Originally Posted by
Stavros
he on about the fact diesels at around idle speed, ie pre turbo even on the ones with the smallest turbos, usually just judder like fook n try and stall or just dont accelerate at all at best.
True.
My dad had a bmw 320d M sport as a courtesy car whilst waiting for BMW to prep his newly bought 5 series and he was rolling along and had it in 2nd gear at about 5-10 mph and the engine didnt like it ONE BIT. sounded like a tractor that just had a bunch of spanners shoved down its intake and needless to say stalled.
Trying to set off at an idle pace without giving it a lot of gas, diesels will struggle.
Other than that though, even the 320d was a PEACH on the motorways and pulling through 30-50, 40-60 etc etc. Mid range was phenomenal!