BMW 330e ordered...

[Mr iPerformance]

Mcpaynter said:

Very nice!! Are those bmw extras or your own mods? Didn't see the black grille or bmw floor logos on the extras lists

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Thanks! Everything else are BMW M Performance, BMW i or BMW genuine accessories with the exception of the carbon mirror caps and the high gloss dual slat grilles that are from RW Carbon, California (rwcarbon.com). I'll be posting a full video of the car on my YouTube channel, so stay tuned for that :-)

Here's a detailed list of what the car has: (a copy-paste from what I wrote in Bimmerpost with a few updates)

Order date: February 19th, 2016 (Friday)
Build date: April 22nd, 2016 (Friday)
Time between order and build: 9 weeks / 63 days
Delivery date: June 7th, 2016 (Tuesday) / 6 weeks from build
Time between build and delivery: 6.5 weeks / 46 days
Time between order and delivery: 15.5 weeks / 109 days

Basic information
Model 330e Iperformanc330e Ipee - EUR
Development Code F30 (MUE)
Chassis LIM
Steering LL
Doors 4
Engine XB1H
Displacement 0.00
Power 185
Drivetrain HECK
Transmission AUT
Color Black Sapphire Metallic - 475
Upholstery Leder Dakota/schwarz - LCSW
Production Plant MUNICH
Production Date 2016-04-22

Standard Equipment
534 Automatic Air Conditioning
548 Speedometer With Kilometer Reading
6WA Instrument Cluster W. Extended Cont

Options
1CA Selection Cop Relevant Vehicles
2NH M Sportbrake
2PA Locking Wheel Bolts
2TE Automatic Transmission W.gearshift
2VB Tyre Pressure Indicator
2VL Variable Sports Steering
21C 19"m Lt/a.w.do.sp.442 M Bicolor Orb
230 Eu Specific Additional Equipment
248 Steering Wheel Heating
258 Runflat Tyres
3AG Backup Camera
302 Alarm System
322 Comfort Access System
337 M Sport Package
4AE Armrest Front Retractable
4NE Blow-by-heater
4WF Int. T. Fin. Aluminium Hexagon W. H
403 Glas Roof, Electric
415 Sunblind For Rear Window
417 Roller Sunblind, Rear Side Windows
420 Sun Protection Glazing
423 Floor Mats, Velour
428 Warning Triangle
430 Int/ext Rr Vw Mirror W Aut Anti-dazzle
431 Interior Rr Vw Mirror W Aut Anti-d
459 Seat Adjustm., Electr. W. Memory
465 Through-load System
481 Sport Seats F Driver/front Passenger
488 Lumbar Support Driver/front Passenger
493 Storage Compartment Package
494 Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger
496 Seat Heating For Rear Seats
5AC Autom. High-beam Headlights Control
5AG Lane Change Warning
5AL Active Protection
5AS Driving Assistant
5A1 Led-fog Lights
5DA Passenger Airbag Deactivate
5DC Folding Rear-seat Headrests
5DF Active Cruise Ctrl+stop&go Funct.
5DL Surround View
5DP Park Assistant
502 Headlight Washer System
508 Park Distance Control (pdc)
521 Rain Sensor
552 Adaptive Led Headlight
563 Lights Package
575 Additional 12v Power Socket
6AC Intelligent Emergency Call
6AE Teleservices
6AG E Drive Services
6AK Connecteddrive Services
6NS Enhanced Telephony With Extended Sm
6UH Traffic Information
609 Navigation System Professional
610 Head Up Display
688 Harman/kardon Surround Sound System
698 Area-code 2
7LF Model M Sport
704 M Sport Suspension
710 M Leather Steering Wheel
715 M Aerodynamics Package
760 Individual High-gloss Satin Chrome
775 Individual Roof-lining Anthracite
8AX Finnish / On-board Documentation
8A9 Language Version Finnisch
8KA Oelservice Int. 30.000 Km/24 Months
8SM Vin, Visible From Outside
8TG Anti-theft System
8TH Speed Limit Info
842 Cold Climate Version
850 Add Fuel Tank Filling For Export
9AA External Skin Protection
993 Model Year Code

