[freshwhite335]

Okay so I was at the monthly BMW CCA meeting and a new member has a modded 135. Hes got JB3, RR downpipes, and a CAI. All I have to say is DAMN! I got back in to my 335 with SSTT and it felt really slow. really cool car though, SG on Lemon. Nice combo.

Okay so then I drove a 335d and I would totally consider getting one. It only feels like a diesel at like 1100RPM and when u are standing outside of it. The power is really linear and smooth.


just thought id share.

[Carfreak9922]

really?

[FotiosF90M5]

Originally Posted by Carfreak9922

really?

kinda rude...

[stressdoc]

Wait 'til Shiv gets a tune for the d. That will be a beast.

[vgame64]

135s are beasts, especially modded.
335d looks nice as well...especially once it is tuned.

[freshwhite335]

Originally Posted by fotios335i

kinda rude...

lol, thanks. im kind of used to it by now on this forum.

[Yoshii]

i bet that 135 was pretty bad ass looking...you should of taken some pics of both cars......if i sell my truck ill be getting a 135 to add to the collection..

[Aurora Bearialis]

Originally Posted by fotios335i

kinda rude...

how is that rude?

[blue2fire]

Hmm the BMW CCA, isn't that where anoraks hang out?

[freshwhite335]

Originally Posted by Yoshii

i bet that 135 was pretty bad ass looking...you should of taken some pics of both cars......if i sell my truck ill be getting a 135 to add to the collection..

the cool thing is that it wasnt. on the outside it just looked like a normal 135 but yeah i should have taken some pix. my bad

[SteveC]

Interesting comments re the 335d. Here in Europe, the 330d facelift comes with 20 HP less but also weighs 280 lbs less and is available in 6 MT. 0-60 is 0.1 second slower than the 35d, 50-75 is 0.5 seconds faster than a 335i and it therefore feels extremely rapid on B- roads and around town, with a lovely linear power delivery. The only thing I miss is revving it out to 7Gs but the thing sounds pretty damned meaty in its own right. I was thinking about an M3 as discounts are way high right now but eventually my wallet prevailed. In all I'm not that sorry when I take it out for a 100 mile blast and use less than 1/4 of a tank.

[stressdoc]

The 2009 330d is perhaps the most brilliant BMW of the modern era.

[freshwhite335]

Originally Posted by stressdoc

The 2009 330d is perhaps the most brilliant BMW of the modern era.

agreed

[methodtim]

Originally Posted by rameal999

how is that rude?

+1, no idea how that's rude.

I also have no idea how the 335d "feels like a diesel at like 1100RPM and when u are standing outside of it." How does it feel like a diesel from the outside? Other than the urea cap, it's identical to any other LCI 3er.

[freshwhite335]

sorry let me extend my sentences. it feels like a diesel at 1100rpm. It SOUNDS like a diesel when u stand outside of it.

is that specific enough?

[Insider]

Originally Posted by SteveC

Interesting comments re the 335d. Here in Europe, the 330d facelift comes with 20 HP less but also weighs 280 lbs less and is available in 6 MT. 0-60 is 0.1 second slower than the 35d, 50-75 is 0.5 seconds faster than a 335i and it therefore feels extremely rapid on B- roads and around town, .

If you downshift, like most people do when wanting fast acceleration, the 335i is the faster car 50-75

[methodtim]

Originally Posted by freshwhite335

sorry let me extend my sentences. it feels like a diesel at 1100rpm. It SOUNDS like a diesel when u stand outside of it.

is that specific enough?

That's more like it.

It's not a matter of specificity, dude, it's a matter of communicating what you're trying to say in a manner that, well, works.

[SteveC]

Originally Posted by Insider

If you downshift, like most people do when wanting fast acceleration, the 335i is the faster car 50-75

Sure! I was just quoting the brochure's 50-75 times in 4th and 5th to illustrate that the 330d is fairly nippy where you really need it. The 335i is the faster car overall, but not by that much (remarkably). Here in the UK, with our rip-off gasolene and diesel taxes, the real benefit of the diesel is performance without thirst or more accurately fun without paying through the nose for it.