"After driving a BMW you will not want to drive anything else". You are totally right. I did a "test drive" in my friend's BMW 320d 135kW and I don't want anything else unless it's BMW :D
That’s exactly why im here. I got a 2000 328i with 250k but she is super duper clean and runs great. It was a one or two owner always maintained. I got my old job back at fedex and can afford a payment but want to be reliable and was gonna get a 330i but the reliability is so much better. This year is second rated in reliability. Ive had my car for two weeks it is not my first car and i want nothing else unless its a classic jdm or muscle. My daily will always be a bmw. 🤦♂️I fell in love.
I've owned 2 BMW's. A brand new E30 325i, and a E34 535i Sport. The rear gas shockers of the 325i collapsed within weeks of my taking ownership. Lovely engine, but aside from that, I rapidly concluded that the rest of the car was really quite ordinary. The 535i was fast and powerful, but I never really 'bonded' with it, so to speak. The car seemed somehow soulless, and it always felt like a big car. In the end, I really prefer Jaguar XJ's. Bit more subtlety about them.
@@Sam.Angel.330 - Fluids, filters, 2 sets of tires, 1 set of brakes plus 1 set of plugs, coils, vanos, valve gasket and a couple of small items are about it. Great motor!
@@AB-jk7tw So it never left you stranded? My dream car for more than 2 years... just painful to watch it and wait :D I hope you're having/had a good time with it, make every moment count
I have a 2011 328i n52 180500k runs strong repeat strong. Still have the stock water pump. I diy all the matenice ready to put water pump on at any time, just want to see how long it'll last. I have free towing on my insurance. Awesome car!!!!!
2011 328xi n52 in the lovely rust belt of Ontario daily driven with 250,0591 km stock water pump and thermostat and no issues and still runs strong. Your car has lots of life left bud
I think these early BMW E90s are an absolute masterpiece, it will probably go down in history as one of the best BMWs ever built…I mean the ones with the small oval wing mirrors and the narrow sober taillights are simply gorgeous...Of all the 3 series, the design of the E90 is, in my opinion, the one that comes closest to perfection in terms of elegance, sobriety and character...Almost 20 years after its release, it is still a beautiful car with a very current design, really stunning...!
I've got a pre lci 325i. The previous owner seems to have hated the poor thing and neglected it until I bought it from him for dirt cheap, after a lot of maintenance and restoration, it's been fun to drive, yet comfy if I want to take it easy, and pretty reliable. Not a short list of maintenance/restoration tho All front suspension control arms Motor and transmission mounts Xenons, flash to pass, fog lights, and angel eyes Tie rod ends Steering rack refurbish Valve cover gasket PCV System Both vanos solenoids Oil pan gasket Main front seal Flex plate, center support and end bushing (driveshaft) Plugs and coils Both DISA flaps Brake job Expansion tank hose Engine and cabin air filters Accessory drive belt kit (Tensioner, pulley and belt) Thermostat Eccentric shaft actuator seal Oil filter housing gasket and heat exchanger gasket Wind shield wiper relay Expansion tank cap Door panel clips Trunk lid lift supports LED interior light upgrade Floor mat anchor Steering wheel refurbish (Sawed cover) Headlights refurbish Xenon controller (Driver side) FOB case and battery New tires Wheels refurbish Radiator leak (changed the side tanks, right one was cracked) And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things lol
i have a friend who did about 670 000km (thats about 416 000 miles!!) in his eurospec 3.2 e36 m3 with the s50b32 with the six speed. he drove it as a daliy for over 20 years and sold it because it was to rusty to go thru inspection here in switzerland. he didnt open the engine once exept for valve clearance every 80 000 and 2x the vanos in the whole time. only oil changes where nesseary and some gasket replacements. thats what i call a great engine!
