I have a e30 325 cab which is a auto.
It drives nice, and is a good cruiser, but by god its damn slow.
Never driven a manual but are auto cabs really sluggish.
Its barely moves with kick down.
The engine is fine, no worries there, just thought it would be a bit more quicker.
325 auto cab, really that slow???
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Trevor, becomming part of the "In It" crewB7 wrote:My Auto was always a mover as a 2.5. They are a quick car when on form. Even better now it has the 2.7 "in it".
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Bruv!Rav335uk wrote:Trevor, becomming part of the "In It" crewB7 wrote:My Auto was always a mover as a 2.5. They are a quick car when on form. Even better now it has the 2.7 "in it".
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whatever next ?B7 wrote:Bruv!Rav335uk wrote:Trevor, becoming part of the "In It" crewB7 wrote:My Auto was always a mover as a 2.5. They are a quick car when on form. Even better now it has the 2.7 "in it".
are you swapping the white battery for a champion version, and fitting eyebrows and M'tech badges to the turd Trev ?
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my 325i auto cab definitely keeps me satisfied in and around town. I wouldn't class it as *fast* (drove porches and lambos) but it does move very nicely with kickdown.
its the petrol guzzelling that gets to me, more then anything!
there is supposed to be a kickdown switch near your peddle, give that a look to see if you have kickdown working, if its not, then im not surprised that it barely moves.
its the petrol guzzelling that gets to me, more then anything!
there is supposed to be a kickdown switch near your peddle, give that a look to see if you have kickdown working, if its not, then im not surprised that it barely moves.
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it is all a matter of what you define as fast, in all honestly most cars will beat a 325 these days as they have similar power and less weight, especially in the 0-30mph area, fomr there the torque of the six pot should see it right.
i have had 320 auto cabs, 325 auto coupes, 325 man coupes and 318i man coupe and the slowest is the 320 then 318 then 25 auto then manual. and all of these are certainly faster than seymour's porch
so when you say it is slow what are you comparing it to? and secondly what gearbox do you have (i.e. is there a 123 S E switch next to the geat selector?)
i have had 320 auto cabs, 325 auto coupes, 325 man coupes and 318i man coupe and the slowest is the 320 then 318 then 25 auto then manual. and all of these are certainly faster than seymour's porch
so when you say it is slow what are you comparing it to? and secondly what gearbox do you have (i.e. is there a 123 S E switch next to the geat selector?)
i'm in agreement with most of the comments here, the big engined autos are not slow, but clearly lose a bit to manuals.
i've had both the sports switchable and standard auto on 325's and always loved the kickdown once you are doing more than 40.. and sounds very nice too!
i've had both the sports switchable and standard auto on 325's and always loved the kickdown once you are doing more than 40.. and sounds very nice too!
