and the IS is a lot smaller car...

 

There are a lot of positives for the G. It's good to know that a group like CR acknowledges that.

 

Even if you cede every performance category to the 335i, you're forgetting two more major areas where the G37 is way ahead besides the 20% price difference:

1. Reliability
2. Cabin technology

 

I'd say cabin tech is a draw. Have you seen the latest 3 sedan? They're quite well matched. The iDrive wheel is also nicely placed though still clumsier than touch.

 

hahaha point and case. it's hard to say, but i'm looking to go in the same direction. i can tell you from experience that a stock G 6mt versus a 335i with intake 6at - the edge hands it to the 335i. personally, i think an uprev tune would do wonders, although i can't speak from experience. those darn throttle flaps on our cars, close up as the rpms get closer to redline to ~40% at WOT. roughly making 325 whp with intake, exhaust, hfc, and a tune might give you the edge on a lightly modded (no jb3, vishnu, dinan tunes) 335i (note the 6at are QUICKER than the 6mts). it's up in the air. dunno where the power curve lies. if you're up again an unexperienced driver in the 335i, you'll take him with a jump; the bimmers have this weird threshold that clicks when you use the sport shift - if you go past it when you wot, the car down shifts for some odd reason. but...driver error doesn't make your car quicker. sorry...thoughts are every which way.

 

adding these are not going to make it shift any quicker..uprev just found another control module in the tranny that i heard they are trying to tap in to now..

 

this may sound crazy but if you look at the big picture and practicality of it all, then yes the G def. makes more sense, my coupe is fully loaded and I cant imagine what most of it would cost on a similarly equipped 335i.

HOWEVER, I notice a massive night and day difference when I drive my brothers 335 coupe. Although its automatic, it just has this finesse to it, I feel more connected to the road, I feel less body roll on turns, the stock brakes are smoooooooth and bite very well rather than my stock akebonos.

There many ways you can look at this, yea for the money its priced quite a lot more than the G, there both great cars however I personally feel the 335 is a better car, and if I were to have the opportunity of getting one, I will not think twice. It is worth the extra money to me

 

Really? i have read lots of threads on here stating the grounding kits help lag between shifts? Is everyone making that up?

 

Get back to me when the 335i is offered with a back up camera.

Or when I can play Pandora from my I-Phone through the 335i's speaker system.

 

The main deciding factor for me, between the G37 and the 335i, was reliability.
After you have owned a BMW, like the 540i that I owned for 4 years, that had to be continuously brought back to the dealer for one thing after another, the BMW loses a lot of appeal.

 

Very ignorant statement there.

The 335 puts down the same peak power as a G on a dyno, and has a MUCH larger area under the curve.

The G37 doesn't have a chance in a drag race.

Better value? Yes. Is "a little quicker" worth 9 grand? It is to all those 335 owners out there, and there are quite a few.

Lets not even get started on the chassis.


It's really a shame that the 335 is plagued with reliability issues. That alone will turn me away from it.

 

335 is a wonderful car. BUT the price of admission and reliability issue compared to what I got with my G for the price kept me away from BMW's showroom.

 

You really think that the majority of the 335 owners even thought about this? It's a BMW! That is what matters.

 

Yes. If speed didn't matter, they would have purchased a 328. If they wanted top dog status, they would have purchased the M3. To the 335 buyer, the 335 is the "value" buy. For the price differential and the price of a reflash, the just got M3 straight line speed.

I have a lot of friends that own 328/335/M3, and EVERY 335 owner bought it because it is the bargain buy.

 

I think, in general, 335 owners do look into performance. However, everyone I know that owns either a 328, 5 series, or 7 series, rarely go over 3500 RPM. What a waste. All they know is the word "BMW". They don't really care about performance. They buy the car because it's a BMW. Out of all these people I know, none of them own a 335...because they are not car people. I think the people who choose 335 over 328 know the difference.