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Sheets Tabuer said:
Gone from a M240i to a 330d shadow xdrive, two months of ownership and my god the 3 series is a dull car, heavy as hell, nothing inside to inspire you and as dull as ditch water to drive. I'm seriously thinking about chopping it in for a 225d.
Why did you go from M240i to 330d in the first place, what was the criteria for the change?Sheets Tabuer said:
Gone from a M240i to a 330d shadow xdrive, two months of ownership and my god the 3 series is a dull car, heavy as hell, nothing inside to inspire you and as dull as ditch water to drive. I'm seriously thinking about chopping it in for a 225d.
I've had three 3 series(E9x 330d/330i/M3) and I do agree that they are dull/heavy, but I do think they are nice cars to live with and a nice all round car though. For fun/smiles though you do have to look elsewhere for sure, they are built purely to cruise the motorway and they lack excitement because of it. It's an Alpina B10 4.6, 340 bhp and 354lb/ft when an E34 M5 was 340bhp and 295lb/ft. The B10 4.6 is just 20bhp and 30lb/ft shy of the E34 B10 BiTurbo which was left hand drive only and never made as a Touring; the B10 BiTurbo was often compared to the Lotus Carlton and AMG E500.
It's one of just 19 cars made and the only one in right hand drive, in fact the only E34 Alpina Touring in rhd as there were no B10 4.0 or B10 3.0 AllRad Tourings in rhd. Credit for the photographs should go to BMW car magazine on a moody day out on the Evo triangle.
It is quite rare but here is a 30mph rolling start head to head between a B10 4.6 and a B10 BiTurbo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tweRIuSMI8
It's having a well earned rest from daily driver duties now as I have just had the younger model again re-commisioned...
This one is an E39 Alpina B10 V8 Touring, a very well-optioned ex-Sytner demonstrator, one of 12 made for the UK and one of just four facelift cars.
It's one of just 19 cars made and the only one in right hand drive, in fact the only E34 Alpina Touring in rhd as there were no B10 4.0 or B10 3.0 AllRad Tourings in rhd. Credit for the photographs should go to BMW car magazine on a moody day out on the Evo triangle.
It is quite rare but here is a 30mph rolling start head to head between a B10 4.6 and a B10 BiTurbo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tweRIuSMI8
It's having a well earned rest from daily driver duties now as I have just had the younger model again re-commisioned...
This one is an E39 Alpina B10 V8 Touring, a very well-optioned ex-Sytner demonstrator, one of 12 made for the UK and one of just four facelift cars.
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