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Drive a 328 for 2 weeks and....
Loaner car from bimmer was a 328i and i will begin by saying the 3 series is an all around good car, note i said good; and, i am quite appreciative that bmw loaned me a 3 series rather than a buick skylark or the like. But to finish my sentence beginning:
Drive a 328 for 2 weeks and.... Realize how unbelievably lucky i am to drive the Monster, the finest 4 wheel twin turbo charged, well appointed, visually stimulating, euro designed, 4 biz-ness man ass hauling ultimate driving machine. It's just night and day, my M vs the loaner. Lately i have thought that moving to the mountains, buying a fuel efficient low cost car, and changing my lifestyle might be the way to go.... Then i woke my mentally deranged butt up and said Hell No! I need vulgar amounts of torque, a finely hand stitched leather dash, b & o sound, massive calipers, the joy of sliding this beeeeatch sideways through the curves, accelerating blindingly fast on highway entrance, etc.... anyhow, 26k miles on this beast and love every single minute i crank her up. Hope all you folks feel the same. Side note: she had a leak in the master seal and part was delayed from the mother land, thus the 2 week wait, but i think the wait just made my adrenaline grow stronger have a happy 4th fellow M men, God Bless America! and Many thanks to those who serve and have served to protect our freedom. Nicely
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07-01-2014, 09:07 AM | #2 |
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Awesome! I felt the same way the day I test drove the F80 M3. LOL!!!
I also hate when parts take a long time to arrive from the Motherland or is it the Fatherland. I dunno about these things.
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07-01-2014, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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I was thinking same thing 1st week when I was in a 328i loaner.
Then 3rd week, I couldn't handle it so ask my SA to replace it with 528i. The car was too heavy for the engine so as this bing my 4th week without the monster, I asked them to replace with 428i. And it's def better than 328i or 528i but now I'm just very stressed out that I can't drive proper M car for a month while making the monster payment...
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From the day one, my auto stop/start didn't work (it stops properly but starts right back on by itself within 1 sec)
I don't use this function much but the same time, I don't want to have brand new car (purchased in May 3rd) that doesn't work perfectly. so I took it to dealership thinking it's simple issue: 6/3-6/5 (1st visit) Dealer claimed it's fixed from battery recharge. But still not working. 6/9- ongoing. 1. re-flashed whole car - dealership with approval from BMW NA 2. changed switch unit - BMW sent their field engineer's 3. negative battery cable - BMW NA 4. battery replacement - BMW NA 5. ignition unit replacement - BMW NA (I think BMW Germany is going to be involved now one) I'm waiting on the ignition unit to arrive and really stressed out that I have no ride to release my stress/enjoy.
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07-01-2014, 10:54 AM | #7 |
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Just made 1k and did break in service but never had chance to push this monster even though I'm still making the monster payment.
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They're now reviewing my issue with BMW Regional Management Team. So I'm waiting to here back from them at the moment (7-10 business days...) I don't think buyback is not going to be any issue but I like exact color combinations and options of my M (and has only 1k miles) so I really hope to get my exact car back (not to mention window tint, pedal, black front, side grills, color matched reflectors, hardwire V1 etc. of money + time consuming stuff to deal with all over again).
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07-01-2014, 11:55 PM | #12 |
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hahahha - read my mind. i was thinking the same thing when I picked up the 328i loaner i have now...picked it up a couple days ago and the 3 series has certainly come a really long way...but i can't wait to get my car back. its kinda ridiculous.
i've had it for one week in the US and a total of 3 weeks - 2 weeks at ED. all i've done in the past several months is wait for this car!!! the front bumper got damaged in transport at re-delivery (read whatever you'd like into that), so they are having it replaced. a
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In my opinion, 528 is just too heavy for the 28i engine so I personally prefer 328 or 428 as they have something M5 doesn't have: small and light. So I actually liked driving 328i over 528i (almost same interior as our M5 and its just damn too slow and makes me angry). But with 328i, I redline it and toss around.
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07-02-2014, 11:27 PM | #15 |
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Isugoo - did your auto stop/start work at all? Mine seems to only work intermittently, say 20 percent of the time. I hate to bring it in for service but I'm right behind you.
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And I agree with you, 528 is too slow and lazy
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So I just picked up my car yesterday (after 3.5 weeks) to drive till part comes in.
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07-03-2014, 12:26 AM | #18 |
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I should try 328d. As my brand new M5 was in the shop straight 3.5 weeks, loaner dept is treating me very well so I usually get the best one they have (if not, they call me next day when replacement is ready).
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Last time gave me 550i GT that i had never tried so i didnt mind and was a nice ride for my wife as I couldn't tolerate how soft and luxury oriented it was but wife loved it and we took it to the mountains for 1 day 500 miles back and forth which I don't mind saving on my M5 which was sick with Squeakosis - But out of all cars loved the diesel 3 series!! I don't think they will ever loan us an M3 or so - But love my dealership so far Hendrick BMW in Charlotte especially service department (Luca and Chris Blocker doing such a great job) though I don't care for buying a car from them as over priced and no room to negotiate but that means they can sell their cars for whatever they want - But got 2 X5's from them within the last 2 years - |
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07-04-2014, 02:23 PM | #21 |
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Never knew they had 640GC and 740i in their fleet.
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07-05-2014, 02:05 AM | #22 |
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They don't offer them anymore because of high cost in case of accident... hell people crash the loaner cars and I have seen the loaner cars have been in accident! Crevier does not have 335 loaner car too for the same reason, however they have 535 (or at least they had)
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