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Drove an E90 328xi loaner. Comparison to my 335xi Coupe
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12-31-2007, 09:52 AM | #1 |
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Drove an E90 328xi loaner. Comparison to my 335xi Coupe
The loaner had about 11000 miles on it.
Here we go: Overall the loaner felt "sloppy" compared to my 335xi. The steering felt too light, the steering wheel felt too big. Basically the car felt more disconnected from the road than my car. My car feels a lot tighter. Other than that, everything else felt good. The GM tranny well, I couldn't tell it was a GM tranny. The brakes were good. Actually there was one thing where the 328xi beat my 335xi. Smoothness. With the 17 inchers it was quieter and smoother at highway speeds. One more thing. The coupe doors, although they are frameless, they feel more substantial than the sedan's. Of course, they are longer but they feel as if they are made more solid. p.s. The 328 was peppy enough. I think the 335 is overkill for most people. It's hard to find a place to use that power. |
12-31-2007, 10:50 AM | #3 |
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Both were xi's so they had the same suspension. Had the same wheel too. Only difference between them is the engine and the 328 has smaller brakes. I think you were imagining any difference.
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12-31-2007, 11:34 AM | #4 |
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Same experience.
I drove a 328xi loaner with 5000 miles on it. No surprise in terms of the huge difference in terms of power. I would agree that the steptronic was not as different as I had expected and also brakes and steering felt very similar. Generally just a very good car but nothing fancy about it. The car I had was pretty basic in terms of extras - It just did not feel that much like a near luxury type car at all costing 35 grand or so. I wonder if the driving experience alone or "BMW feel" would make me want it so much more over an Infiniti, Lexus or Accura that has all the goodies and gadgets for the same price. I would have to think really long and hard over this one. I always felt similar when I had an A4 loaner when my S4 was in service.
Amazingly this car still beat out the competition with so much more power and features in the latest comparison test. |
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12-31-2007, 11:48 AM | #5 | |
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My car has ZSP.
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p.s. I know that ZSP does not affect the suspension but something was different. |
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12-31-2007, 12:56 PM | #6 |
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The 335 suspension is different from the 328? Or is it a coupe/sedan thing? I haven't heard that before.
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