E91 Straight Six Bearding

[helix402]

I’d recommend gen BMW discs and ATE Ceramic pads, they work as well as standard pads but produce much less dust.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Probably won't go wrong with any decent non run flat. I ditched mine 6yrs ago! Ran Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta for about 4 then when they stopped maling those I switched to the Goodyear F1 GSD3 Asymmetric. More than happy with both.

[TheHoof]

If anyone objects I'll happily remove this post - we've just listed our 2009 E91 330i in the PH classifieds. Happy to answer any questions anyone has.

We'll be sad to see it go but we're leaving the UK to Canada so she's got to go (and the Caterham )

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[rallycross]

TheHoof said:

If anyone objects I'll happily remove this post - we've just listed our 2009 E91 330i in the PH classifieds. Happy to answer any questions anyone has.

We'll be sad to see it go but we're leaving the UK to Canada so she's got to go (and the Caterham )

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Very nice and super rare to find a 330i manual touring sport of that age with under 100k miles on it.

[TheHoof]

rallycross said:

Very nice and super rare to find a 330i manual touring sport of that age with under 100k miles on it.

Thanks! We both commute by train so we only really use the 330 for long distance runs at weekends and holidays, hence the relatively low mileage for the age.

[Mr Tidy]

How much!

Given the HPFP and injector issues N53s are known for.

Good luck.

[ferrisbueller]

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Unsurprisingly there are no equivalents on Autotrader at present. However, LCi 325d/330d autos are being pitched at the 10k mark. Go figure.

[p1stonhead]

ferrisbueller said:

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Unsurprisingly there are no equivalents on Autotrader at present. However, LCi 325d/330d autos are being pitched at the 10k mark. Go figure.

Are they? I figured my 325d with 100k miles (pro navy etc) was worth about £5k absolute max.

[PTF]

p1stonhead said:

ferrisbueller said:

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Unsurprisingly there are no equivalents on Autotrader at present. However, LCi 325d/330d autos are being pitched at the 10k mark. Go figure.

Are they? I figured my 325d with 100k miles (pro navy etc) was worth about £5k absolute max.

I sold my 09 325d E91 with 70k for £10k privately about 2 yrs ago. The new owner offered it back to me for £7.5k 8 months later and i missed it by 1 day (had to wait for my interim car to sell).

If you're selling an E91 325d LCI with pro nav for £5k give me a shout! 100k miles wouldn't bother me on those

Prices for anything like that are really firm now. I'd expect to lose nothing on my 130i in the last year, despite adding 14k miles (now on 61k)

Having said that, £10k for an LCI E91 without pro nav is strong money IMO

Edited by PTF on Wednesday 10th October 11:41

[ferrisbueller]

p1stonhead said:

ferrisbueller said:

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Unsurprisingly there are no equivalents on Autotrader at present. However, LCi 325d/330d autos are being pitched at the 10k mark. Go figure.

Are they? I figured my 325d with 100k miles (pro navy etc) was worth about £5k absolute max.

I just did a search for LCi 3'er Tourings up to 80k miles with 3 ltr engines.

ETA. 9.5-10k and the diesel is less desirable than the petrol. 335s seem to be circa 2k more.

As was demonstrated recently, low mile manual 330i tourings fetch good money.

Edited by ferrisbueller on Wednesday 10th October 11:48

[ferrisbueller]

PTF said:

Having said that, £10k for an LCI E91 without pro nav is strong money IMO

Strong but not unrealistic IMO. I don't have a dog in the fight, I don't own one. Just observing the market, which is a bit weird at the moment on all levels. Interesting to see the end result either way. There were lots of nay-sayers with the Lord's low-miler and IIRC it was snapped up for good money.

Do people place a premium on Nav when Waze on your phone will be vastly superior? The last ProNav equipped car I had failed the drive twice in three years, at circa £2k a pop on the warranty.

[to3m]

I paid £11,000 a year ago at a dealer for a E90 330i M Sport manual with adaptive Xenons, pro satnav, and leather. 10 plate, 55K miles. Not out of line compared with the others I saw with a similar spec... all two of them. There's not many of this sort of car for sale at any given time, so there don't have to be all that many interested buyers for prices to stay higher than you'd expect.

Other data points: https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-330i-SE-E90-2010-27...

(Regarding the satnav: I agree. Seemed like a good idea to have it when I bought my car, and I doubt I'm unusual in thinking that, but objectively, it's dumb. At some point it will break, and then I'll just have this blank screen in the dashboard, taunting me. I need to at least take it all apart and get a backup of the HD, which is hopefully the component most likely to fail...)

[PTF]

to3m said:

I paid £11,000 a year ago at a dealer for a E90 330i M Sport manual with adaptive Xenons, pro satnav, and leather. 10 plate, 55K miles. Not out of line compared with the others I saw with a similar spec... all two of them. There's not many of this sort of car for sale at any given time, so there don't have to be all that many interested buyers for prices to stay higher than you'd expect.

Other data points: https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15...https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-330i-SE-E90-2010-27...

(Regarding the satnav: I agree. Seemed like a good idea to have it when I bought my car, and I doubt I'm unusual in thinking that, but objectively, it's dumb. At some point it will break, and then I'll just have this blank screen in the dashboard, taunting me. I need to at least take it all apart and get a backup of the HD, which is hopefully the component most likely to fail...)

The CD/DVD player broke in my E91. It was broken from when i drove it home from the dealer. It ended up going back in for 2 days and the whole infotainment box (that huge unit that houses the nav/audio/HDD) was put in and recoded. The total bill under warranty was huge. The dealer (Sytner Select) were excellent, but it must have hammered their profit margin.

I was glad it didn't happen under my watch, as like you say there's a big screen laughing at you...

[Mike335i]

It's not just the nav that makes the Pro nav desirable, it's the general absence of screen and hdd music options I think. Without the hump in the dash it just looks a little sparse. Not bad, just as though something is missing. Which I guess it is in a way.

[Swervin_Mervin]

Mike335i said:

It's not just the nav that makes the Pro nav desirable, it's the general absence of screen and hdd music options I think. Without the hump in the dash it just looks a little sparse. Not bad, just as though something is missing. Which I guess it is in a way.

See, I'm the opposite. I specifically out of 2 chose the one without nav as I knew it was already dated 6yrs ago when i bought it. I much prefer the cleaner lines of the dash without.

To each their own tho

[Seek]

Owner of a 325iT with Pro Nav I can agree with both sides

Essentials are sport seats, cruise control, bluetooth, panorama roof
All other options are nice-to-have... including Pro Nav

[Mr Tidy]

ferrisbueller said:

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Why - it has the N52 engine so won't suffer those issues.

[ferrisbueller]

Mr Tidy said:

ferrisbueller said:

Helpful. Be sure to pop back when you're selling your Z4 with the same issues.

Why - it has the N52 engine so won't suffer those issues.

It's that long since I've been near a Z4 coupe that I'd associated the higher output as being the different engine so you're entitled to some smugness.

Still unhelpful.

[ferrisbueller]

Whilst I'm transplanting engines, this thread is worth a read (E91 V8)

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Shame the factory never did one.

[ferrisbueller]

Anyone else get recall letters this week? Just opened mine, dated October 1st, received yesterday, saying can book for repairs now.