That feeling when you're behind the wheel of a BMW
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I work for a dealer that sells sensible family cars now, I sold my M240i back in April and my company car since has been a little hybrid
We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
cerb4.5lee said:
Sebring440 said:
Chestrockwell said:
That feeling when you're behind the wheel of a BMW
I've had 9 of them, and only 1 one of them didn't drive that well for me. So I get what the OP is saying to be honest.
cerb4.5lee said:
What's funny?
I've had 9 of them, and only 1 one of them didn't drive that well for me. So I get what the OP is saying to be honest.
Indeed there is something about them, they feel different and I'm currently aching to get out of my Merc shed and back into a BMW, I've had one Audi and 2 Mercs but 13 BMWs and I'm spending too much time looking for the current cars replacement. I've had 9 of them, and only 1 one of them didn't drive that well for me. So I get what the OP is saying to be honest.
Wills2 said:
Indeed there is something about them, they feel different and I'm currently aching to get out of my Merc shed and back into a BMW, I've had one Audi and 2 Mercs but 13 BMWs and I'm spending too much time looking for the current cars replacement.
Definitely. We've had 1 Audi and 2 Merc's, but we always end up back in a BMW though. Chestrockwell said:
I work for a dealer that sells sensible family cars now, I sold my M240i back in April and my company car since has been a little hybrid
We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
I've not had a BMW since 1999 - a 328i Sport coupe. It was indeed a lovely experience, and it felt like I was driving a better class of car. It wasn't necessarily made of the best materials, however, and it "patinated" quite quickly.We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
I've got a Rolls Royce at the moment, which obviously was made by BMW. It's not necessarily made of the best materials, however, and it is "patinating" quite quickly.
The opinion that I have formed, therefore, is that BMW products DO feel good to drive, but the underlying quality isn't always as good as you'd hope.
Furbo said:
I've not had a BMW since 1999 - a 328i Sport coupe. It was indeed a lovely experience, and it felt like I was driving a better class of car. It wasn't necessarily made of the best materials, however, and it "patinated" quite quickly.
Our 2024 X5 40d isn't as well built as the 2022 GLE400d we had as you say. There are lots of rattles in the door pillars etc in the X5 for example, and you just didn't get that in comparison with the GLE. But the X5 does drive and ride much better than the GLE though for me. Metric Max said:
The feeling of;
"Where's the indicator stalk"
Oh, I don't need one, I'm in a BMW
(From MB driver)
Oh don't get me started on BMW indicators. They changed a method of operation that has worked for decades."Where's the indicator stalk"
Oh, I don't need one, I'm in a BMW
(From MB driver)
We've got an array of BMW products in the business and the degree to which the indicators are s
t varies between them.Which utter moron was behind that?
Metric Max said:
Oh, I don't need one, I'm in a BMW
(From MB driver)
When I had the 235i I used to use a rural route which meant a right turn at a T junction, often at night. Someone had decided that the mirror repeaters should shine in your face, so you can see nothing. My Audi doesn't do this, though the useless reversing lights are probably by the same person. (From MB driver)
My first three BMWs, Z4 and two E46s, felt special but I was happy to get rid of the 1 and 2 Series'. Looking at them now, the interior has a much more mass produced look, each part, push-fit. I think Audi does that better, generally.
Chestrockwell said:
I work for a dealer that sells sensible family cars now, I sold my M240i back in April and my company car since has been a little hybrid
We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
As this is a BMW sub-forum, it's to be expected most people will consider them superior and to their tastes.We have a M340i on site, took a customer out for a test drive in it and I must say, it felt glorious to be back sitting low behind the wheel of a BMW.
If you haven't before, I suggest you try it
Thanks for the suggestion but just for the sake of balance, do remember they're really not for everyone.
The 'feeling' I get is of something rather inert, over engineered and fairly inappropriate for pot-holed little UK roads.
I'm not a fan of sitting low down close to the road, neither do I like the quality of their interiors (or how they look on the outside for that matter, with a couple of exceptions).
The two or three people I know who own newish ones have had ongoing reliability issues and the depreciation seems to get particularly awful as they get to a certain age once the local scrotes get their hands on them.
Furbo said:
Oh don't get me started on BMW indicators. They changed a method of operation that has worked for decades.
We've got an array of BMW products in the business and the degree to which the indicators are st varies between them.
Which utter moron was behind that?
If you’re talking about the indicators that you operate and they return to centre, I love them. After a while you think, why aren’t they all like this? You cancel by moving the stalk in any direction. It’s great for cancelling immediately after a turn, when you want an early cancellation because of another side turning coming up.We've got an array of BMW products in the business and the degree to which the indicators are s
t varies between them.Which utter moron was behind that?
E46 for me - the seating position (non electric), chassis squat under braking, and there was never any doubt as to which wheels were driven, not that there is ever doubt as such, it just always had this sense of being pushed along. Manual box. Wasn’t the fastest (323i) but I enjoyed it.
Metric Max said:
The feeling of;
"Where's the indicator stalk"
Oh, I don't need one, I'm in a BMW
(From MB driver)
That figures! "Where's the indicator stalk"
Oh, I don't need one, I'm in a BMW
(From MB driver)
I've had 3 Mercedes but only managed to find one with 3 pedals and decided I wasn't old enough to enjoy an Automatic, so I'm currently on number 7 and 8 BMWs. And they all had fully functioning indicators on a stalk that wasn't overloaded with other functions like wipers.
I've always loved BMWs, personally. Maybe not so much the newer ones which, if you look at BMW's website, it seems nothing more than an SUV dystopia but during the 90s and 00s BMW were absolutely at the top of their game.
I have three Beemers myself now, an F30 335i, an E86 3.0si coupe and an E90 M3 track car and love them all in their own ways. I've driven friends Audis and Mercs and they just aren't as good to drive. They aren't as special. I love Porsches even more but the ones I want are just out of my reach, financially.
I have three Beemers myself now, an F30 335i, an E86 3.0si coupe and an E90 M3 track car and love them all in their own ways. I've driven friends Audis and Mercs and they just aren't as good to drive. They aren't as special. I love Porsches even more but the ones I want are just out of my reach, financially.
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