Golf R or......

[keelaw]

335i 2009 onwards 4 door m Sport in the met blue (nice car, a little more descrete than the M3, came down to one of them or the GTI (as needed 4 door for the little one). Amazing discounts on offer, noticed you can get a brand new 325i (the uprated 3.0 engine with 0-60 in 6.1) for about £25k, that's not far off the same price as a GTI 5 door and has cruse etc as standard.
Wonder if there's a new 3 series out next year?

so how come you went for a GTI?

[AlanD]

Im going for an autovogue 335i next. 370bhp 

Ohhh thats a bit of me right there, yes please. How much they going for?

[Jkctr]

The 335i's are around £25k, they get cheaper as you drop engine sizes.

http://www.autovogue.com/sale-details/bmw/3-series/ref-15742116

http://www.autovogue.com/sale-details/bmw/3-series/ref-15993297

Stunning 325i for £21k

http://www.autovogue.com/sale-details/bmw/3-series/ref-15851851

[Jay]

Got to be the RS4 (even if 2nd hand) if you're looking for a good car @ the same price of the R 

[Booski]

Got to be the RS4 (even if 2nd hand) if you're looking for a good car @ the same price of the R 

I've just come out of an 07 plate RS4 avant which i've had for the last 2 yrs. A fantastic car in every way BUT the running costs are immense so even though you are correct the RS4 (2-3yrs old) is the same price as the Golf R the golf will be much cheaper to run/ maintain ......

[Jay]

My thinking is if you can buy it cash, you can afford the running costs. If you have to use finance then you can't afford to run it without a struggle, Finance + running costs = silly money that could go elsewhere.

[keelaw]

The 335i's are around £25k, they get cheaper as you drop engine sizes.

lol - you don't say!  that's like saying that a GTI is nice but pricey, so drop down to a 1.6 or a 1.4 and it'll be cheaper!   

[Jkctr]

The 335i's are around £25k, they get cheaper as you drop engine sizes.

lol - you don't say!  that's like saying that a GTI is nice but pricey, so drop down to a 1.6 or a 1.4 and it'll be cheaper!   

How is it? The specs as high in the lower engines as the higher engine models, some more so! The link with the 325i has a much better spec, nicer paint finish, wheels and exact body kit.

You cant spec a 1.6 golf to anywhere near the R model (leather recaros, wheels, body kit etc etc)

[keelaw]

lol ok Jules.  but a car with a smaller engine being cheaper than a car with a bigger engine is hardly rocket science.  so you can spec a 320i to be similar to a 325i to a 330i and a 335i.  in many ways that is the downfall of the highly specced BMs and also the benefit for lower models.  they all looks very similar.  i was tempted to get a 320d E92 M Sport once, looked the dogs danglies but would be pretty slow.

[VWKev]

The more I see other cars interiors, the more the GTI's is actually stunning. The rest I've seen really are poor in comparison.