a4drk Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Saloon Manual Must have the sports leather Prefer Xenons & Harmon Kardon Must have the 18 inch MV's Round about an 02 plate........ mileage..... no more than 75k (still looking for a minter of an E30 M3 as well by the way) Robb C - That Baxter bloke has gone cold.... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RobC Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 how much are you looking to spend on the 330d? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4drk Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 about £14k Decided on an Auto / tiptronic now and against Silver. Think i drove past about 12 silver ones today......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 about £14k Decided on an Auto / tiptronic now and against Silver. Think i drove past about 12 silver ones today......... auto are you sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4drk Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 Dunno to be sure.......... never owned an auto but driven a few. Whats the pros & cons ? ie. i will be towing (Minno + Westfield) & also a 16ft Speedboat. No doubt i will end up chipping it......... not sure how the Auto will perform to this..... maybe i should just look for a Manual.... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I have the manual version of this in touring guise... Top tow car and quite fun when not towing, got a power box fitted which definatley made the difference. Good luck, you should get a decent 02 plate for that, tis what i paid a year ago, mind you it did have 99K on the clock.. Saloons tend to be a bit cheaper, if you can hang out for a later modle they came with 6 spped manual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Ive known quite a few auto boxes fail and when they do they are big money to replace...One of the reasons I dont sell em , ive sold 4 autos in the time ive been trading and 3 of them have packed in not a problem if under warranty but what you are looking at will be outside the mfw. Negatives on owning an auto is Fuel economy drops a lot as does performance , other thing is auto book values at £1500 above a manual so you pay extra money to go slower and use more fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 if you can hang out for a later modle they came with 6 spped manual.. I agree 6 speed 204bhp is a cracking set up , well worth the extra money imo. they are a lot quicker than the 184 previous model but they are a fair bit more money also.. chipped they will see 250bhp and are extremley lively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Just my opinion but I have a 330d Sport Touring auto (184 bhp version, non-chipped for now...) and it's fine with 76000 miles and it's been well caned since I bought it one year and 28000 miles ago I've towed open and huge box trailers with it and it barely notices hills! Yes, economy isn't as good as a manual - I get 35mpg average, with 40mpg easily on a long run and about 28mpg towing (up to 80mph er allegedly) I know several people who've had tuning boxes fitted or had AMD remap their cars (all autos) with no ill effects and intend to get a remap done as soon as I've figured a way to pay for it without SWMBO knowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffC Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 would recomend dms for remapping very good service and very good results, (they come out to you) plus if your car has to go into bmw and they wipe the ecu they come back and re-install the upgraded programme. I got them to do a 535d bmw and was very impressed with there knowledge and was no more expensive than other places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4drk Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 I use Simon Coe from upsolute.com he's based in Chesterfield, comes to you & charges £305 When did the 204bhp & 6 speed come out? 2003 models?? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I have the 330d M Sport Touring with 6 speed box Got it as new model in Dec 2005 and it was one of the first in country Performance is tremendous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a4drk Posted April 1, 2006 Author Share Posted April 1, 2006 Got one today. 02 plate Manual..... Cheers guys David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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