Top Gear 535d V 545i
02-23-2009, 08:06 PM
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02-23-2009, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by virgil' post='799891' date='Feb 24 2009, 06:06 AM
I used to send my friends the link to the video on YouTube ... but the video has been deleted. If anyone has a download please let me know.
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=535d+545i+top+gear
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='800177' date='Feb 24 2009, 02:52 PM
love watching that.
i wonder why they did not do a comparrison with the 530i ??
3 ltr V 3 ltr would have better, then it would have been very pro diesel.
i wonder why they did not do a comparrison with the 530i ??
3 ltr V 3 ltr would have better, then it would have been very pro diesel.
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what does that have to do with anything?? he was not doing a comparison with turbos? it was between a diesel and petrol E60.
3ltr is the same cc,
and if your getting like that the 545 is a V8.....
as opposed to our V6
so the comparison was between petrol and diesel, so the equivelent car would be the 530i as its also a 6 clyinder E60.
the turbo fact would even things up as a petrol is lighter
look at the top gear test:
545 pros. 2 extra cylinders...petrol...1,500cc more...much lighter...
i think the 535d wooped its arse with those things taken into consideration....
3ltr is the same cc,
and if your getting like that the 545 is a V8.....
as opposed to our V6so the comparison was between petrol and diesel, so the equivelent car would be the 530i as its also a 6 clyinder E60.
the turbo fact would even things up as a petrol is lighter
look at the top gear test:
545 pros. 2 extra cylinders...petrol...1,500cc more...much lighter...
i think the 535d wooped its arse with those things taken into consideration....
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='800179' date='Feb 24 2009, 03:04 PM
what does that have to do with anything?? he was not doing a comparison with turbos? it was between a diesel and petrol E60.
I'm not trying to say petrol is better, I know, I've driven a 535d. I know what a relentless torque beast it is. If I'd been able to find a low mileage one with the same spec as this 545i I eventually went for, I'd be driving one now. All the 3-5 year old 535d's I could find in germany were well over 60,000 miles. I found this 545 with only 29,000 miles on it.
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If they hadn't spent the whole time cocking around sideways maybe it would have been more a proper test than a show, its the worst demonstration of going sideways in an E60 I ever saw as well, snatchy jerky inputs making the car wobble around like a pudding, true its not easy without the LSD but even I can slide in mine far more gracefully than that !!!
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02-24-2009, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave' post='800179' date='Feb 24 2009, 02:04 PM
3ltr is the same cc,
and if your getting like that the 545 is a V8..... as opposed to our V6
and if your getting like that the 545 is a V8.....
as opposed to our V6I am massive fan of BMW diesel engines (I drive one), but when it come down to V8 vs 'striaght' 6 (Not V6), all 545i drivers will tell you, there is no contest, V8 all the way. They are much, much more refined. Rather than diesel clatter. Diesels are getting there but not a patch on gasolines.
PS I do think the 535d was dissadvantaged in the wet, can't get all that power to the road. Top gear need to do a rerun in the dry.