BMW and M Power Owners

Too much into sunset of petrol engine, bmw should have developed the 3 cylinder - power , mpg, weight, reliability, tonality - audi have higher powered 3 cylinders, not to mention gr corrola.

trying to replace m52/na6, in 20 years mpg improvement with a 340i isn't enticing, emissions aside;
perhaps neu-klasse ev will deliver tesla compatible weight vs i4 , & better mpg than 340
 
jpaul said:
Too much into sunset of petrol engine, bmw should have developed the 3 cylinder - power , mpg, weight, reliability, tonality - audi have higher powered 3 cylinders, not to mention gr corrola.

trying to replace m52/na6, in 20 years mpg improvement with a 340i isn't enticing, emissions aside;
perhaps neu-klasse ev will deliver tesla compatible weight vs i4 , & better mpg than 340
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BMW have a 3 cylinder engine.


The fact that my old 3 cylinder fiesta would do 50mpg on a run should tell you everything you need to know about the law of diminishing returns.
 
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jpaul said:
trying to replace m52/na6, in 20 years mpg improvement with a 340i isn't enticing
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A 320-380BHP 3.0 straight six that can return 50mpg isn't enough of an improvement from an old 150-190bhp NA six from an E36 that would probably struggle to crack 35mpg to be enticing?

That's a pretty special take
 
I'm currently away with my boy and got around 47MPG on our trip to the hotel. Some motorway, some flowing A roads. Quite impressive economy figures are possible in modern cars, especially turbocharged ones.
 
jpaul said:
Too much into sunset of petrol engine, bmw should have developed the 3 cylinder - power , mpg, weight, reliability, tonality - audi have higher powered 3 cylinders, not to mention gr corrola.

trying to replace m52/na6, in 20 years mpg improvement with a 340i isn't enticing, emissions aside;
perhaps neu-klasse ev will deliver tesla compatible weight vs i4 , & better mpg than 340
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In the 18 months I have had it the overall average in my M340i is 36. The overall average in my 2015 530d, a car I was always happy with efficiency wise, was just under 38.

If that isn't progress I am not sure what is.
 
I've always found the G20 320i and 330i to be quite average for efficiency, for what they are. A 320d is notably more efficient than a 320i, and faster too.
 
I’m off to look at an M340i touring next week and before I look at it (as it’s quite far away from me) I’d like to do an online check. Any recommendations at all (feel free to send a referral link if it helps you out too!). Thanks.
 
SaBBz said:
I’m off to look at an M340i touring next week and before I look at it (as it’s quite far away from me) I’d like to do an online check. Any recommendations at all (feel free to send a referral link if it helps you out too!). Thanks.
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VCheck or car vertical. Fat Shmee (Jayemmoncars on YT) has a Car Vertical discount code I believe.
 
SaBBz said:
I’m off to look at an M340i touring next week and before I look at it (as it’s quite far away from me) I’d like to do an online check. Any recommendations at all (feel free to send a referral link if it helps you out too!). Thanks.
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I think I’ve got some vouchers left for Total Car Check, which I used when purchasing my car.


You can have one if you like. I looked into them as car vertical seemed expensive - they all use the same database, but with less marketing apparently.
 
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Drove about 150 miles today, and about 145 miles in my car came up saying that the coolant was low and that, while I didn't need to stop, I needed to fill it. It then got to the point of saying I needed to pull over and stop the car.

I managed to limp home as I was very close and called BMW roadside assistance. The guy came out and filled the empty (!!) coolant tank with water and pressure tested it for a leak. He couldn't find the leak, but the pressure was slowly dropping.

So, my brand new (to me) car is going in tomorrow to be looked at :(

I also managed to scratch the front bumper on this stupid little wall in my driveway.

The 150 mile drive was lovely, but other than that it's been a ****** car day.
 
MrRockliffe said:
I think I’ve got some vouchers left for Total Car Check, which I used when purchasing my car.


You can have one if you like. I looked into them as car vertical seemed expensive - they all use the same database, but with less marketing apparently.
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Thanks for the code mate.

This is the car I was going to see…! Wasn’t advertised as Cat S.

 
So the car wasn’t actually written off, but it was only 9 months old when it was sold via a salvage auction, so the value of the car at that point was what stopped it being written off I guess.

I’m sure it’ll pop up on AT again at the same price tomorrow.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
Drove about 150 miles today, and about 145 miles in my car came up saying that the coolant was low and that, while I didn't need to stop, I needed to fill it. It then got to the point of saying I needed to pull over and stop the car.

I managed to limp home as I was very close and called BMW roadside assistance. The guy came out and filled the empty (!!) coolant tank with water and pressure tested it for a leak. He couldn't find the leak, but the pressure was slowly dropping.

So, my brand new (to me) car is going in tomorrow to be looked at :(

I also managed to scratch the front bumper on this stupid little wall in my driveway.

The 150 mile drive was lovely, but other than that it's been a ****** car day.
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Reject it? 14 days ?
 
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