Thought you lot, especially Audilover, would appreciate pics of my new beastie. LOL Where do I start? I bought my 535d 2 weeks ago. The car had been a company vehicle for the first 22 months of its life and had clearly not been pampered. The paintwork was like sandpaper and the wheels were black.

I've spent about 4 whole days getting the car to the condition you see in the pics. The odd thing is that the interior is almost like new. Slightly bizarre given the prior state of the exterior.

Anyway, I've cleaned and clay'd and waxed the paint and taken the wheels off to paint the calipers and clean the insides of the alloys. Essentially, without a professional detail with porter cable etc, it's about as close as I can get it to as new.









All the best
Matt

 

looking good matt can you do my scooby new house to room to park!!

 

Nat,

Before pics were too embarrassing!

Matt

 

Looking Good

 

Looks great Matt!

The engines in the '35d are fantastic aren't they...sooooo much torque! Had my 335d sport for 3 months now and absolutely loving it.

Gary.

 

Very nice Matt. Every time I look at the fuel needle on mine I wish I'd gone that way!

 

I just got one those bad boys home last week, is that carbon black?, my one's c.black, great drive, great power, looks great, very happy with so far, remap in 6 months maybe, once i get used to the power/torque

cheers

 

You ought to enter the first pic into the Photo Comp this month

Back to an anonymous coloured one again... presumably because I actually, for once, spotted you in the red 330

Looking good though. Really good. Will have to meet up for an ale, now the weather seems to be finally calming down!

 

Hi All,

Yup, the car is carbon black with black interior. It has the media and visibility pack with adaptive xenons, uprated hi-fi etc etc. All in all, a very nice place to be. I'd certainly be tempted by a DMS upgrade, but at almost £1k it's a little steep IMHO. Still, you get what you pay for.

The grunt on tap is fantastic, and I imagine that in the 3 series this engine is an absolute belter.

Deep, I'm averaging 37mpg at the moment, but I don't have the fantastic V10 soundtrack. I guess that's my compromise.

Pete, I'm up for an ale whenever you are...

Cheers
Matt

 

Do those packs give you the excellent HUD?

 

Hi Matt,

Looks like time well spent, the car looks great!

What size are the rims?

 

Very nice get some 19"s on it!!!

"Now i'm going to say something very strange"

When i see a 535d i think what a great looking car, then i see an M5 and think, its ok, the 535d looks better. I've really gone off the M5 lately, going more towards the M6.

 

Looks great Matt - enjoy it

 

Hi Paul,

Those are the standard 18's. Scott is right, the car really needs the 19's that are an option on the E60's. I've been looking for a set but have so far drawn a blank. The 19's also get normal tyres instead of the run flats, so that's got to be a good thing.

It's not got HUD, but I've driven one with HUD and it's great.

Cheers
Matt

 

And you had the cheek to call my 540 an old mans car?

Looks great, although it looks like you missed a big turd on the bonnet in the first pic

 

He's got a point to be honest Craig

 

But Matt is an old man

 

LOL All I can see is a handsome chap with a digi camera!

 

With a strange badge over his privates

 

They do say BMW drivers are d....

 

Des,

We're all w4nkers! This one's even got an indicator stalk. Whatever that's for??!!

 

Don't forget the outside lane owners permit.

Nice pics by the way. Been thinking about a round trip to polished bliss to get my scoob done. Tend to find dark colours seem to get dirty so quickly though...

 

Des,

Mine's got the central reservation proximity magnet. It just seems to force me to drive in the outside lane at all times!

Black is a nightmare to keep clean. I wouldn't recommend it to you if you don't enjoy wahsing the car a couple of times a week

Matt

 

Matt - I don't know why you bother cleaning them - you've usually sold it before it's had time to dry off

 

Had to be done

Lovely car though!!

 

The 535d is a superb car, a real real world supercar in my eyes...

My 525d sport is pretty amazing as an ownership prospect.....who knows I may end up with a 535d sport!

Ive heard (on other forums ) that they are heavy on fuel around town, like about 18mpg..is this true?

 

Nice car mate,and i deeply regret buying an E46 M3 over the 535d Sport i looked at last year........................all that performance plus 30mpg!!!

 

And here I was thinking the satnav was so good it automatically moved bmw's into the outside lane as its the fastest...

 

LOL

In response to the questions...

The car can be heavy on fuel around town. Think more mid twenties than high teens. On the motorway (in the oustide lane, of course) it'll cruise at 45mpg ish. My average has been 39mpg and 37mpg on the last two tanks. That's properly worked out and not the OBC figure.

I've had an M3 in the past and to be honest prefered my 330d. The 535d just moves that affirmation on a little bit.

The only downside for me is that BMW don't do a manual twin turbo diesel. I'd love a manual 335d, but would have the 5 as an auto anyway. Manual 5 series' are depreciation disasters!

Now where's that number for DMS.........................

Matt