Costs of running a 328i
Discussion
I'm finally going to stop doing 25k a year soon (can't wait) and so i'm thinking of chopping in the 1 series and getting something else. Im still going to be doing around 12k a year and I'm not brave enough for bangernomics.
One car that has caught my eye is a 328i touring. Its been a while without a petrol, I quite fancy a rev! There are a couple of them about for less than £3k with around 100k on the clock. In theory it looks like cheap motoring, but what are the running costs like on these? Any thing major to look out for etc. Im thinking around late 20's for mpg is that about right?
One car that has caught my eye is a 328i touring. Its been a while without a petrol, I quite fancy a rev! There are a couple of them about for less than £3k with around 100k on the clock. In theory it looks like cheap motoring, but what are the running costs like on these? Any thing major to look out for etc. Im thinking around late 20's for mpg is that about right?
Pretty much as expect really, I keep seeing these and 318 touring for similar money and I can't see the 318 being that much cheaper on the fuel. That said the plan is to get the touring as a cheap day to day car then get something a little quicker in a year or so as a second car, so I may go four pot petrol yet.
chrisr29 said:
Great cars, ran a 98 328 Sport for a few months and 10k miles. Can easily get 30+ on a run. Most parts available cheaply from motor factors and GSF etc. Piece of cake to work on as well....possibly the easiest car I've ever had to change a water pump on!
I've been running one for about 3 years - manual box and I get 32mpg average according to the long term consumption on the OBC - drops to about 30 in winter. I got about 38 cruising on French autoroutes at 130km/h for hours on end 4 up with the climate on.It's done 160k miles and is still going well.
They hammer front suspension joints and bushes but they're cheap to replace and worn rear trailing arm bushes can give some interesting steering/handling traits
Check the rear brake pipes from the fuel tank area backwards are good as that can be an expensive job to replace if you take it into a garage ( unless they use the sneaky fix or reroute them ).
You can do lots yourself on them. If the temp gauge doesn't sit constant on it once warmed up, get it looked at quick as a dodgy cooling system can take down your HG if not attended to. Bleeding the cooling system can be a bit of a faff as well if you've not done it before.
0-60 in 6.4, 0-100 in 17.4, 144 max and 30mpg. Not many 4 seaters that can do that for 2k.
I had a couple of E46 saloons as well and in some ways I prefer the E36 328, even over the 330
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chrisr29 said:
Can easily get 30+ on a run.
Shropshiremike said:
I get 32mpg average according to the long term consumption on the OBC - drops to about 30 in winter. I got about 38 cruising on French autoroutes
AstonV12 said:
can get 30-32 MPG on the motorway @ 80-85 MPH
You lot must drive like angels!!!I ran one for around 3 years and not once did I see over 27mpg (which was at a steady motorway cruise).
Shropshiremike said:
monthefish said:
You lot must drive like angels!!!
I ran one for around 3 years and not once did I see over 27mpg (which was at a steady motorway cruise).
What speed was your motorway cruise at though? I ran one for around 3 years and not once did I see over 27mpg (which was at a steady motorway cruise).
How much stop/start driving did you do to get onto the motorway?
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