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      05-11-2008, 06:48 PM   #53
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I should add that I am not really interested in 100mph+ speeds and times any more.
After owning and older E30 325i I realise that the fun comes from other areas in this country, too many times in the 535d I could have had a 5 year ban if I had been caught, the tuned 335i was even worse, as was the CSL, but at least with the CSL you could do 50 miles on back roads and not break the speed limit and still have an absolute hoot.

Put it like this, the 330i is for me a more fun car than the 335i, I think it is because you have to work it, again the extra torque and the turbos of the 335i make it all a bit numb, get back in a NA straight six and there is something special there.

It maybe because I have not tried a manual 335i either though, getting back in a manual does make you feel more connected, and loose some of that 'press and go' feeling.
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