 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. :) | 
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