3 year difference isn't much. Whats the mileage and use of both? From a safety point of view, a Beamer ni mabati na Toyota ni plastic.

Hi,

ive owned both, got rid of the premio on the first month.

BMW e46
-sheer driving pleasure. Its the definition of driving not even the merc of 2005 came close
-great on fuel used to give me 12.5-13.5 kms per litre
-service the car every 20,000kms which used to cost 13,000 @auto bavaria
-its a good solid car with adequate safety also had all the bells and.whistles, u cant even compare the premio to this german machine
-cobs was only one--if it develops an electrical issue, it can get quite niggly and expensive to fix, i didnt.have such an issue on my car however i had a friend.that had really disturbed him, this issue might have been exaggerated by the fact that he used alot of juakali mechanics.on his car.
-not a hot cake with the car jackers unlike the toyota
Premio
-feels almost paper weight as compared to the 3 series
-not fun.to drive at all, felt very uncoordinated as compared to the 3 after a while of driving the two u get really fed up driving.the.premio
- the 1.8 litre version struggles on fuel economy. Barely managed 11kns per litre
- very poor quality material both inside and outside the car feels very cheap
- it has a very low tolerance to our roads and the parts give up way too often
- jackers love this car
-service at every 5000kms which costs around 4000 per service

if u can, get the 2003 onwards 316. They go for around 1.1m or thereabouts , they are the facelift versions and i have a 2005 which gives me 14.8kms to the litre of urban driving. Fantastic cars

Thank you very much, Horton. Just what I was looking for. Some will say just what I wanted to hear! I am saving up for a car in about a year's time so I am mostly just looking around for a good one so I don't make a mistake then. I hope by 2012 I can get the '03 model for a good price. Maybe even a '04. Any one out there with a good thing to say for the Premio?

If you come from mashinani towns then it makes better sense to take the premio. Strictly from a maintenance view point, getting parts would be a headache as would be getting a BMW mechanic. You would either have to send someone to tafuta in Nai or if complicated, "import " a specialist mech or if worse came to worst tow the car. As for performace and everything else, I think the premio gets the no. 2 slot.

Here's a discussion on the same.
http://forums.bimmerforu...showthread.php?t=409383

I would err on the side of caution regarding oil changes though synthetic oil is meant to last one 2x or 3x longer

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I prefer the older premio to the newer one (apart from the G 2.0L which has a CVT).
BMW with regular maintenance would be perfect :)