E90 BMW Question.

Gornall · 25 Jul 2012 at 19:40

Evening all,

Seem to remember these parts having some good BMW knowledge and hoping I can steal some of it.

Looking at the E90 320D(164hp) and 318D (143hp). There is some fairly steep differences in performance, but looks like a good remap could pretty much negate the differences.

The 318D can be picked up a bit cheaper and would widen my options a bit.

Any impartial advice would be appreciated.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 19:42

The 318d is cheap because it's ****. It's a car you buy if you desperately need a BMW keyring in your life and are not particularly bothered about the car it happens to open.

Gornall · 25 Jul 2012 at 19:43

[TW]Fox;22422946 said:
The 318d is cheap because it's ****. It's a car you buy if you desperately need a BMW keyring in your life and are not particularly bothered about the car it happens to open.

And the 320D?

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 19:50

Depends really. If you are spending proper money and do 20-30k a year it's a decent car. If your budget is 20p and you desperately need mpg for your 7000 miles a year which you intend to run on a shoestring but want a nice badge then the 320d is a rubbish choice

Generally older ones become less worth it because reliability eclipses fuel economy as the main issue in ownership.

In other words, more info needed!

Gornall · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:00

We're looking at about 7-9k I think.

Low mileage (imo) at around 40-65k miles.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:03

How many miles do you cover per annum?

Gornall · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:05

Probably averages out around 10k miles. Probably more now with more miles to be put on this as opposed to the other car.

We have 2 cars currently, I do about 8-9k in mine and the fiancee about 6-7k in hers. But all joint miles will be done in this as opposed to split between the 2.