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<blockquote data-quote="docrayboy" data-source="post: 448968" data-attributes="member: 19175"><p>320d vs 323i-my humblest opinion</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In My Humblest of all Humblest Opinion, please don't throw away 380nm of torque in exchange for the iDrive and blue tooth thingys(not gadgets, might offend some others). It's at the end of the day a GPS thingy. Negotiate hard like Rachel Toh did, and also Makko...both of them got a free BMW Garmin GPS thrown in with the car including free installation. With this GPS (because it's specially tailored for the 3 series), the voice comes over the radio and lowers the music which is playing simultaneously. Bluetooth your phone and pair it with the BMW GPS Garmin and the calls come over the speakers too. Also the Idrive in the already small dash board of the 3 series, makes the dash look even smaller and looks even more crowded. I feel there's the unsightly hump in the middle of the dash: not unlike a pregnant camel's tummy(if you can picture that). It's really the drive, not the paraphernalia. Try the 380nm torque, the 323i will feel hopelessly underpowered then. Get the 323i for a cruising drive, get the 320d for a turbo drive. That's what they did in the BMW Innovation extended Drive Days...drive one way to Cyberjaya/Putrajaya in a turbo car then back in a non-turbo. The non turbo cars drives felt like our balls got cut off type of drives, if you get what I mean.... but maybe you are that type of a person, you prefer the slow leisurely coastal road drives from KL to Penang type of fellow. Ten hours relaxing drive avoiding the cops summons type of person. Up to you. keep us inform! Join the 320d gang or the 323i gang...oops!- there isn't one, so you can form it-be the pioneer 323i club member). If you buy the 320d I'll personally introduce you to the other 320d gang friends...all shiny happy people...like that REM song. </p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p><p></p><p>I rest my case, Your Honour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="docrayboy, post: 448968, member: 19175"] 320d vs 323i-my humblest opinion In My Humblest of all Humblest Opinion, please don't throw away 380nm of torque in exchange for the iDrive and blue tooth thingys(not gadgets, might offend some others). It's at the end of the day a GPS thingy. Negotiate hard like Rachel Toh did, and also Makko...both of them got a free BMW Garmin GPS thrown in with the car including free installation. With this GPS (because it's specially tailored for the 3 series), the voice comes over the radio and lowers the music which is playing simultaneously. Bluetooth your phone and pair it with the BMW GPS Garmin and the calls come over the speakers too. Also the Idrive in the already small dash board of the 3 series, makes the dash look even smaller and looks even more crowded. I feel there's the unsightly hump in the middle of the dash: not unlike a pregnant camel's tummy(if you can picture that). It's really the drive, not the paraphernalia. Try the 380nm torque, the 323i will feel hopelessly underpowered then. Get the 323i for a cruising drive, get the 320d for a turbo drive. That's what they did in the BMW Innovation extended Drive Days...drive one way to Cyberjaya/Putrajaya in a turbo car then back in a non-turbo. The non turbo cars drives felt like our balls got cut off type of drives, if you get what I mean.... but maybe you are that type of a person, you prefer the slow leisurely coastal road drives from KL to Penang type of fellow. Ten hours relaxing drive avoiding the cops summons type of person. Up to you. keep us inform! Join the 320d gang or the 323i gang...oops!- there isn't one, so you can form it-be the pioneer 323i club member). If you buy the 320d I'll personally introduce you to the other 320d gang friends...all shiny happy people...like that REM song. Thank you. I rest my case, Your Honour. [/QUOTE]
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