RAVE: Just bought a new DD
 

Flying out to St. Louis Sunday to pick it up.

08 BMW 335i, CPO, 24K miles, warranty to 100,000 or 4/30/14. I'll hit the miles first. Going to be nice not having to drive the truck on sales calls any longer.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

Buddy has one. They are fantastic. Feels like a v8 when you're throttle happy and sips gas (nearly 30mpg) when you're light with it.
Expensive as hell to mod but I'm sure you know that.

why the autotragic? I know its a daily, but don't forget its still a rwd boosted v6!

I have already told myself "no modding, no modding, I have to finish the V8 car."

That said, I would love to see the checkbook racers' heads explode on the e90 forum when someone started DIY building the mods. "You can't do that! You have to buy from xxx company. You are going to die upside down in a fire if you try to do that on your own!"

That has definitely been my experience with BMW people. They tend to be small minded that way. Not everyone in that community is that way of course.

Of all of the CPO 08's in the country there were only 8 that were under $30K and under 30K miles. NO sports, no autos. To get a Sport let alone a manual you were pushed into the mid-$30K range. I got this one for $28,000 OTD.

I put 35K on a car a year and even at $28K is was a borderline bad idea as it will be at 150K in four years.

a buddy of mine has one and his license is now on probation. way too easy to go very fast without realizing it.

the autos in those things are pretty badass. not your typical slow shifting slushbox. so very fast that you'll forget you're not driving a manual.

downpipes+tune= 350 +/- of both whp and wtq.
:drool:

no.

nnnno.

bad dog.

The upside of that mentality (well, and the average income level of enthusiast BMW drivers plays a role, I'd imagine) is that they get a lot of well-sorted and high quality aftermarket parts.

http://www.bimmerworld.com/

The downside, of course, is that those parts are pricey.

Fantastic purchase. I'm sure you did your homework but does it have the latest software update that makes it putter around in an attempt to quiet the wastegate noise? If not don't upgrade. And be careful of the fuel pumps. The local bmw cca guys completely denounce the n54 for the premature fuel pump failure.

LOL, off a bit. I've never sat in a 335, I have never seen a 335 in person other than driving by them, I haven't seen this one and I decided two days ago that since I paid off my house last week and had no debt that I wanted a BMW. Before that I had never considered buying one. It was an impulse purchase. Heck, I had someone do an Autocheck after I signed the paperwork.:giggle:

I have a lot of reading to do now that I'm committed. :noob:

You'll be fine. It's a great car. Just change the gear, diff and the motor oil because two have never been changed and the other has only been changed once. And buy an x50 and and a zr4- it'll be cheaper than the tickets you'll get.

The way I understand it, all scheduled maintenance is covered including fluids for 4 years / 50K. I have until 4/30/12 on the factory warranty. I have yet to see an owners / service manual to see what the intervals are.

Nice DD indeed!

Let me drive my new Bimmer to my private island...

My coworker's wife has a 335 and they will not change the oil until the computer in the car suggests it. The car has 18,000 miles and it's on it's factory oil, lol.

WTF, does Bobistheoilguy live in the pan?

winning

6 cylinder turbo?

obligatory http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1281659
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1261/dsc00860rvk.jpg

How to make chocolate?

yessir

Yeah dude. My dad has had two 530i's. One they changed the oil at 17K. The newer one was like 14K. The trans fluid I believe is a "Lifetime fill" or until your car doesn't shift out of park story. Same with the diff. You really need to read up there's a few more zingers coming up. Cliff notes: no spare, cutting rotors? Gtfo., no dipstick, window position memory loss, need the dealer to replace the battery or reset the service reminders unless you buy an interface thingy, bmw ecu records cold engine hoonage and general hoonage, high oil temps, limp mode due to high oil temps, etc. Do yourself another favor and join the bmw cca it's 40 a year and you get discounts on parts and access to the roundel magazine which has incredible tech support.

