Have you ever regretted it or would you ever regret it??

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

time may be up for #356

just recently got married and possibly 356 may now be a little to small for our needs. The wife has her heart set on me getting a 330CI or 330 convertible, cos it looks "posh", and i was thinking of going for a 230 R26.

BUT....... the question I want to throw out there is........ am I going to regret this most monumental decision in my life (bar deciding to get married

)

should it stay or should it go?

Any opinions guys on this massive quandry will be an amazing help.

marrow · Jul 28, 2009

Shame you never got your 3 ***! This seems to be quite common these days...

Getting a Pug seems a little criminal. If you really do need to get one bigger car, they are so many better alternatives... ask Dallas, he bought a jet propelled barge :lol:

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

marrow said:
Shame you never got your 3 ***! This seems to be quite common these days...

Getting a Pug seems a little criminal. If you really do need to get one bigger car, they are so many better alternatives... ask Dallas, he bought a jet propelled barge :lol:

ohh... the 3 stars, i have got them but still cant remember my username and password for my 3 star account. I know cue gave it to me a while back but i kinda lost it again, then have been living away for a while and have not had the time to visit the site

sooo extremely embarrassed about that.

Noooooo no pugs!!

The wife dont like the fact they look like they are made of tracing paper..... lol

Jonc · Jul 28, 2009

Why not compromise, your wife wants a BMW and you want a performance car, get an E46 M3! Cheap as chips these days.

marrow · Jul 28, 2009

sorry, misread your post! BMW 330... posh? Well, posher than a Renault

Probably very decent cars. Could do a lot worse, a Pug for example!

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

Could do a lot worse, a Pug for example

too true........ :lol:

Actually i was thinking of an E36 or E46 M3, but rilly dont wanna be tarred with the ever so present "c**k" brush.

The opinion is still quite prevelant when i speak to people.

Jonc · Jul 28, 2009

I thought the current standing was that Audi have replaced BMW as c0ck drivers! I'm of the opinion that if the car is good then get it and not worry about what everyone else thinks. The BMW M3 is fantastic car.

chris172 · Jul 28, 2009

I've just gone from a 172 to a 230 R26 and its a great car, never driven a trophy but it is way ahead of the 172. and its quite refined too.

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

chris172 said:
I've just gone from a 172 to a 230 R26 and its a great car, never driven a trophy but it is way ahead of the 172. and its quite refined too.

is it as tight to drive as the 172??

chris172 · Jul 28, 2009

if you are meaning in stiffness, then yeah its loads stiffer no body roll in the corners at all, but it damps the big bumps and potholes brilliantly no spine shaking moments like the 172, was sure every time i hit a big bump in the clio bits fell of it ha. and the grip out of the corners with the lsd is fantastic, even in the wet. the build quality is a big step up too.

BoroGTI · Jul 28, 2009

whats with the hostility towards pugs? ha! i've owned about 6 and loved.......most of them, my old 106 GTI was the best car i've ever owned!

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

chris172 said:
if you are meaning in stiffness, then yeah its loads stiffer no body roll in the corners at all, but it damps the big bumps and potholes brilliantly no spine shaking moments like the 172, was sure every time i hit a big bump in the clio bits fell of it ha. and the grip out of the corners with the lsd is fantastic, even in the wet. the build quality is a big step up too.

hmmm....... your really selling it to me at the mo =P~

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

BoroGTI said:
whats with the hostility towards pugs? ha! i've owned about 6 and loved.......most of them, my old 106 GTI was the best car i've ever owned!

no hostility...... just general dislike of anything with a lion badge on it ...... unless were talking about a T16 :wink:

marrow · Jul 28, 2009

BoroGTI said:
whats with the hostility towards pugs? ha! i've owned about 6 and loved.......most of them, my old 106 GTI was the best car i've ever owned!

205/106/306 GTi's are good - very good. The rest.....

chris172 · Jul 28, 2009

Best thing to do mate is go and have a drive of one, but i think you'll be inpressed, i took all of the medium size hot hatches out, and the R26 beat them as an all rounder hands down.

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

chris172 said:
Best thing to do mate is go and have a drive of one, but i think you'll be inpressed, i took all of the medium size hot hatches out, and the R26 beat them as an all rounder hands down.

sounds like a plan for the weekend.

but any experience in a beemer??

i kinda drove one 100 yards, so no real time to experience it.

people keep bleating at me "once you go RWD you'll never go back to anything else"

so im in a quandry :?: :?

marrow · Jul 28, 2009

Have driven many 1000s miles in an 08 118d - not exactly a 330 but... overall, great car - well made, nothing has fallen off in 34k miles.

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

marrow said:
Have driven many 1000s miles in an 08 118d - not exactly a 330 but... overall, great car - well made, nothing has fallen off in 34k miles.

balance? handling?

BoroGTI · Jul 28, 2009

Vish356 said:
chris172 said:

Best thing to do mate is go and have a drive of one, but i think you'll be inpressed, i took all of the medium size hot hatches out, and the R26 beat them as an all rounder hands down.

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sounds like a plan for the weekend.

but any experience in a beemer??

i kinda drove one 100 yards, so no real time to experience it.

people keep bleating at me "once you go RWD you'll never go back to anything else"

so im in a quandry :?: :?

The most talented drivers only drive FWD

Vish356 · Jul 28, 2009

The most talented drivers only drive FWD

lol..... sounds like i should stick instead of twisting then? :wink: