Turbo Diesel Convertible WANTED!!

[Kaison]

Hey all, names Kai. . . I'm new here, browsed the site a good few times and it seems great! Thought I'd test it out by letting you know looking for a newish second hand ('04+) Turbo Diesel Convertible, would be preferable if viewing could be arranged for tomorrow.
I have a pretty tight budget, around 14K MAX!
I was thinking perhaps a 3 Series. . .

I'm not to familiar with BMW Diesels, but it seems they're getting very good reviews lately, specially newer turbo diesels! Very powerful, reliable and efficient/economical.

I've found a few saloon/coupe/estates with turbo diesels but can't find anything in my price range convertible.


I'm not interested in the naturally aspirated diesels, all of my friends and many people in other forums disregard them. . . Also in the Torque Cars forum, they mentioned tuning diesels and having major performance and efficiency when remapped! But only when it came to the turbo variants. . .

It seems power outputs are near identical in the turbo and non turbo cars on the auto traders performance and economy pages, but I've known these to be inaccurate and wanted to ask the real owners and enthusiasts on what the turbo situation is on the newer BMW Convt's.

I hope to hear from many of you soon, pretty urgent! Sorry about the post, very rushed I know, tight deadline. . .

[sniff diesel]

Do they do a 335d vert or would it just fold itself in half what with all the torque?

[pgilc1]

sniff diesel said:

Do they do a 335d vert or would it just fold itself in half what with all the torque?

From memory no, the thing would be going for too fast for people to see you posing.

[Kaison]

So there are no turbo diesel converts available for that type of budget?

[Slinky]

Why does it need to be turbo diesel? Do you have a vat of red to use?

[Kaison]

Haha I wish
It's just so much more economic and to be honest, I love the torque of a diesel, and the fact they're so easy to tune!

It's also for the old lady mostly!
It was either a Strong masculine BMW or a hideous SLK! And if it wasn't for the running cost, we'd be going with the M3 coupe, trust me!

[dibbly_dobbler]

Kaison said:

So there are no turbo diesel converts available for that type of budget?

Hi Kai !

For that money you'll be looking at an E46 - probably a 320d such as this. There are plenty more on Autotrader.

They are all turbo so no need to worry about that

[Kaison]

Great, thank you Dibbly!
I was unsure as to whether they were turbo diesel as it was not usually mentioned.
And this is ALL 3 Series Diesels which come with a turbo?

Edited by Kaison on Thursday 29th October 20:39

[dibbly_dobbler]

Kaison said:

Great, thank you Dibbly!
I was unsure as to whether they were turbo diesel as it was not usually mentioned.
And this is ALL 3 Series Diesels which come with a turbo?

Edited by Kaison on Thursday 29th October 20:39

Yes I think so - certainly all of the recent ones anyway.

[Kaison]

Invaluable information, really!

I'll be sure to verify with any owners before agreeing to view any cars in person!
It was my original plan, I say mine. . . the boss was going to be the one phoning and arranging things, but she nor I wanted to sound out of the know by asking if the car had a turbo if none of them would have been produced with such!