[parapaul]

Originally Posted by phil200tdi

Have a go in my 335i

510lb/ft at 2000rpm.

Fair comment

Has anyone driven a 335i and M3 back to back? I've admittedly never been in a 335i, but I had a play in an E92 M3 a while back and TBH while it was very quick, the power delivery of a N/A engine is so linear it just felt a bit flat. I suppose I'm basing my assumptions on that, but the 335i is a turbocharged 6 so could very well be a different kettle of fish.

Happy to be proved wrong...

[Boz335i]

46 - petrol all day long. I have owned diesel before and my wife drives a diesel.

When I bought my 335i I test drove a 335d at the same time, the 335i just felt more exciting, the d was almost as quick but was a bit quiet for me, especially with the auto box, whereas the i had the excellent DCT box.

Before I bought it, I asked myself 'If I bought the D would I wonder what it would have been like to own the i' Yes.
I've never regretted not buying the D.

[phil200tdi]

Originally Posted by Boz335i

46 - petrol all day long. I have owned diesel before and my wife drives a diesel.

When I bought my 335i I test drove a 335d at the same time, the 335i just felt more exciting, the d was almost as quick but was a bit quiet for me, especially with the auto box, whereas the i had the excellent DCT box.

Before I bought it, I asked myself 'If I bought the D would I wonder what it would have been like to own the i' Yes.
I've never regretted not buying the D.

I can see you in an M3 very soon....

[phil200tdi]

Originally Posted by DarkAnt335i

WOW Huge power. My 335i felt brutal with 'only' 425 ft/lbs due to the power coming in so low down. How do you find it in wet conditions?

Hilarious in the wet!

With stock msport suspension and open diff it's a handful if your not careful. I do mainly motorways so not too big a deal. Still I've had wheelspin in 4th at 70mph.

BUT - downside is my clutch is starting to slip..

[zltm089]

Originally Posted by phil200tdi

Hilarious in the wet!

With stock msport suspension and open diff it's a handful if your not careful. I do mainly motorways so not too big a deal. Still I've had wheelspin in 4th at 70mph.

BUT - downside is my clutch is starting to slip..

what are the signs of a slipping clutch?

[phil200tdi]

Originally Posted by zltm089

what are the signs of a slipping clutch?

Put your foot down, revs go up but you dont accelerate as hard as you expect. Then the clutch catches up...

[two,_OH_five]

For me a gurt lazy luxobarge needs a gurt lazy engine.

The 335d matches this quite well with genuine GT potential.
The 335i doesn't out of the box so it was game over for me. Sure you can throw money at it but I personally prefer to throw that at cars with added lightness from birth

I think age does play a part for me (early 40s). Not in fuel choice but in car sizes.
When I were a nipper (sharing t'u-bend of local dissentary clinic with 8 other families) we had a MG midget (mums) and a 2002 (dads, later replaced with a 131 Mirafiori) as family cars. Hell, we moved house with a Mini pickup
I've grown up on a diet of hot minis, hot fiestas etc.
This puts the E9x series into barge category in my head, something which my backside is in full agreement with. I guess younger folk see them as compact sporty cars these days