My latest Car (again) 335D

[Supercharged_Z]

Howdy guys,

Bought this a month ago I suppose. My business is really busy I needed something to guzzle the miles. I still wanted speed and power but had to gain a bit of decent MPG.

I tell you something, what a car. I know the brand may not do it for many but the engine is just out of this world, twin turbo, remaped. 350bhp and 700nm torques. drivability for day to day is pure class. The car is a lot better built than a e46 BMW too imo. Very nice quality about it, no rattles and despite being a msport on silly size 30/35 profile tires. The ride is not harsh at all.

It has the usual top spec motor you would expect really. Rear leg room is not great even with little old me in the front but the interior is a lovely place to be.

By the way, when I saw the pictures of the interior in the add I thought URGHHHH. I did not like the cinnamon leather, let alone the wood. I was hoping to find a car with lemon leather, however they just don't come up for sale like you would expect. Anyway when I saw it in the flesh it totally changes your mind, the leather is very nice and feels different like top quality and not your usual black. The wood really fits in well with the color leather, I will probably change it when I can be bothered but I really like it as it.

Performance wise, I don't know what to compare it to, the thing has so much torque. They run 13.0/13.2 quarter miles in this form. Really are quick and effortless.

It has a 60 litre fuel tank, if you took it easy on the motorway you could get between 700-800 miles on this.

I get around 550 with mixed driving and air con on, really good on fuel.

The only negative I can think of right now is tyre cost, I think I have around 2000 miles left on the fronts and 4000 on the rears. The rears are 265mm wide and for a decent brand are not cheap.

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[Dan1971]

Very nice. Love that leather to be honest. Know what you mean about the class. You still got the touring aswell ?

[Supercharged_Z]

nope the touring went a few months ago, was a bit of a deal I had with a company while I worked for them.

One thing I will say is, that brand new f31 touring was 38k. Honestly it was cheap and did not drive nice. A few nice things like the gearbox but it really felt cheap to drive. The sat nav placment looks like an afterthought, the interior despite being top price was cheap and looked cheap.

the E92 is a league ahead.

[KevG]

Tan leather interior, not for me, but what can I say I went backwards and got cloth now, hehehe

The BMW is a good machine, but IMHO i find them inside to be as boring as a business boardroom, my bro in law has a new 13 plate 320 and the car is just stunning, build and comfort level is excellent.

[Quadcam24]

nice, i think the tan leather is nice, with the wood trim its a bit of a strange combo mind.
Tbh those wheels have never done it for me, somehow they aren't enough to compliment the beautiful e92 shape imo, they don't seem to fill the arches.
Car looks in great condition, she's had some polish in her life!....what do you use ?
i did mine last week, 2 coats of polish and about 4 of wax, all meguiars ....is that a bit obsessive :D
do you have run flats fitted, mine still has run flats and folk slag them off but they feel ok to me, all my tyres were new but i will ditch the run flats when the time comes.....ive only done about 1500 miles in 7 months though so it might take a while !.

[POMPSKI]

Another beauty Ross

[Skillen]

Tbh those wheels have never done it for me, somehow they aren't enough to compliment the beautiful e92 shape imo, they don't seem to fill the arches.

Lovely car and ill bet it shifts!
I have to agree here though I'm much more a fan of the ones that look like hairpins.

[Din]

Stunning engines... I never could get over just how well those went ! Reliable to generally, the occasional issue with vac lines or the electronic valves that operate the wastegates, if you suddenly find that your missing the small high pressure turbo it will be one of those lol...

Watch out for cracking wheels too, both the 18 and 19 inch ones do it, mostly the rears, so watch out for pot holes.

Bar that, epic !

[Phate]

Friend of mine had one for 18 months, immense car with an incredible engine, also remapped like yours. Made my Saab look silly slow.

Word of advise, those wheels are known to crack - get them swapped, and also change the tyres for non-runflats. When Tom did this to his one it changed the car again. Made it much much better :)

[Quadcam24]

its not those particular wheels that are known to crack, there's a few different styles it applies too tbh and these are not the most common ones to fail.

[Phate]

They look like the exact ones my friends had and he had 2 go on him. Didn't realise it was more than one type that are known for it.

