A thing rarely seen

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 01/25/2016 at 17:46 • Filed to: BMW

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A thing never before seen by me in fact. A BMW 420i x drive.

Might be commonplace for some but I’m in one of those places where it’s almost unheard of for a BMW to have spark plugs (so it would always be a 420d) and nobody buys four wheel drive models apart from the X models.

deprecated account > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 17:54

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Can’t blaze it without spark plugs.

MLGCarGuy > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 17:56

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deprecated account > MLGCarGuy 01/25/2016 at 17:58

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Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams

but my mixtape can.

E92M3 > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 17:59

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They are everywhere here. Well 428's. I think the 420 is a new naming convention that started this year.

MLGCarGuy > deprecated account 01/25/2016 at 18:00

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bush did 7/11

it was a part-time job

not for canada - australian in disguise > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 18:00

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Meanwhile in Canada, pretty much every single BMW, Mercedes, and of course Audi is AWD and gas powered.

deprecated account > MLGCarGuy 01/25/2016 at 18:02

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Porsche did 9/11!

Wait, no; that was 911.

MLGCarGuy > deprecated account 01/25/2016 at 18:07

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is it a coincidence that the 911 came out in 1964

1 + 9 + 6 + 4 = 20.

you thought I was going somewhere with this.

Cé hé sin > E92M3 01/25/2016 at 18:10

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We’ve always had 320s and 420s. The turbo ones are 328s and 428s. I think. Like I said we’re diesel-only with BMW.

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 01/25/2016 at 18:12

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Cheap petrol and lots of snow will do that for you.

Interestingly I hear that in sometimes snowy Sweden people aren’t so much into 4wd. Studs are the way forward there.

deprecated account > MLGCarGuy 01/25/2016 at 18:13

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well, 1964/20 is 98.2. 98.2*(9/11) is 80.345454545..., which when multiplied by 911 = INSIDE JOB, so basically loomynarti confirm.

Textured Soy Protein > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 18:39

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Here in ’Murrica the 320i has a heavily-detuned version of the same motor in the 328i. We don’t have a 420i though.

GasolineLollipop191 > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 18:44

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Are those Colorado editions?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 19:00

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So many potheads are gonna buy those badges to put “i420" on the backs of their cars.

GE90man > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 19:05

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they're all over the place in Germany

LeadfootYT > Cé hé sin 01/25/2016 at 20:21

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Damn. In the US, we only have the turbocharged 3- and 4-series, or a single turbodiesel model (the 328d). I’d forgotten they made an NA engine still.

cuts_off_prius > E92M3 01/26/2016 at 00:54

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Same motors, but we don’t get the 420i with the detuned 2.0 I4 turbo in the US/CAN. I think it would be a good value.

320i = 180 hp

328i = 240 hp

420i = 180 hp

428i = 240 hp

But in the end it comes down to federalization cost with each powertrain choice and maybe exclusivity preventing the 420i from being offered here.

Also, I believe our 328d is the 320d in the rest of the world.

Cé hé sin > GE90man 01/26/2016 at 05:10

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Warum?

GE90man > Cé hé sin 01/26/2016 at 17:14

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most Europeans don't want all the power in a 428 or above, and instead settle for a cheaper price with less power this hold true for the 3 series, a4 and c class as well, as mb sells classes with hp in the low 100s throughout Europe

Cé hé sin > GE90man 01/26/2016 at 17:21

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Indeed, but I was more wondering why people in Germany would buy a 420i rather than a 420d.

The car I saw was I think the first petrol 4 that I recall seeing.

GE90man > Cé hé sin 01/26/2016 at 17:24

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oh, I meant 420s in general, including the i’s and d’s