BMW 335d

[Oli]

How many of you going "you'll get bored of diesels" have actually owned one?

Er me, as Ive stated, and it was 350BHP!

Next question please..........

[Tamiyoman]

Not bored of the 330D yet and still find it quick when I floor it, also just did a 2200 mile round trip to Austria (Snowboarding) and back (via Hockenheim and Nurburgring) and it really does eat up the miles, even with 4 up fully loaded with a roofbox (Ski's snowboards inside) it happily gave me 36.2mpg at 110mph on the Autobahns, I would shudder to think what the ED30 would have done (Probably around 20 at a guess) 

[GTI5]

I don't think there's been that much Petrol snobbery in here and some Diesels are great.

For example the GTD has offered people GTI looks but with the better economy the CR170 offers.

There's two sides to every coin...you can get DERV owners banging on about Torque.

I think you will always get this competitiveness because the Diesel typically needs more work invested to bring it closer to equivalent petrol performance figures.

[jhtrophy]

The 335d is very good on fuel for the power and weight of the car but don't expect massive mpg. 35 combined and 40 on a run give or take.

[mrbubba]

The 335d is very good on fuel for the power and weight of the car but don't expect massive mpg. 35 combined and 40 on a run give or take.

That's still more than my Cupra :D although with diesel costing around 10p more per litre than unleaded, it'll probably even out... Maybe

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[Oli]

The 335d is very good on fuel for the power and weight of the car but don't expect massive mpg. 35 combined and 40 on a run give or take.

I think I averaged 29mpg!

[Tamiyoman]

I average 46-47 in the 330D 

[jhtrophy]

The 330d is a good car with much better mpg, much like the 120d compared to the 123d.

[rdfcpete]

Raised something I hadn't thought about in the 30/35d cars regarding the regular auto box... - I'd assumed they were all DCT stupidly.

Is it not enough to ruin the driving experience then?

I assume its the same as my mates 2009 325d drop-top auto has(?) as off the line, it shifts more than sufficiently. For a non-DCT box it didn't feel or sound lacking, but then I wasn't looking for it to be. Put a proper roof on, remove the run flats, map and an exhaust and I'd imagine it'd be quite a package.

Are the S-Tronic/DSG auto boxes in the A5 3.0TDI's vastly better? I've not driven either but I had scoped those two as possible next cars, years down the line.

[xjay1337]

Are the S-Tronic/DSG auto boxes in the A5 3.0TDI's vastly better? I've not driven either but I had scoped those two as possible next cars, years down the line.

BMWs torque convertors (made by Zf  if I remember?) aren't bad. The DSGs are in another league of goodness.

[GTI5]

I've read that the new 8 speed boxes in the F series BMW range are much improved over the 6 speed variant.

[jhtrophy]

Dsg is quicker yes, as far as I can see only one person has a problem with the box in the 335d, I'm sure if bmw thought a dual clutch system suited the car better they would have put one in, the car changes gear faster than I can do in a manual and is very smooth in d, so I like many others don't have a problem with it, but seen as they don't do a manual, just drive one and if you don't like, don't buy.

[GTI5]

Probably Torque requirements and possibly Petrol exclusivity kept the DCT out of the 35d.

Given the performance of the F30 330d I wonder if BMW will make another Twin Turbo Diesel...

[xjay1337]

I've heard plenty of people who have suffered clutch problems on mapped 335ds, and 535ds.. mainly more on the 535ds, I guess because of the weight. There's a company in America apparently who can supply uprated clutch discs for the auto  box!

[jhtrophy]

Probably Torque requirements and possibly Petrol exclusivity kept the DCT out of the 35d.

Given the performance of the F30 330d I wonder if BMW will make another Twin Turbo Diesel...

The m550d is tri turbo and the 40d is I think a tweaked 35d engine so yeah they will