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Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers
[quote=NightDriver]Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers[/q
if you have the choice the 335d is well worth the extra
have a test drive in both and you'll get "it" 
Options : Pro-Nav,big wheels,nice colour combo,just the usual really.
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers[/q
if you have the choice the 335d is well worth the extra
have a test drive in both and you'll get "it" Options : Pro-Nav,big wheels,nice colour combo,just the usual really.
squeezebm said:
NightDriver said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers[/q
if you have the choice the 335d is well worth the extra have a test drive in both and you'll get "it"
Options : Pro-Nav,big wheels,nice colour combo,just the usual really.
Ditto on all counts.I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers[/q
if you have the choice the 335d is well worth the extra
have a test drive in both and you'll get "it" Options : Pro-Nav,big wheels,nice colour combo,just the usual really.
Then go and get it remapped to unleash the real beast within.
I went for all the options listed above, with the car in Space Grey and Coral Red Leather with the aluminium trim finish.
Take a 335d out and I'm sure you will be impressed.
NightDriver said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers
I've run all the latest 'rattlers'. currently on a 535d, had 330d, 325d but the 335d is the absolute dogs whatsits, its well worth the extra, just get it in the right colour/interior combo, nav and M kit with the proper wheels, debadge it and you cannot go wrong.I'm looking to buy a new 3 series coupe (M Sport) for business use, I cover alot of miles so really have to get a diesel but still want something I can have a bit of fun with.
What I cant decide is whether the 335d is worth the extra £3k list over the 330d. Has anyone driven both and able to give an insite into the real world differences??
Also does anyone have any advice on 'must have' options or options to steer well clear of??
Any info/advice would be much appreciated!
Cheers
Try and find a sub 4000 miler ex BMW car and they are extemely good value, there are quite a few on AUC, and if you want pm me the reg and I will tell you what its been used for ( and to check its not one of my old ones!! )
me Cheers for the help guys, very useful! I'm going to try and drive one sometime next week.
I was initially planning on ordering a new one but thinking about it more I reckon as nigel said it might be better of getting a low mileage one instead. I'll have a drive of one then start looking for low mileage examples I reckon. If I find any then I'll drop you a pm Nigel, cheers.
I was initially planning on ordering a new one but thinking about it more I reckon as nigel said it might be better of getting a low mileage one instead. I'll have a drive of one then start looking for low mileage examples I reckon. If I find any then I'll drop you a pm Nigel, cheers.
Ive got a 335d sport, I can also echo the comments on the remap ! but If you are paying for your fuel and do a lot of miles One thing you will find with the 330d in manual over the 335d is that the 330d/man will do a lot more mpg round the doors, I tow with mine and my 335d struggles to do anymore than 23mpg where as my manual 530d (heavier too) would do 33mpg, same story on round town mpg , manual is much/much better.
I had the same choice as you an thought long and hard and gave in to the extra performance, mapped mine will knocking on the door of 340bhp, my 530d (same engine) on a dyno made 268bhp and that was pretty much turned up far as it would go. Ive also had a remapped 535d (dms) and I reckon the 335d standard would blow it away and when remapped its simply awesome. Sample both and see what you think
I had the same choice as you an thought long and hard and gave in to the extra performance, mapped mine will knocking on the door of 340bhp, my 530d (same engine) on a dyno made 268bhp and that was pretty much turned up far as it would go. Ive also had a remapped 535d (dms) and I reckon the 335d standard would blow it away and when remapped its simply awesome. Sample both and see what you think
Had two 330ds and now have a 335d. Well worth the extra.
Averaging around 33MPG which is town driving plus commute of 35 miles a day on the motorway.
Did look at secondhand AUC but dealer offered new for same money. Work on the discounts and you should be better off with a new one.
Regards
Chris
Averaging around 33MPG which is town driving plus commute of 35 miles a day on the motorway.
Did look at secondhand AUC but dealer offered new for same money. Work on the discounts and you should be better off with a new one.
Regards
Chris
NightDriver said:
Well, I ended up going for the 335d in the end, a saloon not coupe though. A friend of mine had a 07 reg saloon with 3.5k on it for sale and offered me a great price so I snapped it up. Was really impressed when I drove it, should pick it up in the next couple of days!
well done and wierd as thats exactly what happened to me, I ordered a new 335d sport estate then bought my pals 3 month old big specced 335d sport saloon with simmilar miles. what colour spec did you end up with
just back from 2 weeks and 2400 miles to south of France in the 335d (stealth SE spec but loaded 2nd hand from BMW UK) with 2 adults and 2 kids, lots of crap and a roof box on!
as you would guess the fuel consumption was not too good (a quick calc is about 34mpg), but the car was pretty outstanding, the sports suspension was a bit stiff for the rest of the family (but worked for me!), even with all the weight the torque and response was outstanding for overtaking and geting up the hills.
Minor gripes are - auto box hunting for gears a bit on hills around 30mph, idrive is a bit fickle sometimes and the SatNav is crap when the TMC signal drops out (and in the UK when the M25 has problems - it tried to route us back through central London this evening), roof box and run-flats combined are too noisy above 70mph.
Overall though I would go back and do the miles all over again tomorrow given the chance!
as you would guess the fuel consumption was not too good (a quick calc is about 34mpg), but the car was pretty outstanding, the sports suspension was a bit stiff for the rest of the family (but worked for me!), even with all the weight the torque and response was outstanding for overtaking and geting up the hills.
Minor gripes are - auto box hunting for gears a bit on hills around 30mph, idrive is a bit fickle sometimes and the SatNav is crap when the TMC signal drops out (and in the UK when the M25 has problems - it tried to route us back through central London this evening), roof box and run-flats combined are too noisy above 70mph.
Overall though I would go back and do the miles all over again tomorrow given the chance!
NightDriver said:
Got Pro sat nav, bluetooth, electric memory seats, Xenon and of course no model inscription 
Electric seats and xenon are standard aren't they?Never seen the point in no model inscription, it blatently just means you've got a diesel and are ashamed, why would you delete the badge on an i?!
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