I drove a 135i around the Nurburgring and now I'm saving for one! It will take me 3 years but I'd rather buy one in cash. For some stupid reason they cost AUD$90,000 here.

Awesome engine!

Thanks grapist.

Another interesting tidbit. My wife wanted me to call about insurance before buying just, you know, if it was stupid high or something.

Currently I pay $351 for full coverage on my 05 Dodge Quad Cab 4x4 for six months with high limits and 250/500 deductibles. Now for an 08 BMW 335i for same coverage? How about only $322. Go figure.

I work in the commercial banking industry so I couldn't afford that unless I picked up human trafficking on the side. For run of the mill e46's my insurance company (Esurance) wanted 300 a month. I currently pay 75 a month for the miata and now pay 105 a month for both the s60 r I just bought and the miata. Either way take pictures and pm me if you want more info.

Wow screw u! I pay $236/mo for my msm + 08 jeep, that's w/ clean record, defensive driving, and home ownership discounts. Now I know why so many ppl here commit insurance fraud and register their cars in NJ.

ima call BS on this unless "nearly" is mid 20s

Sticker says 29 highway. You can generally beat that on steady driving.

JP4 tuner has a +80hp/+100 tq map on stock intake/exhaust, plus an economy highway map. Plus it's only $479 and not dealer detectable when removed. Allegedly.

must.not.mod....

If you're going to spend all that money on that baller ride, you HAVE to get a chip. It's completely reversible. It's Unamerican if you don't.

A friend of mine is an engineer at VAC motorsports. I'm totally skeptical of using a signal modifier, but he's one of three guys I would ever trust with my car. Period and he approves it. Let me know if you want to get in touch with him and pick his brain.

http://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac-...ies-p1917.aspx

highway mileage is one thing... if you live on the highway and only go places on the highway that are > 50 miles away.

plus it's not going to LET you drive nicely enough to get that kind of mileage. but if you do, let me know so I can show my wife that a 4dr turbo bimmer gets as good mileage as the civic we have. and has a warranty.

Easy enough for me. I'm in sales. 1,000 mile weeks are not uncommon. Hundred mile chunks between touching brakes are an every day occurrence. My Explorer a few vehicles back went 175,000 miles before the first set of brake pads. If anyone can break 30mpg highway, I will.

thats a good price for insurance. my 07 335i is $1000 a year for 100/300 full everything and I dont have any tickets or accidents. I'm also getting like 25-26 for highway mpg, highest was 28.7 mpg. Also good work on the CPO, it's good piece of mind.

UPDATE: Picked up the car today. Condition is better than I had hoped. Body pretty much perfect, one tiny ding that could be PDR'ed easily, one scratch that didn't buff out, interior is perfect, they put in new factory floormats and put on brand new tires.

Drove it about 300 miles today. Pleased with the ride, firm but compliant and quiet. As much as I would have liked a Sport with the larger wheels, tighter suspension and better seats, the standard will be perfect for a mile muncher.

Getting right at 28.5 mpg average so far with a couple of WOT runs, lol.

Pretty spunky car. Also happy with the automatic. Even with stock exhaust it has a nice note when wrapped up.

So, $479 will buy +80WHP and +100TQ. Don't know if I will go there or not but it won't be until spring for sure. I want to make sure everything shakes out first. Picked it up with 24,996 on the clock.

I woke up twice last night with buyer's remorse. That feeling was gone by noon.

Alas, no pics. I'm still in KC and no phone on POS blackberry.

you can call bs all you want, its true. unless your definition of "mid" is 28
direct injection, good gearing, and I'm sure tons of other shit make this thing very surprising (in a good way) when both at WOT and when trying to save gas.

My next-door-neighbor has one. Beautiful machines. Before it, he had a G37. I live my new-expensive-car life vicariously through him. Enjoy driving it.

OK, just to report. This week was 660 miles on mixed driving - either 80mph interstate or in town, not babying it - just driving normally I used 23.4 gallons. So 28.2 mpg. The cumulative average per the computer that was reset when I got it was 28.3 so very close to calculated.

