04-20-2020, 07:18 AM | #1 |
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Hey all, just picked up (in February) our first modern BMW from Roseville BMW. I have been driving BMW's since I was 20. My first BMW was an E36 I had for about 14 years before selling it, had an E46 330i that I just sold on Bring a Trailer, and currently drive a 2000 528iTA.
With our new baby, I decided it was time for us to get a newer car, wife had a Nissan Rogue with about 100k and I only put 17k miles on my E46 after having it 3 years. We sold both cars and used the money to find this 2017 F25 X3! Overall, I am pretty happy with the car. The N20 motor definitely has some power, though it is much different than the inline six I have been used to for so many years. Been driving manual transmissions all my life, and the ZF 8 speed is amazing. My biggest gripe would be the electric steering is Camry like compared to my E39. The car spec'd with Alpine white over Ivory White Nevada Leather, M-Sport, Driver Assistance Plus, and the Lighting Package. The only packages I wish it had additionally were LED headlamps, Comfort Access, maybe the Cold Weather Package for rear seat heating, and adaptive cruise - but that option seems really hard to find on cars. I am very much a DIY person when it has come to my BMWs over the years. It does seem this car is a bit more compilated, but I'm hoping to learn as I go. Really happy it is not an XDrive - mainly because we don't need it here in CA and to me, it is just something to maintain that can fail and be expensive to fix. In the upcoming future, when I have time, I plan on ditching the 0w20 oil that it came with for the Liqui Moly Special Tech LL 5w30 I bought, replace the plugs, and do a transmission fluid flush. Anyway, here are some photos when I picked it up! And a more recent one: Last edited by shoman24v; 04-20-2020 at 07:25 AM.. |
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$6,100. A little low in my opinion since the car had over $4,000 in new parts over my ownership. Based off past sales, people were paying $7k for cars with little to no maintenance, so I expected close to that. But, it went live just as the coronavirus stuff started happening. Made me question whether spending over a grand replacing the headlight lenses and suspension just before the sale was worth it. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-330i-10/ Last edited by shoman24v; 04-20-2020 at 09:22 AM.. |
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04-20-2020, 10:48 AM | #6 |
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Nice looking car! I've always been partial to white vehicles. Very nice.
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04-20-2020, 12:54 PM | #8 |
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The M-Sport looks great in Alpine. What type of headlights do you get if they aren't LED? |
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04-20-2020, 12:58 PM | #9 |
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04-21-2020, 12:42 AM | #10 |
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Nice! I have similar color interior in my black X3 35i. I was iffy about it from the start being such a contrast to the black interior in my 335 but it's grown on me.
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04-21-2020, 06:34 AM | #11 |
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I was hesitant about it too. But, once I saw it in person, that changed my mind. It's a gorgeous interior that provides some great contrast against the black.
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04-25-2020, 02:59 PM | #12 |
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My first round of maintenance items came in
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04-25-2020, 05:02 PM | #13 |
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Your white car looks great!
I caught your comment about the steering; I drove E39 M-Sport cars w/5 spd manuals for 12 years before I bought used 2012 F25 28i just 2 years ago- can't compare steering feel- it's night/day different. Enjoy your car, just very nice inside and out- |
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I just bought a similar white 2017 X3 with M Sport. I've only had it for a few days and it's been great to drive. It's my first BMW, so I'm a real novice! I hope to learn a bunch by being part of this group.
Can you tell me why you're changing the oil to the Liqui Moly and to the Laser Iridium plugs? |
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These should be the same plugs as the BMW branded plugs. I have not installed them yet though. Car has just under 36k.
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10-07-2020, 01:45 PM | #17 |
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Looks nice.
I don't think LED were an option on the F25. At least when we ordered my wife's X3 (2016) bi-xenon were the upgraded lights, which we have and is very bright. |
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F25 did get the LED headlights as an option, but I think it was additional to the lighting package. Not to many cars have them. We have the xenon, and in my opinion, that should be the default for these cars. Even my 20 year old E39 has xenons lol.
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It's a shame so my people with a F25 are stuck with Halogens. I drove one and they were extremely poor, my mountain bike lights are way brighter LOL. |
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BMW halogens are ............... The standard headlights on the 2016 BMW 3 Series are the worst of any brand in the world. If you do buy a 3 Series, get the upgraded LED curve-adaptive system with high-beam assist. But even then, they are only rated as marginal. For the full IIHS headlight study go here. https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/mor...rginal-or-poor https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle...017#headlights
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