Planning to buy a car? Look here first..

[Kayman]

So I came up with this idea that any member who test drove a car here in bahrain should do a quick mini review about it and post it along with prices and pics if possible..

I think it would help other members have easier decisions on whatever they are looking at.

Mods, can you please sticky this?

[Kayman]

2009 Evo X GSR Premium

295hp
S-AWC
18 inch gun metal BBS rims
Bilstein + Eibach suspension
2 Plate Brembo brake system
Twin clutch - Super sport transmission (6 speed)
Keyless Entry
Xenons + Adaptive cornering lights
Multifunction sport steering wheel
Automatic lights + wipers
650watt Rockford sound system with 9 speakers
Leather recaro seats
Launch control

After huffing and puffing, I pushed it down to 18,200bd with registeration + underseal

Impressions:
-Very fun car to drive
-Handles better than most supercars on the road thanks to the suspension
-Interior is cheap but still better than older evos
-Made for daily driving thanks to the SST with 3 mods, Normal, Sport, and Supersport.
On Normal it feels like a lancer under 3k rpm... sport keeps RPM always over 2.5k, and super sport is neck snapping keeps RPM over 5.5k
-Has good power, 0-60 in 4.8secs and top speed of 240km/h.
-I've driven it till 220.... from 0 to 200 it's a freaking beaaaast... around 200 its alright.

What I hate about it:
I was so closing to buying it, I've read numerous threads and articles about it... I know the car inside out and sometimes I face diffuculties diffrentiating the evo from a lancer GT on the roads sometimes... Although the evo has dual exhaust, nicer hood, and side vents.

[Kayman]

2008 Audi TT

220hp
2.0 Turbo
18 inch rims
Xenons
Audi sound system
Sport seats
Dual clutch sport transmission
Ipod kit
Bluetooth kit
Launch control

Special discount price to get rid of 2008 models: 15800bd

Impressions:
Very, very impressed by this car... I actually enjoyed it alot. Seems very lively and quick off the line and I even tried launch control and that thing is a beast... I would say up to 150kmh it's a 350Z killer.
It also feels solid and the sport seats are nice and comfy and hold you into place.
The dual clutch transmission was so smooth and felt powerful.
0-60 should be in 6 secs with a top speed of 250km/h.

[Kayman]

2008 Infiniti G35 Sedan

306hp
18 inch rims
Xenons
Ipod
Bluetooth
Navigation
Sport steering wheel
5 speed automatic transmission

Price: 16,500bd

Impressions:
Very quick car, but I hated the cheap interior, Wood looks fake... Has the "japenese feeling to it", and it feels like a boat on the road. But I gota admit the options in it are very interesting.

[Kayman]

2008 BMW 335 convertible

306hp
RWD
Twin turbo
18 inch rims
Sport seats
///M steering wheel
Full navigation + phone
0-60 in 5.7 secs top speed limited to 250km

Price = 24000bd

Impressions:
Very, very impressive car.
Quick off the line
Turbo sound is soo sexyyy.
Pulls you back real hard
Very luxurious and sexy looking
Highly recommended.

[-=<FOXXX>=-]

good move karoom but if the 335i convertible is 24K then the sedan should be way less.

strange tho coz last time I checked the 335 convertible was 30K on the showroom

[Kayman]

Rez, 24k is the offer from BMW with 10% off for a streptonic 335 convertible full option

Convertible with DCT gear box is 27k with the 10% offer

Sedan is 20k, facelifted, steptronic, and new idrive.

Prices will be 10% higher by monday when the offer ends.

Hope I helped.

[Ottoman]

EM had a montego blue full option (nav BT etc) 335 sedan for sale

2007 with only a few thousand km's on teh ODO

it was going for 14,000BD

was actually a good deal

[Kayman]

EM had a montego blue full option (nav BT etc) 335 sedan for sale

2007 with only a few thousand km's on teh ODO

it was going for 14,000BD

was actually a good deal

good deal but thats because it's pre-facelift and old i-drive.

the new facelifted 335 sedan is sexy as hell.

[NOS4EVER]

So I came up with this idea that any member who test drove a car here in bahrain should do a quick mini review about it and post it along with prices and pics if possible..

I think it would help other members have easier decisions on whatever they are looking at.

Mods, can you please sticky this?



Sorry my back hurts but you know what
Do it your self karoom :guitar:

[JonnybravoM3]

Here are my test drives:

(1) Maserati Quattroporte
Great car -- amazing handling and even better sound. Supercar performance in a 4-door saloon reaching 60 in 5 seconds and a top speed of approx 180mph. Leather from the most upmarket cows (James May TG) with great BOSE surround sound and Blaupunkt sub. But who needs a radio with such an exhaust note echoing the wail of the Ferrari F1 heritage!

