Hello all..

Im thinking of picking up a 1994 318i . The car has 111000 mi. on it. 4cyl / 5 speed.

Anyone have any good / bad points I should watch for?

Also the deal that I was looking at is..

Trade in ---> 1999 Pontiac Grand AM with 210,000 KM, in fairly brutal shape + $4000 CAD. Gets me the car. Its loaded with leather seats, 5spd with 1yr PT warranty..

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Well, after all the great input ;) I decided to go with the car.. I have had it for a few days and LOVE it so far. I was able to figure all the toys but 1.. WHAT THE HECK is the "memo" button??? Anyone have a clue?

memo..like a voice memo i guess

i think its for when you are talking on your cel phone and you want to voice record something instead of writing it on a piece of paper. Dont worry, i had the same response when i asked for opinions on buying a mid 90s 3-series, no one had anything to say.

Pressing the memo button will simply make your clock 'ding' at the top of each hour. When you press it you will see a small icon appear next to the clock readout. Not very exciting or useful for that matter.

I have no idea why they called it 'memo' since it really does nothing of the sort. When I first bought mine I thought it was some kind of recorder as well. However, I read thru the manual and that's what it said. You would think the BMW techno-weenies could have come up with something a little more useful than that. It's still a nice car but that button is pretty much worthless. :disappoin

True enough.. I started hearing some beeping about every hour. Once I pressed the button the ")))" lights went out and that was that. You also mentioned manual.. Would you by any chance remember how to set the clock / date? I tried every combo including pressing and holding. There is a "set" button but I couldn't seem to adjust the settings.. If you could recall or look it up in the manual that would really help :) Thanks for the reply!