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      03-17-2011, 07:40 PM   #13
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Drives: '13 E82 135is '13 E88 135
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I also had a 335D loaner this week, and took it out to some twisties during lunch - it has great low end grunt, the same balance as my 335. I was surprised how the diesel noise quieted down as it warmed up, and it has a nice growl under power.

The only thing I didnt like was the low redline, it was shifting a bunch in DS to keep it in the sweet spot. Such is life with a diesel - low redline = lots of shifts.

I didnt like how it shifted automagically at redline when I was using the paddles. I did like the paddles are now separate for upshift and downshift - much better setup than the one I had on the 2007 335iA.

I'd get one of these in a heartbeat at lease end if they brought the 330D in manual to the states.....likelyhood of it happening: zero
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