[Quadcam24]

yeah theres a few that crack, the wheels on mine are one of the wheels known to crack as well.
I Cant remember what mine are called but even some 18's have failed.
I guess the wheels could do with being a bit more meaty but i blame the state of the damn roads, there are plenty of roads around here i don't even use, i'd sooner go the scenic route than risk a damaged wheel or tyre.

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[Skillen]

yeah theres a few that crack, the wheels on mine are one of the wheels known to crack as well.
I Cant remember what mine are called but even some 18's have failed.
I guess the wheels could do with being a bit more meaty but i blame the state of the damn roads, there are plenty of roads around here i don't even use, i'd sooner go the scenic route than risk a damaged wheel or tyre.

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Those are the ones I was meaning in my post about the chunkier five spokes looking good!
Nice wheels!

[Supercharged_Z]

Had the wheels of today and they were all fine, copied from e90 post for the days work

So my wheel nuts and brakes were in a terrible looking state, it really made the car look poor. I have never taken my wheels of since owning this car so thought it would be a good idea to look to see if there cracked anywhere or have been cracked.
Pleasingly they all seem fine, which made me a little sad as I like the looks of a set of wheels CMWheels has on offer at the moment :( and if I found one little crack I was going to just buy them lol.

Probably took 1.5 hours per side which included cleaning the wheel inside and out, cleaning inside the wheel arch too and messing about on the phone / taking pics. I used hammerite smooth for the discs and calipers, for the wheel nuts I just used halfords gloss black paint I had in the shed. I dont expect it to last to long but now I have seen the results I will defiantly look for some better paint.

So I never really got any before pics but I did remember half way through the first side.

If this is a job you have been putting off, just do it I cannot believe how much difference it made. Still got to clean the car but I ran out of time

Before (notice the rear brake disk etc
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and done

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[Supercharged_Z]

Kinda want these wheels but think to much grey? There replicas but from a well known wheel supplier.?? There only 500 quid on offer

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[Supercharged_Z]

nice, i think the tan leather is nice, with the wood trim its a bit of a strange combo mind.
Tbh those wheels have never done it for me, somehow they aren't enough to compliment the beautiful e92 shape imo, they don't seem to fill the arches.
Car looks in great condition, she's had some polish in her life!....what do you use ?
i did mine last week, 2 coats of polish and about 4 of wax, all meguiars ....is that a bit obsessive :D
do you have run flats fitted, mine still has run flats and folk slag them off but they feel ok to me, all my tyres were new but i will ditch the run flats when the time comes.....ive only done about 1500 miles in 7 months though so it might take a while !.

Tend to stay away from megs as it is good but its high street stuff, I would nuse pete 53's on yours its very good. I use it myself and dodo juice. I do use megs polish but its very rare I do it, just wax

I probably have 600 quid worth of cleaning stuff. It soon adds up

[Skillen]

Gotta say, those satin grey looking reps are very nice!

Love the hairpin style!

[Din]

Looks good :)

[Dan1971]

Like those wheels

[peterzs]

Certainly worth all the effort, looking good.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Mark S]

the replicas will be a fairly standard and fairly soft alloy, so it will bend like alloy does when you hit potholes.
The gen BMW are a composite alloy and are very brittle, so anything more than a pebble can crack them.
Our local BMW main dealer is always getting their wheels welded (as is a merc dealer also).
I have a set of 10yr old BMW replicas I need to weigh in (shame as they are a rare et20 offset), not one crack or weld, and also 1 gen BMW wheel of the same style that has been welded in 4 places..

Whilst many dislike the copies, at least they won't crack like a gen wheel, for 500quid, I would be tempted.

[Supercharged_Z]

Gave my car a decent clean and polish today (first time ever since owning) took a few hours, I had originally cleaned the wheels yesterday so that was good

So


Wheels off, cleaned with Auto direct wheel cleaner (acid free) and bucket of Warm water with some Chemical guys citrus wash.Then went over wheels With Iron X. To finish I used Chemical Guys Hyper coat which provides a nice shine


