Schnitzer SC 330i Touring?
Discussion
I have recently disposed of my Maserati 3200 owing to a new addition to the family. I am looking for a practical performance related family car and am considering a 2003 330i SC Touring. I have some reservations though and perhaps you guys could advise me:
1) Is the performance advantage worth the extra money? WIll the car hold onto the extra value?
2) Are Schnitzer conversions reliable?
3) Are the running costs significantly higher? I have just extricated myself from one supercar relationship and don't want to get into another one! I imagine things like exhausts will cost a fortune.
4) Insurance....?
Perhaps I would be better off with a 530D Sport?
1) Is the performance advantage worth the extra money? WIll the car hold onto the extra value?
2) Are Schnitzer conversions reliable?
3) Are the running costs significantly higher? I have just extricated myself from one supercar relationship and don't want to get into another one! I imagine things like exhausts will cost a fortune.
4) Insurance....?
Perhaps I would be better off with a 530D Sport?
I did have a test-drive in a Schnitzer 330 SC Coupe...
I was impressed, but the conversion was very expensive- nearly £9k if memory serves. For that you got a sophisticated s/c, an exhaust and a ECU chip. It put out around 300bhp, so felt fast but not M3 fast by any stretch. The advantage of course is that you could get an auto Touring done and I'm sure more tweakage would liberate more power.
I don't suppose maintenance would be anything like supercar stylee, but things like insurance may be tricky. IMO residuals will be the same, maybe worse than a standard car.
If I were in your shoes, I'd be looking at an Audi S4 (v8) Avant, or an old RS4 (cos they do look cool!). Rare as hen's teeth (8 imported I think), but how about an Alpina B3S Touring? Or more common (relatively), an Alpina B10 4.6 or 4.8 Touring... depends on how concerned you are about fuel usage.
I was impressed, but the conversion was very expensive- nearly £9k if memory serves. For that you got a sophisticated s/c, an exhaust and a ECU chip. It put out around 300bhp, so felt fast but not M3 fast by any stretch. The advantage of course is that you could get an auto Touring done and I'm sure more tweakage would liberate more power.
I don't suppose maintenance would be anything like supercar stylee, but things like insurance may be tricky. IMO residuals will be the same, maybe worse than a standard car.
If I were in your shoes, I'd be looking at an Audi S4 (v8) Avant, or an old RS4 (cos they do look cool!). Rare as hen's teeth (8 imported I think), but how about an Alpina B3S Touring? Or more common (relatively), an Alpina B10 4.6 or 4.8 Touring... depends on how concerned you are about fuel usage.
May even be the same car? Search for this memeber on www.z4um.com and drop him a private mail "hollpe"
"It was the super charger that gave up first! BMW ended up buying the car back.... but that is another story!"
www.z4um.com/viewtopic.php?t=22608&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
"It was the super charger that gave up first! BMW ended up buying the car back.... but that is another story!"
www.z4um.com/viewtopic.php?t=22608&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Robertb said:
I also know that the Schnitzer system was offered as a main dealer fit upgrade for a while. I asked about it a few months ago and they said they'd dropped it.
To be fair it looked a very thorough good quality job.
To be fair it looked a very thorough good quality job.
we had one a 330ci, it spent more time in the shop than the techs
Gassing Station | BMW General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff