Hello one and all on the interwebs. I just picked up a ti from my buddy, really couldn't pass up the deal on it. As of now I'm a second year mechanical engineering student at the University of Minnesota Duluth. I got into cars when I was early teens and wanted to learn as much as I could. One of my childhood idols was Finnish rally driver Tommi Makinen, and since his discovery I've been super into rally. I pushed my previous car (1998 Honda civic with 240,000 miles) harder than anyone should push a civic and had lots of fun in it blitzing back roads.
I've been exposed to a few BMWs (like my buddies red M50 turbo ti) and bought this one from my buddy who has a mint e36 Z3 Coupe.
This will be a learning experience for me and am planning on having lots of fun with it. Any corrections or advice is greatly appreciated!
Now to my car: 1998 BMW 318ti Ascot Green 5spd
152,000 miles
H&R Race Springs w/ Bilstein HD Shocks
Welded Diff
I've got lots of plans for it in the future starting with doing a few cosmetic things, and deep deep clean, and getting it back into mint shape. Then M52 swap and eventually M52 turbo.
Picking up a set of used blizzaks and will start driving it soon. Time spent driving sideways is an estimated 50%
Kippis!