About to buy a 318ti & would love advice! Hello. I've been running waste vegetable oil in old 1980's Mercedes for 5 years now, and can't keep up with all the little stuff that keeps breaking on them. I can't wait to get a 318ti. From everything I've read on here, they are very reliable with regular maintenance. Ideal I want one with under 100,000 miles, but have found one that appears to have been well maintained with 147,000 I'm going to go look at for $5k. I live in San Francisco, should I hold out for a lower miles car? Any advice would be appreciated! This is what I know has been done to the car recently, and the guy says he has all the recored back to the dealer purchase. 1996 318ti M-Tech. - Complete Tune Up - Replaced Valve Cover Gasket - Brake system Flush - Transmission and Differntial Service - Replace all belts (Alternator, Pully, Timing) - New Clutch - New rear break bads brake pads - Water pump and thermostat was replace in Nov 2007 Last edited by 1996 328ti; 05-07-2010 at 04:25 PM. Reason: the rest of the typos I'll forgive. :) |