I'm sure at highway speeds this would pull 30 easily. 80 is pushing a lot of air.

what's your ratio of city to highway driving?

preparing report for wife...

just be a man and tell her like it is, unless you've got a sjmarcy role in the relationship

I'd say it was 300 miles @ 80 interstate, 100 miles mixed city @ 40-60, 250 miles @ 65-70 highway.

how does the auto do with overtaking?

Its sharp and responsive like I was when I overtook your last night

please don't shit in a whiteman's thread. if you want to talk about what happened last night, you can text me or we can chat on Yahoo! Messenger.

:laugh: k bby

Completely awesome. If you are following a car at 60, move out to pass and lay on it you are doing 85-90 when pulling back over past the car. And no jarring downshift. It just moves. I'm pretty sure it would run with a new mustang from a roll. Maybe losing but not by much. With a chip? No contest.

does it have like a sport and a comfort mode?

mine doesn't

oh ok, good. my mom's Benz has a bunch of different settings and each changes shift points, economy, handling, etc. it's a massive pain in the ass and half of the time fucks with the shiftpoints so you end up jerking around when trying to set up a roll race.

OK, I was wrong. It does. I have to RTFM (when I get one)

Also, had my first catastrophic failure this week.:noob: Water pump took a dump in Fayetteville AR.

Had to be flatbedded to the nearest dealer which fortunately was in Rogers 25 miles away.

Got there at 1:00, they had it replaced, washed, vacuumed and did brake fluid flush and replaced cabin air filter and was out of there by 4:00.

Total cost including tow $0.0

Still sucks that I lost half a day and it was the first time I have been completely stranded by a vehicle and had to be towed. Ever.

wow, we live different lives. I've had half the cars I owned either on a flatbed or pushed by high school buddies. sup with that.

any updates on real world gas mileage? seeing some nice 335i xdrives for sale in the 2007 model for just around 30k.

Just checked yesterday. Still averaging 28.6, mostly highway but quite a few WOT runs passing as I drove 6 hours on two lane road because the interstate is still closed.

I do love following someone at 60, rolling it on and touching 85 when pulling back in after passing. It's pretty stout for a stock car.

And another thing about the no towing thing, I figured it up yesterday. I've driven 523,000 miles since I started working here 16 years ago.

In 6 different real DD cars, not counting Miatas for fun cars, I have had exactly one warranty repair and one non-warranty repair TOTAL in that 16 years. This doesn't count maintenance items that I have done myself like brakes or bearings.

Wow, can't believe a water pump would go on such a clean low mile car. At least warranty covered it. Any idea what that pump would've cost outside warranty?

I kinda read over his shoulder of the work order on the warranty submittal copy. Not sure of the total, but there was a comma in it.:facepalm:

A shitton.
You don't buy these cars without a warrantee. Period.
Unless you're clinically insane or have more money than you know what to do with.

Factory head is $7,500

Replace two turbos $6,400. Of course, that includes labor.

:facepalm:

My friend's mini cooper s uses bimmer parts. His ecu took a crappy, and the replacement was $1500 I think. I recall him needing a head gasket at one point too, don't know how much that was though. He did mention his BMW coolant was like $50/bottle.

BMW coolant? WTF. The only BMWs I want to own are early 90s ones. While they were still relatively simple.
Does your 335i come with retarded run flat tires that are like, $400 a pop?

Coolant is actually rated as "lifetime" coolant so if you don't puke it, you should be fine.
Yes it has RFT. They are actually $200 on Tire Rack. As part of the CPO they put brand new ones on it so I'll drive it for a while. Next year I'll probably go to Hankook RS3's. They have them in my size for $107 ea. Everyone says that it rides much better on real tires. I'll have to buy a spare. Someone figured out some 18x5 wheel with a 185/70/18 that works for a spare and takes the minimum trunk room.

I've heard the BMW coolant is blue. Makes my Orange gm coolant seem lame now...