charles28 136 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Heya Guys, This is my 1st BMW, I have owned it for about 3 months now, its got the 5 speed auto, seems to be a face lift model as the auto trans lever is a knob instead of a T-Bar. The car runs well, and seems to have good power on the open road, but around town shes a bit laggy. I got it cheap at $5000, was a dealer trade in, 135,000ks on the clock. is there any basic performance mods I could do to get it moving quicker off the mark? I assume the stock 0-100 time is a good 10 seconds.. although I havn't bothered timing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jammasterjames 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2007 Thinks it's 11 secs... Always drive in 'S' Mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charles28 136 Report post Posted August 7, 2007 Thinks it's 11 secs... Always drive in 'S' Mode. I have thought about trading it on a manual 325i, havn't driven one, how much faster would it be? annoyingly it will cost a good 12k to get one thats older than the one I got for $5k.. but I guess you pay the price for a manual due to being rarer in NZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jammasterjames 0 Report post Posted August 7, 2007 I have thought about trading it on a manual 325i, havn't driven one, how much faster would it be? annoyingly it will cost a good 12k to get one thats older than the one I got for $5k.. but I guess you pay the price for a manual due to being rarer in NZ all the stats are on wikipedia under 3 series E36 or sumthing... manual's hold their value well, 325 will be heaps quicker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
