New to the forum, looking for a BMW. Had one many years ago & now interested in a 2002-2004 330i or 330d as they are 6 cyclinderr & have a buit of grunt. I've seen on a couple of forums for used car/car reviews some BMW's have turbo (diesel) problems. Anyone know which of the engines have known problems?
Would like a 330i but have to be sensible on the costs of petrol so a diesel would be more cost efficient, I assume (do @ 100 miles a week).
I have an E91 330 and get 26.9 mpg locally and approx 32.5 mpg on a run down the motorway.. This is an automatic, my old E46 330 touring was manual and was 1-2mpg better
Never had a diesel BMW so I cannot comment, I don't do the mileage to warrant one..
100 miles a week is only 5200 miles a year, with that sort of mileage a diesel wouldn't really make a difference, the extra initial cost and higher servicing etc would outweigh any gain in fuel economy.
I wouldn't get a diseasel unless i was doing 10,000+ miles a year. Anyway the petrol will be nicer to drive and sounds better!
got to admit i do 200 miles a week just for work on mainly dual carriagways to motorways and i dont find it enough to warrent a deisel with my personal milage ontop im just on the boarder i love the straight six noise so i have petrol on my milage then i would consider a 330d if the spec was better than a 330 and the price was the same but on your milage def have a petrol not worth looking at at the 330d
Still getting used to how this site works. Posted a reply to you (private message I think) and banged on about miles when you asked me what type of roads I drive on. Mixture of dual carriageway & crappy, pot-holed A-roads. I work in Chesham, Bucks & they are the WORST roads in the country, seriously. The arse has fallen out of my VW Golf (well, it is 11 years old) so I want something more robust. Beemers are the best.
Hi Claire and welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy yourself here and not have any problems with your new purchase when you make it.
I had to rear the previous post you put up about the arse falling out of your VW cos it was 11 years old. So you are defo over 18 then. LOL.
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