PringleMD
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- Jeff
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Having had an e90 330i I can definitely understand it being a bit disappointing having about 30hp and 30tq less in the same(ish) car to have a 328i. Did you get a chance to drive a 330i or 335i before you picked up the 328i?Honda Prelude 2001. Very refined, sensible and well mannered car. The only shortcoming was her being front wheel drive. Sold it to get RWD 4 door e90 2010 328i ZSP.
328i e90 ZSP. Was a bit of a disappointment. Had "Ultimate Driver's" car windshield sticker, but "refinement" department in Germany made it too politically correct. Gladly sold it for many reasons after 6-7 years of ownership to get a S550 GT.
I knew hp/tq numbers before I bought it and was ok with that. It was all in the details. Anemic throttle pedal that irritated me (and others) and I had to install the booster. And whose idea was to have a clutch delat valve? Again, had to remove it. Sounded like a camry and I fixed that with BMW M performance exhaust.... Another bad idea was electric water pump - this one would break without a warning and regardless of it age, my car went through 3 of these. I lost confidence and wouldn't drive it far. No engine temperature gauge on top of that. Again had to buy some. No LSD even as an option. It was "compensateed" with extremely proactive traction control system that just cuts power even during moderate accelerations on decent tires in the rain. Ah, and 2010 had audio system that was shamed by civics radio. No oil dipstick. And I will recall more things if I spend more time on this post, but it's time to wrap thing up. Anyways, bmw lost me as a brand on this one.Having had an e90 330i I can definitely understand it being a bit disappointing having about 30hp and 30tq less in the same(ish) car to have a 328i. Did you get a chance to drive a 330i or 335i before you picked up the 328i?
The e90s definitely took a bunch of steps away from the e46s. The only things I had to fix on mine were a TPMs issue and the footwell module that interfaced with the headlights.I knew hp/tq numbers before I bought it and was ok with that. It was all in the details. Anemic throttle pedal that irritated me (and others) and I had to install the booster. And whose idea was to have a clutch delat valve? Again, had to remove it. Sounded like a camry and I fixed that with BMW M performance exhaust.... Another bad idea was electric water pump - this one would break without a warning and regardless of it age, my car went through 3 of these. I lost confidence and wouldn't drive it far. No engine temperature gauge on top of that. Again had to buy some. No LSD even as an option. It was "compensateed" with extremely proactive traction control system that just cuts power even during moderate accelerations on decent tires in the rain. Ah, and 2010 had audio system that was shamed by civics radio. No oil dipstick. And I will recall more things if I spend more time on this post, but it's time to wrap thing up. Anyways, bmw lost me as a brand on this one.