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As with many people here, i've owned a great number of cars over the years from a mercedes 190E, old ford escorts through to more recent cars like a Nissan Primera GT, a 530D, a couple of E46's and now my E90 325i.
I can say hand on heart, that as a driving experience, I think the E90 is the best I've had yet. Its the one thats been by far the most fun to drive, the most planted and the most precise on the bends. The technology stays out the way mostly, and means that if all you want is a fun drive along some country roads without needing to worry about the limits of your own talent, then its superb. I've rarely had so much fun driving a car.
I think that although technology and an ongoing pressure on manufacturers to make ever more economical cars can have negative impacts, there are still plenty of great cars out there.
Put it this way. The E90 325 is faster, lighter, more powerful, more economical, stiffer, more stable and better specified than the car that came before it. It hasnt lost any of the magic that made me love my E46, but its taken away all the things that drove me mad about my E46.
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