Chopped in the 7 series for the 330d today, so far loving the test drive and have only covered 30 miles today.

Dealer got the wife a big bunch of flowers too

 

Pics?

 

Not yet, I'll do some at the weekend.

They told me it doesn't need running in but feel a bit nervous giving it full beans from day one!

 

Good aren't they. You must have paid over the odds if the dealer is chucking in flowers, that or he fancies your wife

Sounds like you had a better purchasing experience than I had from a certain Croydon based dealers.

 

Got a VERY good deal. The tip is to go in 3 days before month end on a new 'registration' month, bending over backwards to reach their target so gave me a 20% discount and a healthy trade in for my old one.

 

Nice cars! I'm warming to the F30 shape now.

I'm looking for an M135i next (currently 335d Touring) and hearing of some amazing deals - 20% off for some!

 

Love this dial

 

 

 

Stock Photo

 

I've got torque dial envy now

 

i had an F30 320d for a couple of months and at one point thought it was nearly every car i would ever need and could chop the scooby in for one! Then someone slapped me and brought me back down to earth.
In all seriousnes if i was driving my car everyday i think it would be and F30 over my scooby(Hangs his head in shame- must be getting old)

 

If you thought the 320D was good the 330D is awesome

 

I dont doubt it 184 bhp in a 2.0 diesel is amazing. Whats the 330d got?

 

Torque only goes up to 560 - pah!

 

Oh the shame

 

254.5

 

Touring version with X drive would be the perfect all weather family car for me!

Enjoy the new car mate

 

I've got the use of an F30 328i M Sport at the moment.

It's a 2.0 4 Pot turbo with 242 Bhp and 258 ft lbs (twin scroll turbo). With the 8 speed paddle shift sport autobox and about a million other options.

It is a lovely looking car and very well made (I've had alot of BMW's in the past), but it somehow leaves me feeling underwhelmed. They've got the build quality back now but they've lost the feeling from the driving experience IMO. It feels very numb to drive, there's not alot of feedback from the car, you feel detached from the road quite alot.

It's not slow though . Goes like stink for "242 Bhp". I think they might have been lying about that slightly. Ran it against a friends 240 Bhp and massively lighter S2000 and the BM was actually slightly quicker which was surprising.

Couple of random phone pics of it:





Oh and OP, you can change the Sport display to show in HP and lbs ft under the settings menu.

 

TBH I only have 20 more...

 

Bmw website now has 335d x drive touring available to configure and buy.

313bhp hmmmm

 

Once you've had the 6 pot you get so irritated by the rattles and vibration from a 4 pot you can never go back

going to this from the 7 series I can say that it definitely feels nimble LOL

 

Oh ok, thanks!

 

They seemed to have shaved a bit of weight from the F30 which is brilliant news in the World of ever heavier cars.

BMW six pot diesels are truly epic IMO. They just keep on pulling and pulling. Most "old" 335ds like mine are well over 300bhp (factory figure was 286) so I should think a run in F30 335d would be into very naughty numbers. Same with the 35i engine too - most are a fair whack above the factory quoted numbers.

I've heard the M135i is usually 340ish too. That's partly why I want one NOW!!

 

Have you ordered yet? If not, depending on where you are, my dealer was VERY good.

 

Just back from lunch and was parked next to an '63 X5 - the M50D variant. Never seen one before. Very sleeper like but 3.0 triple turbo pushing out 380bhp / 720nm and still only 177g/km. Impressive stuff.

 

Nope and dealers down here are pretty bad when it comes to "interesting" BMWs - it's like I want an exotic car or something.

Who did you order from?

I had to buy my 335d from Sytners in Leicester because the dealers down here were absolutely hopeless. I've heard of some stonking deals recently on decent engined BMWs!