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Without getting into Matt82's tuning debacle, these big BMWs are stupidly quick.
Our 535i GT is over 2 tonnes, yet still reaches 62 in the same time as my Z3 (6s).
The 535d is even quicker (under 6s IIRC) and once on the move it's ridiculous.
It didn't take very long at all to do 0-110 mph, albeit in an F10 Touring.
Either way, this new range of BMW turbo engines (both petrol and diesel) are nothing short of phenomenal, especially when you realise these cars are weighing in at 2 tonnes.
FWIW, I don't think your Golf is as quick as you're making it out to be. And I presume that '140' was indicated?
Our 535i GT is over 2 tonnes, yet still reaches 62 in the same time as my Z3 (6s).
The 535d is even quicker (under 6s IIRC) and once on the move it's ridiculous.
It didn't take very long at all to do 0-110 mph, albeit in an F10 Touring.
Either way, this new range of BMW turbo engines (both petrol and diesel) are nothing short of phenomenal, especially when you realise these cars are weighing in at 2 tonnes.
FWIW, I don't think your Golf is as quick as you're making it out to be. And I presume that '140' was indicated?
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No, thankfully there is no diesel Z4.
You can get a nice 3.0 litre twin turbo petrol, though.
I don't think it's so much the engines but rather the new 8-speed gearbox BMW are putting in these now. The one in the 535dGT was incredible and I'd wager it would shave 1s+ off any timings against the old 6-speed item.
With so many gears to choose from, it's always in the right one
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So a more powerful, more modern, more capable car overtook a less powerful, older, less capable car?
Just making sure I'm understanding the OP's point :/
Just making sure I'm understanding the OP's point :/
The E39 outlasted the E38 so technically it still would have been available in the 535i in 2003[TW]Fox;19260083 said:
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I thought you had a 530dGT, or did you have a play in a 535 too?
That gearbox is excellent though, so you have a point.
The F10 535d does 0-62 in 5.7 or something equally ridiculous.
All the BMW petrol and diesels in x25/x28/x30/x35/x40 form are three litres. They need different names to distinguish themselves. It's a logical system, but these days it just doesn't refer to engine capacity. Much like with Mercedes.
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I guess because you can't have two 330i's in the range, one of which has two turbos and more power.
No. Conventional 6 speed auto, or 7 speed DCT on the SDrive35i or SDrive35iS.
Wow, no matter what forum you go to there's always these sort of arguments
Guy in a Golf GTi was behind me today egging me on round the A406... Now, as I came up to the A12 I was pulling off so I shot forward a bit and pulled in. Of course now he carried on foot down well off into the distance.
Somewhere, in some forum on t'internet, there's some guy going on about how his 2008 Golf GTi 'Totally wasted' an e92 M3 on the A406 today.
The difference in perceived performance is affected a lot by your view of the world though - I.e. where you're sitting. A few years ago a number of us from another forum went for a little drive around Buxton - me in my heavily mod'ed RS4 (running about 450Bhp, dyno verified) and others in S3s, some S4s.
My perception was that while I was a bit faster on the runs then the S3/S4s of this world there wasn't much in it. Mate's perception (backed up by video) was that everytime I floored it I just shot off.
Same thing, just two massively different perceptions.
I don't for 8 seconds believe that a mod'ed 150 golf can do an 8 sec 60 to 100. Even if you used the video to 'time' it you'd have to take into account the over-read on the speedo or use a GPS. I'm just not buying it.
Guy in a Golf GTi was behind me today egging me on round the A406... Now, as I came up to the A12 I was pulling off so I shot forward a bit and pulled in. Of course now he carried on foot down well off into the distance.
Somewhere, in some forum on t'internet, there's some guy going on about how his 2008 Golf GTi 'Totally wasted' an e92 M3 on the A406 today.
The difference in perceived performance is affected a lot by your view of the world though - I.e. where you're sitting. A few years ago a number of us from another forum went for a little drive around Buxton - me in my heavily mod'ed RS4 (running about 450Bhp, dyno verified) and others in S3s, some S4s.
My perception was that while I was a bit faster on the runs then the S3/S4s of this world there wasn't much in it. Mate's perception (backed up by video) was that everytime I floored it I just shot off.
Same thing, just two massively different perceptions.
I don't for 8 seconds believe that a mod'ed 150 golf can do an 8 sec 60 to 100. Even if you used the video to 'time' it you'd have to take into account the over-read on the speedo or use a GPS. I'm just not buying it.
BMW have two 3.0 litre 6 cylinder engines in the range.
One is N/A, the other turbocharged. One is called 335i (in the 3 series) or 35i (in the z4).
The other is called the 330i / 30i to differentiate them. The 330i / 30i is N/A the 335i / 35i are Turbo
I think you'll find BMW have a lot more than two 3.0 6 cylinder engines in their range
