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    At $12,000, Would Buying This 1996 BMW 318i Touring Be a Total Trip?

    Editor - The Auto JournalBy Editor - The Auto JournalJuly 5, 2022Updated:July 5, 2022No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Nice Price or No Dice 1996 BMW 318i Touring

    Today’s Nice Price or No Dice 318i is a privately-imported version of a mannequin BMW didn’t assume we’d like right here in America. Let’s see if we like this one and its price ticket.

    There was little like to be discovered for yesterday’s Independence Day-celebrating 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD outdoors of its amazingly patriotic spare tire cowl. With the final dislike for the Jeep, and the price of diesel gasoline lately, even a $4,500 value couldn’t sway sufficient of you to its facet. In the top, that earned the Liberty a 52 p.c No Dice loss

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    When BMW launched the E36 3 Series within the early ‘90s, in replacement of the ‘80s E30, it not only matched the earlier line’s physique model, however added a hatchback model as well. The American market obtained that oddball version, however we had been deemed unworthy of the Touring or wagon editions of both mannequin. It wasn’t till the next E46 fashions arrived that Americans may lastly get their wanting mitts on a 3 Series wagon.

    Nowadays, nevertheless, the NHTSA 25 Year Rule permits the authorized import of the older fashions, clearly relieving no matter pent-up demand there’s for such issues. This 1996 BMW 318i Touring is one such salve for that demand, having already made the boat journey over from its authentic stomping grounds in Germany, and having gained its citizenship papers.

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    This shouldn’t be a romper-stomper version of the E36. It’s a fairly fundamental automotive, as lots of the Tourings had been. Under the hood is a 111 horsepower 1.8-liter M40 4 and that’s mated to a regular five-speed guide. As fitted, that combo won’t supply the “Ultimate Driving Machine” expertise lengthy touted by BMW for its wares, however the automotive does considerably look the a part of the sporty experience. That’s by method an M entrance bumper, a set of alloys from a extra trendy period, and a drop on the entrance suspension that could be a tad an excessive amount of for many individuals’s style.

    Overall, the automotive seems fairly stable, though the vendor does be aware that the automotive suffers “some small rust” and describes it as a “Great project car to make your own.” Other issues to notice not specified within the advert embody what seem like aftermarket headlamp items up within the entrance and a phat exhaust tip and trailer hitch within the again.

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    Inside, issues are fairly tidy with only a grungy aftermarket steering wheel and flaky middle armrest to essentially detract. In a unusual bit of normal Euro-market spec that isn’t usually discovered right here, the entrance home windows are electrically operated whereas the rears are hand-cranked.

    According to the outline within the advert, there are 160,000 miles on the automotive, though take into account that the gauges are all in metric so don’t be shocked when the odometer reads increased since that’s kilometers. With the aftermarket steering wheel in place, the airbag mild is on within the cluster. No different warning lights seem to be illuminated.

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    One factor about that steering wheel — that, and the M entrance bumper and aftermarket lights — might point out that this automotive was as soon as in a front-end accident. The advert claims a clear title, but when a wreck occurred in Germany, would that even present up on the U.S. importation papers and therefore the registration?

    In equity, there’s no different apparent indication, both beneath the hood or on the chassis for any form of severe accident, so there could also be one other rationalization for the changed kibbles and bits. The advert does declare the automotive to be in “Overall good running condition.”

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    In mild of all that, the vendor has set the asking value at a cool $12,000, which they declare is negotiable solely after “viewing the vehicle in person.”

    What do you assume? Is {that a} truthful value for this imported wagon that BMW as soon as thought too few of us would need? Or, does that value put it firmly within the “BMW was right” class?

    You determine!

    North Jersey, New Jersey, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.

    H/T to Don R. for the hookup!

    Help me out with NPOND. Hit me up at rob@jalopnik.com and ship me a fixed-price tip. Remember to incorporate your Kinja deal with.

    Source: jalopnik.com

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