Riaan335
Member
Hi Guys
I've been a BMW fan for as long as I can remember. But strangely never bought one. Almost bought a 330i last year, and stupidly bought an A3 3.2 instead.
So, last week I decided it's time to realise my dream of driving my own (the bank's) BMW, and decided on a 335i. Had a few late nights reading up on the cars, for issues and stuff.
I test drove a manual 335i this past Saturday, and then today I test drove a steptronic 335. Boy, this steptronic goes like the clappers, WAY better than the manual, I thought. The auto also had a different exhaust sound. So, I took out the manual again. I thought it was just that the auto gets to the optimum gear faster than I was able to. And, for some reason the auto just felt better than the manual. But before this, my heart was set on the manual.
I pulled the 2 cars next to each other, doing the usual inspection before buying a car, opened the bonnets, and there it was, "BMW Power Kit installed.."
After a bit of thinking I decided to buy the car.
I assume my car has the performance kit installed, otherwise this would not be there.
Man, I love this car, after 120 problem free kilometers. ha ha. I hope to get a few more problem free k's out of this beast, but hopefully Motorplan will be by my side if/when something goes wrong.
I can't wait to look up an M3's kidney grille thru my rearview mirror.
Great forum, BTW. It helped me alot in my decision making.
I've been a BMW fan for as long as I can remember. But strangely never bought one. Almost bought a 330i last year, and stupidly bought an A3 3.2 instead.
So, last week I decided it's time to realise my dream of driving my own (the bank's) BMW, and decided on a 335i. Had a few late nights reading up on the cars, for issues and stuff.
I test drove a manual 335i this past Saturday, and then today I test drove a steptronic 335. Boy, this steptronic goes like the clappers, WAY better than the manual, I thought. The auto also had a different exhaust sound. So, I took out the manual again. I thought it was just that the auto gets to the optimum gear faster than I was able to. And, for some reason the auto just felt better than the manual. But before this, my heart was set on the manual.
I pulled the 2 cars next to each other, doing the usual inspection before buying a car, opened the bonnets, and there it was, "BMW Power Kit installed.."
After a bit of thinking I decided to buy the car.
I assume my car has the performance kit installed, otherwise this would not be there.
Man, I love this car, after 120 problem free kilometers. ha ha. I hope to get a few more problem free k's out of this beast, but hopefully Motorplan will be by my side if/when something goes wrong.
I can't wait to look up an M3's kidney grille thru my rearview mirror.
Great forum, BTW. It helped me alot in my decision making.