Advice: Go for the Automatica. It is a much smoother ride despite the fact that its not as engaging as the duoselect. Duoselect models have had problems with engine failure and overheating plus a clunky shift change for every gear.

We use ours as a daily driver (except in dusty and sandy conditions) and it works great (alhamdillah).

(2) Maserati 4200 GT
Amazing car. Every time I drove it, I felt as though it was my birthday. The 4.2 V8 on it had a very deep-throat grumble when you put your foot down. Car itself was very comfortable and relaxing when cruising - seats are soft leather and nice and fat and provide a very good cushion of tushies of all sizes and shapes. Def. could be used as a daily driver - didn't have much trouble with engine temp like I did with the demo Quattroporte in the summertime. However, you can really feel the engine heat at your feet -- the heat from the engine just starts to flood the car which was naturally uncomfortable.

Shifting however was still quite rough and had to raise my foot off the pedal everytime I shifted just to smoothen the ride in between gears. Its a great car on the whole but performance overall (speed/acceleration) was less than what you would expect from a 400 HP V8 GT car.

(3) BMW 730Li (2008 facelifted)
I am currently driving this car while Euromotors are updating the software on my M6. The car is extremely boring and uneventful with around 230 HP I-6 don't expect much.

Having said that however, the drive feels like you're driving a cloud! I never expected any car to be more relaxing that my 1997 E38 740il and yet this is much more comfy. In my M6 going to work in morning, I don't need that cup of coffee to wake me up anymore -- but with this car, I need 2!

Since I have just gotten the M6, I only just got used to the iDrive. But on the 730Li that I have been given, this is a more advanced and "improved" yaza3m iDrive which is just very very annoying and irritating. I could do without it for sure. So yes that sure takes getting used to.

(4) M6 Coupe
Unbelievable looks IMO and collossal performance. Any BMW with a NA V10 that's got the heart of an F1 engine is def. worth buying as the drive is great, handling is better than the E46 M3 and it will keep up with Lambos, Ferraris and Porsche Turbos all day long.

Interior isn't as good or solid as the outgoing E46 BMWs. Especially the demo one I got had terrible interior. Also sound system is not as good as the E46 M3 as it does not have the Harman/Kardon soundsystem. Just plain BMW speakers. Same on my M6. My M6 however does have a nice interior with CF finish all over the place. Seats are very comfy and the drive is extremely smooth. The M3 was too much of a nervous car and really hurt my neck sometimes when driven hard, but the M6 just has jawdropping acceleration with a more luxurious/refined feel as you blast through the sound barrier (also delimited will reach 205mph which is higher than a Ferrari F50's 202mph).

One main issue with the M6 is that the back seats are useless. There was more room in my ex-M3.

(5) E60 M5
Same as above. Except leg-room here is fine.

(6) E92 M3
I was totally disappointed. Fine the exhaust note is heavenly, and is exactly what the stock E39 M5 SHOULD have sounded like!

I drove the 6MT and not the SMG version. Interior was slacking big time, the 335 feels more solid. Very bland, boring and uneventful. Performance was nice to an extent, def. much more powerful than my ex-M3 but still didn't feel special - lost quite badly to an E55 AMG. Its not enough power to want to call all your friends and take them for joy rides up and down long stretches of road because there is really nothing that will make them wet their pants.

Looks-wise, I think it looks alright. Also nothing too special. Like the muscle bulge on the hood though I think thats very nice and attractive. The 4-door version IMO is disgusting. Ride was more comfy than my ex-M3. Had a more executive feel to it unlike the very rebellious E46 M3 which was like a teenager on ecstacy.

Way too overpriced as well and I didnt' feel that there was much value for money going for BD 38,000.

[Masaafa]

JonnybravoM6, that was really helpful, very good information about the cars you have tested. You said you have the new7-series as a car until they fix your M6, why dont you post pictures and a video like when you did with your M6, i enjoyed watching those video's.. :thanks:

[JonnybravoM3]

JonnybravoM6, that was really helpful, very good information about the cars you have tested. You said you have the new7-series as a car until they fix your M6, why dont you post pictures and a video like when you did with your M6, i enjoyed watching those video's.. :thanks:

LOL thanks man glad you liked them! Walla I would have done pix and vid of the 730Li bas they came and collected it from me yesterday when they brought back my M6 after they fixed it.

Its not the new new 7-series. Its the one right before it that I got. The older one (2008) facelifted.