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      02-25-2011, 03:03 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by webwysard View Post
Love the standard exhaust sound of my 130i and want to know how different it is to 335i as thinking about getting one.
It's a very different proposition the x35i to the x30i sound wise.

I had an 06 E90 330i, and it did indeed sound great, but it is mainly resonant induction noise (not exhaust) on the 330i that you hear from within the car - that great sound you only get with a N/A engine.

Passers by hear the exhaust of course, but the driver mainly hears the induction, especially at higher revs. Tailpipe soundwise the 330i and 335i sound very similare to a passer by IMO.

The 335i has NO induction noise as it's a silenced turbo intake, instead it has a tuned growly exhaust note which TBH was a let down for me at first.

Now I love it, but you need to take a test drive to see.

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