Not as much progress as yesterday, but the car is still better than it was this morning and so today is worthy of a note. Very dull to start – the headlamps had residue of beam blockers for European travel stuck on them which looked quite minging. Quite why this was done, given that it’s […] Read more »
As the 100,000 mile mark approaches I’ve been looking at the 330d with a critical eye. There must surely come a time when the car will cease to look smart and new, and inevitably it will become unreliable. I saw Dominic Holtam’s 320d touring this month, and by comparison I can assure you all that […] Read more »
Stop the press – I’m not going to tell you how perfect the 330d is this month! It is developing a couple of niggles. Firstly, my favourite BMW rant, although this time it’s not actually a BMW part: the brakes are starting to warp. This really does get me stroppy – it’s not as though […] Read more »
I didn’t have a great deal to say about the 330d last month because I didn’t use it much. Due to the M3’s exhaust being rather too vocal for most of this month the 330d has seen a fair bit of use, but I’m afraid there’s still not much to say that I’ve not said […] Read more »
The 330d was facing retirement earlier this month as the M3 was in fine health, and as such missed out on a long weekend trip to Cornwall. However inevitably, with the M3’s exhaust called to question more recently the trusty derv burner has been wheeled out and back into use. I drove the car to […] Read more »
After last month’s epic suspension and brake change I’m pleased to report that I’ve been enjoying the 330d this month, stopping only to give it a clean inside and out. It’s been down to the New Forest, and rallying with me up near Bridlington, and on both those events has of course been an impeccably […] Read more »
Loads of progress for you all this month, amazingly I’ve done everything I planned! ยฃ63 and 15 minutes saw the broken spring replaced: it’s simple and straight forward. However, I think we all need to stop and ask why this happens. It’s a fault often reported on the forum, and the BMW parts dealers admit […] Read more »
The 330d has had a relatively quiet month. It’s had a quick trip to Wales in the snow for the Wyedean rally, but otherwise has just pottered around the south east, barely notching up 500 miles in the process. Fuel economy has therefore dropped to the appalling trough that is 38mpg. Oh dear, what a […] Read more »
The 330d has seen some decent use over the larger than usual period since my last report. Speaking of “larger than usual”, the Christmas period has yet again had just that affect on yours truly. However, festive it may have been, but it was far from relaxing, and the 330d has as a result been […] Read more »
The advent of Christmas has meant that there has been a shorter than usual interval between this and my last report, so yet again only one fill up and a few hundred miles of activity to report on. Even so, after last month’s whining about its lack of involvement, the 330d has to some extent […] Read more »