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Originally Posted by mr-canada  And yes, I do catch your translation of the German expression. Wouldn't expect that out of a BMW engineer, but it was a lower cost model. |
To say they cooked with water implies BMW was unadventurous and did not try anything special. If they were preparing sausages, they would have thrown them in a pot of boiling water rather than, say, frying them in an exotic curry.
The E36 Compact, which includes the 318ti, was an improvisation to test and reconnoiter a new and unknown market. BMW did not risk developing a brand new model in case the experiment flopped.