E92 335i SE Coupe
Discussion
AV12 said:
Nice car. I have just borrowed one of these from a friend. It was manual I loved it and that my riend is a very nice motor. Well done.
I think after this you may find it hard to see past RWD and straight-six...
That's good to hear, and thank-you.I think after this you may find it hard to see past RWD and straight-six...
Fingers-crossed the DVLA paperwork will come this week and I can go collect the car.
AV12 said:
Mazdarese said:
That's good to hear, and thank-you.
Fingers-crossed the DVLA paperwork will come this week and I can go collect the car.
No worries.Fingers-crossed the DVLA paperwork will come this week and I can go collect the car.
Don't forget this place if you should need "extra".
I will of course be tweaking at some point, but probably only after the warranty has expired.
AV12 said:
Warranty expiry eh? Worth doing some investigation with Birds to see if anything does invalidate it..
If all good then extend
Damn, I wish you hadn't shown me their website!If all good then extend
Interesting!
Lovely car OP. Love the colour too.
We recently bought an E90 330D SE which is a wonderful car RUINED by tyres. Less than 2 weeks in to ownership I had the RFs removed, and 4 conventional Michelin Pilot Sport tyres fitted. Wow. Just wow. The steering and handling were transformed. A can of tyre gunk and a compressor / breakdown cover is well worth it for decent handling, rather than the car trying to rattle your fillings out.
Enjoy it, would love one next.
We recently bought an E90 330D SE which is a wonderful car RUINED by tyres. Less than 2 weeks in to ownership I had the RFs removed, and 4 conventional Michelin Pilot Sport tyres fitted. Wow. Just wow. The steering and handling were transformed. A can of tyre gunk and a compressor / breakdown cover is well worth it for decent handling, rather than the car trying to rattle your fillings out.
Enjoy it, would love one next.
Very nice Car, love the colour and wheel combination on this!
I used to run a 320d M sport coupe, accept in a rather boring silver, this was company policy and not my choice.
One thing to consider, if you’re buying from a none BMW dealer check your warranty will cover a damaged/cracked Alloy wheel should the issue occur. Just before I returned mine I took it to Williams BMW Manchester for an MOT. (Just passed the 3 year mark in age)
When the garage called me saying it was completed I was shocked to find out it had failed due to the rear alloys being badly cracked and would need to be replaced in order to pass the MOT (Both rear alloys that is!)
For about a week it went on that BMW would not replace the damaged alloys, even though this is a huge problem for them. I was very close to paying a thousand pound myself to get them replaced as they didn’t budge on their “it’s not our fault” position. Thankfully though a very helpful chap in the dealership managed to contact BMW, send them my wheels and after a further day or two BMW confirmed they would replace both wheels.
Although your alloys are not known to have this problem it has been known to happen, I would contact BMW to see where you stand just encase this happens to you (mine was just over 3 years old so technically out of BMW standard warranty but they still replaced them), they may say no or they may say they would need to look into it, either way it’s a grey area BMW do not like admitting liability for!
Also, definitely get NONE run flat tyres, changes the entire feel for this car and 200% improves the ride on 19's
good luck and enjoy, lovely car!
I used to run a 320d M sport coupe, accept in a rather boring silver, this was company policy and not my choice.
One thing to consider, if you’re buying from a none BMW dealer check your warranty will cover a damaged/cracked Alloy wheel should the issue occur. Just before I returned mine I took it to Williams BMW Manchester for an MOT. (Just passed the 3 year mark in age)
When the garage called me saying it was completed I was shocked to find out it had failed due to the rear alloys being badly cracked and would need to be replaced in order to pass the MOT (Both rear alloys that is!)
For about a week it went on that BMW would not replace the damaged alloys, even though this is a huge problem for them. I was very close to paying a thousand pound myself to get them replaced as they didn’t budge on their “it’s not our fault” position. Thankfully though a very helpful chap in the dealership managed to contact BMW, send them my wheels and after a further day or two BMW confirmed they would replace both wheels.
Although your alloys are not known to have this problem it has been known to happen, I would contact BMW to see where you stand just encase this happens to you (mine was just over 3 years old so technically out of BMW standard warranty but they still replaced them), they may say no or they may say they would need to look into it, either way it’s a grey area BMW do not like admitting liability for!
Also, definitely get NONE run flat tyres, changes the entire feel for this car and 200% improves the ride on 19's
good luck and enjoy, lovely car!
GregE240 said:
Lovely car OP. Love the colour too.
We recently bought an E90 330D SE which is a wonderful car RUINED by tyres. Less than 2 weeks in to ownership I had the RFs removed, and 4 conventional Michelin Pilot Sport tyres fitted. Wow. Just wow. The steering and handling were transformed. A can of tyre gunk and a compressor / breakdown cover is well worth it for decent handling, rather than the car trying to rattle your fillings out.
Enjoy it, would love one next.