These days are over since the 2021 and foward models all bmw vehicles are in the top 5 for reliability what a time to be a beamer guy 😎🔥 im getting the 23 330i
I have a pre lci e90 with 240k kms on the clock, at the moment I gotta service it (every 10k), put a new xenon headlight, a new alternator in and new front disks and pads but its worth it, I love the hydraulic steering and I want to make it 300+k kms.
I learned to drive on my fathers bmw E36 318i M43B18, the I buyed a E46 320d 110kw M47N because I was driving 1100km for work every month... It was the best first car which I could chose in my life. I have learned a lot about cars in these times and mostly about the motor M47N and actually M47 in general... Then I buyed a E90 330d 170kw with the M57N2 motor! And I cant be happier because its the same like the M47, just with 2 cylinders more xDD and with just with a little difference of eating diesel 0.2-0.4 liters for 100km... so yes I love bmw, they are not all hard to maintain and mostly, if you buy a one with the good motor, you wont pay thousands of euros or dollars for repairing it
I’ve had an E90 318i with the N43 engine and even though the car was pretty slow, it drove very very well! Now after six years of owning an 318i, i got an 330i with N52 and i love this car! The car is not economical, uses a lot more fuel than my 318i but the 330i is so much more fun to drive!
Forgive my freedom units, I tend to get about 19-22 mpg in the city, but I have a lead foot. Highway has surprised me, I can hit 32 while driving conservative.
I have 320i e90 2011. N43 engine is fragile. If you interested 320i just check service history of it. Mine is headache of recent years even I couldn't drive it when I want. Just interest 323i 325i 328i 330i.
Is this a South African accent I hear? Hope so :) To me this is the most pleasing English accent. Oh. The car... yeah I do own an e90 320d LCI which is far from fast but the reason I fell in love with it is how it communicates to me in corners and bends.
Am just replacing all suspension and all bushes and subframe all powercoated and new back springs perches eibach 20mm drop springs and propshaft doughnuts and prop bearing new hubs front and back new wheel bearings just going to replace nearly everything handbrake cables new dust shields it will be like it came out the factory last another 20 years
@@ChrisVSCars , I am interested in buying a e90 like a 06-08 328 or 330i manual. My question is , is it ok to be able to buy one of these with 130-160k miles on it and it was well maintained ? Or even 170k miles on it ?
@@elemar5 yeah I bought an e53 with the m57 in cat backbacked the exhausts performance air filter and a good remap it's a beast just touching 300 bhp and 500 nm since I had it all done it's all I've used since June last year it's such a pleasing machine in every ticks all box's has a all round car
Depends I own a E92 325xi with 161k kilometres. It’s a very reliable car that did handle 100k of continuous madness by me and the last owner, everything being stock. I’ve changed the vanos solenoids, all coils and plugs, waterpump and thermostat at 155k and all I can say is that car’s just unbreakable/bulletproof. I do have many electrical issues every now and then as the car’s been made in 07’ and they started failing but nothing too crazy(seat heaters not working, mirror heating not working, belt pushers if that’s how you call them not working properly). It might also be due to the fact that the car was 72.000$ in 2007 so it’s obviously full of options. Again, apart from electrical issues this car has never dissapointed me. It’s realiable, easy to fix and does pull good enough for its age, I’m definitely not going to sell it for another 5 years and I’m pretty sure I won’t be selling it afterwards either due to the fact it’s the first car that pleased me in all aspects. Probably an acid dipping, repainting and I’ll throw it in a garage and drive it over Sundays.
"After driving a BMW you will not want to drive anything else". You are totally right. I did a "test drive" in my friend's BMW 320d 135kW and I don't want anything else unless it's BMW :D
That’s exactly why im here. I got a 2000 328i with 250k but she is super duper clean and runs great. It was a one or two owner always maintained.
I got my old job back at fedex and can afford a payment but want to be reliable and was gonna get a 330i but the reliability is so much better. This year is second rated in reliability.
Ive had my car for two weeks it is not my first car and i want nothing else unless its a classic jdm or muscle. My daily will always be a bmw. 🤦♂️I fell in love.
