[dopper99]

Originally Posted by Apl335d

So, is it faster, or slower than the 28i?

It's the battle of the 4-pots!!!

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Classic.

However I do feel for you.

I had to get a bus today!

Still in trauma, other than trains not really tried public transport.

Hopefully that is my last requirement of using a bus for a while.

[SkyJawa]

Originally Posted by Nick the Greek

330d is same pace as 28i

I'm sure a few 330xd's would like to meet you at the traffic light grand prix

[Nick the Greek]

. I'm sure a few 330xd's would like to meet you at the traffic light grand prix

Yep, no launch control on my manual SkyJawa, so never going to get 100℅ success rates on launch.
Given a good launch both cars are in the 5s to 60 and 14s to 100......then when the road gets twisty, I'm gone....

[SkyJawa]

Originally Posted by Nick the Greek

...then when the road gets twisty, I'm gone....

Through the hedge?

[Nick the Greek]

. Through the hedge?

Or across a field.......

[G82Dude]

Originally Posted by Nick the Greek

Some of the more avid readers will know that my car was damaged in the gym car park last week.
Today, the man from BMW came to take it to the body shop.
At the same time, my courtesy car arrived.........a 320d luxury line......

Queue here for a laugh at my expense.

What did you expect? An M4 or a basic cooking 20d?!? It's a free car isn't it?!?

[Nick the Greek]

. What did you expect? An M4 or a basic cooking 20d?!? It's a free car isn't it?!?

Not a diesel UKF32Dude........

[G82Dude]

Originally Posted by Nick the Greek

Not a diesel UKF32Dude........

So I ask you again, what did you expect as a courtesy car?!?

[F30AM]

My BMW dealer, Berry BMW Chiswick, charged me £14 per day for their own Insurance for a 116d courtesy car. They refused to insure the courtesy car on my insurance. Company policy it seems. Oh, they were so fraudulent in saying that the courtesy car was free! So I politely declined their very kind offer.

[rocketretro]

Funnily enough, on Monday next my diesel goes in for some more radio work they've leant me a 328i. I don't know if I'll cope ..... I've obviously got some clout with my dealer and no charge.

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Funniest swap I had was when my Carlton GSI went in for some minor repair to bonnet.

Bloke pitched up with a small truck for my car, on the back of his truck for me was a fiat cinquecento, bloody tiny and I think a 900cc or something stupid.

My Carlton actually hung off the end.

Fun little car though but zero power and bloody small.

[E34E39F30]

Originally Posted by Andykf31

Of course this could all have been avoided by not doing something as stupid as going to the gym!!

Anecdote from an entirely different forum:

On some [US] TV show, I forget which, a woman was saying that she had joined a gym but still had not lost any weight. "Apparently you also have to go there" she observed.

[Chicken Corners]

So you got an upgrade for a loaner, lucky for you. OIL BURNER. The sweet sound, and sweet smell of Diesel. Some people have all the luck!

[Nick the Greek]

. So I ask you again, what did you expect as a courtesy car?!?

Anything but a diesel UKF32Dude....

Don't they read these forums?

[BGB]

Originally Posted by Brigand

Funniest swap I had was when my Carlton GSI went in for some minor repair to bonnet.

Bloke pitched up with a small truck for my car, on the back of his truck for me was a fiat cinquecento, bloody tiny and I think a 900cc or something stupid.

My Carlton actually hung off the end.

Fun little car though but zero power and bloody small.

My first ever brand new car was Fiat Siechento Abarth. Brilliant fun from a 1.1.

parked it up a wall 5 months later.

[Mattjkilo]

I find this thread particularly upsetting!

Nothing is wrong with a 320d! :-)

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Mattjkilo

I find this thread particularly upsetting!

Nothing is wrong with a 320d! :-)

The 320d definitely has its place, shown by it being usually referred to as 'best choice" (all things included) model in the 3-series range.

But we are on a BMW car forum where many BMW drivers want much more from a 3-series than what the 320d offers.

HighlandPete

[dopper99]

What Nick the Greek isnt mentioning is how staggered he is by how little fuel the 320d is using compared to his 4-pot petrol.

[Mattjkilo]

Originally Posted by dopper99

What Nick the Greek isnt mentioning is how staggered he is by how little fuel the 320d is using compared to his 4-pot petrol.

That and the incredibly cheap car tax and insurance which for a young whippet like me can certainly appreciate!

That said I would love a 335d!

[languidmandala]

Karma mate. The universe takes its revenge

[Nick the Greek]

I'm sorry.

If you've never driven a petrol car, I'm sure you'll be very happy with your 320d.

If you have, I'm sorry if I'm insulting you, but I just don't understand how you stand driving it.

Few miles this morning. Me and the dog went to order new floor and wall tiles for bathrooms that are being refitted. Dog started howling along with the diesel grrrrrrrrr.

Gym this afternoon and then golf club now. Most strange cars to drive, very easily caught off boost, very inflexible, strange non linear response to gas peddle, did I mention the noise?