For the Bodywork


Pre spray bottom halfs of doors using Megs All purpose cleaner


Pressure wash of as much dusts and dirt as possible


Clean using 2 bucket method, using lambswool mitt and Chemical guys citrus wash


Rinse with pressure washer


Wipe main bodywork panels down with squeegy blade


Spray body work with Megs last touch


Dry using two Sonus drying towels


Dry wheels using Megs last touch and Microfibre


Wipe insides of door shuts using auto direct jaffa clean on microfibre


Apply Chemical guys wet mirror finish all over


Wipe of with microfibre


Apply Dodo juice purple haze all over


Wipe of with microfibre


Clean glass with megs bubblegum glass cleaner


Apply rain x all round with 2 applications to windscreen


Wipe of with microfibre


Apply chemical guys hypercoat to wheels again


Apply Zanio Z-8 grand finale sealant all round


Interior


Wash rubber mats and finish with Chemical guys Hypercoat


Hoover all round


Apply Chemical guys natual look to dash, door panels and hard wearing leather areas as well as any trim you can see


Spray auto glym Autofresh to the floor


stand back and hope you never have to use it



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[Skillen]

Nice reflection shots!

Didn't think I'd be a fan of the tan leater but it's growing on me!

[Supercharged_Z]

Nice reflection shots!

Didn't think I'd be a fan of the tan leater but it's growing on me!

:) its awesome, I saw the pictures when the car was advertised and was like erm..... no.

But it was the only car in spec that seemed to work so I went to look at it, when you open the door its totally different than it looks imo. Has a real nice touch of class to it. I did not want back as everybody has black and I think it looks cheap. This is real nice. The wood has grown on me load too, infact I quite like it however I am having them changed out for gloss black soon

[Dan1971]

Very nice.

I put the Oak dash in mine replacing the brushed aluminium and though it looked far better.

I'd leave it there if I were you - but hey - each to their own.

Great job on the cleaning.

[Supercharged_Z]

so a update :)

The car has to be said is a dream to drive. Its lightening quick the power is insane. If your cruising at say 70mph on the motorway and you floor it the torque is unreal once its selected its gear.

Traction is interesting in this weather but I have just purchased winter tyres to go on once my current ones are dead (within a few thousand miles)

10000 fault free miles so far and in that time I have averaged 40.2mpg, not bad for 350 ponys and 700 torques. I think it could be bettered too. One problem with these cars is a couple of seals on the intercooler pipework. Mine has had a seep since I bought it while I bought the seals I have not done it yet.

oh it also had a private plate go on it a few months ago

[ZS]

I am really starting to like the 3 Series... And I do like this one :) nice colour and interior!

[Dan1971]

Fingers crossed this time round there'll be one added to my fleet on Thursday .... ;)

[peterzs]

Great looking car, glad it lived up to its promise. Sounds awesome power.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Quadcam24]

one of my friends has a brand spanker 640d msport coupe, he keeps telling me i can have a lend of it....i really want to but on the other hand i really shouldn't!

[Nor]

Looks great. Very quick!

[Supercharged_Z]

one of my friends has a brand spanker 640d msport coupe, he keeps telling me i can have a lend of it....i really want to but on the other hand i really shouldn't!

funny that. Not new but I took this in part exchange for a 61 plate ranger rover hse a few weeks ago. Just sat on my drive not being used at the moment.

v8 power very tame to be honest.

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[Supercharged_Z]

Well, Got hit in this today :(

Dual carriage way, some roads turn out into out. Speed is reduced to 50mph for this zone.

get close to a area where people join the road and i see a white van, carry on but as I get closer I see her looking the other way and not the way i was coming, she starts creeping out.

I'm heavy on the brakes to not t bone her but also pulling to the right where I had some space but it was not enough and this happened.

One of them things i suppose, i was a little shaken as in 11 years of driving got rear ended about 8 years ago and now this. Worst thing was my little girl was in the passenger seat? which is where the impact was. She wasn't expecting the bang however she was just perfect not even upset. We both have stiff necks.

The lady called her inusurance who in turn called me stating they accept full liability and want to sort it without involving my insurance. They have aranged collection to a approved BMW Garage of my choice, sorted a loan executive car and are calling back Monday to find out if we need medical attention. Really cannot complain i suppose.

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damage looks better than it is, the internal part where the door shut is rather bad.

where she pulled out from
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the damage, sorry scratch to her motor :(

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[talkingcars]

Ouch, pleased there are no serious injuries.

[MG ZS STE]

What a pisser. At least avoiding your insurance will maintain the cars clean history. Those side impact neck injuries take a while to recover from too.

