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Originally Posted by clcon' post='658445' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:09 AM
i just orderd mt 20" last week....i wonder how much difference its gona make over 18" Runflat
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Fellow Koreans! I need your opinion... As you can tell from my 'sig' that I have a LCI 528i M Sport on order. I am in a bit of a decision dilemma. I'm in love with the N54 twin turbo engine!
Unfortunately, the 535i is not available in Korea. The only BMW available with the N54 twin turbo is the 335 M Sport (the 335 comes only one way in Korea, fully loaded... more options than the U.S. 335). A while back, I started a thread to help me decide:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=60603
And the input from other forum members help me at the time to stick to the 528i M Sport. However, 'DrLev99' put a post on a thread that has me thinking about the 335i M Sport.
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry658440 post #21
Yes, I'm being wishy washy... and I will take any verbal arrows that are shot at me, but I just want to make sure that I'm getting a car that I will be totally happy with for about 3 years.
The 335i has a huge power advantage over the 528i... 300bhp vs 230bhp and more importantly, 300 lb-ft or torque vs 200 lb-ft of torque. However, the 5er is a bigger car therefore more practical. Moreover, the 5er is perceived as a more expensive car (the 528i M Sport with the options listed in my 'sig' and a 335i M Sport costs about the same), so it has more cache, but the +70bhp and +100 lb-ft of torque of the 335i is a big draw.
I'm having a mental fit!
Any opinions or comments from fellow Korean BMW drivers would be appreciated!
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http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=60603
And the input from other forum members help me at the time to stick to the 528i M Sport. However, 'DrLev99' put a post on a thread that has me thinking about the 335i M Sport.
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http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry658440 post #21
Yes, I'm being wishy washy... and I will take any verbal arrows that are shot at me, but I just want to make sure that I'm getting a car that I will be totally happy with for about 3 years.
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I'm having a mental fit!
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Originally Posted by seoulman' post='658458' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:48 AM
However, the 5er is a bigger car therefore more practical. Moreover, the 5er is perceived as a more expensive car (the 528i M Sport with the options listed in my 'sig' and a 335i M Sport costs about the same), so it has more cache, but the +70bhp and +100 lb-ft of torque of the 335i is a big draw. ![Blush](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/blush.gif)
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='658468' date='Sep 1 2008, 02:10 AM
You said it right there, it's a more expensive car in the eyes of the normal person. 335i is still... a 3'er.
Always giving good advice!
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I'm great at giving other people advice about which car to get, but when it comes to my own car, I'm a blubbering idiot!
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I think it's because my car is taking so f***ing long to arrive!
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Originally Posted by seoulman' post='658471' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:11 AM
Mike!
Always giving good advice!![Thumbsup](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/thumbsup.gif)
I'm great at giving other people advice about which car to get, but when it comes to my own car, I'm a blubbering idiot!
Can't make up my mind, always crunching numbers, and second guessing myself.
I think it's because my car is taking so f***ing long to arrive!
I don't think I would be having this dilemma if my car was here! Maybe it's just a phase...
Always giving good advice!
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I'm great at giving other people advice about which car to get, but when it comes to my own car, I'm a blubbering idiot!
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I think it's because my car is taking so f***ing long to arrive!
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I thought of getting a 330i coupe but then again, the 5'er belongs in a different class and people look at it that way....
Get the e60 and just enjoy it!!
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='658475' date='Sep 1 2008, 02:30 AM
You're secondguessing youself cuz the car isn't here yet!
I thought of getting a 330i coupe but then again, the 5'er belongs in a different class and people look at it that way....
Get the e60 and just enjoy it!!
I thought of getting a 330i coupe but then again, the 5'er belongs in a different class and people look at it that way....
Get the e60 and just enjoy it!!
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Yes! Yes! I'm a power junkie!
Sometimes I think I should dish out the US$170k (plus 10% of car price for registration) for a M5!
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Originally Posted by clcon' post='658445' date='Aug 31 2008, 09:09 AM
i just orderd mt 20" last week....i wonder how much difference its gona make over 18" Runflat
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