I've owned 2 BMW's. A brand new E30 325i, and a E34 535i Sport. The rear gas shockers of the 325i collapsed within weeks of my taking ownership. Lovely engine, but aside from that, I rapidly concluded that the rest of the car was really quite ordinary. The 535i was fast and powerful, but I never really 'bonded' with it, so to speak. The car seemed somehow soulless, and it always felt like a big car. In the end, I really prefer Jaguar XJ's. Bit more subtlety about them.
The pre LCI E90 has really grown on me! At first I thought they were uglier than the facelifte model, but now i like them more and they look awesome 👌
The n52 in my 128i runs great with over 150k on the clock. It has mostly been very reliable, easy to work on and always a blast to drive.
Was any serious work needed? anything that's not DIYable?
@@Sam.Angel.330 - Fluids, filters, 2 sets of tires, 1 set of brakes plus 1 set of plugs, coils, vanos, valve gasket and a couple of small items are about it. Great motor!
@@AB-jk7tw So it never left you stranded?
My dream car for more than 2 years... just painful to watch it and wait :D
I hope you're having/had a good time with it, make every moment count
I just got 2008 E60 LCI 530xd and I just love M57 engine!
I have a 2011 328i n52 180500k runs strong repeat strong. Still have the stock water pump. I diy all the matenice ready to put water pump on at any time, just want to see how long it'll last. I have free towing on my insurance. Awesome car!!!!!
2011 328xi n52 in the lovely rust belt of Ontario daily driven with 250,0591 km stock water pump and thermostat and no issues and still runs strong. Your car has lots of life left bud
I think these early BMW E90s are an absolute masterpiece, it will probably go down in history as one of the best BMWs ever built…I mean the ones with the small oval wing mirrors and the narrow sober taillights are simply gorgeous...Of all the 3 series, the design of the E90 is, in my opinion, the one that comes closest to perfection in terms of elegance, sobriety and character...Almost 20 years after its release, it is still a beautiful car with a very current design, really stunning...!
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I just got a 328i 2011 but it has the N51 I thought it had the N52 but no, is it bad compared with the N52?
Any opinion about 118i 2011, 1.6, 170 horsepower automatic transmission? Thank you.
Love my '11 328i 6MT
I've got a pre lci 325i. The previous owner seems to have hated the poor thing and neglected it until I bought it from him for dirt cheap, after a lot of maintenance and restoration, it's been fun to drive, yet comfy if I want to take it easy, and pretty reliable. Not a short list of maintenance/restoration tho
All front suspension control arms
Motor and transmission mounts
Xenons, flash to pass, fog lights, and angel eyes
Tie rod ends
Steering rack refurbish
Valve cover gasket
PCV System
Both vanos solenoids
Oil pan gasket
Main front seal
Flex plate, center support and end bushing (driveshaft)
Plugs and coils
Both DISA flaps
Brake job
Expansion tank hose
Engine and cabin air filters
Accessory drive belt kit (Tensioner, pulley and belt)
Thermostat
Eccentric shaft actuator seal
Oil filter housing gasket and heat exchanger gasket
Wind shield wiper relay
Expansion tank cap
Door panel clips
Trunk lid lift supports
LED interior light upgrade
Floor mat anchor
Steering wheel refurbish (Sawed cover)
Headlights refurbish
Xenon controller (Driver side)
FOB case and battery
New tires
Wheels refurbish
Radiator leak (changed the side tanks, right one was cracked)
And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things lol
How much was this car driven? Im also thinking about buying one.
Best BMW in my view is the 128i - amazingly reliable and fun n52 engine, superb handling and still fun after 200km.
i have a friend who did about 670 000km (thats about 416 000 miles!!) in his eurospec 3.2 e36 m3 with the s50b32 with the six speed. he drove it as a daliy for over 20 years and sold it because it was to rusty to go thru inspection here in switzerland. he didnt open the engine once exept for valve clearance every 80 000 and 2x the vanos in the whole time. only oil changes where nesseary and some gasket replacements. thats what i call a great engine!
