Advice : E90 335i or F30 320i

[sash]

Owned a few X35s and a few F30 320s.

IMO F30 320 is the one i would choose anyday and everyday for obvious reasons ranging from maintenance , fuel , comfort

Your heart will say 335i but only advise i can offer is to make a sensible decision. Longtime is what you need to look at

Having owned a few Diesels , my opinion. I will never touch a Diesel ever again based purely on the fact that the new generation of motors are now Petrol Turbo from BMW stable. Diesels are over-rated and out of plan one will pay massive amounts of money to maintain.

Cant see the MP pics but if a car has comments on it , stay away , stay away. Will repeat this a million times especially if hardware was changed. Based on what you saying stay away from the F30. Once again i cannot see what was changed but 58k is madness and I would never touch that car.

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My nephew drives the 320i E90 and only gets 720km on 56ltr when and I get 1020km on 56ltr when driving the diesel. The other 4ltrs I always keep in reserve.

IMO

Unfair comparison on fuel consumption as the older generation E90 320s were non turbo and a lazy lump.

A fair comparison would be F30 320d vs F30 320i

Just my two cents worth

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I disagree that out of plan diesels are expensive to maintain. If you wait for things to break then yes any car will be expensive, if you do preventative maintenance and ensure the vehicle is up to standard your costs will be considerably less.

 

[BadBoy1]

I disagree that out of plan diesels are expensive to maintain. If you wait for things to break then yes any car will be expensive, if you do preventative maintenance and ensure the vehicle is up to standard your costs will be considerably less.

I hear you and not disputing. I just view it differently hence my bold statement. My thinking is for example how can one prevent lets say injector breakage/faults?

If this component had to break or fault, the associated costs will be crazy if i can call it that especially if a car is out of plan.

 

[sash]

I get your point, but how does one prevent injector breakage or faults in any car? Maintenance, if you run crappy fuels and run it till the end of the tank and dont replace the fuel filter often enough out of plan.., then the problem will arise.

I also think that a car is only as good as it service history. If it was serviced properly from day one ( and BMW service history does not count for much) and maintained therafter it will give you good service.

I believe that there are some parts that have a life span whilst others that dont...., but sometimes.., shit just happens :rollsmile:

 

[BadBoy1]

True Sash

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