C&D oct 05 330i comparison test 35K sedans

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08-27-2005, 11:07 AM

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My Ride: 2005 BMW 330i Orient Blue exterior Beigh leather interior with Wood trim, Premium package, Steptronic auto, Xenon headlights.

8th place Saab 9-3 Aero Manual
7th place Volvo S60R AWD Manual
6th place Cadillac CTS Manual
5th place Audi A4 3.2 Quattro Auto
4th place Acura TL Manual
3rd place Infiniti G35 Manual
2nd Place Lexus IS350 Auto
1st Place BMW 330i Sport Manual no active steering

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0-60 5.9 7.5 6.0 6.9 5.9 5.1 6.4 6.4
1/4mile 14.6 15.7 14.8 15.2 14.6 13.7 15.1 14.6
@MPH 97 91 97 93 98 104 97 98
skidpad .91 .83 .89 .83 .85 .85 .81 .85
lane
change 62.5 60.0 61.7 62.1 60.0 58.7 60.6 61.8

Ride 7 6 9 8 8 7 5 5
Handling 7 7 10 8 9 9 5 6
Steering 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3

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08-27-2005, 11:49 AM

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The is350 is pretty quick

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08-27-2005, 06:05 PM

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Reliability and Performance? Sign me up for the IS 350.

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08-27-2005, 06:40 PM

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My Ride: 2005 BMW 330i Orient Blue exterior Beigh leather interior with Wood trim, Premium package, Steptronic auto, Xenon headlights.

sure the IS350 might be reliable and have great Engine performance but as Car and driver quoted that the BMW is an extension of your arms and legs in the 330i, but the IS350 they knocked it down on its steering performance saying it was to light, no feedback at all and that the steering felt nervous and tended to understeer to much when give the car input on where to go.

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08-27-2005, 07:49 PM

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Reliability and Performance? Sign me up for the IS 350.

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Better car? Sign me up for the 330i.

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08-28-2005, 08:39 AM

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how come this topic was moved and what does it mean????

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08-28-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL' date='Aug 28 2005, 09:39 AM

how come this topic was moved and what does it mean????

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If it was moved it just means that the mods thought the topic and content might be more relevant to a different forum. In this case as you were talking about an article in C&D, one of the mods must have felt that this was the right forum for it. Not sure where you made the original post but it happens all the time, most of us have stuck posts in the "wrong" forum and the mods just move them to where they feel we should have stuck the post in the first instance.

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08-28-2005, 04:33 PM

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it was in this forum for the E60 models LOL i don't understand

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08-28-2005, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BimmerGuyFL' date='Aug 28 2005, 08:33 PM

it was in this forum for the E60 models LOL i don't understand

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Each of the titles (Parts, Accessories & Mods; Other BMW Models; E60 M5; Meet & Greet; Press Articles & Your Comments; etc) is a different forum. Your post was a Magazine article on E90s so the moderator thought (IMHO correctly) that this topic fit best in the "Press Articles & Your Comments". Folks still get directed here and you will enjoy all the comments you can stand

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09-02-2005, 06:14 AM

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My Ride: 2006 530i Sport Silver Gray - Black Leather - Anthracite Maple Manual Transmission Premium Audio Cold Weather Package Rear sunshade Sirius Radio Autobahnd Roadblock (3M) film kit

Funny, C&D's initial 330i Sport manual test showed 0-60 in 5.4 seconds. 6.0 sounds very slow to me.