Bmw e90 320d (163) buying advice

[Toby]

Might aswell post here -

Looked a nice BMW e81 120i m sport 3 door today!!


Full spec very nice!! Not bothered about performance anymore!!

Any advice with these

[Dolly]

n43 engine? nightmare for misfires, you may as well stick 4 coils, 4 plugs, and 4 injectors in it for starters, and update the dme

fortunately there is a recall on the coils so youll get those done

[Wayne]

Looked a nice BMW e81 120i m sport 3 door today!!

Full spec very nice!! Not bothered about performance anymore!!

Any advice with these

Yep buy the 120 diesel much better in the long run.

[Rhyso]

Give me a shout when you want more power Jamie 

[Toby]

Looked a nice BMW e81 120i m sport 3 door today!!

Full spec very nice!! Not bothered about performance anymore!!

Any advice with these

Yep buy the 120 diesel much better in the long run.

Deisel for only 6k a year!? Hardley worth it?

Working it out - finance wise I think I'll give it a miss for now!! Shame as it was lovely!

[Steve_PD]

Yes its a much better engine than the 120i, unless its a 135i the diesel variants are better

[Toby]

I'm in no rush so may even stay  vag a3 mk5/6 golf

[spudboy6]

What is or was your budget ?

Where I work we have a nice 07 320D 63K m sport for £9950 bloke swapped it for a 330D

We believe its been mapped as had a sticker saying been tuned by diesel doc or something in the rear window web I drove it , it was averaging 54mpg !

[Toby]

£15k

[spudboy6]

http://www.hofmanns.co.uk/car-sales/bmw-320d-m-sport-4-door