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 :)

Please do ask again. I also wish to know what kind of roads they drive on that you can drive for 20Kms without servicing the car. Even for synthetic oil 20Kms is just way too much to comprehend.

Personally I use the Total 7000 Km sythentic fuel but I service my car at 5000Kms given the dusty environment,driving in slow traffic for too long etc.

in my opinion apart from engine perfomance and durability bmw is the ugliest car from deuschland especially models 7years or older vehicles.

I'd lean towards the beamer - even if it was twice as old. As long as you use original parts and replace rather than repair, you will drive that car for 10 more years.