BMW specs.

[madmondeo]

I have always had Fords and have know the difference in specifications like a LX is basic and a ghia x (my mondeo!) top of the range!

Whats the different specs for BMWs as i am thinking of buying one but want one with lots of toys!!

Thanks BM drivers!

[almcd007]

The higher the last two numbers of the series - usually the higher the engine size and higher the spec. For example you very rarely get a 320 with a widescreen TV & Sat nav etc - they're usually found on the 325/330 end. BMW are notorious for not giving much away - evrything's an option. Have a good look on BMW's used car network this will give you examples of the spec in the age and model of the car you are looking at. I assume, I apologise if you are not, that you are looking at 3 series - you'd rarely get the kind of spec you'd find on a Mondeo Ghia X in a 3 series unless the buyer ordered all the extras. If there's something you can't do without - heated seats/ alloys/CD radio etc - you can search the BMW used car website and select cars with the extras you need. Unfortunately you wont find any BMW with a heated front screen as found in your Mondeo though.

[madmondeo]

thanks for you comments chaps, or ladies! I am not sure what to look at/test drive as I am currently looking into the different veriations. I will have about �10-12k inc. my 02 mondeo once sold to play with. My new car must be a diesel and i am hoping to get something from 2000 onwards for my money.

[NORMANTHEDOG]

mr mondeo,have you seen the brand new mondeo out,my son who works at ford,brought one over to our place the other day,i was very impressed with it.

[madmondeo]

They are okay, but I'd rather like a BMW!

[almcd007]

They're not a heated front windscreens then are they Zacmaster?

All cars have blowers - BMW's dont have the heated element front windscreen, like Fords have, BMW's have a quick windscreen demist button which uses the blowers - but you wont find a BMW with a heated front screen so what I said was actually correct.

[almcd007]

"Unfortunately you wont find any BMW with a heated front screen as found in your Mondeo though." "as found" being the key phrase.

All cars have a facility to clear the front windows using the blowers either by specific setting or by a special switch. There's no implication in my post that there's no facility to clear a windscreen - thats just ridiculous - I suggest you read it again.

[almcd007]

You need glasses, surely. You're winding me up right ?

"Unfortunately you wont find any BMW with a heated front screen as found in your Mondeo though."

You wont find any BMW with a heated front windscreen as found in the Mondeo. Fact

Why does that imply that BMWs dont have a feature to clear the windscreen? I havent said that or implied the other. I was comparing the Mondeos features with a BMW's.

Good grief !

[ahmedbaf]

my 1972 beetle dont come with front deminster, got a back one tho :P! also mr mondeo, get a petrol BMW! for diesel power go to the volkswagon family, audi seat etc, there doing the best deisels, or maybe saab too lol!

[eyebrows]

almcd007 - i find that most BMW drivers lack both 20/20 vision, and the ability to reason with others....

he was merly stating a FACT, thats they are not heated.

My 97 clio does not have heated windscreen, but it has blowers...im not trying to blag class....

get over yourself

[almcd007]

You've totally read the answer wrong.

A BMW DOES NOT HAVE A HEATED WINDSCREEN AS YOU WILL FIND IN THE MONDEO.

To spell it out as it obviously needs to be done -

I was comparing features as madmondeo wanted to know what features BMW have in direct comparison to his Mondeo.. I know, and he does, that a Mondeo Ghia has an electrically heated front windscreen, similar to the type that most cars have in the rear, inlaid with fine metal wires which carry direct heat to the glass. This is a heated windscreen.

A demister function is not a "heated windscreen"

You are wrong zacmaster - BMWS dont have heated winscreens, as you will find in the mondeo. I was not implying that BMWS dont have the ability to demist their windscreens - if you read the answer - you will see that I am comparing like for like. I used the word "unfortunately" because madmondeo might have been wanting that same feature in his BMW - something he cant have.

eyebrows - I am a BMW driver - however I have explained myself very comprehensively - it is zacmaster who has misread my answer and is mistaken about his facts. And how often do you get into a conversation with a BMW driver that involves reasoning ? No one's "blagging class" here - just trying to answer a question and certainly I don't need to "get over myself"

[madmondeo]

thanks for all your answers and entertainment you have given me over the last few days but i take delivery of my 330 M Sport coupe in a few weeks. so i think we have agreed that BMs don't have aheated fron screen, or do they? LOL

[madmondeo]

thanks for all your answers and entertainment you have given me over the last few days but i take delivery of my 330 M Sport coupe in a few weeks. so i think we have agreed that BMs don't have a heated fron screen, or do they? LOL