My New Car

Burned_Alive · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:44

Realised I hadnt posted this up, so here we go. I've actually had it since around the start of August.

Its an 07 BMW 330d M Sport, bought as BMW AUC. Took me a while to find as the colour and spec combination seems to be pretty rare all round. After a few months with it now, I'm absolutely delighted with it. All the power I need, excellent mpg, great noise (on the go) and the auto is a joy for my commute (70 miles a day) with great fun to be had playing with the paddles! Wish I'd bought it sooner!

Sparkling Graphite Grey with Coral Red Leather Interior and Aluminium Trim.
Automatic with Paddles
19" 225M Wheels
Professional Nav
Bluetooth
Heated Front Seats
Folding Mirrors
Sliding Armrest

rare · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:46

That's a really nice car with a great engine, congrats!

Peerzy · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:46

Looks lovely, love the outside and love the red leather and silver interior.

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:46

Absolutely stunning. I really, really like that.

Only thing I'd change is that awful silver trim. Otherwise thats just absolutely brilliant.

DO WANT

iaind · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:46

Awesome

That interior looks lovely

celliott · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:47

Looks mint

If you dont mind me asking, how much did it set you back? Same sort of thing I'm looking for next year.

Lashout_UK · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:47

That's lovely, I have quite a soft spot for these.

Nocturne_sa · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:47

Nice.. very very nice. How much?

Shimmy · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:49

Pretty tasty that!

TS7 · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:50

Absolutely awesome colour combination. Nice alloys too.

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:50

Oh, and you realise its fitted with those wheels I was talking about in the other thread where a new set of tyres is over £1k

Fr0dders · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:51

schweeeeet

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:52

What sort of economy are you getting from it on your commute, out of interest?

Gamefreak501 · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:54

Gorgeous; - if I had the money for one of those I would buy it in a heartbeat. I love the red/black combination.

Ev0 · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:55

looks really good, love it

Cosimo · 31 Oct 2010 at 22:56

That is the business, lovely.

Burned_Alive · 31 Oct 2010 at 23:06

Thanks for the comments guys

celliott said:
Looks mint

If you dont mind me asking, how much did it set you back? Same sort of thing I'm looking for next year.

It is more or less mint, just the odd thing that'd you'd expect from use, but cant have perfect when buying at 3 years old! It was £23k including a years tax, and obviously 12 months bmw warranty/assist. Fully aware it's slightly over the top in general terms, but its direct from bmw, 1 owner and try finding another in this spec!

[TW]Fox;17691024 said:
Absolutely stunning. I really, really like that.

Only thing I'd change is that awful silver trim. Otherwise thats just absolutely brilliant.

DO WANT

Yeah, not a massive fan of the silver, but its the best of a bad bunch imo. Only thing I'd really consider replacing it with is carbon, unless there's something I've missed?

[TW]Fox;17691050 said:
Oh, and you realise its fitted with those wheels I was talking about in the other thread where a new set of tyres is over £1k

Nah, a full set is only £920!

Tyre insurance looks better every day...

[TW]Fox;17691065 said:
What sort of economy are you getting from it on your commute, out of interest?

It seems to manage around 42-44mpg on the commute, with 38.7 mpg average showing on the computer all round. Spending less on fuel than I did with my 106!

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 23:07

Hmmm I was hoping it would be closer to 50 than 40, hardly seems worth the bother versus a 330i which is only 5mpg less combined

The Silver is the worst trim combo but sadly its the only one that looks right with red. You cant have wood and red for example

Fr0dders · 31 Oct 2010 at 23:10

black carbon leather trim and red leather seats would go surely ?

[TW]Fox · 31 Oct 2010 at 23:12

Yea because you find THAT a lot on the non M3's