F30 320d Short Distance Trips

[LewLew]

Hi all,

I'm in the market for an F30. Looking at 320d vs 320i. This isn't a performance or preference question - lord knows there's plenty of those.

What I'm curious about is the potential risks of only travelling short distances, in mostly stop-go traffic.

5 days a week I sit in bumper to bumper traffic for 45mins each way, to and from work. On weekends it's again mostly running around doing errands relatively close to home. I pretty much never get to hypermile my car, let alone open it up.

Is this sort of short distance travel bad for a diesel engine/turbo? I've heard they prefer longer rides?

Side note: my current consumption is sitting at 11.9l/100km in an F20 118i!!! There are A LOT of speedbumps on my journey.

 

[Yuben]

I doubt there any risks in stop go traffic except high fuel consumption

 

[Yuben]

Auto diesel should right choice, maybe a 320d

 

[NtandoN]

Check the link below, esp. post #7

https://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=85071

 

[Dirtydeedsman]

Every month I have to take my car for a freeway run because I use it for less than 3.5km a day. It doesn't get warm enough to burn of the soot and the Particulate filter pops up on the dash in a yellow triangle...

You can either drive around in 3rd and don't change gear and keep it there or

take it to the dealership and they charge you for cleaning the filter or

freeway spirited drive.

Not sure how this works on BMWs though.

 

[cOlDFuSiOn]

+1 on taking it for a long drivee now and aga8n to allow the DPF to regenerate