Man Maths Help Required - BMW E93 335i

Gaygle · 15 Oct 2013 at 19:42

I had a manual E46 330i before the 335i auto and i must say it did feel a bit weird to begin with as it was my first auto car, however there is no doubt in my mind i prefer the auto now. The paddles are very responsive when you want to push on and quicker and more precise than the vast majority of the population can do a gear change. The auto is nice when you just want to drive home after a tiring day and in traffic.

The only thing i would echo is what Fox said above - the E93 is a heavy old car due to that folding roof. I think i remember him saying it didn't feel *much* faster than his 530i due to this weight bringing the power-to-weight ratio's quite close to each other. The coupe doesn't suffer from this - if you drive a 335i coupe and it is anything less than "woah" fast, it's broken.

[TW]Fox · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:00

Gaygle said:
The only thing i would echo is what Fox said above - the E93 is a heavy old car due to that folding roof. I think i remember him saying it didn't feel *much* faster than his 530i due to this weight bringing the power-to-weight ratio's quite close to each other. The coupe doesn't suffer from this - if you drive a 335i coupe and it is anything less than "woah" fast, it's broken.

Exactly this - the performance of the first 335i I drove, a brand new DCT E93, underwhelmed me.

The Coupe though felt much more like it.

Dr House · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:48

Just FYI my E93 has been on 62k miles for the last 2 years and I pay monthly so it never went up after it crossed 60k (it was serviced at 61k).

Dont quote me on it but I think its about £40 cpm

Sparky · 16 Oct 2013 at 07:19

Gaygle said:
I had a manual E46 330i before the 335i auto and i must say it did feel a bit weird to begin with as it was my first auto car, however there is no doubt in my mind i prefer the auto now. The paddles are very responsive when you want to push on and quicker and more precise than the vast majority of the population can do a gear change. The auto is nice when you just want to drive home after a tiring day and in traffic.

The auto is even better once running the Alpina software, gear changes are a lot smoother and quicker.

Django x2 · 16 Oct 2013 at 09:07

IIRC the E93 carries over 100kg weight penalty compared to the E92. That's 16 stonne, a tenth of a tonne, a very large man, for no benefit other than people can should "Tanker" at you...

Gaygle · 16 Oct 2013 at 13:25

Django x2 said:
IIRC the E93 carries over 100kg weight penalty compared to the E92. That's 16 stonne, a tenth of a tonne, a very large man, for no benefit other than people can should "Tanker" at you...

And the rest! The E93 335i weighs in at 1850kg whereas the E92 is 1600kg.

Howard · 16 Oct 2013 at 13:29

Bloody hell! :eek:

That's not far off two tonnes for a BMW 3 series!

LiE · 16 Oct 2013 at 13:37

1850kg.. what a fatty

IPAddis · 16 Oct 2013 at 14:46

'tis the penalty of having a 4-seater with metal folding roof. It does make it more of a barge but then I have a light-weight car for back-road shennanigans.

Griffo · 16 Oct 2013 at 15:45

1850Kg sounds like a hell of a lot! The Efficient Dynamics has a lot to try and make up for there!

Dr House · 16 Oct 2013 at 18:15

Well just buy a E93 and remap it to 270 BHP +

[TW]Fox · 16 Oct 2013 at 18:17

Dr House said:
Well just buy a E93 and remap it to 270 BHP +

Yay, lets detune our 335i's.

IAmATeaf · 16 Oct 2013 at 18:59

When did the DCT gearbox become available in the non M 3 series cars?

Big-Mac-Please · 16 Oct 2013 at 22:36

Buy a more reliable car