RE: BMW 340i (F30) manual | Spotted
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gizlaroc said:
Yeah part 13.
I always just clamp the line either side, remove the valve, then poke the grommet out from inside and put it back together.
I know people buy new modded ones, but I never got that? If you take it apart anyone just remove the grommet.
Is it the same principle for the older generations regarding a grommet or is that specific for the generation in question? I’m going to be looking at it next week at some point hopefully. I always just clamp the line either side, remove the valve, then poke the grommet out from inside and put it back together.
I know people buy new modded ones, but I never got that? If you take it apart anyone just remove the grommet.
BFleming said:
Alex L said:
Is this not a former BMW UK car?
Because of the Yorkshire plate? Probably. It's a sausage machine - BMW UK orders & registers them, drives them for a bit, then release them to dealers to sell on when 6000km/6 months old so no VAT is payable. And repeat.Nowt wrong with Y reg. Mine was 1yr old at 5,500 miles and pretty much mint via a good dealer (Sandal) for sod all money. It's a pretty high spec and appears to have just driven around import sites for the first 9 months of it's life.
However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
Mr Whippy said:
Nowt wrong with Y reg. Mine was 1yr old at 5,500 miles and pretty much mint via a good dealer (Sandal) for sod all money. It's a pretty high spec and appears to have just driven around import sites for the first 9 months of it's life.
However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
They aren’t really premium cars. There isn’t a street in the UK that doesn’t have them dotted down it. They are ubiquitous transport wagons for the people. What makes them a little different is that you can get these boggo utility boxes with some silly engines. This white one without any of the pensioner life support systems comes with the one single thing that makes it different from every other junior travelling coathanger salesman’s wheels and that’s the engine. Without a silly engine it doesn’t really matter how much it can warm your piles or get you to a crucial cutlery convention in Ashby-de-la-Zouch for the best mpg. However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
Pay the right price, which is less than this one is up for and you’ve got a good car, with a great engine. It’s just not going to impress anyone or keep a pensioner comfortable.
It’s really all about the price. No gadgets, Spanish rental white but a 3L, straight six with a good turbo set up that handles well, a manual box of someone wants that and wheels that can be changes if the 17 don’t allow for the performance to be used, which of course they do unlike the 19s.
DonkeyApple said:
Mr Whippy said:
Nowt wrong with Y reg. Mine was 1yr old at 5,500 miles and pretty much mint via a good dealer (Sandal) for sod all money. It's a pretty high spec and appears to have just driven around import sites for the first 9 months of it's life.
However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
They aren’t really premium cars. There isn’t a street in the UK that doesn’t have them dotted down it. They are ubiquitous transport wagons for the people. What makes them a little different is that you can get these boggo utility boxes with some silly engines. This white one without any of the pensioner life support systems comes with the one single thing that makes it different from every other junior travelling coathanger salesman’s wheels and that’s the engine. Without a silly engine it doesn’t really matter how much it can warm your piles or get you to a crucial cutlery convention in Ashby-de-la-Zouch for the best mpg. However I'd not buy a boggo spec model. It's white because it's cheap. It has small wheels because it was cheap. It has the manual box because it was cheap.
Try find a high spec 340i full stop, never mind a manual.
Not to say there is anything wrong with it as a "car", but when a top spec Peugeot 308 boasts half the price when new, and better technology, paint and leather quality than a boggo 3er in 340i or 335Xd guise, it's pretty depressing to own such a 'premium' car in sub-premium spec.
Pay the right price, which is less than this one is up for and you’ve got a good car, with a great engine. It’s just not going to impress anyone or keep a pensioner comfortable.
It’s really all about the price. No gadgets, Spanish rental white but a 3L, straight six with a good turbo set up that handles well, a manual box of someone wants that and wheels that can be changes if the 17 don’t allow for the performance to be used, which of course they do unlike the 19s.
If your standards are a lot higher than that, fair enough - but then, come on, what are you doing pissing about looking at a BMW 3 series in the first place? You're going to need to provide details, if you want to claim that there's something seriously wrong with this car.
I'm not familiar enough with this iteration to comment on the price, which might be wrong.
One thing nobody has mentioned: this car doesn't obviously not have halogen headlights. I had 2 BMWs with halogen headlights... they sucked. Main reason not to buy it in my view.
to3m said:
I'm not familiar enough with this iteration to comment on the price, which might be wrong.
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I think the price is way too high at £21.5. It’s a manual which very clearly almost no one wanted attached to a 340 in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019. I find it hard to believe that suddenly in 2020 consumers have had a total reversal and suddenly are putting the manual option in demand. Maybe the tiny supply is matched around the £20k mark by an equal demand for manual, maybe at this price there is much more demand than supply meaning you can charge a premium but I think the odds favour there still needing to be a discount to find the demand. .
It’s white and unblinged. I think there are too types of white for consumers, plain white which tells people you are poor or on holiday and plain whote with half of Halfords taped to it which informs strangers that you are probably still poor but desperate for people to look at you and your awful taste. As such, I suspect plain whote requires a discount to find a buyer.
And then there is the fact that it doesn’t have any of the interior gizmos that help a junior coathanger seller feel like they are the regional manager. We love our gizmos so I suspect that needs a discount to overcome also.
Priced correctly it is a phenomenal bit of kit for someone who just wants a car for driving. At £21.5 it seems to be priced around the same as much better specced 340s. I guess it depends on how long they are happy to sit on it until a crazy guys comes along but I think that to sell it at the same speed that other 340s sell at it probably needs to be a chunk under £20?
They are genuinely nicer with options added.
Which is the kick in the balls on the top non-M models.
Yes there is lots of junk you don’t need.
But as said, there is something awry when your ‘premium’ £20,000 used car has such abysmal spec where a diesel 308 ‘top spec’ car has better leather, better paint, better lights, better tech (adaptive cruise) etc.
Yes yes yes, none of it is essential, but it just looks cheap and comes across as cheap.
Owning any semi expensive car to buy/run needs to make you not feel like a chump for doing so.
Once you come to sell I can guarantee the next buyer will still care... and these options will have cost you nothing except a wider market at resale.
Buying the options new however... eek!
Which is the kick in the balls on the top non-M models.
Yes there is lots of junk you don’t need.
But as said, there is something awry when your ‘premium’ £20,000 used car has such abysmal spec where a diesel 308 ‘top spec’ car has better leather, better paint, better lights, better tech (adaptive cruise) etc.
Yes yes yes, none of it is essential, but it just looks cheap and comes across as cheap.
Owning any semi expensive car to buy/run needs to make you not feel like a chump for doing so.
Once you come to sell I can guarantee the next buyer will still care... and these options will have cost you nothing except a wider market at resale.
Buying the options new however... eek!
I like that , all except the mafia glass which I hate . I spec'd a 330d touring through a broker in 2015 because you couldn't find a similar car under 2 years old without drug dealer windows , 19" white worm alloys , rock hard suspension and any amount of bells and whistles I didn't need . my extras, Seat heaters , red paint and adaptive dampers, for the same money as a used car . Result is perfect for rough fenland roads on normal (non-runflat) tyres . Of course it's auto because diesel rev range means it's essential for rapid progress. but it's my spec and I love it . Why spec your car just to find more second buyers for the sake of spoiling your own use. crazy!
Farmer said:
I like that , all except the mafia glass which I hate . I spec'd a 330d touring through a broker in 2015 because you couldn't find a similar car under 2 years old without drug dealer windows !
Don't be a t
t. Many people buy a touring as a family car. Kids and dogs.
It keeps the cabin much cooler and stops people seeing he dog in the rear too.
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