[ronin]

I own a 95 318i and live in Germany. The only reason the dealers tell you that 4 cylinder BMWs are bad is because they can get more $$ out of you from the sixers. I've driven enough on the german Autobahn to know that an endurance race between a 318i (4 cylinder) will blow the doors off of any american 6 cylinder on the Autobahn. I've held for at least 20 klicks topspeed on it. No leaks, the engine is still strong w/ regular maintenance of course. Try that on a GrandAm.