RE: BMW 340i :Driven
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cerb4.5lee said:
That is big money and I bet it was a lovely spec, when I had my 2009 M3 I never thought that was worth its asking price from new at around £50k at all, it was used and paid £30k and you don't get much with the M3 interior wise to lift it from a normal 3 series either.
The only options that it's missing is the comfort access and was power folding mirrors (They have been retrofitted since though).It's got individual leather, paint and the individual stereo so yes it's a lovely spec.
Dannbodge said:
cerb4.5lee said:
That is big money and I bet it was a lovely spec, when I had my 2009 M3 I never thought that was worth its asking price from new at around £50k at all, it was used and paid £30k and you don't get much with the M3 interior wise to lift it from a normal 3 series either.
The only options that it's missing is the comfort access and was power folding mirrors (They have been retrofitted since though).It's got individual leather, paint and the individual stereo so yes it's a lovely spec.
Have read through this thread with interest. I'm smiling at some of the comments, having just placed an order for a 340i M-Sport saloon with the right options (for me, at any rate - no variable steering).
I'm not a corporate buyer, I'm a first time dad that needed a petrol family car with 4 doors and a bit of poke. I see Jags as old man cars (I know, I know it's a tired cliche but I can't get over it) and as Merc don't do a decent petrol engine at all this side of a C63 AMG, this was the prime option.
I'm looking forward to seeing what it will do on track (as I've begun to get a bit nervous taking the turbo on there with the prices creeping up).
I'm not a corporate buyer, I'm a first time dad that needed a petrol family car with 4 doors and a bit of poke. I see Jags as old man cars (I know, I know it's a tired cliche but I can't get over it) and as Merc don't do a decent petrol engine at all this side of a C63 AMG, this was the prime option.
I'm looking forward to seeing what it will do on track (as I've begun to get a bit nervous taking the turbo on there with the prices creeping up).
In my opinion, a case of being the best of what is available. Like many I suspect, I'm old enough to mourn cars with direct steering and no driving aids but you can't buy a brand new E30 anymore, so what else do you get that can do family duties with 4 doors?
The Jag was especially disappointing to me - read some reviews about how great the XE was and then I drove one. It felt so cheap inside and didn't feel like an accomplished and properly engineered car. That's the magic of individualism though - I'm sure someone else would see that the other way around, perhaps.
The Jag was especially disappointing to me - read some reviews about how great the XE was and then I drove one. It felt so cheap inside and didn't feel like an accomplished and properly engineered car. That's the magic of individualism though - I'm sure someone else would see that the other way around, perhaps.
RoverP6B said:
Neither is a BMW with electric steering and a turbocharged engine. I dislike them in all cars, but BMW really seems to bugger up the former.
A simple transplant of M4 LCAs at £300 restores some steering feel - BMW are neither better nor worse than the competition anyway.As for engines, they mapped them to rev. Not quite like a N52 of course but nowhere near as one could assume.
The comments from Marino Franchitti here are quite valuable. Particularly about a mere road car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scXXhmknySA
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