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2003 BMW 3 Series 318Ci Convertible
| 2003 BMW 3 Series 318Ci Convertible |
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My first ever new car after 30 years of motoring - well worth waiting for.
The car fully lives up to BMW's claims of superb build quality and excellent ergonomics.
Despite being heavy - the bmw spoiler and body is heavily reinforced and the convertible weighs some 150kg more than the saloon - the 2 litre engine delivers more than enough power and torque for my driving style, even through the automatic gearbox.
The auto 'box is smooth and well suited to the engine whether using normal or sports mode. I have had little cause to use the manual facility as yet.
A 6500 mile touring holiday in Eastern Europe gave me plenty of scope to try the car out in varying traffic conditions on a wide variety of road surfaces, and I never found it wanting. The optional sports suspension coped well on uneven surfaces, even cobbled streets in Poland.
Being a convertible, rear three-quarter visibility is appalling with the roof up, but the fully automatic powered roof, combined with the powerful heating/climate control and the optional heated seats, mean that roof-down driving is a practical proposition for much of the year - so long as it isn't raining! The optional wind deflector works well at speed making roof-down motorway driving comfortable.
One problem which I have encountered is not a fault with my car, but an apparent design fault. I specified Bi-Xenon headlamps as I do a lot of country driving. There is a procedure in the owner's handbook for switching these lights over from RHD to LHD - unfortunately the procedure doesn't work. My dealers are investigating the problem, but it looks as though the headlights may have to be replaced by the standard units as I intend to do a lot of touring in mainland Europe. |
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| Date: |
26.08.2007 06:12 |
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