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Vish8895:
For me I'd be taking my £15K straight to a nice low mileage, FBMWSH 335i Coupe M Sport and taking out BMW Comprehensive warranty for £40/month or so.
Then you have a RWD 300BHP Twin Turbo 3.0L straight six with either Dual Clutch Transmission or Manual. Easily do the same MPG as a MK5 on normal driving and remaps to 400BHP with no mods :)
I had one of these (not mapped) and it was an insanely good car. Currently saving for another once my house purchase has completed.
rich83:
mk7 gti.... you just need to adjust your budget :signLOL:
pudding:
--- Quote from: Vish8895 on April 05, 2017, 10:22:16 am ---For me I'd be taking my £15K straight to a nice low mileage, FBMWSH 335i Coupe M Sport and taking out BMW Comprehensive warranty for £40/month or so.
Then you have a RWD 300BHP Twin Turbo 3.0L straight six with either Dual Clutch Transmission or Manual. Easily do the same MPG as a MK5 on normal driving and remaps to 400BHP with no mods :)
I had one of these (not mapped) and it was an insanely good car. Currently saving for another once my house purchase has completed.
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To me it's just another TFSI but with 2 more cylinders to decoke and double the bill for turbo replacement, which aren't known to handle remapping particularly well. A colleague at work has one and it's a smoky thing when I follow it, and not that quick either given the specs when he hit the dual carriageway. He says the mpg is terrible, which seems to corroborate with the amount of smoke coming out of it when he boots it.
Maybe he got a lemon but I personally don't see the appeal of these cars at all, especially if you live in a heavily populated area where parking is a pain. And the 2 door ones seem to attract chavs where I'm from, but not everywhere is as schitty as Ipswich :grin:
I think I'd rather go with as late a 535D as possible in preference to a 335i, but each to our own :smiley:
Vish8895:
--- Quote from: Pudding on April 05, 2017, 11:49:44 am ---
--- Quote from: Vish8895 on April 05, 2017, 10:22:16 am ---For me I'd be taking my £15K straight to a nice low mileage, FBMWSH 335i Coupe M Sport and taking out BMW Comprehensive warranty for £40/month or so.
Then you have a RWD 300BHP Twin Turbo 3.0L straight six with either Dual Clutch Transmission or Manual. Easily do the same MPG as a MK5 on normal driving and remaps to 400BHP with no mods :)
I had one of these (not mapped) and it was an insanely good car. Currently saving for another once my house purchase has completed.
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To me it's just another TFSI but with 2 more cylinders to decoke and double the bill for turbo replacement, which aren't known to handle remapping particularly well. A colleague at work has one and it's a smoky thing when I follow it, and not that quick either given the specs when he hit the dual carriageway. He says the mpg is terrible, which seems to corroborate with the amount of smoke coming out of it when he boots it.
Maybe he got a lemon but I personally don't see the appeal of these cars at all, especially if you live in a heavily populated area where parking is a pain. And the 2 door ones seem to attract chavs where I'm from, but not everywhere is as schitty as Ipswich :grin:
I think I'd rather go with as late a 535D as possible in preference to a 335i, but each to our own :smiley:
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After owning one I can say it's certainly nothing like a TFSI (maybe in principle but in reality, its another beast). I agree they do cost more to run and the turbos are expensive (hence why I suggested one with FBMWSH and extended warranty as I wouldn't trust it otherwise haha!).
It sounds like you friend has got a lemon, they are over 2s quicker to 60 than a GTI stock, if his is smoking badly and returning bad MPG it suggest bigger issues.
I did 300 miles a week in my 335i (75% motorway, 25% city) and it returned 30mpg at the end of the week (my mk5 is returning about 28mpg at the minute at the end of each week).
A 535D would be an excellent car but its like comparing apples and pears!
prp74:
I also have a mk7 GTI with PP and think it's a good upgrade. If you near the harrow area you are welcome to check it out to judge for yourself. I was also thinking of the Golf MK6 R but wanted something a bit newer and the 7 R was way over the budget for me. Price for the MK7 has been going down. Just look for a good spec one :happy2:
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