BMW instead

Posted on by Ian C.

Margaret, my wife, still doesn’t like travelling in my MINIs – but tonight she discovered some of the thrills of MOTORING instead of simply driving … she drives an Audi A4 convertible but has been wishing to go back to a hardtop convertible like the Mercedes SLK230 she used to own.

Thinking of visiting Mercedes, but hating the thought of the local dealership, we quite by chance read that BMW have just brought to market their own hardtop convertible! Not as small as the SLK, but it turns out rather nicely designed and, of course, with excellent performance …
So tonight, we visited BMW of Peabody, “sister” dealership of MINI of Peabody, and brought this BMW 335i home for the night … The fact that I didn’t get to drive it at all gives a hint as to what Margaret thought of it (also the fact that she put it in sports drive mode and left it there!):

Personally, I found the sports seats extremely uncomfortable with their press-into-your-back side bolsters and raised piece at the front of the seat pressing on the back of my legs – but Margaret, smaller than me(!), found the seats very comfortable – although she was much more interested in the cars performance and handling! She even said at one point that she’d need to take it on a track!

So, we’ll see what happens, but “sister” cars on the driveway seems like a nice concept 🙂 (I’m sure Gabe would approve)

8 thoughts on “BMW instead”

  1. Excellent choice! A four door version of the above will probably be in my garage next to the MINI in a year or two.

    The 335i (unlike the MINI) has an excelletn auto and the entire drivetrain is utterly unflappable. I’d of course choose a manual but there is very little performance you’re giving up with the auto in this car.

    And yes, the sport seats are some of the best on the market – identical to the ones my current 3 Series. I’d pay ridiculous money to get them in my MINI 🙂

    Have fun!

  2. Love the softer styling of this model. My brother-N-Law got tired of waiting for his 335i coupe to be delivered so he cancelled it and got a Lexus RX????? With is income I’d have waited. I find my wife’s A4 seats a tad uncomfortable and never did like her 325 seats.

    Congrats if you buy it, nice colour, exterior that is.

  4. Well, in the end Margaret chose the 328 version because there’s a wait time till July for the 335 – the demo 335 wasn’t really suitable, and they had a demo 328 that was a closer-to-correct spec.

  6. Congrats! The 328i is a fine car that is plenty fast and 200lbs lighter than the 335i (due to the magnesium block).

  7. Great choice! We just took European Delivery of a space gray 335i. Now suffering the interminable re-delivery wait.

    Hey Gabe … you forgot that the 335i has twin turbos … Ill take those any day over the 200 lb weight difference 🙂

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