The only options I did not go for were:
441 - Smoker package -> I don't smoke
4M5 - Individual leather covered dashboard -> Didn't know how this was going to hold up, so decided to skip it
601 - TV function -> Didn't see a use for this since cannot be used while driving
664 - DAB -radio -> DAB -radio is only used in a few countries in Europe, of which one isn't Finland

BMW original accessories
BMW F30 M Performance Style Carbon Fiber Trunk Spoiler (coming soon, in a few weeks)
BMW M Performance Rocker Panel Decals
BMW M Performance Pedals
BMW Universal Snap-in Adapter for Lightning (iPhone) (coming next week)
BMW Snap-in adapter reminder (coming next week)
BMW i Type 2 charging cable
BMW i Wallbox Pure (charging station for the car)
BMW Advanced Car Eye (coming next week)

After market accessories
RW Carbon - BMW F22/F30/F32 Carbon Fiber Mirror Replacements
RW Carbon - BMW F30/F31 Double Slat Gloss Black Grilles

Design principles / exterior
I decided to go with a timeless black / black combo. This will be my 10th black car and my 14th car overall. My first car was a 1985A model Porsche 944, which in my opinion had one of the nicest paint colors ever made, which was called Montego Black metallic and it was only available for a couple of years. For me the Black Sapphire metallic is very similar to this color. In cloudy weather it is a great looking black, but in sunny weather it is a very-very dark grey. I absolutely love Estoril Blue metallic as well and almost went with it. Maybe my next BMW will be an Estoril Blue, who knows.

I really love the look of black and carbon fiber together and decided to accent the car with a few carbon fiber parts. I ordered a CF spoiler and CF mirror caps from RW Carbon along with Double Slat Gloss Black Grilles. I might still go with an M Performance look CF front lip from RW Carbon and some carbon fiber rocker panel blade attachments. Needless to say my car will look pretty sporty.

Debage or not to debadge? I'm old school when it comes to this and have decided to keep the eDrive and 330e badges on the car.

I also purchased original 19" BMW M Sport 403M wheels that I'll use during the winter. I'm thinking of going with Continental Conti Viking Contact (CVC) winter tires, but I still have a few months to decide on this before winter arrives. Winter tires are very important here in the arctic and we need to use them for about 5 months out of the year. There's also quite a bit of snow, so dropping the car by an extra 10mm is most likely not an option, since my car would be a snow plow after that :thumbdown

Design principles / interior
With the interior I went with a classic black and chose the original F30 M Sport interior trim, which was featured at the launch of the F30 M Sport package in Barcelona back in 2011. Since I have the optional M sport brakes (=blue brake calipers) on the car, I think the estoril blue matte trim ties up the exterior and interior nicely. Note that in the LCI cars the blue trim also extends to the door panels, which should look great. I won't be putting in any carbon accessories to the interior and would like to keep it looking clean.

[Mr iPerformance]

msport123 said:

Hi chaps,
Your 330e's look lovely...
If you don't mind sharing, what kind of lease deals did you guys sign up to for your cars?

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Hi msport123. Thanks, glad you like it! I paid cash, since the tax law is ridiculous up here in Finland. I'm also planning to keep my car for a pretty long time.

[aiden_wallace]

msport123 said:

Hi chaps,

Your 330e's look lovely...

If you don't mind sharing, what kind of lease deals did you guys sign up to for your cars?

I managed to get 9+23 and 10k miles pa for £330/month
M sport plus pack (442's)
Navigation professional plus pack
HK audio
HUD
Heat steering wheel
Comfort Pack
Reverse camera
mineral grey w/ saddle brown leather

from what i see now, the base spec M sport is more than £330 month so pretty happy

[Mr iPerformance]

DragonflyTrumpeter said:

Mr iPerformance, I am not a fan of black as a rule but your car looks absolutely fantastic.

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Thanks, much appreciated

It also rides sooooooo well. I let my lady drive it and she was giggling the entire time and was saying how great and planted the car feels. Also, she thought the noise the EV motor made on MAX eDRIVE was hilarious. When accelerating the car says 'wheeeeee... !' ... funny stuff. Now I hear it every single time when I go on the gas

[msport123]

aiden_wallace said:

I managed to get 9+23 and 10k miles pa for £330/month
M sport plus pack (442's)
Navigation professional plus pack
HK audio
HUD
Heat steering wheel
Comfort Pack
Reverse camera
mineral grey w/ saddle brown leather

from what i see now, the base spec M sport is more than £330 month so pretty happy

Great spec for what works out to be on average £440 per month over the 2 years. Good mileage allowance too!

