Originally Posted by
scoooby slayer
i gotta agree the best thing about tuning is loads of revs and power which isnt possible with a diesel.
as a daily car though that 635d must be lovely, smooth economical lazy grunt, but i need that 100s of hp uptop aswell as loads of low/mid range torque how economical are these 635d mpg ? my 3.8 gtr will return from 13mpg city to 26 mpg motorway roughly
That's the downside for sure. Where pure driving enjoyment comes into it, you can't beat the sound of high rpm, and the 5k these are limited to spoils proceedings somewhat.
The power thing is down to the individual of course and what they call powerful. 360bhp is hardly underpowered (think BMW M3, T34 and greys cossie etc) and of course the entire rev range has big power available unlike most petrol cars where you have to keep the engine in the right rev range to make fast progress.
Driving a modern diesel requires a complete overhaul of your driving style, nailing it at 4000rpm and hoping for great progress results in a big fail. Lol