Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I mad ?

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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby Craig. » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:20 pm

F1 paddle gear box. If your getting a pricey car thats the way to go. But not on a cheap car. It will break your neck. ;D
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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Finally picked her up yesterday (1'st) took the camera along to get a few shots of my old car for the memories......

Here it is, the old & the new..... Apologies for my daughter Shannon posing in the pictures!!!

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I'm taking Shannon & the new car down to Taunton in Somerset to give it a good run, I'll take some further photo's later.
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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby TSC. » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:41 pm

Great car Scania - I know for a fact that you will absolutely love the drive to Taunton. Have fun.

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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Fri Aug 05, 2005 6:56 am

550 miles into ownership and I can honestly say my expectations have been exceeded by a margin I never expected, I really have gone up into a new league of travel !

My old e36 3 series was such a good car, I doubted I'd be so critical of it now, when I look back!

The 728 on the Motorway down to Somerset was fantastic, its as smooth & quiet @ 110MPH as it is @ 60MPH, even the 235/50/18 front & 255/45/18 rear tires don't intrude with road noise.

One slight gremlin, I had a weird grinding noise on full lock, when moving slowly, I was fearful I'd bought a dog!

The trouble was an ill fitting mudflap catching the tyre!  ::) Its firmly rivited in place now, problem solved!

34MPG was my motorway average !!! roughly, I reckon I'm getting 22 - 27mpg round town, not bad for a 2.8i 5 Speed Automatic near 2 ton barge!!!

Sorry I hav'nt posted any further pictures yet, Its been a busy week, yesterday me & Shannon went to Alton Towers http://www.alton-towers.co.uk/themepark/ the cars now absolutely filthy (alas, a downside of it being Black) I'll get the car washed & post some photo's this coming weekend.

As long as I can stop myself from going off elsewhere in it!!

No doubt , the novelty will wear off, for the time being, I'm a happy bunny for the first time in a very long time.  :)

Sorry about the over endulgent post btw!  :-[ ;D
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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby TSC. » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:20 am

Over indulgent post? - pah!! Don't worry about it, good to hear that your lovin' the 7 series.

I for one would love to see more piccies when you get round to posting some, would love to see some 'VC' shots aswell  ;D

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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:39 am

Over indulgent post? - pah!! Don't worry about it, good to hear that your lovin' the 7 series.

I for one would love to see more piccies when you get round to posting some, would love to see some 'VC' shots aswell  ;D

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Excusing my stupidity, VC Shots ???  erm, Very close ??? , if so, I will.

I'd better go wash it!  :D
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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby BMan1113VR » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:45 am

sounds like fun, glad you got a good one ;)
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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby TSC. » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:22 pm

Excusing my stupidity, VC Shots   erm, Very close  , if so, I will.

You must've my post in the Cafe:
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I was referring to some interior shots  ;D

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Re: Thinking of changing my 318i to a 730i am I ma

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:44 pm

Photo's uploaded in the Photo's forum !

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 65;start=0

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