BMW E46 3 Series

[jano11]

Originally Posted by 360spider

True, but that is IF everything else is being equal. Engine technology has changed so much than heavier cars with bigger engines can actually do stuff lighter cars with smaller engines used to do, more efficiently, etc. Facts don't lie, just look at the figures for above mentioned vehicles.

Sure thing, technology advances.
But why not use this advancement in order to optimize things like fuel consumption and pollution, instead of taking advantage of it to earn more money?
All the improvements we make are useless if we don't use them in an efficient way.

It's like saying that I can now leave the lights on at home and at work all day long because the latest generation low consumption bulbs use only half as much energy as the old ones.

[360spider]

Originally Posted by jano11

Sure thing, technology advances.
But why not use this advancement in order to optimize things like fuel consumption and pollution, instead of taking advantage of it to earn more money?
All the improvements we make are useless if we don't use them in an efficient way.

It's like saying that I can now leave the lights on at home and at work all day long because the latest generation low consumption bulbs use only half as much energy as the old ones.

I never actually said that. New engines ARE more efficient, and less polluting, and thus, cost more money until the technology that makes them such becomes cheaper and trickles down to lesser vehicles.

[adz13091982]

On a happier note - This is my 330cd which has been remapped to 250bhp and 500nm and go's like stink and does 40mpg - Happy days!

[360spider]

Your steering wheel is on the wrong side! :-) J/k, nice ride!

[adz13091982]

IMO the E46 is the last of the good old BMW's, the new ones look & feel cheap in comparison. Mines 3 years old and it drives as well as it did when new - no squeeks or rattles. The new 330d coupe interior just doesn't look like a £35,000 car.

[mazinkaiser]

A side question, do you guys know is that any 1/24-scaled E46 M3 wheels or something similar out there? Thx