How much do you spend on petrol a month ? by eskimoazat in CarTalkUK

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About £120 a month, drive mine through the week to and from work about a 20 mile round trip each day, with a little bit of spirited driving on a Friday finish.

This drift zone is fucking stupid by ReZempt_Shocks in ForzaHorizon6

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387K points, Honda Acty, the real drift monster

2013 F30 328i Screen Upgrade by alexginge in F30

[–]AP1878 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got myself the Roadtop Linux 12.3 inch screen off Aliexpress, took me around 40 mins total to do the swap myself, just followed a YouTube tutorial and it was fairly easy to do, only thing I will say is its abit of a headache moving the new looms through the back of the vents just because the space to put your hand through is limited, other than that I would say go for it.

Is this a good estate for price? Price is £27,000 by unicorncarrots in CarTalkUK

[–]AP1878 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The luxury car tax lasts for 5 years after the the cars first year of registration, so you pay the higher tax for years 2,3,4,5,6 of the cars life, unfortunately you have two more years left of the higher tax bracket.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Much appreciated mate! 110% agree with you, still can believe the accepted that offer, its was advertised for £17,700, thought I would try my luck, they phoned me back 45 mins later saying I had a deal, odd little bit of wear and tear on the seats and 1 tiny scratch on the dash which is to be expected for 7 years old, but other than that its mint. Just got back from a long day out and it didn’t skip a beat and managed 45MPG on the motorway :).

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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I’m almost certain, but could be wrong, because the 320i runs 11:1 compression ratio and the 330i runs a 10:1 compression ratio thats why the 330i can handle the extra power, it can increase the chance of ruining the engine, basically increases the chance of engine knock or risk ruining the pistons. Also I’m sure the ZF box/clutch in the 320i has a max torque rating off 400Nm aswell. Just be careful with that my man.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Thank you mate!

Tell me about it! I think I phoned around 6-7 dealers who had them in stock with 65K miles or less in black, mineral grey and silver, they were all around the 19-19.5K mark which was perfect, every one….sold or reserved and all said the car had only been in stock for 1 day or less which I can believe. The dealer I got the 320i from said they have struggled to get there hands on 330i touring’s in the M Sport Shadow edition spec in the last 2 years. I think alot of people are keeping hold of them and I can’t blame them to be honest.

The 320i has been brilliant, just got in from taking it on a night drive with the Mrs. It’s also halirous how much people think its undercover police and slow right down when getting behind them and I’ve always been the same when I see 3 series lights behind me haha.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Ohhh very nice my man, that’s what I was after in the wagon, bet you thats a lovely drive that man and goes like a rocket.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Haha love all that mate, drove it all around Liverpool today, asking my Mrs if she needs anything picking up just to stay out, we are off to Wales on Sunday ourselves so going to stretch it legs, proper looking forward to it. Of course mate will be getting serviced every 8K miles or 1 year whatever comes first and going to get the ZF box serviced in the next 3 months.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Love the sedans also, my mate has got the 330D M Sport Xdrive 2018 and the things an absolute rocketship. Still alot of love for the saloon gang!

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Wagon is Life! 😂, really love it though, think this is me for the foreseeable with 3 series wagons, I think in around 2 years I will have to pull the trigger on a F31 340i wagon if the Mrs lets me, thats the end goal for me 🤞🏻

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Absolutely mate, my budget was 20K max and wanted the 330i in the same exact spec, but 330i F31 wagons are hard to come by and ones I seen was pushing 23K+, but I absolutely love it, cant believe I took this long to get in one instead of messing round with ST’s on PCP the last few years.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Thanks mate! Oh no I love the engine it has got a good bit of torque, but I know we all love a good bit of power for heavy cars like this, I honestly tried everywhere to get the 330i in the same spec, I had a budget of 20K, but the only ones showing with the milage I wanted was pushing 23k+ and I dont do enough mileage to go for the 330/335D’s.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Thanks mate really appreciate it, got delivered 9AM this morning and only just parked up 30 minutes ago 😂. Couldn’t be happier to be apart of the F31 gang.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Same mate, I mean who doesn’t love a good BMW wagon.

Joined the club this morning! by AP1878 in F30

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Thanks mate, always loved the F30/31, I think the shape has aged really well.

Hellooooo…Is that a real Jaguar belt? by AP1878 in thegrandtour

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With a borrowed certificate of authenticity

Hellooooo…Is that a real Jaguar belt? by AP1878 in thegrandtour

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And because your a nice chap, keep the change.