First time BMW user has questions :)

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i bought a maroon 1996 318ti

it has some problems and i need your help.

first i sit in the car i realised that the steering wheel seems like looking left and i asked some of my friends and they said all bmws steering wheels are same they r not straight

is it right ?

when i started to drive i heard a noise coming from steering wheel like sequek and i read about that in this forum but when i shake it up and down it has a space not a big space but it has.

is it same for all ???

before me i think the car stayed somewhere for a while because brakes were rusty and the indicator light for brakes was on. so i did a good brake job . but the indicator light is on yet. should i get it reset or should it has gone after the brake job ?

friends who have experience about this issue, i am waiting for your advices.

i tried my car 6 times after refuelling and it shows 21.6 mpg . is it normal milage for these cars for city usage. my car also shows po420 code and i checked that the owner before me used an universal oxygen sensor (after cat) and this effects my milage i think i ll change both oxygen sensors on the car.

do you guys have any advices on this ?


ofcourse i have more questions but now i need these answers immediately please.


sorry for my bad english