Hi Everyone, ‘ Just posted some photos which may stimulate discussion such as; E92 v the old E36 Coupe; the task of keeping a black car nice, etc - hope so! The Hellrot 328C’s still mine after 11 years, in a line of many petrol BMs. E92 is the recent addition, a 325d manual, which keeps me with the straight six, and gives a fabulous response between 40mph and 90 schleps. 40-41mpg on the inaccurometer; I think that’s 36-37 - fine imho, when enjoying punting around locally. In the parallel world, I’ve seen 60 on this meter, economising once on the motorway with a wind behind! Have had a lot of useful guidance on here from one or two experienced modern generation diesel drivers, which is very helpful if you’re keen on cars but know very little about these new diesels. But I have to admit, we put a twenty in the glovebox every time we fill up, because with keeping our cars for ever, we want a separate fund specifically in case of requirements for new turbo, injectors and DPF which may otherwise render it at least financially scrap prior to 10-15 years / 100-120k miles. Averaged out, and allowing for some other running cost differences too, it’s then appearing financially identical to having a 30mpg, 3 liter petrol coupe, and with similar performance, if I kid myself. That still feels kind of wrong and right at the same time, but my alternative choices were 125i or 135i Coupes, and for me personally, this is overall the better car. Hey, all that lot must generate discussion, and yes, we do empty the glovebox! Photos in “firstdiesel’s Gallery” / vb Gallery, as I deleted the one image from my Album and lost my albums facility – dohh! Cheers All, Robert (firstdiesel)