BMW F30 335d XDrive

[davidsfox]

Mattt said:

I thought facelift was later?

Speak to Tony at BMW Heathrow, he does good deals.

I've heard bad things about non adaptive cars but not tried it personally, I think the suspension on mine is fine for a fast saloon - but it's no sports car.

I'm on my 4th F31 BMW (2nd 335d) and every time I spec it I'm always told not to bother speccing the Adaptive Suspension as it makes little difference unless you have an M Car. Be interesting to hear what you have heard.

[davidsfox]

I'm on my 2nd F31 335d, and 4th F31 overall.

Initially I started purchasing them due to my job overseas, plus with the added bonus of tax free and generous BMW discounts. Funds allowed that I could move up from the 320d so went with the 335d. Loved it so much that I bought another one this year for my return to UK work.

I can't fault the car drive wise. I frequently drove 800 mile journeys and it lapped them up with ease. Mid range, it can be savage and it does surprise a lot of people. In estate format, I think it looks good, if not better than the saloon and the coupe.

Specced in the trim and options I have chosen, the configuration says just over 50k. I paid 32k. The only thing I didn't tick was the Heads Up Display, Adaptive Suspension and Electric Seats, simply because £900 to move your seat once doesn't seem worth it.

If I have a gripe, it's the exhaust. It should have one either side. ACS have an option to do this, but it isn't cheap.

A couple of pictures I have just taken (note the car is jam packed for yet another journey tomorrow).

Edited by davidsfox on Tuesday 12th July 17:01

[Welshbeef]

davidsfox said:

I'm on my 4th F31 BMW (2nd 335d) and every time I spec it I'm always told not to bother speccing the Adaptive Suspension as it makes little difference unless you have an M Car. Be interesting to hear what you have heard.

Can I ask why? 4th F31?
Were they all badly accident damaged so were written off ?


The F31 came out in "12" reg so that's on average a new car every single year... Surely there is a financially cheaper way to do it. Still I could care less how anyone else does or doesn't spend their own cash but seriously curious especially as it's the same model 4 times back to back and having to modify springs twice at £700+ Vat fitting per car.

[spreadsheet monkey]

Welshbeef said:

davidsfox said:

I'm on my 4th F31 BMW (2nd 335d) and every time I spec it I'm always told not to bother speccing the Adaptive Suspension as it makes little difference unless you have an M Car. Be interesting to hear what you have heard.

Can I ask why? 4th F31?
Were they all badly accident damaged so were written off ?

Did you read his post? He worked overseas and was able to buy them tax free and with generous discounts.

[Welshbeef]

spreadsheet monkey said:

Welshbeef said:

davidsfox said:

I'm on my 4th F31 BMW (2nd 335d) and every time I spec it I'm always told not to bother speccing the Adaptive Suspension as it makes little difference unless you have an M Car. Be interesting to hear what you have heard.

Can I ask why? 4th F31?
Were they all badly accident damaged so were written off ?

Did you read his post? He worked overseas and was able to buy them tax free and with generous discounts.

And?
I might just be able to understand a move from a 316d F31 to a 335d F31 but buying two more one identical to be 335d makes no sense.

[axel1990chp]

One of these in estate form absolutely blew the pants out of my tweeked Golf R last week, absolute smoke machine so was definitely played with, but from exiting a 30 onto NSL they were well into their 00's before I was at 70!

[davidsfox]

Welshbeef said:

And?
I might just be able to understand a move from a 316d F31 to a 335d F31 but buying two more one identical to be 335d makes no sense.

They weren't identical spec wise. I made a significant profit on the previous 3.

I bought another 335d because a) profit, b) the new one is the facelift c) I specced the car to what I wanted. When buying the tax free cars you usually spec them enough that they are deemed enough to make a tidy profit when you sell on. As I now work in the UK, I wanted to come back with a car that I wanted, not for profit, hence the large spec.

Any one on here who is or has served in Germany will testify most people do this. Even better if you have the money to buy a tax free RR Sport - profit of around 8k to be had.

[monkey43]

Good morning all.

After 11 years (and 220k miles!)of driving a Ford Mustang 4.6 GT I recently "traded up" to a BMW 335D X Drive M Sport Touring.
Traded up because this one has had the full AC Schnitzer performance upgrade (tuned engine, suspension kit, dual sport exhaust), M sport plus (including adaptive suspension) plus all the usual goodies from base car. After 2 months and 4000 miles the car has blown me away.

I'm averaging 38.3mpg - amazing considering the car's performance - 360PS, 690Nm torque - and the shove from this car is just insane. How do these numbers compare?
0-60 4.3 (manufacturers quoted figure)
70-100 3.1 (timed with son's stopwatch)

Yet it's a pussycat when you want it to be. Never had a car with such a Jekyll & Hyde character. What a blast!!

[WCZ]

I've just had an extended test drive of one of these, the engine is nice but everything else is extremely boring imo
the interior is dull, steering feel the most detached of any car I've ever driven and doesn't really feel very nimble in terms of handling