Modding has halted... the GTI has a new companion!

[mortygttdi]

Well done Garth mate,  I can remember you on about getting one before xmas looks awesome

Darren

[Garth]

Thanks mate.
Yeah I've been after one for a while and when this one came up, it was too good a price for the mileage and spec so I had to take the plunge.
I did test drive a 335i a week ago and very nearly bought it, but the fuel eceonomy was nowhere near as good as the 330i and it didn't have heated seats (which are a must with leather in the winter I recon).

[RedRobin]

I did test drive a 335i a week ago and very nearly bought it, but the fuel eceonomy was nowhere near as good as the 330i and it didn't have heated seats (which are a must with leather in the winter I recon).

....Forget the heated seats, just ask your new wifey to spank you before you leave home on a cold morning. 

[mortygttdi]

....Forget the heated seats, just ask your new wifey to spank you before you leave home on a cold morning. 

[Garth]

I did test drive a 335i a week ago and very nearly bought it, but the fuel eceonomy was nowhere near as good as the 330i and it didn't have heated seats (which are a must with leather in the winter I recon).

....Forget the heated seats, just ask your new wifey to spank you before you leave home on a cold morning. 

You're assuming she doesn't already 

[Hurdy]

Nice car

You do know that the BMW's come with DCT auto's now and not the slushy SMG

[Garth]

Nice car

You do know that the BMW's come with DCT auto's now and not the slushy SMG

Thanks, and yes we test drove one at the weekend.
The salesman said to Rachel: "How does this compare to the last auto you drove?" The reply: "Exactly, the same, bloody awful, I HATE it!" Hahahahaha, I just looked at the guy who looked a bit hurt 

I still don't rate the new autos. Why can't Audi make a decent 6 cylinder engine and BMW make a decent auto box? A dsg equipped 330i would be awesome 

[rdfcpete]

Garth, you replaced a 1.6 MK4 GOLF with a 330i?! 

If ever there was a man with deep pockets... 
Fair bloody play, they look so smart in black with the angel eyes. Top job 

[animal]

^^^^
Then she is most definitely worth marrying! A rare gal!

He's not alone - my Fiancee fights with me over who is going to drive when we use the R. She was taught by a Porsche GB /McLaren instructor too, so she knows what to do with it too!

[Garth]

Garth, you replaced a 1.6 MK4 GOLF with a 330i?! 

If ever there was a man with deep pockets... 
Fair bloody play, they look so smart in black with the angel eyes. Top job 

Errrm, not quite. We've still got the mk4 too 

Deep pockets simply isn't true, I wish it were, I just wanted the car and so did my fiance, so I worked out a way that I can *just* afford it.

[94Luke]

that looks lurvly, nice to see one with a proper gearbox for once as well 

[Garth]

that looks lurvly, nice to see one with a proper gearbox for once as well 

Cheers pal, my thoughts exactly 

[RedRobin]

^^^^
Then she is most definitely worth marrying! A rare gal!

He's not alone - my Fiancee fights with me over who is going to drive when we use the R. She was taught by a Porsche GB /McLaren instructor too, so she knows what to do with it too!

....There's something particularly attractive about a lady who can drive well and enjoys it.

[scooba]

Very nice but terrible in bad weather.My mate has an M3 & it spent more time on the drive than on the road during the last winter.

Your mate must be a REALLY $hit driver then!

I've had 2 of these already and can honestly say they're as good, if not better than my GTI in the wet. Sure, they're crap in the snow, but how often does it snow round here? Maybe 1 week a year?

I'm sick of people telling me about 'a mate' or 'a guy I know' or 'a friend of a friend' who has a horror story about driving a BMW in the wet. The fact is, these wet handling problems dissapeared with the E30. The E36 wasn't bad and the E46 was amazing in the wet. The E92 feels safer to drive in the wet than my GTI which throws it's nose around like mad in the rain.

Rant over 

+1  I have a e90 3.d auto its brilliant in every dept

[rdfcpete]

I saw in Evo this week that the combined MPG cycle for the E92 330i is 39mpg - Are you hitting that Garth or is that a fantasy figure? 

I know these newer engines are becoming solid at combining performance and economy, but I didn't realise it had spread to the petrol straight 6's