Interesting, cheers for the vid
These days are over since the 2021 and foward models all bmw vehicles are in the top 5 for reliability what a time to be a beamer guy 😎🔥 im getting the 23 330i
I have a pre lci e90 with 240k kms on the clock, at the moment I gotta service it (every 10k), put a new xenon headlight, a new alternator in and new front disks and pads but its worth it, I love the hydraulic steering and I want to make it 300+k kms.
I learned to drive on my fathers bmw E36 318i M43B18, the I buyed a E46 320d 110kw M47N because I was driving 1100km for work every month... It was the best first car which I could chose in my life. I have learned a lot about cars in these times and mostly about the motor M47N and actually M47 in general... Then I buyed a E90 330d 170kw with the M57N2 motor! And I cant be happier because its the same like the M47, just with 2 cylinders more xDD and with just with a little difference of eating diesel 0.2-0.4 liters for 100km... so yes I love bmw, they are not all hard to maintain and mostly, if you buy a one with the good motor, you wont pay thousands of euros or dollars for repairing it
Is that n54 In the e90
I’ve had an E90 318i with the N43 engine and even though the car was pretty slow, it drove very very well! Now after six years of owning an 318i, i got an 330i with N52 and i love this car! The car is not economical, uses a lot more fuel than my 318i but the 330i is so much more fun to drive!
What about the 323i?
The s52 also seems to last forever. E36 m3. I have 150k miles on mine. Hoping to get at least another 200k out of it
How it's going?
@Waleed-abdullah bought an audi r8 so I barely drive it anymore.
E90 m47 engine enough said.
Nothing will outlast a properly tuned and deleted M57 motor....
320D yes. Old skool german,
Your 100000000% right
N52 last longer than any other
@@antoniopacis40 diesel VS gasoline. No comparison.
Old Ford 6cyl truck engines are litteraly indestructible, even after they've been sitting in a field for 40yrs.
How are the new B48 engines? Any advices?
Pretty reliable
Jy kan mos hoor die man is afrikaans😂😂goeie video
what is city fuel consumption for n52 ? e90 for example
Forgive my freedom units, I tend to get about 19-22 mpg in the city, but I have a lead foot. Highway has surprised me, I can hit 32 while driving conservative.
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Guys, need advise, how about E92 320i? How’s is the reliability? Thanks in advance
It’s shit
Much better off getting an n52
I have 320i e90 2011. N43 engine is fragile. If you interested 320i just check service history of it. Mine is headache of recent years even I couldn't drive it when I want. Just interest 323i 325i 328i 330i.
Thoughts on the e60 530d?
Got it in manual
I like it😂
Sell it and get an n52
@@antoniopacis40 I like my m57 reliability
@@eightythekiller_win9301 that’s a good engine too. 😊
Is this a South African accent I hear? Hope so :) To me this is the most pleasing English accent. Oh. The car... yeah I do own an e90 320d LCI which is far from fast but the reason I fell in love with it is how it communicates to me in corners and bends.
My 08 528i has 238k now. Owned it since 2010.
How it has been regarding the maintenance?
Damm is that in miles?!
Should i get a 330d e93 N57? Are they reliable?
wondering the exact same thing
What about 320d m3 2009 please reply
There is no m3 desiel
Avoid 4 cylinders
@2:26 not only its reliable, with 61.9 mpg, the gas mileage is better than any Hybrid vehicle as well
E90 325i is almost on par with my wifes 2014 renault twingo 2
Is a 2006 bmw 325i good, especially for a first car?
Just bought one last week. 200k miles and zero engine issues.
city fuel consumption? but realistic@@mistermarshall443
@@mistermarshall443 can you give me an update after almost one year with the E90 325i, I plan on buying an E90 325i wit 120k miles on it!
