Hi guys, well i've visited the dealer again this afternoon as i said i would.
This is the result thus far.........
I took a 59 plate 250 out for a spin, and found it to 'feel' no quicker than mine!? What kills the car in my humble opinion is the aweful lag from floor the accelerator to the car actually moving!! The black one i tried today was exactly the same as mine, very laggy with a mid range surge, so i'm confused how this car ever does sub 7secs 0-60 as the lag kills a second straight away, which would explain i guess how the BMW minced mine from a stand still. Doesn't really eplain though how the 220 held its own aginst mine, and driver error here is definatly not a part of it, its AUTOMATIC for gods sake, so no gear crunch here or double shifting etc, besides, i've had everything from Porsche 911's, M3's Z4M's Audi S4 and A3 3.2 Quattro's etc etc and have done many track days over the years.
So what i'm now starting to think is that the 250 simply cant compete with lower powered cars in a drag and therefore never really get going to any real effect!? So i'm thinking my expectations were way to high.
Don't get me wrong, i LOVE the look of my car, it looks stunning (i think so) in Opal Fire Red.
So anyway, the dealer said im more than able to take the next week to make a decision, either to upgrade (spend more money, which i haven't budgeted for and i really dont want a loan to buy my car) or to swap into the black 59 plate which has more extra's, full leather, parktronic,cd changer and heated front seats, but only sports the 17" alloys and is in Black and would also mean i'd have to hand over another £1,000 plus the cost of having the car super gaurded again as i did this one before i took delivery. Plus the black one has done approx 28500 miles compared to the 21k just cover buy mine.
Or, i decide to live with this and simply keep this car and except its not great on performance, so look to get a professional remap done, and as of todays results of careful driving does produce 50.2mpg combined which is where i wanted to be in regards to economy due to the 30k to 35k miles a year i cover.
I did look at the C350CDI option, but again the cost is what stops me, as the cheapest pre face life 09 plate / 59 plate i could find was £21.5k for an elegance version (and i want Sport) compared to the £16.5k i paid for mine including the Super Gaurd treatment.
So i hear what Gizze is saying, and again what Chelle has said, but unless im prepaired to get into financing the difference, i can't justify the extra cost. Coz for £22.5k for a C350CDi Sport i could easily get a 335d Msport or ever another M3 etc.
So cash budget being max £18k due to the fact i swap my cars every 12 to 18 months due to the mileage i do, i guess i'm going to be keeping this car and looking to get it remapped to slightly increase fuel ecconomy and noticeably increase theperformance.
