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what MPG does my car have? 330ci sport coupe?
ps - a client just bought a brand new M3 im having a go in the morning!

not many I expect

Mate of mine has almost the same car as yours (328i I think his is) and his does between 26 and 28 mpg.

but....I know fuck all about cars

please dave a 328 is not the same as a 330...tut tut

but trigger surely they must be bloody close though (one would guess looking at the numbers!!!)

have a butchers on www.parkers.co.uk ash mate, it'll tell ya there.

Cheers boys, yeah dave there close! love friendly banter

indeed Trigger life would be dull without it

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didn't the m3 get a right slating on top gear recently? or have i got confused in my sleep deprived state?

I thought that was the 1 series. Either that or the m5, but that was a while ago. Can't remember the M3 being slated? Maybe I'm wrong.

That's a pretty good mpg to be honest.....  I don't think I get much more than that in a 1.2.....   :?

walrus son, your 1.2 is a very very sick puppy if it aint getting much more than that! my 1.2i nova was pushing 35/40ish to the gallon.... i even got 40mpg out of my 1.8 16v arsetra once!

I get 50+ mpg because I'm ace.

Unless I'm razzing it (which is often).

I tend to travel less far the more gallons I drink.

A 330 Ci has a big 3 litre 6 cylinder engine.

I wouldn't expect much better than 20-25 mpg even when cruising in top gear.

I will check in my magazines.

The BMW 130 M Sport was slated on Top Gear but thats only cause Clarkson hates BMW and loves Golf's  :-))(

The 328 is the old range topper in the 3 series range (apart from the M3)

It had a 2.8 litre 6 cylinder engine with slightly less power than the 330

I'd imagine MPG would be the same roughly.

He did have a point though

No he didn't, the 130 has a truely fantastic engine.

It's the brand new 3 litre valvetronic engine with 265 bhp.

The car's chasis is also fantastic, the only let down is looks but thats just personal opinion.

It wasn't that he slated though was it? He was saying that you had to pay too much for so little and all the optional extras were a con

130 is £24k new

Golf R32 is £24k new

It's only when you start adding options the prices goes up

Their both the same

With extras Golf is £27k, BMW is £31k.

Clarkson never slated the engine either.

don't recall anything being mentioned about the engine.

got the m3 confused with that.

from what i remember, clarkson slated it on the basis the bmw costs more or less the same basic but you have to pay for every tiny little extra, which makes it far more expensive than the golf. and it looked wank.

Yes youth that is correct. If anybody would like to see the clip again you can download it from here:

http://www.autoclips.net/detail.php?parent=4&id=86&id_video=3469

Which is what I said Trigger!

The new 3 litre 'valvetronic' BMW engines are some of the best on the market.

Ultra smooth, powerful and sound great.

Ralphy, I have another car related question.

I have a rattle from under my car which I am 99% certain is the heatshield. Apparently this is a known problem on the Focus ST170's. If I rip the thing off the car, is this likely to cause any future grief? Seemingly the heatshield is quite pointless!

Probally is the heatshield your right.

I had this same problem on my old Type R.

Be best to take your car to the dealer and they can tighten the bolts on the heatshield to stop it vibrating.

the 1-series looks like a midgets hurse. even my nearly-4yr old nephew doesnt like them.

fair enough, they're probably enginerred to perfection, i would say they're ovr-engineered, i like a bit of character to my cars, i dont want one thats exactly the same as the car owned by matey-boy down the street... exclusivity is (partially) the name of the game!