Originally posted by Bagpuss
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Why would anyone need 2,500 BMW's? Are you a fleet manager?Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson -
You can buy a DB9 between 40 - 50K with only 10K on the clock, forget that foreign nonsense.."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by swamp View PostBecause the interior, the exterior, the engine and just about everything else about the car is 'better'.
That said, with a swamp creature on the way shortly
, the swampette and I will be needing a new swampwagon. And since I don't want chocolate and crayon over my current P&J I am thinking of getting one of these.
Oi! I loved my Volvo, and in my one accident on the M9 I was glad I was in a V70 (I hit a mini, which pretty much exploded in front of me in a shower of metal, rust and bits).Comment
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Have you actually driven a 3 series?Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/bmw/...ouring/24641/2
All UK BMW 3-Series are rear-wheel drive, since BMW continues to struggle to make a business case for importing and adapting its X-Drive four-wheel drive 3-Series for our right hand drive market.
However, the two-wheel drive BMW is one of the finest handling cars a reasonable amount of money can buy. Whether it's the famed 50:50 weight distribution on an uncanny ability to maintain its composure at high speed, all 3-Series are gifted with a chassis that many still fail to compete. For the refreshed range we drove the new 242bhp 330d and on 17" wheels it carried indecent speed cross-country, shrugging off all manner of nasty mid-corner bumps that would unsettle lesser cars. Grip levels were also high, but even when the tyres' purchase of the tarmac eventually relented, careful adjustments with the throttle brought the car back into line.
The new 3.0-litre diesel is nothing short of a masterpiece. Some 5kg lighter than the engine it replaces, the new engine gains a variable vane turbo that helps boost torque to an incredible 384lb-ft, peaking from just 3,000rpm to help the 330d sprint to 62mph in just 6.1 seconds. Better yet, it does this without the rowdiness of the old engine, or even the more powerful 335d. Instead you're treated to a more pleasant, muted petrol-like six-cylinder soundtrack.
Is it the pick of the engine range? Almost, but we're still enamoured with the incredible 320d. That engine delivers 175bhp, sprints 62mph in less than eight seconds and hits 142mph while still knocking on the door of 60mpg.
That will explain why people pay a large premium for it.
HTHLast edited by DimPrawn; 2 June 2009, 08:16.Comment
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Well aren't you both clever? I sincerely hope the mini driver was unharmed.Originally posted by Drewster View PostComment
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He was, and as a competitive mini driver myself on occasion I was horrified to have hit it.Originally posted by Platypus View PostComment
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