Ive owned 2 of these in past 6 years and these are the things id consider when buying this car Things that are a must in my opinion Heated seats Harmon kardon sound system Electric seats Electric mirrors Pro nav M sport+ braking system (the one that supports the 19 inch alloys) Adaptive suspension (rare but a must in my opinion) Get a 65 plate or higher as it comes with the newer led lights that look way better than the older in my opinion or newer Adaptive led lights are even better. If want vented and groved performance brake disks just know they have significantly more wind noise to them due to the holes in the discs compared to the standard disks without the holes but eventually you get used to it. Removing the dpf and egr is a must in this car doing that will give you so much more reliability in the long term however you need to go to a place that know what they are doing. You will also need to get it tuned after the removal. Costs around £350-£500 for removal and tune usually Id also consider when getting this car to get 4 brand new tyres all the same brand and and getting the tracking done by a specialist that does 4 wheel drive cars. Will help with mpg also the feel of the car and less wear on other car parts. Id reccomend a gearbox service on this car also if your milage is above 60k as it will make your gearchanges super smooth and it will eliminate the jerk you get in these cars when you come to a stop. Lastly id change the oil and oil filter along with the air filter every 5k instead of 10k might cost alittle more however its not too hard to do yourself if you have the time and space. My current 335d is on 160k milage and still going strong

I have a 335d Xdrive on a 67 plate. done 16k miles in 12 months, averaging 39mpg. Also enjoying the car. It will do 165mph INDIATED on in private track obviously. It hits 60 in 4.6secs. Its a weapon! I love it!

Great cars, mine is currently running a stage 1 map (400BHP - 770NM Torque) 0-60: 3.9/4.1 surface depending, ultimate daily in my opinion, most of my friends drive petrol performance cars (C63, RS3, S3, M140I) ect and they all say my 335d is the silent assassin. Great video! Very informative!

Wicked review. Made my mind up on getting one soon.

Really useful video thanks. Just picked up one of these and I love it. Despite it needing some warranty work after a day (new tyre valve and leaking rear diff). The brakes seem really good so far though.

Just bought one of these myself, great content keep it coming.

ive got a 15 plate 335d x drive in which ive covered 10 k miles in the last year , im running a stage 1 map 360bhp and 700nm .in my opinion bang for the bucks theres nothing to touch them , it really is a car for all occasions , cruise effortlessly on the motorway and when in sports plus mode will destroy 95% of whats out there while returning over 40mpg

A good and honest review 📦✅

Its all about 4 wheel drive, whether that be xdrive/quattro etc, they give you so much confidence when driving in bad conditions, it's great! Truly the best cars to drive when wanting performance and good handling and grip in the wet.

Best owner's 335d so far well done mate 👊

I’ve just bought an M340d and is sensational performance and economy wise. On UK roads it’s so easy to achieve 50+mpg with a 0-60 in 4.5secs of better.

Excellent review thank you. Have had mine from new and covered 44000. Beautiful understated car that is a joy to drive. I have no Intention of making a change as I can see nothing I prefer. 35:29

I have a 2017 530 d RWD stage 1 306 bhp with 700 nm this week I am getting a x3 x dive 35d I will stage 1 tune on this gives it 360 bhp and 700 nm Can’t wait.

Had a 16 plate f30 335d for 5 years now. As many say here, I cannot find anything to replace it with. A long drive will give over 50 mpg but it drops to 12 on track 😊 Faults, the egr valve recall and they had it so long waiting for parts they said the discs had corroded and replaced the discs and pads for free. Biggest issue I have is tyre noise on some surfaces and I'm running ps4s. Better on the winter 18's I use Services at the dealer are £150 for minor and £350 for major services. You don't need the emissions and other checks they will try and charge you for, that's part of the mot and you can reset it on the idrive yourself

Got one of these on a 67 reg, now on a private plate. In Mineral Grey colour. Quite a basic spec but I plan to add things to it. I've already upgraded the business nav non-touch 6.5 inch screen to 8.8 inch touch screen (OEM part from BMW not an android screen) and added fullscreen CarPlay. Mine only has the manual seats, no reverse camera, no adaptive cruise control, no heated steering wheel or heated seats but I plan to retrofit heated seats once I've sorted other things out. It does have standard cruise control and parking sensors of course. I have absolute babied the car since I got it and it's had a full service, major service and 3 oil changes in the 30,000 miles or 15 months I've owned it. In the next week it's going for another oil service and the following week a walnut blast, replacement glow plugs are on order as the previous owner was a right cheapskate and hardly maintained it at all (they had fitted tyres without TPMS sensors on runflat tyres - which is actually a legal requirement. I had these sensors bought and added at my cost, they hadn't bothered to take it for it's EGR outstanding recall either).

Im planning to get a 335d (maybe 435d). What are some common faults and major faults i should be aware of? And what to check/look out for. Also looks like im probably going to be able to afford a 60k-70k mileage 335d...if lucky..maybe 55k. Is that too high and risky? Also heard some people mention an EGR recall. And another recall. How do we verify if the previous owner undertook the recall?

