5 Series or 3 series GT?

TheVoice · 22 Jun 2015 at 15:49

rapid64k said:
LOL look totally different.

Totally.

crinkleshoes · 22 Jun 2015 at 16:22

Lol... about 3 inches in that roof line... hehehe

Skidder · 22 Jun 2015 at 19:51

Personally I like the 3gt, but I nearly ordered a 5gt before deciding on the x5 so don't trust my opinion. But 5 vs 3, go for 5!

rapid64k · 18 Oct 2015 at 19:19

Posted into the BMW thread instead apologies.

mjt · 18 Oct 2015 at 22:44

All the 5 GT hate in here makes me sad. I think it looks awesome from certain angles, especially the rear if it's got fat wheels!

Dr House · 18 Oct 2015 at 23:28

I have had a 530GT for 2 years (a couple of yeas ago) and my dad has a 535 GT, ok they don't look very nice but they are very comfortable cars.

Scania · 19 Oct 2015 at 08:43

[TW]Fox;28207269 said:
I'm really not sure a 2 litre diesel hatchback 3 Series is quite the definition of 'doing something crazy' when it comes to picking a company car

I think picking a 3GT over a 5 saloon though would most certainly be doing something crazy!

mjt said:
All the 5 GT hate in here makes me sad. I think it looks awesome from certain angles, especially the rear if it's got fat wheels!

rapid64k · 19 Oct 2015 at 09:06

The car is sound, I took out a 5 series M Sport for a test drive then jumped into a 3GT and preferred it.

So I brought one. a 330D M Sport.

SDK^ · 19 Oct 2015 at 09:28

There are some cheap 3GT 335d X-drive lease deals going around at the moment. Only issue is you need to Spec the M-Sport Plus pack (£2k) to make it worth having, which makes it not so cheap :/

[TW]Fox · 19 Oct 2015 at 10:05

Why is it not 'worth having' without the M Sport Plus pack? You can option xenons individually and I hardly think not having 19s and massive brakes stops your diesel hatch being 'worth having'.

SDK^ · 19 Oct 2015 at 10:55

The standard wheels look rubbish and tiny on the large body. Also Xenons and Sun Protection are £1k by themselves, so for another £900 you get larger wheels, braking and speaker upgrade. All of which turn the standard 'meh' £45k car into a great £47k car

(RRP)

[TW]Fox · 19 Oct 2015 at 12:17

None of that stuff is the difference between a car being 'worth having' and not 'worth having' though. 19 inch wheels will destroy the ride quality. If I had only 2k to spend on a 3GT options M Sport Plus wouldn't get a look in, it'd be Xenon's and Navigation.

rapid64k · 19 Oct 2015 at 12:24

These are the options that I added:

Estoril Blue
Saddle Brown Interior
M Sport Plus Package
19" wheels
Media Package Pro.
Reversing camera
Ext folding mirrors, auto dimming
Sport Seats
Front heated seats
Brushed Aluminium interior trim with Pearl chrome
M Sport suspension
Electric seats with memory.

In regards to the image of the 5 GT with the spoiler, the 5 GT has no active spoiler! so that would have been manually mounted.

[TW]Fox · 19 Oct 2015 at 12:26

Nice spec, seems to have everything you'd need - though how did you add Sport Seats and M Sport suspension when they are standard fit on the M Sport trim level?

rapid64k · 19 Oct 2015 at 12:53

[TW]Fox;28701534 said:
Nice spec, seems to have everything you'd need - though how did you add Sport Seats and M Sport suspension when they are standard fit on the M Sport trim level?

The M Sport suspension can be deleted as an option.

You do get electric seats as standard but not with memory.

crinkleshoes · 19 Oct 2015 at 13:34

SDK^ said:
The standard wheels look rubbish and tiny on the large body. Also Xenons and Sun Protection are £1k by themselves, so for another £900 you get larger wheels, braking and speaker upgrade. All of which turn the standard 'meh' £45k car into a great £47k car (RRP)

[TW]Fox;28701491 said:
None of that stuff is the difference between a car being 'worth having' and not 'worth having' though. 19 inch wheels will destroy the ride quality. If I had only 2k to spend on a 3GT options M Sport Plus wouldn't get a look in, it'd be Xenon's and Navigation.

Quite... form over function don't make a car worth having.

Bigger alloys... lower profile tyres = worse ride & handling profile.