» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | 11-15-2004, 01:49 AM | #31 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,022 | Quote: Originally Posted by Freedy Titanium, duh... | Always a chemist in the group isn't there | | | 11-15-2004, 02:14 AM | #32 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5 | It's touring international (Why international...who knows?) and goe's back to the 2002ti which was a hatchback like our cars and never officially imported into the States but there are a couple around. Now why is the 2002tii, which is not a hatchback...a tii, other than the fact it is injected? | | | 11-15-2004, 05:14 AM | #33 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manhattan Kansas Posts: 242 | I Win !!!!!!!!!!!!! | | | 11-15-2004, 11:36 AM | #34 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 25 | I disagree. I think ti stands for: 'T'win cam, 'I'njection E stands for 'E'comony, and M stands for 'M'otorsport | | | 11-15-2004, 03:15 PM | #35 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Posts: 164 | Quote: Originally Posted by robcarync boycott france | amen. amen. long live germany! oh yeah...and the states! ...and england... ...but not canada. definitely not canada. haha. | | | 11-15-2004, 03:17 PM | #36 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Posts: 164 | Quote: Originally Posted by hotdog19d I Win !!!!!!!!!!!!! | congrats hotdog19d! here's your cookie! | | | 11-15-2004, 03:19 PM | #37 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Posts: 164 | Quote: Originally Posted by Guy Massey I disagree. I think ti stands for: 'T'win cam, 'I'njection E stands for 'E'comony, and M stands for 'M'otorsport | i agree with 2 out of your 3. but not the ti one. what kinda sources do you have for your hypothesis? maybe you could convince me to join you on your 'dark side' over there. | | | 11-15-2004, 07:06 PM | #38 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 25 | It makes more sense that Touring International. No one would ever consider the 318ti a touring car whether national or international. A fantastic city or local runaround, no question, but not a long distance tourer. Of course it will do it. It will do all that is asked of it, but not at ease. If you wanted a touring car you would surely buy the bigger, more solid, 5 or 7 series with a big lazy 6 cylinder. My 525i ('i' as in injection rather than 'i' as in international or 'e' as in economy) is a grand touring car, cruising all day long at 80 mph at 3000 rpm. If we were talking about any other car and it was a 'ti' we would all say it is 'turbo injection' like that Land-Rover TDI: Turbo Diesel Injection. So, if we can accept that the 'i' stands for injection as 525i or TDI then 'touring injection' makes no sense at all but 'twin', as in twin cam, 'injection' does. Come, come and join the dark side. | | | 11-15-2004, 07:12 PM | #39 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tyler, TX Posts: 1,022 | if the t stands for Twin Cam, then why don't all the other bimmers with DOHC have the t in the name? | | | 11-15-2004, 07:19 PM | #40 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manhattan Kansas Posts: 242 | Quote: Originally Posted by sydeshow congrats hotdog19d! here's your cookie! | THANK YOU! I love cookies! | | | 11-15-2004, 07:24 PM | #41 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 25 | I can't answer that. I am not exactly sure of this, and I feel I am getting out of my depth, but I think the M44 was developed from another engine which was only single cam. So when the M44 was put in the 318 the 't' was added to show a difference between engines. As I say, I am unsure of the history so please, please excuse me if this is not the case. I am not an authority on it; just stating it as I understand it. But, don't you agree that 'twin injection' makes more sense than 'touring international'? | | | 11-15-2004, 09:20 PM | #42 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Posts: 164 | Quote: Originally Posted by Guy Massey I am not an authority on it; just stating it as I understand it. But, don't you agree that 'twin injection' makes more sense than 'touring international'? | you have to remember also. it's a german car. what makes perfect sense to you in english may not be what the good ol' germans intended. and nope. i will not join your dark side. haha. | | | 11-16-2004, 11:10 AM | #43 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 25 | I was going to suggest that but didn't want to upset the Germans. Of course, if you are considering the German language TI could stand for almost anything but we must remember that, although most TLA stand for something, it is not axiomatic that they must stand for something or even make sense. Much has been written that TI stands for Touring International but I question this as I think it is just a myth that has been rehashed so many times that it has almost become folklore and therefore believed. I am not stating as fact that TI stands for Twin Injection, but I am certainly questioning that it stands for Touring International. I don't accept that. | | | 11-16-2004, 01:14 PM | #44 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 183 | I think the "T" stands for Compact! It is the last letter of the word...Hmmm just a guess. So the "I" stands for fuel injected...I thought it stood for inline.... __________________ DannyBoy 1997 318tiA Sport, 99,500 miles, All original except for APC Super White Bulbs. | | | 11-17-2004, 03:20 PM | #45 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, US Posts: 164 | here we go. straight from the source. --- Dear Mr Thevis, Thank you for your e-mail. The abbreviation <ti> stands for <Tourismo Internationale>, and is a tribute to older BMW models from the sixties (e.g BMW 2002ti). Kind Regards, BMW Customer Service Team --- haha. did anyone even say "tourismo"? but yeah. that's what it is. | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |