330ci one on one

[malone67]

Id like to know what youve come up against at the lights , what youve smoked and whats left you embarrassed!

... My 54 M-sport convertible had a race to the red-line with a Focus ST170, rolling start he was just ahead, never pulled away but i was nowhere near getting past him.... just him in his , 3 of us in mine - Maybe I could of done better

My mate has a Honda Accord type S which always gets smoked - I should hope so too!

[rich85uk]

was equal to a lovely red boxster s from 0-80ish which suprised me, i know some people knock them as poor mans porsche etc but still. bit of reseach then pointed at the fact i would of lost badly in a handling test against one, and lost badly in the noise factor against what must be the finest sounding n/a V6!! (possible aftermarket exhaust, maybe factory option)

the 225bhp leon cupra r, again to 80ish and again very equal

work mates old civic type r (EP3)i was slightly faster on the straights

some mad orange VX220 turbo or maybe 2.2 s/c. whatever it was @90mph on a dual carriageway i might aswell of been going backwards

[anonymous-user]

Do you guys go tray sliding in McDonalds car parks as well?

[cslwannabe]

I owned a manual 330ci for 6 years and thought it was a great car but now own a 3.4 Boxster S and believe me it is much quicker than a 330 in acceleration terms (circa 12 seconds 0-100 compared with circa 17 seconds for the 330). It is more difficult to get a good launch in the Boxster compared with the BMW however.

[rich85uk]

St John Smythe said:

Do you guys go tray sliding in McDonalds car parks as well?

you dont have to be in a fast food take away car park to be out for a drive, and come across someone on the same wave length as you

[rich85uk]

cslwannabe said:

I owned a manual 330ci for 6 years and thought it was a great car but now own a 3.4 Boxster S and believe me it is much quicker than a 330 in acceleration terms (circa 12 seconds 0-100 compared with circa 17 seconds for the 330). It is more difficult to get a good launch in the Boxster compared with the BMW however.

it was a 250bhp 3.2 s i came across not the 295bhp 3.4,bet the 3.4 sounds even better though

[StyleTechnik]

Funny that i had to show a ST170 what a mans car does when he came up behind me after i passed him normally on the dual carriaeway. So dropped it into 3rd up through 4th whole time watching him get further and further away haha

[roofer]

Got done by a Kia Picanto yesterday.

[alistair267]

My manual 330i Sport Touring didn't do too badly against an R8 V10 yesterday although I think I may have been in a better gear than him...

[DiseasalDriver]

Some funny stories here! 330Ci Touring vs. R8 V10. What gear was he in? Neutral?

The ST170 is not quick in any sense of the word.

[garos]

I got beaten up by a 1L Corsa this morning, he overtook me in 30mph zone just 100m shy of NSL sign. He was then all over the road on the twisties and I was pretty mad and I couldn't pass safely, I still feel pretty crap about this

[anonymous-user]

StyleTechnik said:

Funny that i had to show a ST170 what a mans car does when he came up behind me after i passed him normally on the dual carriaeway. So dropped it into 3rd up through 4th whole time watching him get further and further away haha

Awesome!!!!