BMW 330i......
Flew into Frankfurt on Monday, through Austria yesterday and Switzerland today and tomorrow.
All in all around 1000km in the swiss registered BM. God, it pains me to say it but what a good car it is. And fast. very fast. 265 bhp with a derestricted engine, we constantly hit 162mph on the autobahns.
It's a 2007 model, silver/blue paint, with sports suspension, xenon adaptive lights, LED door light guides, black leather, adaptive sat nav, bluetooth and fat tyres
The guy driving me has an 'interesting' past, but in one of his previous lives, he test drove for Jag - lets just say he was probably one of the most complete drivers I've been with, especially considering his fairly advanced age (65 years old). Not once did I feel unsafe, despite the efforts of half asleep Audis pulling out into our lane at 260kmh+ and the BM was faultless at nearly all things. The engine was great (no, really it was), the brakes surprisingly excellent considering the speed that we had to scrub off at times!
Night driving with the adaptive xenon lights was a new experience for me and climbing up the Swiss mountains, with the engine screaming, windows down to listen to the exhaust note up to the hotel last night was a pretty amazing experience.
In fact,other than the awful fuel consumption (full 60-63 litre tank every 280 miles!!!), lousy wiper blades, its pig ugly looks and uninspiring interior, the BMW was pretty complete. But then again it ought to be for a base price of around £32-33k.
So right now, I'm sat on my balcony in the sun, overlooking Lake Constance, listening to the goat bells, enjoying a cheeky beer before my lovely looking female translator comes to collect me for another lake side dinner where I don't have to worry about driving afterwards...
Ah bliss....
Oh yes and another blat in the 330i tomorrow back to Zurich and then back to reality at Manchester airport tomorrow....
My view right now:-
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