it might be due to the profile gasket failures on the M42 engines (late e30, early e36). Other than that, I agree that the older ones are generally simple, durable engines. BMW made its reputation with the 4 cylinder powered 2002, and the M10 block is probably the most durable of all BMW engines.
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Quote: | If BMW 4 cylinders have a bad rep, it might be due to the profile gasket failures on the M42 engines (late e30, early e36). Other than that, I agree that the older ones are generally simple, durable engines. BMW made its reputation with the 4 cylinder powered 2002, and the M10 block is probably the most durable of all BMW engines. | Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about the magic melting profile gasket. (I used to have an M42 3er coupe but the build date was later.) In the UK and some other parts of Northern Europe, mid-vintage sixes have a reputation for fragility since the Nikasil-lined alloy block was introduced in 1995. And just as in the US, high-sulphur petrol melted the bores (this is why the six-pot blocks in the US were made from iron, until BMW figured out that fitting regular steel liners to an alloy block was what they should have done in the first place  ).
The only negative reputations BMW's current four-pot engines "enjoy" is only moderate fuel economy, compared to the claims, and a relative lack of character (no high-rpm bursts of eager power *here*).
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New to BMW, question regard to 318 and 320+