BMW F30 330d X Drive- to buy (make offer) or not to buy

[ChrisS80]

Evening all

The conundrum...
I am after an F30/F31 330d x drive or 335d. Those with approx. 100k miles are in budget and i have seen a nice one, well a nice looking one at least:

The good:
2015, 330d X-Drive, M-Performance kit, 304M's, 110k, HK Audio etc etc, Looks really well and goes very well- stage 1 tune of unknown provenance

The not so good:
Seller is 'private', suspected trader (advert reads like a trader, referred to me as customer when on the phone to someone else about the car, had to ring someone else to double check when i said about wanting an inspection) but is registered to him and his address (seen coming out and going in). Had the car 2 months- reason for sale is 'too many other cars'...
No service history late 2021- Sep 2024, rest check outs incl ZF service
3x Conti Sport Contact, 1 x ditch finder
Tail pipes seemed sooty to me

Price is cheaper end for these, nothing much similar at asking price but most are at dealer.

Question is, take a bit of a risk or not?
Thanks in advance

Edited by ChrisS80 on Sunday 26th October 19:26

[AddyT.]

For me, absolutely would avoid. Plenty of others out there and would be trying to buy one from a (decent) dealer.

[willmagrath]

Yeah avoid. If you're asking the question, you know you're not comfortable with it.

Also those xdrives can have expensive issues. So if there's lacking service history then I'd avoid.

[ChrisS80]

Thanks for the replies, confirmed my thinking really. Onto the next one...

[mmm-five]

How cheap was it? Are we talking £10k, £8k, £5k, lower?

What is your budget?

I'd rather have an unmolested (i.e. chipped/mapped) car with high miles & full service history, than a lower mileage, uncared for model with an unknown remap/chip and already 'rolling coal'.

[mmm-five]

FYI

FS: 330d xDrive Touring MSport, 2016 66-plate, 178k, £9450

(nothing to do with me BTW)

[MissChief]

mmm-five said:

FYI

FS: 330d xDrive Touring MSport, 2016 66-plate, 178k, £9450

(nothing to do with me BTW)

That looks mint. H&K, Heated seats, widescreen nav. No HUD or heated wheel, but those are pretty rare.

[Tighnamara]

willmagrath said:

Yeah avoid. If you're asking the question, you know you're not comfortable with it.

Also those xdrives can have expensive issues. So if there's lacking service history then I'd avoid.

What are the expensive issues with X drive, on 200k with mine and touch wood no issues to date.
Would be interested to know and be aware.

OP, great cars, but definitely go for one with FSH.
I had timing chain changed at 200k, started to hear a rattle, money well spent before any failure.

Edited by Tighnamara on Thursday 30th October 22:04

[CMTMB]

MissChief said:

mmm-five said:

FYI

FS: 330d xDrive Touring MSport, 2016 66-plate, 178k, £9450

(nothing to do with me BTW)

That looks mint. H&K, Heated seats, widescreen nav. No HUD or heated wheel, but those are pretty rare.

The 100% clean MOT history is really impressive for the mileage, shows you how well its been cared for.

[Rhun]

I would highly reccomend the F30 330d. I bought a 2014 Luxury model for <5k. No H&K or xenons but everything else you'd want. Now on 156k and it's quite amazing how well it's wearing its miles. Interior has aged beautifully and I love the engine. Also dead easy to fit an Aliexpress android auto box which costs about 90 quid. No idea what I'm going to replace it with as anything that comes close costs way more.

Shop about and get the right one, ideally with lots of history. These cars are so dependant on optional extras, BMW are bloody tight.

Edited by Rhun on Friday 31st October 21:33

[BlindedByTheLights]

Rhun said:

I would highly reccomend the F30 330d. I bought a 2014 Luxury model for <5k. No H&K or xenons but everything else you'd want. Now on 156k and it's quite amazing how well it's wearing its miles. Interior has aged beautifully and I love the engine. Also dead easy to fit an Aliexpress android auto box which costs about 90 quid. No idea what I'm going to replace it with as anything that comes close costs way more.

Shop about and get the right one, ideally with lots of history. These cars are so dependant on optional extras, BMW are bloody tight.

Edited by Rhun on Friday 31st October 21:33

Echo what run says, history and over servicing is key to keeping these healthy, drop me a pm as I have one if you want a real ownership insight,

[fflump]

I ran a F34 330d for a a few years-great cars for what they do and easily mappable if that is your bag. Avoid one with halogens though they are rubbish although I swapped in LEDs with no can.bus errors