[c7carl]

Hi all,

Just received some bad news from BMW regarding my 330e that I ordered as a company car on 29/02/16......

When I checked on 18/05/16, I was told the same dates that were confirmed to me when I placed the order in Feb:
Order status - 1100 (Scheduled)
Scheduled for Manufacture - 24/06
Scheduled for delivery - 27/7

However when I checked again yesterday (07/06/16), I was told that the date had now slipped:
Scheduled for Manufacture - 07/11

When I queried this with the dealer, I was told:

"BMW have pulled all of the build slots back due to other model changes at the moment however after speaking with them it is more than likely they will push them all forward again but we are unsure as to what date at the moment."

Really not happy with a 5 month slippage at such a late stage - the vehicle was due to hit production in only a few weeks time.


I suggest others check their orders too.

Two of my colleagues were considering ordering 330e's for their next company cars but are now seriously reconsidering.

[martipearce]

c7carl said:

Hi all,

Just received some bad news from BMW regarding my 330e that I ordered as a company car on 29/02/16......

When I checked on 18/05/16, I was told the same dates that were confirmed to me when I placed the order in Feb:
Order status - 1100 (Scheduled)
Scheduled for Manufacture - 24/06
Scheduled for delivery - 27/7

However when I checked again yesterday (07/06/16), I was told that the date had now slipped:
Scheduled for Manufacture - 07/11

When I queried this with the dealer, I was told:

"BMW have pulled all of the build slots back due to other model changes at the moment however after speaking with them it is more than likely they will push them all forward again but we are unsure as to what date at the moment."

Really not happy with a 5 month slippage at such a late stage - the vehicle was due to hit production in only a few weeks time.


I suggest others check their orders too.

Two of my colleagues were considering ordering 330e's for their next company cars but are now seriously reconsidering.

My friend it gets worse. If somebody placed an order for one now, they won't recieve it until Feb 2017. I would steer clear of them for now. They are releasing an X5 PHev this year if the budget allows. Go for something simple like the C Class Coupe. I know some guys doing a deal on these

C220d Coupe Sport Auto
9+23
8k m.p.a.
£258 a month inc VAT

[sahajesh]

BMW were surprised by the demand for a low BIK, pretty nippy car

In our company lease scheme (Lex), we're told Apr 2017 delivery and you can't actually order one!

Given there is only the 330e and the 225xe for now, but we are expecting a 530e, 540e and 740e, they will need to rapidly increase supply and I'd hope to see shorter leadtimes in Q4 this year. All good for nme as I need one by 18/3/17 and don't want to wait 12 months!

[headjog]

Mr iPerformance said:

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Thanks, much appreciated

It also rides sooooooo well. I let my lady drive it and she was giggling the entire time and was saying how great and planted the car feels. Also, she thought the noise the EV motor made on MAX eDRIVE was hilarious. When accelerating the car says 'wheeeeee... !' ... funny stuff. Now I hear it every single time when I go on the gas

I know what you mean - the sound is awesome!
My mate who spent £110k on an i8 is gutted that I have the same technology in my 330e!

I love it when you boot it and have the instant torque from the ev which gives the 'wheee' sound you mention..............such a fun car to drive.

Personally, I drive EV through all 30 & 40 mph areas and then whack it into sport mode (gearshift) for everywhere else to replenish the battery, which it does way quicker than I thought.
Great fun, great power, great for the environment and great on the wallet !!

[headjog]

c7carl said:

Hi all,

Just received some bad news from BMW regarding my 330e that I ordered as a company car on 29/02/16......

When I checked on 18/05/16, I was told the same dates that were confirmed to me when I placed the order in Feb:
Order status - 1100 (Scheduled)
Scheduled for Manufacture - 24/06
Scheduled for delivery - 27/7

However when I checked again yesterday (07/06/16), I was told that the date had now slipped:
Scheduled for Manufacture - 07/11

When I queried this with the dealer, I was told:

"BMW have pulled all of the build slots back due to other model changes at the moment however after speaking with them it is more than likely they will push them all forward again but we are unsure as to what date at the moment."

Really not happy with a 5 month slippage at such a late stage - the vehicle was due to hit production in only a few weeks time.