[peterzs]

Shame, glad no one was hurt, apart from the car.

Dont know if its just me, being a suspicious old ******, but that seems a bit strange, re the insurance bit. All these scams you hear and read about.

Have you confirmed who you were talking to on the phone, or rung them back on a number, You, have found on the internet or where ever.

They could roll up, leave you a dodgy car and you have handed your keys over.

You blank out her number plate???

Think I'd drop it off to the repairers, dont want to worry you, but I trust no one.

Never heard of a insurance company suggesting not getting the other parties involved!!!

[Supercharged_Z]

Hi Peter,

Her number plate was imbedded in my door lol it swiped it off.

I thought it was weird about the insurance too, but it was direct line they text straght after the call giving me whos going to contact me (bodyshop, rent a car etc) i will give the ma call tomorrow to make sure I heard right but regardless im just pleased its being sorted so fast.

Have never had a car go to a bodyshop before so wondering how long it may take?

[peterzs]

Lucky its not the old ZS, we know where that would be heading.

Reckon a week to two weeks, thats assuming they can get all the bits and the body shop can start at once, and they dont have a backlog of work.

Definitely give Direct Line a ring, on a number you have found. Just dont reply to their number on the mobile.

[Dan1971]

It'll come back good as new. Shame though. Secretly I love your car. Absolute perfect mix of comfort and power. Interior is exactly what I would spec from the factory.

Glad you're both OK.

[andys1981]

sorry to hear this ross,at least no one was injured,and the wee one was ok,hope everything works out and you get the car back looking the same as when you first went out today

[Supercharged_Z]

Well I gave it a clean today as it was due one and I wanted to make sure the body shop who received it saw that I care about the car, the last clean was a full polish wax affair so I knew it would clean up well.

Bit sad I suppose and it hit home about the damage lol really is rubbish looking at the car like this :(

assume it will leave me tommorow or day after, not sure what the right of value will be but apparently a door from BMW is 2k?

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[p_b82]

Sorry to see any car looking that poorly, but they do crumple a lot on the outside to it often looks worse than it is, but glad it was not much worse, as it could have been looking at that road layout!

[Dan1971]

With that damage,rippling to the rear quarter too which is a huge piece of bodywork, I wouldn't be surprised to see it get written off you know .... Really hope it doesn't, but .....

Make sure you clock the mileage too ... don't want it being the garage runabout ...

[stamford]

That is a far amount of damage considering the other car looks untouched from the photos. Glad you were both okay, could have been worse and still not nice when kids are involved, been there myself. Hopefully it'll be repaired and if so will be as new.

[Supercharged_Z]

With that damage,rippling to the rear quarter too which is a huge piece of bodywork, I wouldn't be surprised to see it get written off you know .... Really hope it doesn't, but .....

Make sure you clock the mileage too ... don't want it being the garage runabout ...

yeah i know the mileage plus its in my local place now so would see it about which would make me fume!!!

The rear quarter / door internal is not made of metal can you believe that. I dont know what it is though.

[Supercharged_Z]

Sorry to see any car looking that poorly, but they do crumple a lot on the outside to it often looks worse than it is, but glad it was not much worse, as it could have been looking at that road layout!

yeah im hoping so I would be rather gutted if it gets written of.

That is a far amount of damage considering the other car looks untouched from the photos. Glad you were both okay, could have been worse and still not nice when kids are involved, been there myself. Hopefully it'll be repaired and if so will be as new.

Her car was untouched I knew as I walked towards it that it would be. As I glanced it I suppose so all bmw damage.

I worked out that if its written of I stand to lose around 6k. As I took it out on a fairly expensive finance plan which has interest up front and the settlement figre is 12.9k after borrowing only 12 and paying back 3k already plus putting 3k down.

Not sure how the insurance deal with that tbh, I suppose my only hope is that if it is written of that I can buy it back and self repair. Its an immaculate motor other than needing a wheel refurb

ah well beer helps, necks still sore to

[peterzs]

Hope they just repair it.

If not start looking at Autotrader, Pistonheads, for examples with the same mileage, but at the high end. Get some copies, so you can email over to the guy that will be dealing with you.

Plus need to list all the new parts, servicing, tyres etc. Will all push their offer up.

[Supercharged_Z]

Hope they just repair it.