My m47 320d is on 187.354 miles never missed a heart beat its bullet proof and it's well maintained
Am just replacing all suspension and all bushes and subframe all powercoated and new back springs perches eibach 20mm drop springs and propshaft doughnuts and prop bearing new hubs front and back new wheel bearings just going to replace nearly everything handbrake cables new dust shields it will be like it came out the factory last another 20 years
Bmw e23 733i 735i 745i. They last forever. Those are tanks!
M30 engine.
Absolutely bulletproof.
Sounds like a saffa this guy does
is the 320i good?
Very heavy on fuel. Quite troublesome. Rather buy the 320d.
Looking at getting F20 118i Msport ? Any common problem you know of ?
As far as i know they are awesome cars, that are good on fuel and have enough power, but if the turbo goes its expensive😅
Chris VS Cars Thanks Chris appreciate it , will have to sell the kidney when the turbo goes 😂
Hahaha😂😂 sounds like a plan
@@ChrisVSCars , I am interested in buying a e90 like a 06-08 328 or 330i manual. My question is , is it ok to be able to buy one of these with 130-160k miles on it and it was well maintained ? Or even 170k miles on it ?
@@Mrsilva94 absolutely…. This engine will last 400-500k miles with minimal maintenance
The x5 e70 has a n52 too
Nice.
B58 is king!
M47
I have E60 530i msport done basic upgrades 285bhp 400nm drives amazing you wauld need a really expensive sports car to math it let alone beat it
My E92 330D has 600nm, not sure of bhp but around 275. I love it.
@@elemar5 yeah I bought an e53 with the m57 in cat backbacked the exhausts performance air filter and a good remap it's a beast just touching 300 bhp and 500 nm since I had it all done it's all I've used since June last year it's such a pleasing machine in every ticks all box's has a all round car
The outro song blew out my left ear dreum
Sorry friend😂
I might be mistaken but this is an south african accent🤔
Yes it is😂
@@ChrisVSCars just subscribed, do you got a Instagram account I can follow as well?
Yes it is😂😂
I have an N54 2010 535i with 60K miles. Sweet, but an expensive oil pan gasket is due.
bS
just get a lexis 2:00
Just buy 3 bmw in case the other 2 won’t work you buy bmw not for their reliability.
I've read in several places the e92 is one of the most problematic BMWs to own (also my favourite looking BMW in more recent years), so who is right?
yes the n54 engine in the e92 or e90 335i is one of the most problematic and least reliable engines bmw made
Depends
I own a E92 325xi with 161k kilometres. It’s a very reliable car that did handle 100k of continuous madness by me and the last owner, everything being stock.
I’ve changed the vanos solenoids, all coils and plugs, waterpump and thermostat at 155k and all I can say is that car’s just unbreakable/bulletproof. I do have many electrical issues every now and then as the car’s been made in 07’ and they started failing but nothing too crazy(seat heaters not working, mirror heating not working, belt pushers if that’s how you call them not working properly). It might also be due to the fact that the car was 72.000$ in 2007 so it’s obviously full of options.
Again, apart from electrical issues this car has never dissapointed me. It’s realiable, easy to fix and does pull good enough for its age, I’m definitely not going to sell it for another 5 years and I’m pretty sure I won’t be selling it afterwards either due to the fact it’s the first car that pleased me in all aspects. Probably an acid dipping, repainting and I’ll throw it in a garage and drive it over Sundays.
Going by the wrong standards
I bought a Toyota and put a BMW bad on it.. that’s is my reliable bmw
B58 is the best engine BMW has
I would choose Acura Lexus or Infiniti any day over BMW junk.there pretty cars but most of them are junk
bmw is known as a posing badge for muppets with no clue about cars 🤡
The bmw that has a toyota badge. No german car is reliable. Everybody that knows about cars knows this. If you dont know then you know nothing of cars
Get too the poin without wasting so much time
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