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;) The current BMW's are a bit... Bloated.. and are loaded down with options which their customers seem to want. Even hard core BMW fans say that they are getting "fat" !!!
:D BMW still provides superb engineering, see the 335i with the turbo I-6 engine... or any M-series !!!
These cars are at the top of the price range... for comparable automobiles, but they do offer better handling performance, compared to their competition.
A good used E 36 seems to be the best bang for your buck over here... many M3's have been ragged on, ie. ridden hard & put up wet.
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The 335 Ci would be fine... :)
I have to stick with my lousy E46 ;)
itīs like an addiction. The 330 have a really nice acceleration up to abt 200 kph, then it gets a bit tired. But I can not keep from thinking abt how the 335Ci would be. It accelerates from 0-100 in 5,5 secs compared to 330 with 6,5. But then again I canīt help comparing to the Mini, even tough itīs faster then the 330 between 80-120 I am thinking abt the Works trim.
Itīs just to face it, humans are not made to be satisfied... itīs better to go into monestary or something and focus on the real values of life.
Or maybe not.
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;) The very first E 46 M3 I was in was a students car @ the track back in 01.
He let me drive it & I was AMAZED with the engine... it just Rev'ed & Rev'ed (~8200 rpm as I recall)... and the car can put the power down. The E46 M3 has a "slight roll" before it takes a "set" at corner entry...but then you can throttle steer... adding power as you approach the apex... and hammer it on the way out to corner exit.
:D It's really a very well handling automobile !!!
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Itīs beautiful when you floor it and you can feel the car "settle" from the force and then start accelerating... Itīs the same as when you shift gears and you get that oomp in the car between the gears.
Canīt get enough of it!
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;) Cowboy Up Magnus... and try using this throttle application, rolling on the throttle, on a midium/high speed constant sweeper (corner), such as an on/or off-ramp to the freeway.
:D You'll be amazed at the controlled power you can use... after the car... "Takes a set".
When you get it "right"... after turn-in you won't need any additional steering imput !!! These BMW's... DO HANDLE !!!
Just be careful... AND DON'T run over any cars in front of you.
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The BMWs like Mercedes-Benz and cars in general are equipped with a choice of larger engines than you will find either in Europe, or Asia. To wit:
The smallest 3-series BMW sell in America is the 328, where as in Europe they're given a 316. The 7-series is only sold as a 750 and there's no hint at all of the 730.
My guess is that this would give BMW a better market impression than say in England, where Mr Uppington-Smythe is going to be shooting down the outside lane at 95 thinking he's so hard in his 316, whereas in America a BMW is more condusive to being a bling component.
If you're in England, save your dosh and don't buy a BMW, get a Vauxhall VXR8. Mr Clarkson is correct which is odd. No BMW belongs in the cool section of the cool wall.
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Driving a BMW or Benz would be an exclusivity, let alone Ferrari amid Toyota and japanese cars ownership. I think besides comfortability, they offer prestige, and better longevity as a consequence of their higher price.
