Spin140
Registered User
well Guys I had a BMW 335i Coupe M Sport for the day on saturday and very much to my surprise it totally blew me away, not instantly but after a couple of hours of enjoying myself it all started to make sense. The acceleration was ferocious, handling and balance amazing and surprisingly comfortable on 19" Run Flats. Build quality is a step below Audi but only in terms of plastics/lthr used and I'm sure something one would become accustomed to.
Fuel consumption for a 306bhp twin turbo V6 petrol on the day was ave 21.3 mpg according to DIS but I was extended well into the rev range chasing that glorious sound, the overall mpg for the car showed 23.8 - not bad for a demo car.
The auto/manual paddle set up works superbly and I actually decided i would prefer this over the manual, this came as a shock to me as a die hard manual fan.
On the way back to the dealership I really 'gelled' with the car and started to try and justify buying one, I had already arranged to test drive a 335D yes D back to back just for comparison. On paper the 335 is 0.4secs slower to 62 but has 580NM of torque available from 1750rpm and throughout the range due to its twin turbo set up, I had expected it to feel heavier, slower and sound awful - how wrong can you be !!!
The sound was impressive and very undiesel like, not in the same league as the petrol of course but on par with my current TT, handling was no different but overall despite the 'paper' figures the car felt like a 335i remapped - the torque is so grin inducing
The mpg was 30+ !
I entered the BMW dealership on the morning expecting to just go and have some fun and then arrange delivery of my TTS - I left with a desire to have a Diesel with flappy paddle - How life and opinions can change so rapidly ?!?
Last night the figures got to where I wanted to be and I can get in a £40K car for TTS money - madness.
I'll stick around on the froum as we still have a VAG product on fleet at home and what else would I do at work all day ??
Ordered a 335D Coupe M Sport, 19" alloys and a few toys
Fuel consumption for a 306bhp twin turbo V6 petrol on the day was ave 21.3 mpg according to DIS but I was extended well into the rev range chasing that glorious sound, the overall mpg for the car showed 23.8 - not bad for a demo car.
The auto/manual paddle set up works superbly and I actually decided i would prefer this over the manual, this came as a shock to me as a die hard manual fan.
On the way back to the dealership I really 'gelled' with the car and started to try and justify buying one, I had already arranged to test drive a 335D yes D back to back just for comparison. On paper the 335 is 0.4secs slower to 62 but has 580NM of torque available from 1750rpm and throughout the range due to its twin turbo set up, I had expected it to feel heavier, slower and sound awful - how wrong can you be !!!
The sound was impressive and very undiesel like, not in the same league as the petrol of course but on par with my current TT, handling was no different but overall despite the 'paper' figures the car felt like a 335i remapped - the torque is so grin inducing
The mpg was 30+ !
I entered the BMW dealership on the morning expecting to just go and have some fun and then arrange delivery of my TTS - I left with a desire to have a Diesel with flappy paddle - How life and opinions can change so rapidly ?!?
Last night the figures got to where I wanted to be and I can get in a £40K car for TTS money - madness.
I'll stick around on the froum as we still have a VAG product on fleet at home and what else would I do at work all day ??
Ordered a 335D Coupe M Sport, 19" alloys and a few toys