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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morganl" data-source="post: 426538" data-attributes="member: 13931">I'd driven both the E46 version of 320d & 325i and I don't think the engine sound of the diesel variant is that bad even on idle.... I used to leave the engine running and heating up b4 cruising the car in winter and the engine sound is just probably slightly louder from the outside, but not sure about the E90 version of the 320d in Msia... the engine sound is almost at the same noise level inside the cabin (without cranking up the volume of BMW Professional...)the 320d is definately more fuel efficient as I manage to drive from London --> Liverpool --> Lake District --> Edinburgh in 1 full tank and spend couple of days in Scotland b4 refueling back to London... however, while on the M10/M3/M7 (highway), it's quite hard for the 320d to climb up to top speed... it take quite a while and quite a bit of effort before the car can reach above 120mph from around 110mph...325i was pretty responsive and it's almost effortless to reach it's top speed of above 130mph++ (though it was a manual version)the current E90 320i that I'm driving in KL is more or less about the same performance as the E46 318i that I had driven b4 in UK too... nothing to shout about, but it's still a BMW and we wouldn't want to call a BMW as 'Yesterday', won't we....I'd never driven the E90 version of both 320d & 325i, so I can only make my comparison based on my experience in driving the E46 version of both these variant on long trip + the E90 320i..320d:====-  In the UK, petrol stations have almost equal diesel pump versus petrol pump if not more, so the question of 'where to pump diesel' had never came across my mind b4... However, the 1st thing that pops up in my mind if I were to own a 320d in KL is where should I pump my diesel? can I still use credit card to pump diesel or I have to go to the counter every time?-  This might not be a problem for any of us here due to the limited availability of diesel pump suitable for saloon car, but 2 of my colleagues actually pumped petrol into their diesel engine car because they were swtiching diesel engine & petrol engine car too often... This might happen in the rare case where someone who 'borrowed' your car for a quick ride decided to refuel your car for you in return of the usage and accidentally pump in the wrong variant... the cost of 'fixing' the problem was bout 600 pound back then...- The E46 320d is definately more responsive than the E46 318i or even the 320i E90 that I'm driving now, but it doesn't feel that much superior than the E46 325i especially when picking up & overtaking.... however, I was driving a manual E46 325i back then, so that could be a differentiator as well...- most of the time when I'm visit the nearest petrol kiosk, it was to refill the 325i... so yea.. 320d is definately more fuel efficient... I know this because I always keep my 325i fuel card on the frequent used compartment of my wallet while the 320d fuel card behind my credit card...325i:====- top speed rulez on a long stretch of highway with 3-5 lanes....  driven from London to Ipswitch, London to Bath --> Cambridge --> Oxford.... this baby rulez whenever we are out of London... but inside London with like 10-15 speed camera in less than 10 Km of road, the 320d was slightly better to manage the traffic...- our company didn't give us the 325i with i-drive etc, so can only compare the engine performance between these 2 variants...  I have no doubt that 325i would have win 320d hands down if our KL highway is as smooth & as wide as M10/M1/M3... M25 could be slightly trickly though as it's always full of traffic & full of speed camera... however, even on local trunk road of A-coded road, 325i would still win 320d as the highway is usually 'long' enough for both cars to reach top-speed most of the time... and 325i can go from 110mph to 130mph++ almost effortless....just to share on my experience dealing with both 320d (E46) & 325i (E46)</blockquote>

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