Anyone have any opinins on these??

Have fun with hillstarts. awful low down torque and a funny clutch. bunny hopping ahoy

A practical, but ugly design thats dated badly. If it's chips-cheap fair enough, but very uninspiring. If you absolutely must, get a straight-six instead.

320i is a straight 6.

Fantastic car. I couldn't recommend these highly car.

Good solid build and sure footed handling. Creamy straight six engine with respectable 150bhp but it does need to be kept on the boil. Manual version not ideal for stop start town driving and poor legroom in the rear.

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Originally posted by Knockside:
Have fun with hillstarts. awful low down torque and a funny clutch. bunny hopping ahoy

Is it the actual clutch or the gearbox that's a problem??

I would say it is the torque, 140lb ft at 4200rpm. You really need to give it some beans when pulling away especially on hills otherwise the engine just bogs down. It does have short gearing to help but it can get infuriating around town. The engine does sound nice though in fact better inside than from the outside and it pulls well nearer the top of the rev range.

So basically just rev it high to get it going?? Is that the sort of thing that can be tuned??