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[Pope]

[quote="Benstan"]
Welcome Pope - good to see that you've got some decent motors to hoon around in at the end of the month when you retire.  :devil: or  O:-) ?

I've often fancied the idea of a 2nd hand 635d - they've quite a few examples at bigmotoringworld.co.uk - a lot of car for the money and I like the idea of a fast economical cruiser that the kids can comfortably sit in.

B
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Cheers for that  I've had the 6 for two years now and I love it.
Had it remapped to 330hp & shit loads of torque.  >:D

The [quote="Raj"]
6'er needs lowering though as the gap is bigger than on my X5.....
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[Pope]

[quote="Don Coffey"]
Hi and  (again) Pope.  I had a 630i for a year a little while back and really enjoyed the car, found it great for chilling.

Don
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I tried a 630i and thought it was good, until I drove the 635d. 35mpg and all that instant thrusting torque  did it for me.

[Pope]

[quote="535dboy"]
Welcome.

Bit of an old 6 though being a 98

Nice Ducati, the only bike I've ever been on.

Couple of friends have them.
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The 6 is a 2008..

Here's the Duc

[Pope]

And to those I haven't quoted. Thanks for the warm welcome..

Newsflash

I've traded in my trusty little X3, for rather nice X5 35dSE
Picking it up on Friday..yay.

[graemeX5]

Hi and welcome, your Ducati is very nice

[Pope]

[quote="graemeX5"]
Hi and welcome, your Ducati is very nice
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Thanks for the welcome...

Here's another one...

[Raj]

Nice stable tbh and very nice addition to the family.

[Don Coffey]

[quote="Pope"]
[quote="Don Coffey"]
Hi and  (again) Pope.  I had a 630i for a year a little while back and really enjoyed the car, found it great for chilling.

Don
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I tried a 630i and thought it was good, until I drove the 635d. 35mpg and all that instant thrusting torque  did it for me.
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I've always been a fan of larger diesels but in this case, the funds wouldn't stretch to the 635d at the time.  The six was purchased as a weekend car and when we first started looking the budget was £10k, but before long it was over £20k, so had to stop pushing the budget!  ::)

Congratulations on a good looking motor.  Lots of fun ahead.

Don

[snipez999]

Yes welcome. 330bhp - is that all?    O:-)

[Lee4.8is]

Excellent new addition, enjoy picking it up 

[Pope]

[quote="snipez999"]
Yes welcome. 330bhp - is that all?    O:-)
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I opted on economy over performance with the current map.
But it's the extra torque that's rips it. At 635nm torque, that's more than 100nm more than a M5/M6

Trouble is with that much torque at such low revs, I find it very difficult to launch it off the lights without monster wheel spin. :blink:

[snipez999]

You fell into my trap. Imagine 385hp and 750 newts )))))

[535dboy]

[quote="snipez999"]
You fell into my trap. Imagine 385hp and 750 newts )))))
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Or 300bhp/tonne which is even more fun....

[Pope]

[quote="snipez999"]
You fell into my trap. Imagine 385hp and 750 newts )))))
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Blimey.. :blink:. though at least that power/torque is divided by 4, so thats er..187.5nm per wheel.

As opposed to 317.5nm per wheel on my 635... :'(

[Pope]

All sorted and ready for blast off tomorrow evening....bring it on..