If not start looking at Autotrader, Pistonheads, for examples with the same mileage, but at the high end. Get some copies, so you can email over to the guy that will be dealing with you.

Plus need to list all the new parts, servicing, tyres etc. Will all push their offer up.

true it cost me £800 a few months ago as the sump was buggered lol :(

[Jay-ZS+]

Just seen this, what a shitter, was a lovely motor! As Dan said the damage to the rear quarter will she where all the money goes, fair bit of Labour to remove and refit/spray I'd guess.

Hope it all works out for you bud and you don't loose out. :)

[Supercharged_Z]

Good news

Car is being repaired at a cost of around 4-5k. :)

should take a few weeks.. :beer:

[andys1981]

glad to hear that

[peterzs]

Yep, thats good, hope she got a slapped wrist.

[stamford]

Good news!

[Supercharged_Z]

Picked this up today. You would not believe my luck?

Job was decent to be fair done by a local bodyshop. Pleased to be back in it as the 520D I was given was so slow lol..

Anyway collect the car, and drive to my local supermarket, park right out the way in the corner of the car park take a snap to show a few friends on fb etc.

Go in for a 5 mins, come out and notice a scratch on the tailgate, looks very fresh. Assumed it was bodyshop went back but they were closed so I went back to the supermarket and got a half size trolley... Oh yes you guessed it in that 5 mins somebody decided to ram a trolley into the back of my car :(

gutted does not come close, no CCTV. I have never let me car get scratched or battered in anyway, it doesn't have one parking ding or anything.

Parked in the spot (yes i know parking lines but this is the edge of the carpark so nobody can park to the left of me.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/rossc0_ti/DSC_0384_zpsj6zqdk1p.jpg (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/rossc0_ti/media/DSC_0384_zpsj6zqdk1p.jpg.html)

came out to this

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/rossc0_ti/DSC_0386_zpsr4ru4dxz.jpg (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/rossc0_ti/media/DSC_0386_zpsr4ru4dxz.jpg.html)

under and above the P

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/rossc0_ti/DSC_0387_zpsbodgvgqm.jpg (http://s8.photobucket.com/user/rossc0_ti/media/DSC_0387_zpsbodgvgqm.jpg.html)

[Smokey]

This a good reason for owning an MG. Cheap replacement parts etc. I am truly gutted for you and such a lovely car. I can feel rage building up and it's not even my car.

[Deckz]

F**k I'd be fuming!
Some ignorant people about!

[stamford]

Makes you want to shoot people. Kathy had similar to her MGF, someone either drive into the front or reversed into it, cracked the lights, cracked the bumper and all at ASDA. Pretty sure someone threw a trolley into yours, most likely out of jealousy.

[Supercharged_Z]

Makes you want to shoot people. Kathy had similar to her MGF, someone either drive into the front or reversed into it, cracked the lights, cracked the bumper and all at ASDA. Pretty sure someone threw a trolley into yours, most likely out of jealousy.

it was a trolley it all matched up perfect tbh :( what i hate most is thinking about somebody having done it or made the mistake to let the trolley go. It is windy out but somebody knows just what they did. it infuriates me to the point my blood is boiling. I just don't understand how it happened.

In my mind i wonder if it was a team member of the bodyshop that did the repair, I had to get a little argumentative to them this week as they dragged there heels. The guy was stuck as he couldn't answer me yes or no without dropping themselves in it hugely.

gutted, however glad it was not the hire car as that would have cost me a fortune.

[peterzs]

Gutted for you.

Bastards, maybe the body shop will do it cheaper, if they have kept you waiting.

Hope its sorted easily.

[p_b82]

Sorry to see that - these sorts of things really **** me off as well - i have seen people do it to nice cars parked over two bays out of spite pure and simple - it is why i stopped doing it myself and just park well out the way instead and walk further.

hopefuly that should polish out as it doesn't look too deep, unless it is a trick of the photo.

[MG ZS STE]

Just a thought but have you considered it may have been one of the nuggets they employ to collect the trolleys? I've seen one of these subhumans pushing a row of trolleys 20 deep and caught the back end of a parked car and carried on as if nothing happened. Personally id be doing some surveillance and stake out the car park to see if its a serial trolley sociopath hell bent on claiming as many victims as possible.