Comments on: BMW instead http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/ Life with MINIs (and other cars!) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: GBMINI http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4658 GBMINI Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:40:22 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4658 Congrats David! I'm guessing you took the non-convertible? Congrats David!
I’m guessing you took the non-convertible?

]]> By: LePew http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4657 LePew Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:35:51 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4657 Great choice! We just took European Delivery of a space gray 335i. Now suffering the interminable re-delivery wait. Hey Gabe ... you forgot that the 335i has twin turbos ... Ill take those any day over the 200 lb weight difference :) Great choice! We just took European Delivery of a space gray 335i. Now suffering the interminable re-delivery wait.

Hey Gabe … you forgot that the 335i has twin turbos … Ill take those any day over the 200 lb weight difference :)

]]> By: Gabe http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4608 Gabe Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:56:16 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4608 Congrats! The 328i is a fine car that is plenty fast and 200lbs lighter than the 335i (due to the magnesium block). Congrats! The 328i is a fine car that is plenty fast and 200lbs lighter than the 335i (due to the magnesium block).

]]> By: GadgetGav http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4603 GadgetGav Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:32:48 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4603 I don't like the red / anthracite wheels combo of these press shots, but the new M3 looks good: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/06/officially-official-introducing-the-2008-bmw-m3-coupe/ I bet in the blue of that demo it looks the business..! I don’t like the red / anthracite wheels combo of these press shots, but the new M3 looks good:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/06/officially-official-introducing-the-2008-bmw-m3-coupe/
I bet in the blue of that demo it looks the business..!

]]> By: GBMINI http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4602 GBMINI Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:26:46 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4602 Well, in the end Margaret chose the 328 version because there's a wait time till July for the 335 - the demo 335 wasn't really suitable, and they had a demo 328 that was a closer-to-correct spec. Well, in the end Margaret chose the 328 version because there’s a wait time till July for the 335 – the demo 335 wasn’t really suitable, and they had a demo 328 that was a closer-to-correct spec.

]]> By: Josh Wardell http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4601 Josh Wardell Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:17:24 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4601 335! My favorite BMW (at least till the M3 is released). What a great engine. Now we can all be jealous of Margaret too! :) 335! My favorite BMW (at least till the M3 is released). What a great engine. Now we can all be jealous of Margaret too! :)

]]> By: RB http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 RB Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:11:41 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4600 Love the softer styling of this model. My brother-N-Law got tired of waiting for his 335i coupe to be delivered so he cancelled it and got a Lexus RX????? With is income I'd have waited. I find my wife's A4 seats a tad uncomfortable and never did like her 325 seats. Congrats if you buy it, nice colour, exterior that is. Love the softer styling of this model. My brother-N-Law got tired of waiting for his 335i coupe to be delivered so he cancelled it and got a Lexus RX????? With is income I’d have waited. I find my wife’s A4 seats a tad uncomfortable and never did like her 325 seats.

Congrats if you buy it, nice colour, exterior that is.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/comment-page-1/#comment-4599 Gabe Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:42:40 +0000 http://www.gbmini.net/wp/2007/04/bmw_instead/#comment-4599 Excellent choice! A four door version of the above will probably be in my garage next to the MINI in a year or two. The 335i (unlike the MINI) has an excelletn auto and the entire drivetrain is utterly unflappable. I'd of course choose a manual but there is very little performance you're giving up with the auto in this car. And yes, the sport seats are some of the best on the market - identical to the ones my current 3 Series. I'd pay ridiculous money to get them in my MINI :) Have fun! Excellent choice! A four door version of the above will probably be in my garage next to the MINI in a year or two.

The 335i (unlike the MINI) has an excelletn auto and the entire drivetrain is utterly unflappable. I’d of course choose a manual but there is very little performance you’re giving up with the auto in this car.

And yes, the sport seats are some of the best on the market – identical to the ones my current 3 Series. I’d pay ridiculous money to get them in my MINI :)

Have fun!

]]>