"new" 328i sedan is QUICK

[steeveebee]

Originally Posted by VRG_135

I can't wait to turn in the 328 loaner and get back my 135 today......

Yea, I also had a 2016 328i as my loaner. It's plenty quick, but had no real road feel. The steering...sucked. It's not just the EPS, as my S2000 has that, but pulls it off a whole lot better.

I haven't driven a 335i of the same year, but if its steering is like this...it's not something I'd pay $40K for.

2013 135i DCT PPK

[135ivert]

Originally Posted by steeveebee

Yea, I also had a 2016 328i as my loaner. It's plenty quick, but had no real road feel. The steering...sucked. It's not just the EPS, as my S2000 has that, but pulls it off a whole lot better.

I haven't driven a 335i of the same year, but if its steering is like this...it's not something I'd pay $40K for.

2013 135i DCT PPK

$40K? What, you want a poverty-spec model? /s

Seriously, I was in a 328i loaner for a week in December. I started convincing myself "hey, I could live with this." I got into my 135i and thought . . .never. It was definitely the EPS. The 135i steering was so nice comparatively.

[mackeroni]

Originally Posted by Esteban

240hp and 255ft-lbs stock. Dinan offers a tune that takes it to 312hp and 330ft-lbs. Better than a stock 135i. I think I got those numbers right.

Well, that explains what happened to me last month. I was headed North on I77 through West Virginia running about 90 mph. Without much warning, a newish 328i passed me going just a bit faster. I decided to pace him just for the sheer pleasure of watching a BMW manage the twisty road at speed. I was close enough to sense a brief exchange between the driver and his passenger during which he was probably saying something like, "Hold on to something." I was able to keep up for just a few seconds before he pulled away at a pace I did not feel comfortable keeping in moderate traffic on a public thoroughfare.

Never had a 328i simply walk away from me like that.