newbie :D

Post Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:24 pm

dark_sounds wrote:lol conan,,, i must say,,, it does look like a very sweet motor indeed.. gotta be black or silver.

i think the main thing thats put me off the 320i is not so much the performance,,, as its meant to be on par,,, but this drinking problem... i do ALOT of miles a week... i can say i can afford about 28+mpg just,,, though the more the better,,,, im used to my golf giving,,,, at one point 40+mpg after the rebuild... gone down to 36ish now though,,, prob cos of cold weather and more cold starts...

We'll have to get you interested in a LPG conversion then. My wifes 325 has been running on LPG for four years or so at about 9p/mile.

Post Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:35 am

Conan wrote:Anyway once you've heard a 6ix cylinder screaming at 6000rpm through a scorpion exhaust you'll be hooked anyway

Personally I don't like the M20 sound that much, especially at low rpm. Sounds a bit too much like the old straight sixes in the Fords and Holdens out here and I hate the way they sound. I know that is contrary to what probably everyone else will say. I used to like it when I first got it but now I don't really. It sounds a bit too strained higher up as well. From outside the car at high rpm it isn't too bad but not one of my favourite sounds.

I don't have a Scorpion but I do have a custom made full 2.5" exhuast with straight through sports mufflers and a 6 branch.

Aston