RE: BMW 335i Touring (F31): Spotted

[Mr Tidy]

pSyCoSiS said:

When my wife's previous 335i was sold, I sourced her replacement to use as a daily driver. I searched for ages to get a decent spec. I found one that had a spec better than my 7 Series - Adaptive Headlights, Xenons, Electric Rear Blind, Manual Rear Side Blinds, Electric Glass Roof, Bluetooth & Telematics, Pro Nav, Heated Memory Leather, Adaptive Cruise, Comfort Access with Keyless Entry and Keyless Go, BMW Assist, etc. All of these extras opted on a '55 plate 325i SE. Someone clearly went to town when they ordered the car.

I was happy I had found her this - she hated the car! The 325i engine felt so flat compared to the 335i and even the 330i. It just had no 'go' throughout the rev range, and this car had been pampered all it's life. It felt like the equivalent of the E30 320i - a six pot just for the sound, but a 318i would keep up with it.

It had the electric water pump replaced before we bought it, at a cost of over £800! Common and expensive fail items on these cars.

The point? I'd rather have a low spec car with a decent lump like the F31 in this article, rather than a fully loaded one with a 'meh' engine.

I can relate to that to be fair - my E91 325i N52 only performs sensibly when you rev the nuts off it!

But the 3 litre N52 in my E86 goes like a stabbed rat - when required.

[PorkRind]

J4CKO said:

I dont get the fixation on the sat nav thing, I drove cars for years with out it and have had various contraptions stuck to my windscreen.

Is it that you are really into navigation and always use the nav, or just that the screen looks nicer and you dont want Alan from accounts thinking you arent living the dream ?

My thoughts exactly, not sure when sat nav was a priority over say, a 6 cyl turbo engine, manual gearbox and nice read leather seats.

[Francis85]

aaron_2000 said:

Hmmm, obvious troll is still obvious. I'd ask what you drive, but judging by the way you talk on here, I'd be surprised if you could even reach the pedals

I really admire your capacity to confuse people.
On the 2nd page you say that a 535i is a pointless car as is not diesel but then on 7th page you proudly tell us that you own a 15mpg 735i.

No more questions your honour.

[SteBrown91]

bungle said:

OK, let's stop the troll comments...



Excuse my ignorance, I've not had a keyless go BMW... is that a fault above? Surely even if the owner opened the car just to take the pic, the car would notice the key and shouldn't display "remote control not found" etc? Or do I just not understand how it works...??

<in the market for a car, and realise I don't understand how modern cars work these days >

The key has a low sensitivity to deliberately stop you being able to start the car while not in it. My 320d for example will bh if you try and lean in to push the start button without sitting in the car (to warm the car up in winter for example)

[Ares]

SteBrown91 said:

bungle said:

OK, let's stop the troll comments...



Excuse my ignorance, I've not had a keyless go BMW... is that a fault above? Surely even if the owner opened the car just to take the pic, the car would notice the key and shouldn't display "remote control not found" etc? Or do I just not understand how it works...??

<in the market for a car, and realise I don't understand how modern cars work these days >

The key has a low sensitivity to deliberately stop you being able to start the car while not in it. My 320d for example will bh if you try and lean in to push the start button without sitting in the car (to warm the car up in winter for example)

What he said. All my keyless BMWs will show that is the key is not physically in the car, even if it is in an open door pocket it will trigger. Good feature in fairness.

[aaron_2000]

Francis85 said:

aaron_2000 said:

Hmmm, obvious troll is still obvious. I'd ask what you drive, but judging by the way you talk on here, I'd be surprised if you could even reach the pedals

I really admire your capacity to confuse people.
On the 2nd page you say that a 535i is a pointless car as is not diesel but then on 7th page you proudly tell us that you own a 15mpg 735i.

No more questions your honour.

I'll bite, tell me where I said "The 735i that I drive isn't pointless". I believe I said it because you said I couldn't afford to run a petrol car. Don't you have homework to do instead of pretending you're buying a Porsche as a family car?

[aaron_2000]

Ares said:

SteBrown91 said:

bungle said:

OK, let's stop the troll comments...



Excuse my ignorance, I've not had a keyless go BMW... is that a fault above? Surely even if the owner opened the car just to take the pic, the car would notice the key and shouldn't display "remote control not found" etc? Or do I just not understand how it works...??

<in the market for a car, and realise I don't understand how modern cars work these days >

The key has a low sensitivity to deliberately stop you being able to start the car while not in it. My 320d for example will bh if you try and lean in to push the start button without sitting in the car (to warm the car up in winter for example)

What he said. All my keyless BMWs will show that is the key is not physically in the car, even if it is in an open door pocket it will trigger. Good feature in fairness.

Although as with pretty much every keyless start car, it doesn't shut off when the key is no longer present. I'd rather it be too short a range than long, especially as the keys to the M3 are kept in the kitchen next to it. I remember the Top Gear episode years ago when they showed the Dodge Challenger keyless go which was so generous, you could start it from yards away.

[Ares]

aaron_2000 said:

Although as with pretty much every keyless start car, it doesn't shut off when the key is no longer present. I'd rather it be too short a range than long, especially as the keys to the M3 are kept in the kitchen next to it. I remember the Top Gear episode years ago when they showed the Dodge Challenger keyless go which was so generous, you could start it from yards away.

It will if you try and drive away though. Or at least, mine did.

I wouldn't want it to shut off - one of the plus points is starting the engine to warm/defrost everything if it's not in the garage, and being able to leave it running but locked.

[Ashenhalen]

I've just bought this very car today, its missing its original wheels now and on 82k. Last chance on a manual wagon from BMW so this is it. I'm planning to have a play with it