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Originally Posted by Fox530
Is the 330i still what could be considered a genuinelly 'fast' car? 0-60 appears to be listed as 5.9 seconds - my 530i is 6.7 and I fancy an upgrade from that. I also drive a Z4 3.0i from time to time, this is 5.7 seconds and it's this level of performance I would be happy with.
Reliablity I'm not sure is a concern. I consider both 335i and 330i to be a significant risk reliability wise and consequently I'll not be touching one without without a decent warranty - probably the BMW one.
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Personally I wouldn't consider it a genuinely 'fast' car per se, more a quick car. I had a new E90 330i M sport on an '06 plate (build date of late 2005) and it was auto, so options to play in a sort of manual mode. I found when out on a country run, I was always wanting for that bit more bhp but only really thought that when hooning through North yorks tbh, everyday was fine. Lovely smooth engine obviously and I never bettered more than 30 mpg but I always cruise 85-90 on the motorway. My daily commute of 22 miles mainly dual carriageway and constantly moving traffic was always around the 26 mpg mark. Obvioulsy technology has moved on since then and I never bother about mpg, just drive the car tbh. Super unleaded did give 1 or 2 mpg better actually.
Engines appear to generally sound ie. the N/A six pot petrols but I'd always have a warranty for piece of mind.