Anyone know what power a 2001 Y reg E46 316i SE will have? Apparently he's saying its 115bhp but i thought it was a bit less?

 

Yup they are 114bhp

 

Cheers mate. Ive googled it and a few sites state it has 102bhp though and a few say 114-118.

 

Anyone who buys drives a 316 needs a good slapping (and a 318 as well)

 

why, is a 320 a rocketship compared to a 318

 

Yes they may be slow, but as PT said, a 320's not going to be rapid either! Not everyone buys on outright performance, other things have to be taken into account which is why they build a whole range, is it not?

 

Thats a small engine in quite a heavy car

 

a guy at work here has one

same spec as the 320 (climate etc)

but returns well over 40mpg day-in day-out

and isnt as slow as you'd think

(just doesnt have that nice six cylinder noise of the 320)

 

i had a 520i 6 cylinder 24v on a H plate, went well, sounded well on full chat.

when you got it moving and you changed gear at high speed you could feel it lunge forward!

 

It's the 4 cylinder thing. All BMW's should have six cyliners minimum. Let's see a 318 or an ST220.......HMMMMM let me think. When you take total cost (purchase and running costs). I think the ST220 would come out cheaper. People who have 316 and 318 BMW's are the sort of people who would buy a turd if it had a BMW badge on it and that is why they need a slap.

 

How can you compare a 318 to an ST220?

Thats all well and good for people like me and you mate who can probably afford to insure something bigger/quicker, but for the 19 year old in question, a 316/318 is all he can afford.

 

And where you get that from mate, i have no idea.

 

well if your gonna buy a beemer why not discount the entire range apart from the M models then as they are the only ones with decent performance

 

Clutch control?

 

Are you having a laugh? In comparison to what? Fiat 500 [/b]

 

For the price of a 318 (brand new). Think how many better cars there are out there. I would rather have a mondeo with a decent size engine, with a LARGE spec than a basic BMW. This is my point. People who buy for the badge not the car.

 

the bus or walking.

 

My thoughts exactly, altough I think you might be wrong with the bus comment

 

A 316

 

they can be as well speced as the bigger bmw's its just the engine thats smaller.not everyone wants a big engined faster car ,some prefer an insurance friendly well built non rattly bmw.

 

i didnt think you got a 2 litre 24 valve? not on a h plate anyway. wouldnt that be the 12v m20 engine ? i think the 24 v was the 191bhp 2.5 engine that came out in about 1995 (m reg)?
i could be wrong though.