My money saving tool ...

[Paul.]

Sold the R32 to save money for a house and this is what I swapped it for. Despite it being slower , a diesel , bla bla bla ... im actually starting to love the car. Extremely cheap to run in comparison to the golf (obviously) and £90 road tax versus 500 is an added bonus. Although it cant compete on many levels with the R , it (in my opinion) is a tad classier , much more comfortable , better quality of build and takes you away from all the other wee boys that can now afford to buy a R32 around here. Will likely buy something more interesting when I own a property but in the meantime this will do nicely

 

[Edges]

Very nice, 320??

 

[DanielJames]

Very nice, 320??

Yep, or 318 (judging by the tailpipe)

 

[Gally]

Still quite an expensive car though Paul? Would you have been better properly downsizing or was that a step too far?

 

[Paul.]

It's a 320d msport . Kev, was hard enough selling the golf lol so I still wanted to have a "decent" car lol

 

[DanielJames]

It's a 320d msport . Kev, was hard enough selling the golf lol so I still wanted to have a "decent" car lol

Msport lol, always makes me laugh when my mate says it. 120d M sport m8 haha.

Lovely motor though pal, Le mans blue is an ace colour on this generation of BMW.

 

[Paul.]

haha yeah I realise there's a massive massive difference from owning a 3 series m sport diesel barge to an M3 .... But similarly , the m sport 3 series is better than a bog standard 3 series ...

 

[Chi]

Very nice mate...

 

[_Tom]

Nice. Is it the 177 or 163?

 

[Gally]

It's a 320d msport . Kev, was hard enough selling the golf lol so I still wanted to have a "decent" car lol

I can imagine it was a hard decision!

 

[Paul.]

It's 177. The 335 would be a proper car I'd imagine , something I'd consider next year maybe .

 

[_Tom]

Nice. Must be one of the first 177's with it being pre lci.

They are ultimate cruisers though. I like mine, its just a little boring.

 

[Sir_Dave]

It's a 320d msport . Kev, was hard enough selling the golf lol so I still wanted to have a "decent" car lol

Feel your pain there, mine was an utter nightmare to get rid of!!! So many badmen sayin dayd giv me cash innit bruv.

320d is nice enough, not grey leather though i hope ? :dead:

 

[Paul.]

No, full cream leather (almost white) . Can see in the second picture. If I wasn't saving hard I'd treat it to halo headlights , some light tints and a csl style trunk. Took all the M badges off it as some folk are dilusional

 

[Bobby.]

Love that.

 

[philmots]

Looking good.

 

[wag_7]

Nice car, i know someone with a 120d msport with a remap and it is RAPID!

 

[leeds_182]

Looks nice.

 

[Herr Flick]

Feel your pain there, mine was an utter nightmare to get rid of!!! So many badmen sayin dayd giv me cash innit bruv.

320d is nice enough, not grey leather though i hope ? :dead:

how much you sell the golf for in the end?

 

[Paul.]

Yeah a few folk are advising I go and get it mapped. Would be interested to hear of the gains . I'd imagine healthy torque figures

 

[BREMBO]

Looks really nice Paul - hope your well mate!

 

[_Tom]

Yeah a few folk are advising I go and get it mapped. Would be interested to hear of the gains . I'd imagine healthy torque figures

My older 163 mapped to 209bhp - 310ft/lbs. A 177 yields even better results!

 

[Paul.]

Think il be taking it in a few weeks to get mapped. Contacted ectuning and they have said to expect gains of 33-40bhp and 105-115nm torque. And around a 12% improvement on fuel consumption.

ben , I'm well mate . Hope you are

 

[Gaz85]

Get it mapped

 

[Leeshez]

Very nice indeed.

 

[Lawro]

Very nice, really like that colour in the flesh!

 

[Ali]

Nice Paul.