[geep81]

Originally Posted by krhodes1

I prefer to think that my 2-series has just as nice an interior as a 5-series.

#FirstWorldPRoblems indeed.

Well we're all paying for these awesome #firstworld problems. But if you go sit in a base model 5, and then sit in the M235, the interior is basically the same. Same features, same layout/arrangements, everything. I was playing around with it and couldn't find many distinguishable/luxury elements my M235 doesn't have. They are definitely pretty comparable.

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by geep81

Well we're all paying for these awesome #firstworld problems. But if you go sit in a base model 5, and then sit in the M235, the interior is basically the same. Same features, same layout/arrangements, everything. I was playing around with it and couldn't find many distinguishable/luxury elements my M235 doesn't have. They are definitely pretty comparable.

Which is exactly what I would expect from BMW. There has never been much of any real difference between their lines in terms of interior. My e30s and e28s were basically the same inside too. You could get more options on the 5 (power seats for example), but it wasn't nicer, just bigger. Same thing now.

What were you expecting in the 5, whale foreskin seats? A 2series is a smaller BMW, but it is still a BMW.

[MikeRR]

As said before all a question of options:
Take the 5 series with all the options, individual leather etc. and you get a car that feels and drives much higher spec than what you can get in the 2. But take a base 5 series and the difference will be much smaller.

[geep81]

Originally Posted by krhodes1

Which is exactly what I would expect from BMW. There has never been much of any real difference between their lines in terms of interior. My e30s and e28s were basically the same inside too. You could get more options on the 5 (power seats for example), but it wasn't nicer, just bigger. Same thing now.

What were you expecting in the 5, whale foreskin seats? A 2series is a smaller BMW, but it is still a BMW.

Just comparing my new BMW experience to my old Mercedes experience. There was quite a difference between the CLA/C class/E class, not just in looks/feel but also features.

[Viffermike]

Originally Posted by MikeRR

Poor you:
One of my near relatives got a Fiat 500 Abarth at Ferrari when he brought in his 599 and at Porsche a Golf Diesel... what should he say about it?
We also get a Lancia when we bring in our 2014 Jeep SRT8 for service.

They are just loaner cars. Also can you imagine what kind of fleet of loaner cars a dealer would need if everyone would like to have the exact same car as loaner? It's just not possible.

OK: going from a Fiorano to a 500 Abarth is quite a dropoff. That said, I'd LOOOOVE an Abarth as a loaner. Those things can squirt -- and this side of an Alfa 4C, it's got the best-sounding four on the planet, IMHO.

Worst loaner: A Nissan Murano when I had a 370z. Not even worth critiquing.
Best loaner: Can't really think of one that knocked my socks off. I'd have to say the Cooper S 'vert I got while waiting for aftermarket bits to be installed on a new '06 Hardtop. The first-gen 'vert was a fun ride.

[Cpdbeemer]

I had a 320 while the 235 was being serviced. And was extremely underwhelmed. It sounded terrible too!

[Viffermike]

Originally Posted by Cpdbeemer

I had a 320 while the 235 was being serviced. And was extremely underwhelmed. It sounded terrible too!

Yah, I had a decently optioned 328i as a loaner not too long ago. I noted key trim and function differences in another thread ... and I wasn't impressed compared to my M-Sport at all. The 3-series' steering wheel has a thin rim, and the diameter was H-U-G-E. Makes me appreciate the M wheel -- which I feel is still a tad on the thin side, but the proportions are much better -- more than I already do.

[MrBucket]

First time I got a i3 with zero charge on the battery. Luckily it was one of the range extender ones.

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by geep81

Just comparing my new BMW experience to my old Mercedes experience. There was quite a difference between the CLA/C class/E class, not just in looks/feel but also features.

Back in the day, Mercedes was the same, you could get a 190E, a 300E, or a 300SE and there was very little difference in the interiors other than size - in fact the 190E and 300E used a bunch of the same interior parts. It is actually rather sad how Mercedes has cheaped out their smaller cars, something they seem to be correcting with the latest C class. The CLA class in particular I find quite dire, having had a couple as rentals.

I don't see the 2-series as a cheap BMW in the way that a CLA is a cheap Mercedes. It is a more sporting version of the 3/4-series, not a cheaper one (and it isn't really cheaper anyway). Until you get into the much higher end trims, the 5 is just a bigger 3.

[MikeRR]

Originally Posted by Viffermike

OK: going from a Fiorano to a 500 Abarth is quite a dropoff. That said, I'd LOOOOVE an Abarth as a loaner. Those things can squirt -- and this side of an Alfa 4C, it's got the best-sounding four on the planet, IMHO.

They had a Ferrari dealers edition of the Abarth back then that was specially produced in a limited edition as loaner car for the Ferrari dealers, in Ferrari Red, quad exhaust and 170hp.
We still had a lot of fun in it (much more than the Golf at Porsche *lol*) but it's clear that going from a 620 hp Supecar to a Fiat is quite a bigger difference than going from a M235i to a 320i.

[335BOY]

Originally Posted by Cyberdemon

To make you feel better, Nissan once promised me a loaner when I brought my car in and they didn't have one. When I pointed out I couldn't leave the car without the loaner, they pulled around a 1987 Sentra XE.

Needless to say, I took it and then proceeded to drive it like the Dukes of Hazzard. Yee haw.

...............which is why loaners are always base models.......

[pz619]

As a frequent customer of the BMW warranty program I've had the following:

X1
328i
320i
328d
128i
535i
i3

The only one that I really didn't enjoy was the diesel. Weirdly I expected it to be more torquey. The 535i was probably my favorite. It was a M-sport that had pretty much every feature. How this made it in the loaner fleet, no idea, but my gain.

[tbonez3858]

The three series I had as a loaner smelled like a fart mixed with rose smelling perfume. The radio was on hip hop station and the seat was moved all the way forward with the seat as vertical as it would go....The air conditioning was on high on a 30 degree day.

I have no clue what happened in that car before I got it but I dont want to know..

[geep81]

So my car wasn't fixed properly and went back in the next day after I got it. They gave me a 228 loaner. Now this car is actually nice to drive/fun/pretty quick. I will shut up now.