Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Basically i was going to sell the 320d & the Trophy, so test drove a few e46 M3's with a view to buying one. Now, here are the words that i never thought would exit my mouth.
Utter disappointment.
Nowhere near as raw as my old Z3M, quick, but no real feeling of speed, & certainly not as fun as the Trophy, unless you're being daft, which is difficult unless you're on a track, where you will be hassled by clio's on 888's, especially once your standard brakes have wilted. Put simply, it wasnt worth flogging both my cars to buy/afford to run one.
As such, i taxed the Trophy for another 6 months, and starting looking for another 330
Found one on eBay, liked the description, was owned by a member of detailingworld, so sounded like it would be decent enough. Put in an insulting offer. Accepted. Collected on Saturday. Exactly as described, ie really rather nice
Compared to the non-facelift 330ci Sport i had before, the 6 speed box makes a MASSIVE difference to mpg for the type of driving i do, i.e. mostly motorway. Revs at sat at just under 2.5k at 80 leptons ... 5 sp was about 700rpm higher iircc. So gives a good 4-6mpg more. Xurrently averaging 35.3mpg after 600 miles.
Sat with cruise at 70 yesterday saw 39mpg, from a 231bhp, 3.0 straight six
To be fair, the 320d does about 15-18mpg more to the gallon, no matter how you drive it. I would imagine that after a month or so, 330 mpg will be at 33, whereas the derv will constantly sit at 48mpg (saving approx. £100 a month for circa 25k miles a year).
Very pleased
Utter disappointment.
Nowhere near as raw as my old Z3M, quick, but no real feeling of speed, & certainly not as fun as the Trophy, unless you're being daft, which is difficult unless you're on a track, where you will be hassled by clio's on 888's, especially once your standard brakes have wilted. Put simply, it wasnt worth flogging both my cars to buy/afford to run one.
As such, i taxed the Trophy for another 6 months, and starting looking for another 330
Found one on eBay, liked the description, was owned by a member of detailingworld, so sounded like it would be decent enough. Put in an insulting offer. Accepted. Collected on Saturday. Exactly as described, ie really rather nice
Compared to the non-facelift 330ci Sport i had before, the 6 speed box makes a MASSIVE difference to mpg for the type of driving i do, i.e. mostly motorway. Revs at sat at just under 2.5k at 80 leptons ... 5 sp was about 700rpm higher iircc. So gives a good 4-6mpg more. Xurrently averaging 35.3mpg after 600 miles.
Sat with cruise at 70 yesterday saw 39mpg, from a 231bhp, 3.0 straight six
To be fair, the 320d does about 15-18mpg more to the gallon, no matter how you drive it. I would imagine that after a month or so, 330 mpg will be at 33, whereas the derv will constantly sit at 48mpg (saving approx. £100 a month for circa 25k miles a year).
Very pleased
