xr2i-carl

fair enough mate, i enjoy driving it, cant hear the engine really and when you do rev it hard it sounds quite nice

dont sound as good as a petrol one, but she dont sound bad

what do you class as high mileage

xr2i-carl

its not the fuel saving, as you say you aint goin save that much, its different and aint like a donky old diesel anymore, its a performance diesel a great engine... revs quickly and well just not high

the torque is so impressive..

xr2i-carl

TBH with you porkie untill now there hasnt been one petrol Turbo BMW since the 2002, so for anyone wanting to BMW with easy tuning capabilities it had to be the diesel turbo varients..

Bmw turbo diesles are widely accepted in the BMW tuning world and owners of them have just as much fun as there petrol counterparts, a modifier would most prob chose a 330d over the 330i model if he was planning on engine tuning, there are many companies who offer tuning for BMW diesel turbos and with BMW bringing out the 535d and 335d proving its what the public want...


i am on many BMW forums and no has frowned upon a diesel owner as they know the great and fantastic reasons for owning one

i know of 320d with 210bhp thats not bad for a 2.0 litre diesel!!!

people are getting close to 300bhp with just a re-map on the single turbo 330d so makes it with 430ib ft torque a brilliant alternative to the 330i which in e46 form only makes 230bhp!!

now with the 335d twin turbo in stock form making 286bhp and 428 ib ft its also a great car and after a re-map will have 340-350bhp and 530 ib ft torque, to put that into perspective the e60 v10 m5 has only 384ib ft torque, thats some major torque they can get out

i have quartered in high 13's over the ton stock and believe i could have done a mid 13 also, so after the re-map you would be looking at figures which are not to be sniffed at...

i know off the bmw forums v8 m5 owners who havent even broke into the 13's


people go crazy for blinkered people on this site, so please lets not be blinkered about these modern day ''Performance'' diesels

the BMW enthusiast community has welcomly accepted this new threat from the TD's and are enjoying the ensuing scrap

many companies have given up trying to crack the 335i ecu and i have heard birds wasnt without its problems.. an uneducated bmw enthusiast would buy the 335i with scope to tune but would soon realise its not so easy

if they did there homework the 335d is the way to go

guys in the BMW community have moved from e46 m3 to the 335d that must say something

i have only gone this far because you have thoroughly slated a fantastic car, now both the 335i and 335d are fantastic cars that go well and handle fantastically!! (cue the lack of LSD slating now ) No really they do handle very very well, i think in an USA magazine a 335i went round a track quicker than an RS4

thanks

Carl

COMEDY DAN

Agreed, V10 M5 for me ATM or RS4