I suggest others check their orders too.

Two of my colleagues were considering ordering 330e's for their next company cars but are now seriously reconsidering.

Gutted for you .....I had to wait 6 months from order, so not as bad as you ........but seriously this car is well worth the wait.
Don't give up on it now dude

[aiden_wallace]

I know its crap for all these people who are having their cars delayed. I ordered mine on 5th Jan & the wait is almost over - code 9650 with an ETA of today!

will be speaking to the dealer shortly to see how quickly I can have the car.

I am beyond excited!

[Legacywr]

I called my local dealer, who thinks I could have one by the end of the year?

Anyway, test drive booked for Saturday

[Ben330e]

Does anyone plug straight into their house's plug sockets which are on a ring circuit? I was thinking I have to get a dedicated plug put in connected back to the fuze box. But I've read somewhere you can go into the settings and tell the car to charge at 6A, which takes longer but won't cook the house electrics. Anyone have any experience with that? Many thanks.

[AdamPalethorpe]

Charging from home works fine. You can indeed tell it which amount to charge through. At work the plug I put it into is in a circuit that's quite loaded already so I charge from the medium level power. Easy peasy.

I have a question about the preconditioning in the cabin for someone in the know?? - During the cold weather I did it and it warmed my interior up nicely and even defrosted my window - lovely! And today I did it in the UK as it's pretty warm (for once!) and it made it icy cold - lovely again!

I don't get it though... I'm sure I read that it just gets the car to 21Deg C which is comfortable. It seems it actually turns it into a fridge on cool days and makes it warm on cold days, which is great. Anyone else experienced that?

[Ben330e]

Thanks Adam

[Chris1712]

AdamPalethorpe said:

Charging from home works fine. You can indeed tell it which amount to charge through. At work the plug I put it into is in a circuit that's quite loaded already so I charge from the medium level power. Easy peasy.

I have a question about the preconditioning in the cabin for someone in the know?? - During the cold weather I did it and it warmed my interior up nicely and even defrosted my window - lovely! And today I did it in the UK as it's pretty warm (for once!) and it made it icy cold - lovely again!

I don't get it though... I'm sure I read that it just gets the car to 21Deg C which is comfortable. It seems it actually turns it into a fridge on cool days and makes it warm on cold days, which is great. Anyone else experienced that?

It will behave the same as if you're in the car driving, ie it gets to the temperature you've set on the climate control. Think it's just the contrast between hot/cold you're noticing .

[AdamPalethorpe]

Chris1712 said:

It will behave the same as if you're in the car driving, ie it gets to the temperature you've set on the climate control. Think it's just the contrast between hot/cold you're noticing .

That's interesting, I thought it would be ace if it just got to your last setting on the climate control but when I asked the dealer about this they insisted it just went to a pre-programmed 'comfortable' temperate of 21.

His reasoning was I could have used the car last night and left it on warm then had the climate control off this morning. It wouldn't be nice if it remembered my last setting was hot and then I get into a hot car on boiling day lol.

[Happy_Harris1431]

AdamPalethorpe said:

That's interesting, I thought it would be ace if it just got to your last setting on the climate control but when I asked the dealer about this they insisted it just went to a pre-programmed 'comfortable' temperate of 21.

His reasoning was I could have used the car last night and left it on warm then had the climate control off this morning. It wouldn't be nice if it remembered my last setting was hot and then I get into a hot car on boiling day lol.

My understanding is also that it's set to 21 degrees so either cools or heats depending on the current temp.

I've tried changing it inside when leaving the car but it doesn't make any difference.

[aiden_wallace]

Happy_Harris1431 said:

My understanding is also that it's set to 21 degrees so either cools or heats depending on the current temp.

I've tried changing it inside when leaving the car but it doesn't make any difference.

This is disappointing

On the "lesser" Golf GTE you can specify the temp, or included heating to front or rear windows if you wish, all via the app.

Bmw have missed a trick here, hopefully there will be an update to include this functionality (I was hoping to be able to activate heated seats and steering wheel from app!!)

[F30Nick]

Can anyone confirm the real-world MPG you're getting?

Preferably just on the petrol (no charge) so I can work out a 'worst case scenario'.

Probably a bad time. I imagine there's some spirited driving taking place!