So I am in Germany for a couple months. The Golf is at home sleeping of course, and I have a brand new BMW 530d for a rental out here in Germany. 5 series BMW's and E class Mercedes are the going choices among our group for rentals....with a pretty good mix among MT, gas, diesel, etc. I knew right off I would rather have a smaller car since those are boats for out this way, but figured I would go with the norm and try on a nice car for awhile. I did push to get a MT diesel vs just taking whatever out of the class. They had none with both...I could of gotten a MT gasser or an auto diesel as far as the BMW's went, so I got the auto diesel. It is nice and all, but after a couple weeks with it so far, I would much rather have my Golf out here then that car. In fact I think the Golf is MUCH more fun to drive even though the bimmer is faster...and for the tighter urban areas, the bimmer is just too big for comfortable effortless zipping around. In fact if it wasnt for all the fancy radar/parking assist on the BMW, it would be flat out annoying sometimes.
Even though I am out here 2 months, we can only keep the rentals 2 weeks to a month before exchanging them with the rental agency. I think I will step down below our allowed rental class and see if they have any A3 TDI's or at least a Golf. Hopefully they have something like that without having to go to the likes of a cheap boring ole Citroen or Opel or something...in which case I would just stick with what I have.
So in other words, VW Golf > BMW 530d to me, at least as far as driving around europe goes.
Even though I am out here 2 months, we can only keep the rentals 2 weeks to a month before exchanging them with the rental agency. I think I will step down below our allowed rental class and see if they have any A3 TDI's or at least a Golf. Hopefully they have something like that without having to go to the likes of a cheap boring ole Citroen or Opel or something...in which case I would just stick with what I have.
So in other words, VW Golf > BMW 530d to me, at least as far as driving around europe goes.