are there any owners on here with one of these, what is your general opinion of the car, is manual better that the steptronic auto, is the hard top worth the money, whats the handling like, test drove one was very impressed with it considering the size and auto box etc


cheers

mike

 

beautiful car but it is what it is, a luxury floating barge

 

Really nice car, I would take the steptronic on a car like that, although the manual box is superb. Hard top is worth the money for the winter and reduces road noise and scuttle - so yes I would say worthwhile, and they look nice with the top on unlike some cars.

Handling is good for a cab, especially as the Sport rides on 18" MVs, nice tyre bills!!!

Very nice car and should be pretty good with residual sale prices.

 

i was this close to buying teh clubsport but then decided that at teh end of teh day it didn't quite do it for me and didn't have that final infatuation factor to make me pull up 30 grand. Is also quite slow as well.

The EVO VII beckons however !

 

The clubsport was a dissapointment to all BMW fans awaiting its arrival, it got that gay spoiler, crap wheels and less sound deadening for a sporty sound - Sorry BMW - you dissapointed us!!

 

What is the clubsport? A friend of mine has an AC Schnitzer 330CI is this classed as the same thing?

 

the clubsport has a few cosmetic mods.. and aroudn 30kg less weight

there's nothing wrong with it as a car.. its basicaly teh 330ci but a special model that will be rarer and perhaps hold its value even better ... nout wrong with that

its just that the name they gave it is somewhat ambigious and prolly not the best name to give it afetr cars like the 968 clubsport which has always signified raw, stripped out, lack of luxury, more focus etc..

 

I work for BMW in parts, i know that BMW are doing the E46 hardtop at a reduced price at the mo. Very nice car. As for the Club sport, needs a bigger rear spoiler and better looking wheels.

 

Mark - Needs a bigger rear spoiler? - are you having a laugh!!

I think it should loose the spoiler completely and have the lip spoiler like on the M3/M3 CSL. One way to ruin the look of a road going BMW - stick a big nasty spoiler on the back! - uuurrrgghhh!!

They should have stuck some nice wheels on it, like racing wheels, stupped out the interior down to the CS level, substantially lower it and give it some more horses like the M3 GT1&2 (E36), then it would appeal as a Clubsport car, to me its just a bit of a gimick that will sell the car to salesmen who think they are buying an almost racing car, not a true enthusiats BMW I dont think.

Nice car but there isnt enough done to it to justify it having the Clubsport badge!

 

The clubsport should be different, what mean is, the lip spoiler is for the M3 and M5, why try and make it look like a M3, i agree, it does need something different on the back but not a lip spoiler.

 

I think its a personal thing mate to be honest, I hate big spoilers on cars, end of. I like subtle agressive styling.

The spoiler on the Clubsport reminds me of the ones you see glued onto the back of Clio 1.2's and Honda Civic 1.4's

Not keen on the ACS spoiler/kit either, although I think the Hartge stuff for the E46 isnt to bad, some of its a bit gay but most of its nice.

 

I agree, ASC kit, not to keen aswell.