Originally Posted by
ariddell
Hey Ace,
Re performance I've found it perfectly acceptable, the BMW lump likes to rev so although it's a big heavy car it's certainly able to respond when you need it to. It can be a little disconcerting at first with its tendancy to head for the red line regularily if you put the foot down even when not in sport mode, but it certainly gets moving and makes a very nice snarling noise in the process.
It was perfectly happy with 4 people, a boot full of associated luggage, a full compliment of ski gear and about 80l of fuel on a recent run up to Falls Creek without it feeling like it was struggling on the steep inclines where our D2 v8 labours noticably.
Running it on 98RON fuel also makes a big difference to its responsiveness, but yeah I've certainly had no problem with how well it goes and I tend to make reasonably enthusiastic progress shall we say... ;)
Re economy, on a long run the lowest I've seen it go was 11.6l/100 if memory serves (i think), but yeah - if fuel economy is a major concern then diesel is the way to go as an LPG conversion on the v8 is ~$6000.
Cheers
Al
