Sahil

Hey Suchet,

The reason i mentioned that the performance is the same is because i test drove both cars and witnessed it myself. Like i said the 530i has been detuned in India to match the poor petrol quality here. All the petrol engines have been detuned whereas the diesel can handle the bad fuel quality without detuning as the impurties are let of in smoke if any. You can check Autocar India's test comparo between the 530i vs 525d and you will be suprised with the figures, at times the 525d is actually faster thanks to its 400nm of torque(which personally i find more fun to drive) ! Nonetheless both cars are brillllliant and performers!

Honestly the power within Mumbai doesnt matter coz we dont really have the roads, i get frustrated with so much power on tap but no roads to use it. My car frequently gets on the expressway as my factory is in Poona. Thats when i really open her up and i did touch 250km/hr without any hestitation from the engine.

Let me know how the M5 converstion kit goes, i was considering a similar kit too in the future Plan to get a remap too, then the performance is a different ball game

The showroom is going to give you a very bad buy-back on the tyres and alloys, not sure if i am interest in them as of now but do get in touch when you are looking to get rid of them.

I wanted to change my RFTs to regular tubeless but the buy back rates that i was offered was ridiculous so i am sticking with these until they wear out.

Also, you mentioned you want to kick some merc ass... dont worry that will come naturally and very easily haha... i have been having a blasttt making E280s eat my dust.

Are you getting the car from Navnit or Infinity Motors?

snkpkp

can you get the remap done in Mumbai?

Sahil

Yes there is one company www.petes.in very professional people who do remaps for diesel engines. They import the diesel tuning chips from belgian company PSI Motorsport.
Currently they are testing the box for the LCI 525d.
There are several other tuners in Mumbai who offer various products and remaps, there is a huge market for diesel tuning off late. Both the E-class and 5 series diesel engines are the highest selling out of their offering,for the reasons mentioned above and also the price diff...Diesel costs Rs.36 while Petrol costs Rs.50!
Hope somone gets the DMS remaping to Bombay that would be ammmmmmazing.

Suchet

Hi Sahil,

I agree with you that torque in the diesel is better and its a much more economical plus our infrastructure is horrible so it doesn't really matter but I have always been a petrol-head and prefer smoothness of the petrol engine so the diesel logic doesn't factor inti my brain. When I get my car we MUST do a quater mile drag race to settle this once and for all

I like your plans for the remap.. I just wish our government lowered the duty on cars so we could get our moneys worth.. the new M3 is the car I actually wanted but on road its coming to 1Cr + :thumbsdown:

I am getting my tries from Safi and Rims from the US; Safi is a good guy and has given me good deals on my stock tires but I just might keep the 18's in storage just in case I want some options in the future.

Getting my car from Infinity Motors.. who did you use?? Navnit takes foreverrrr to get back with any kind of info and they don't even have a test drive car

Cheers

Sahil

Sure i am up for the drag anytime, may the best man/car win ..haha

But i think you did make a good decision, i probably would have got the 530i too if i were in your place and not have a very high useage. Like i said i debated over this for a long time too and it was a verrry hard for me to decide. I got my car from Infinity too, Abhimanyu made the decision easier for me and helped me pick out the 525d.

Navnit havent been too aggressive of late, i am actually getting another 525d in the upcoming few months and going back to Infinity for it because they have provided a good level of service.

Saifee is the best bet when it comes to tyres, i actually called him first when i thought about exchaning my RFTs for tubeless but even he gave me a horrible buy back price as there is not many takers for it.

Btw i know of someone who got the first M3 in India and he paid about 80 lakhs with options i think. He is on the other forum i mentioned to you over PM.

Suchet

Happy Birthday Dude.. Live Long and Prosper!

I have seen that white M3 around in Puna and Mumbai... looks pretty awesome. Infinity is getting a Grey M3 in April which I will be allowed to Test drive.... its going to be pretty sweet.

snkpkp

wish our tax rate was same as last year, our current tax rate is 560% over Invoice value for vehicles overrrrrrr 3500cc , so its impossible to buy something like that now....

Sahil

Holy Crap !! 560% ! And i thought Indian importy duty has high, this is completly ridiculous.

snkpkp

vehicle from 0-1600 CC 92%
vehicle from 1601-2700 CC 148%
vehicle from 2701 - 3500 CC 171 %
Vehicle Above 3501 CC 560%

Used vehicle allowed only from countrtu of origin
Cars above 1600 CC cannot be imported USED
SUVS any cc allowed but has to come from country of origin

Used cars can get up to 35% depreciation of value then X the duty percentage = DUTY
Used SUVS get up to 45% Depreciation of value X Duty Percentage = Duty

Depreciation is about 10% for each year and only cars and suvs can be imported up to 4 years old

so you can see we are screwed.

Suchet

Dude - I cant imagine 560% Duty.. you guys are totally screwed. This is the last time I bitch about us Indians paying 150% Duty...