Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Anybody on here got a Beemer, thinking of getting a 4 series Gran Coupe, not impressed with this VW Passat I've got, looked after it well and had nothing but trouble with it for the last year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,578 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 58 minutes ago, Leatherface said: Anybody on here got a Beemer, thinking of getting a 4 series Gran Coupe, not impressed with this VW Passat I've got, looked after it well and had nothing but trouble with it for the last year. No car is any better than another nowadays mate you get a Friday car that breaks every ten minutes or a Monday car, a rolls Royce will have a fiat part on and so on and so on, buying new cars is a lottery 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 24 minutes ago, Greyman said: No car is any better than another nowadays mate you get a Friday car that breaks every ten minutes or a Monday car, a rolls Royce will have a fiat part on and so on and so on, buying new cars is a lottery Probably right that, luck of the draw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,135 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Stick with the vw if it's still working OK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,578 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 My daughter has quite a new Msport thing with the display projected onto the windscreen gone through a couple of screens already as they are a lot thinner than the non projected screen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 The Mrs has an X1 s drive 2 ltr petrol, Had it from new in 2022, Before that she had a Rav4 2.5ltr Hybrid. Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with the BMW. Apart from the indicators are a pain in the arse for not turning themselves off and there's no reversing camera, But in my opinion the Rav4 was a far better car, The best BMW i have ever owned was a 1990 325i. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 19,499 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Me personally I would be looking at the audi A5/S5 coupe ..I just find the styling and interior design more appealing on the Audi's , obviously it's subjective.... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 32 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: Stick with the vw if it's still working OK It's not, faults constantly appearing, looks like the dual mass is on it's way out, bag of shite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 22 minutes ago, kanny said: Me personally I would be looking at the audi A5/S5 coupe ..I just find the styling and interior design more appealing on the Audi's , obviously it's subjective.... I'm reluctant to go with Audi with all the bother I've had with the VW. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 I was thinking of getting the 435d but just going to look at the 420d, only 30 quid a year tax instead of around £200, still nippy enough for me and our lass, 435d is probably overkill with today's roads, cameras everywhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,379 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 3 hours ago, Greyman said: No car is any better than another nowadays mate Not being funny but that's a load of nonsense.. if you work on cars day in day out you will see different build qualities on different makers. Even in the VAG group you see different qualities between brand Skoda karoq/VW Tiguan same base car but the VW as a far better quality about it . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,578 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 6 minutes ago, Chid said: Not being funny but that's a load of nonsense.. if you work on cars day in day out you will see different build qualities on different makers. Even in the VAG group you see different qualities between brand Skoda karoq/VW Tiguan same base car but the VW as a far better quality about it . Build quality is one thing but reliability is another and when your putting shitty french parts on quality cars they then become the same as the worse part,and when computer says no it means no regardless, I can tell the difference in build quality between the paper thin aygo she toes on the motor home and the bmw she drives to work but neither is more reliable than the other in my humble opinion in fact I would say the bmer has spent more time in the garage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,721 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Get 530d had a couple good cars.. but e class Mercedes all day. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 12 minutes ago, lurcherman 887 said: Get 530d had a couple good cars.. but e class Mercedes all day. I have a 530d est manual mapped and a few bits removed egr, swirl flaps, cat it shifts but still gives me 55mpg on a run once had a flat battery otherwise faultless 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leatherface 172 Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 The 420d is fine for me, 60mpg and 0-60mph in around 7.3 secs, still tempted with a 435d, 0-60mph 4.7 secs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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