06-16-2019, 09:18 AM | #45 |
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Went from a base e90 to a fully loaded f30 and the first thing I noticed was the cheapness compared to the e90. More plastics all around is the big one. I wouldn't say it was "so cheaply made". I think the quality non plastic materials used is really good.
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10-07-2019, 02:06 PM | #46 |
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I agree that shutting the door sounds more metal than on F30, but I didn稚 think of it as better sounding, just different. What does drive me crazy however, is how often I shut the door and it doesn稚 fully shut. I feel like I have to use a lot more force to shut it, compared to F30, and I hate slamming doors. Does anyone feel that you have to almost slam the door? Or maybe it痴 the different, more metal sound, that makes me feel like I知 slamming....
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10-07-2019, 02:42 PM | #47 | |
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10-07-2019, 03:12 PM | #48 | |
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Really? I've never heard of this before. Obviously, I disagree that the f30/f80 was poorly built. The e90 did feel heavier (because it was), but nothing to mention about superior build quality. The f30/f80 is a solid 3 series. |
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10-07-2019, 05:09 PM | #49 |
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There seems to be a lot of differing opinions based on what people are associating with cheapness.
It seems primarily to be around "cheap" being associated with sometimes build quality or sometimes materials used and or sometimes how dated the interior feels. My 2 cents... I think over time, most cars' interiors will feel dated. The F30's interior certainly feels dated today compared to other cars most especially the G20. I've never owned an E90, but I just recently switched from an F30 340i to a G20 M340i. I would say there are definitely some lower quality (hard plastic) materials on the F30. For example, the center tunnel area below the center console has some really hard plastics - if you run your fingernails over it, it feels cheap and it also has a really hollow sound to it if you tap on it. It was a bit of a shock to me, prior to that I was in a 2014 Lexus GS350 F-Sport and that had a really nice interior, almost everything you touched felt really high quality and even some places you wouldn't normally touch felt really nice. The overall build quality (how well it was put together) was not an issue, the car was put together solidly. The G20 on the other hand seems like an improvement overall over the F30 for the quality of materials. The build quality is just as good (both were really well built) - but the materials chosen were more well thought out on the G20 imho. There are still some cheaper materials and some questionable choices - such as the center console buttons that are a single piece (selecting a drive mode like sport or comfort feel like they are all the same overall button with something below the skin figuring out where you are applying pressure) - it is annoying from a usability perspective too since I could change drive modes without looking with the F30's rocker switch but on the G20 I usually have to look down. Overall though - from a materials perspective, I would take the G20 over the F30. It feels like a step up over the F30. |
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Disagree completely, E9X styling and design were so lackluster, materials weren't really something to write home about either. Love my F30 in contrast. Source: had both, for a while, even had both at the same time.
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