F30 3 Series Touring
Discussion
Hi,
Probably narrowed down my next car to an F30 3 Series Touring but don't know about the reliability or must have options. Searches return stuff mainly from 2017.
Ideally, I'd probably go for a petrol but these seem really rare so probably I'll go for the diesel. I don't know anything about diesels and have never owned one.
If any of you great people would be able to help point me in the right direction on the following questions/requirements, I'd be most grateful:
- Want 6 cyl (will look at the 330i if it is good but would prefer 6 cyl)
- Is the 330d / 335d reliable? What are the common issues to worry about
- Are there any issues with the Xdrive system?
- Do I need to worry about DPF and how do I check?
- I presume the auto gearbox is the ZF and reliable
Budget is max £25,000 and a quick sweep of the market shows I'd be looking at a 2017 model with about 30,000 miles for about £23k.
Probably narrowed down my next car to an F30 3 Series Touring but don't know about the reliability or must have options. Searches return stuff mainly from 2017.
Ideally, I'd probably go for a petrol but these seem really rare so probably I'll go for the diesel. I don't know anything about diesels and have never owned one.
If any of you great people would be able to help point me in the right direction on the following questions/requirements, I'd be most grateful:
- Want 6 cyl (will look at the 330i if it is good but would prefer 6 cyl)
- Is the 330d / 335d reliable? What are the common issues to worry about
- Are there any issues with the Xdrive system?
- Do I need to worry about DPF and how do I check?
- I presume the auto gearbox is the ZF and reliable
Budget is max £25,000 and a quick sweep of the market shows I'd be looking at a 2017 model with about 30,000 miles for about £23k.
I picked up a f31 330d with 39k miles not long ago for half of your budget.
Pronav and xenons are my 2 ‘must haves’. The zf8 gearbox is very good. Haven’t had any issues having done 5k miles since August. Mine does short journeys 6 days a week and a longer blast on the weekend and I’ve not had any dpf issues thus far.
Pronav and xenons are my 2 ‘must haves’. The zf8 gearbox is very good. Haven’t had any issues having done 5k miles since August. Mine does short journeys 6 days a week and a longer blast on the weekend and I’ve not had any dpf issues thus far.
Id vote for 330d, not the PH vote but for real usage it’s a great package. I ran a e90 330d (Same engine just older version) for 2 yrs/80k and it was brilliant, frankly I abused the thing, but routine services saw it to 160k when I traded for a f11 535d. Gearbox on the f11 was far superior (beat I’ve had) but I much preferred the engine of the e90 even though it’s inferior by numbers. Hence I think an f31 330d would be a great choice.
One thing to note though, the ride on both cars in m sport trim was horrible, I keep looking at luxury trim cars thinking they’d be a good compromise (must be getting old).
One thing to note though, the ride on both cars in m sport trim was horrible, I keep looking at luxury trim cars thinking they’d be a good compromise (must be getting old).
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