[Tengocity]

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/...tdi-190-review

Solid review of the new A4.. much as you'd expect: nice interior, quiet and refined, looks dull, dynamically ok.

Hopefully the interior forces BMW to get the finger out on that front!

[Nick the Greek]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Snap, just finished reading it.

Looks quite decent.

Hopefully for the G series, BMW take on what Jaguar have with XE suspension and A4 interior.

[GBR1]

Interior wise it does look superior to our BMW's, more conclusive once we all go to go an sit in one.

I have to say that with the new C Class (not that I would buy one) new XE and new A4 I do get the feeling that BMW are a little behind with such a mild LCI update.

GBR1

[jusdorange]

The digital instrument cluster 😍

[SkyJawa]

Originally Posted by jusdorange

The digital instrument cluster ��

until it goes wrong and doesn't work!

[pdk42]

Originally Posted by jusdorange

The digital instrument cluster 😍

aka the DIC

[pdk42]

Interior looks nice, but I don't see much else to interest me.

[Im1]

F30 seriously lacks refinement . Road roar had me wearing ear plugs on long night drives to Scotland from the south . I couldn't enjoy the HK system because of it and moved to a 5 series . Got a feeling this will steal a lot of the lower engine power sales from F30

[pmgreenwood]

Originally Posted by Im1

F30 seriously lacks refinement . Road roar had me wearing ear plugs on long night drives to Scotland from the south .

What RFT's was the car on?

My F31 came on Continentals which I am happy with apart from noise. The Pirelli RST's I fitted on my E91 were alot quiter and transformed the car.

I am to fit similar at first change to my F31.

If you look at the noise levels on the tyre tests there is a vast difference between different brands of RFT.

I always regret when buying a new car there is no choice of tyre brand

[sweels]

Originally Posted by SkyJawa

until it goes wrong and doesn't work!

Always a risk but mechanically driven dials can fail occasionally and cars have had lcd screens (albeit smaller ones) for a while now and don't hear too many examples of failure (even if late 90s/early 2000s audi and bmw pixels used to fail in the old OBC displays.

Full lcd instruments are nice though

[FillUpAtTheBlackPump]

Originally Posted by Im1

F30 seriously lacks refinement . Road roar had me wearing ear plugs on long night drives to Scotland from the south . I couldn't enjoy the HK system because of it and moved to a 5 series . Got a feeling this will steal a lot of the lower engine power sales from F30

This is the key point IMHO, the lower power/spec F30's don't drive well enough to uphold the BMW image and expectation, so if that's your price point why wouldn't you go for a better interior and refinement

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Originally Posted by sweels

Always a risk but mechanically driven dials can fail occasionally and cars have had lcd screens (albeit smaller ones) for a while now and don't hear too many examples of failure (even if late 90s/early 2000s audi and bmw pixels used to fail in the old OBC displays.

Full lcd instruments are nice though

A couple of Senators I owned had led displays, classic

It was like having a calculator display on your dash lol.

Really good until they buggered up..

[Im1]

Originally Posted by pmgreenwood

What RFT's was the car on?

My F31 came on Continentals which I am happy with apart from noise. The Pirelli RST's I fitted on my E91 were alot quiter and transformed the car.

I am to fit similar at first change to my F31.

If you look at the noise levels on the tyre tests there is a vast difference between different brands of RFT.

I always regret when buying a new car there is no choice of tyre brand

I tried 3 different brand RFT over the course of 40000 miles in 2 years . Can't remember the makes but went for a 68 dB set think it was Goodyear - still wasn't happy .

If it wasn't for that I would have run the 330 d to 150000 miles . If was in the market for a 4 pot compact exec I would unfortunately have to seriously consider the new A4 !