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> enjoy the car as a mechanical machine, eg. buy the torque-y 30d not the 20d. Surely if you really wish to enjoy a BMW you buy one with a NA petrol engine ;-)
by switch007 7y ago
> enjoy the car as a mechanical machine, eg. buy the torque-y 30d not the 20d.
Surely if you really wish to enjoy a BMW you buy one with a NA petrol engine ;-)
- Maro 7y agoIt's something I think about a lot, but it doesn't seem like a good trade-off. It's more expensive, and for real-world use-cases a torquey diesel seems a more fun fit: in city traffic, I'm going mostly 0-70 km/h, so torque at low revs is good. And when I'm going longer distances on the freeway I'm not accelerating anyway, I like the low rumbling noise of my diesel and fuel economy is good. It seems to me an M-car mostly makes sense if you're going to the track, which I never do. CMIIW
- switch007 7y agoIt was just a tongue-in-cheek comment, hinting at the popularity of the S65 found in the older M3 (also the non-M M54 engine was pretty sweet) I definitely get the appeal of a diesel! I even enjoy the 8 (?) speed modern 320d/330d. But red-lining a decent petrol engine can't compare.
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