Thanks Greg!We recently bought an E90 330D SE which is a wonderful car RUINED by tyres. Less than 2 weeks in to ownership I had the RFs removed, and 4 conventional Michelin Pilot Sport tyres fitted. Wow. Just wow. The steering and handling were transformed. A can of tyre gunk and a compressor / breakdown cover is well worth it for decent handling, rather than the car trying to rattle your fillings out.
Enjoy it, would love one next.
I'm amazed that BMW released the car if the run-flat tyres have such a negative impact on the ride, but too many people have said the same thing for it to not have some truth. I can't dump all four tyres straight away though as it will cost me a fortune to replace them, but when they need changing I'll look at standard tyres.
Ethan2312 said:
Very nice Car, love the colour and wheel combination on this!
I used to run a 320d M sport coupe, accept in a rather boring silver, this was company policy and not my choice.
One thing to consider, if you’re buying from a none BMW dealer check your warranty will cover a damaged/cracked Alloy wheel should the issue occur. Just before I returned mine I took it to Williams BMW Manchester for an MOT. (Just passed the 3 year mark in age)
When the garage called me saying it was completed I was shocked to find out it had failed due to the rear alloys being badly cracked and would need to be replaced in order to pass the MOT (Both rear alloys that is!)
For about a week it went on that BMW would not replace the damaged alloys, even though this is a huge problem for them. I was very close to paying a thousand pound myself to get them replaced as they didn’t budge on their “it’s not our fault” position. Thankfully though a very helpful chap in the dealership managed to contact BMW, send them my wheels and after a further day or two BMW confirmed they would replace both wheels.
Although your alloys are not known to have this problem it has been known to happen, I would contact BMW to see where you stand just encase this happens to you (mine was just over 3 years old so technically out of BMW standard warranty but they still replaced them), they may say no or they may say they would need to look into it, either way it’s a grey area BMW do not like admitting liability for!
Also, definitely get NONE run flat tyres, changes the entire feel for this car and 200% improves the ride on 19's
good luck and enjoy, lovely car!
Thanks for your kind words and advice I used to run a 320d M sport coupe, accept in a rather boring silver, this was company policy and not my choice.
One thing to consider, if you’re buying from a none BMW dealer check your warranty will cover a damaged/cracked Alloy wheel should the issue occur. Just before I returned mine I took it to Williams BMW Manchester for an MOT. (Just passed the 3 year mark in age)
When the garage called me saying it was completed I was shocked to find out it had failed due to the rear alloys being badly cracked and would need to be replaced in order to pass the MOT (Both rear alloys that is!)
For about a week it went on that BMW would not replace the damaged alloys, even though this is a huge problem for them. I was very close to paying a thousand pound myself to get them replaced as they didn’t budge on their “it’s not our fault” position. Thankfully though a very helpful chap in the dealership managed to contact BMW, send them my wheels and after a further day or two BMW confirmed they would replace both wheels.
Although your alloys are not known to have this problem it has been known to happen, I would contact BMW to see where you stand just encase this happens to you (mine was just over 3 years old so technically out of BMW standard warranty but they still replaced them), they may say no or they may say they would need to look into it, either way it’s a grey area BMW do not like admitting liability for!
Also, definitely get NONE run flat tyres, changes the entire feel for this car and 200% improves the ride on 19's
good luck and enjoy, lovely car!
My car, when I blummin' get it, is a BMW approved used car with 2 years BMW warranty so I am pretty sure that the wheels will be covered for what appear to be manufacturing defects.
So, the paperwork was apparently submitted at my local DVLA office last Monday to transfer number-plates and apparently "takes two weeks". Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let it happen this week!
I picked the car up on Saturday morning and I'm smitten. I was on the 'phone at 9am to Direct Line arranging the insurance, then had to wait for my 'appointment' at 11:45 to pick up the car, that was a long couple of hours.
I arrived at the dealership at 11:44 and my immaculately cleaned car was parked out front with my numberplate on, and all I wanted to do from that point was dump the Mazda and go on a hoon in the new car. Both my wife and I said it looked nicer than we remembered it, as daft as that sounds. The whole buying process has been great, far too easy. The only delay being the DVLA sending out documents 2nd class
It's fantastic to drive, effortlessly quick, and sounds very very fruity. Over the weekend we've been to Chester and back, then up to The Lakes yesterday, and it's averaged 29mpg which I'm very happy with.
My Ipod integrates really well with the iDrive, letting me browse my all the usual categories via the iDrive wheel. The Sat-Nav is also very useful, with working (didn't work on the Mazda) TMC it alerted us to 'potential traffic problems on your route' on our way home from Windermere yesterday
Currently delighted, and will get some more pics up when I'm home.
AV12 said:
Great...sounds a fair bit louder/better than you'd expect doesn't it? Good work.
Yep, I'm especially happy with the noise. The Mazda, as great as it was, sounds like a vacuum cleaner, and my car before that was a 147GTA so I was keen to get some of that aural pleasure back, and I'm not disappointed. No sign of the crashy ride from the RFL's yet either, despite over 300 miles at the weekend on mixed roads. I'm actually looking forward to getting up 4:30am tomorrow to drive to Bournemouth!
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