Love the straight 6 BMW engines, used to own a 530i Auto & it was silky smooth, can't believe you haven't got heated seats in 335d X-drive that's top of range !, Have you considered a Mercedes C250 4-Matic ? Quick , Frugal , My Autoguard warranty runs out next month only used it once & they we're great instantly agreed & pay £350 of £400 bill within 2x hours, see what they quote to see if i carry on ?? Great video

I've had mine for 18 months. Still brings a smile to my ugly face

Just bought a M340D after owning a M140i. Totally different performance delivery whilst posting very similar 0-60 times. The M140 is like a wild horse compared to a tamed animal in the 340D. The M140 requires concentration and commitment to deploy its full power whereas the 340D is point and squirt

Was going to go xdrive this time but I opted for my 3rd e92 335d. Just didn't feel as special in the xdrive. Alot of people go down th f10 m5 route after xdrive 335d's. Good luck brother

I've thought the same thing where would I go after. I have the bigger brake option, adaptive suspension, fold down rear seats, factory tints, H&K, net in the boot, the extra lumbar support on front seats. Stage 1 map and gearbox map, and ACS springs. Dimming wing mirrors...adaptive xenons... I have park assist but never used it. I'm missing heated seats and heads up display and the powered bootlid. I am also missing 360 camera view which would have been nice. I don't have adaptive cruise either or lane keep.. if I was swapping to something else I'd need to be changing my life and need a bigger car or something. I brought 4 decent sized passengers on a long journey who were still shocked by the acceleration so I don't think the weight of the car is too much outside of really twisty roads where its still fine but hard to predict how much grip you have before it lets go. I can't see what I would swap it for

Watching this makes me glad I bought a 330d with the msport plus pack over the 335d. The 330d seemed much more exciting in the test drive, the 335d being too smooth. It wasn't about ultimate speed for me.

Looking to swap my Cupra 4drive petrol estate (300bhp), I test drove an F30 335d XDrive (310bhp) which, on paper, was just as fast but more economical. However, in reality I was underwhelmed by it's performance. Standalone it was a cracking car, but regardless of the quoted figures, it didn't feel as fast off the line, so I didn't make the move. Later, I looked at a Volvo V60 D6 AWD Plug-In Hybrid (285bhp) which was supposedly only 1 second slower to 60 with a ridiculous claimed 150mpg, but again I was unbelievably disappointed - it felt like an 8 second car, not a 5.8 second car, and real world mpg is reportedly 50-70mpg if driven extra carefully, barely better than the BMW. I sold the Cupra in the end while the market was still high, and moved away from a performance car, but now the itch has returned and I'm again looking at an F31 335d XDrive estate with a view of mapping it to 400bhp. I briefly considered a Jaguar iPace, but given the stories about fires and stuck throttles, you won't ever see me in a fully electric car, so the BMW appears to be the best option all round for decent enough economy, and power to overtake when you need it.

This is my next car I'm Gona get but I'm getting the m performance kit and m breaks aswel I'd also map the car and box and stick some lowering springs on

Have you ever had any problems with the sos call light coming on which blocks everything on the dash.. mine randomly comes on and it sometimes stays for a which then will clear sometimes.. very annoying.

Great car, but for me a RWD only model with lowered M sport suspension would have been perfect. I know traction from the line wouldn't be as good, but it would have been lighter, more fun to drive, looked better and been more economical. I guess a 330d with a remap would be a good alternative.

You can go back to standard cruise by holding down one of the distance buttons until the green cruise indicator comes on.

just buying a 335d from this year, I'm looking forward to it having only test driven the 330d....

Thanks for your review Carnuts Guy. As well as steering and noise differences, how is the subjective comfort of the PS4 tyres compared to the RFTs, at low & fast speeds, ripples, spd humps, etc.? I'm speculating the run-flats on 18s could like going to 19s with normal tyres, maybe?? I had the F31 Touring 335dx MSport twice on short lease - a 2015 one that had the issue of the heater-a/c coming-on everytime i started-up the car not matter the state it was in when i switched it off, also it's halogen headlights were awful! Poor brightness and poor reach at speeds! However it was a really blinging white one with Oyster interior! When the 18mth lease ended i got another one for almost 2yr - 66-plate LCI Estoril Blue with Saddle Brown interior looked perfect, no probs with the A/C unit here i found it wore-out it's front tyres seemingly very quickly after about 15K miles - even wear - whereas the rears had loads left even after some Sport+ rear-out fun! LED highlights were also an improvement. I had to give it back as at the time i couldn't afford the final payment, but i wish i had but it on a longer lease with maintenance and at the end i could've afforded the final payment as the deal at the time was fantastic, the last before the tax change made it unaffordable! For a diesel the mpg looks on the low-side but for the performance a petrol couldn't compete and the bags of torque made it eminently drivable for long & short distances - i tried 300bhp petrols but they just felt shouty & lacking in comparison. Took the white one London to Scotland & back and the blue everywhere else - perfect. SE suspension was rolling on slip-roads and the like but on bumpy B-roads it was perfect. However i was getting lower back pain after a while, but after i think it may've been due to the tilt i had the seat at. Run-flats a little hard at town speeds. If i could've chosen again i would've added electric seats (manual height adjust was awkward!), upgraded speakers (base spec was too weak!) and lumbar support. I had specced both heated seats and heated steering wheel on both.

Are you driving around Buxton at all because the roads look very familiar to me

Are you sure the adaptive cruise can’t be turned into an ordinary cruise control? In my mini F56 you do that by just keeping one of the cruise control buttons pressed.

Great review. Still driving the same beauty?

Will the adaptive cruise control bring the car to a complete stop and then go again after 3 seconds if the car in front moves on? (like the VW system).

What roads are you driving on, at the stsrt of thr video please?

I’ve had a 2015 65 plate LCI 335d touring for the past 5 years in a very similar specification & still adore it! 😘, have absolutely no plans to sell it even after the 5 years & it’s just turned over 50000miles. The one & only issue I’ve had with mine was one of the electric tailgate struts failed which was covered by warranty & repaired quickly. I do agree with you regarding the brakes & the start/stop torque converter jerkiness, although I’ve changed the pads & discs all round recently & they seem a bit better but an expensive job as you say. I’ve opted to stick with runflats as my wife is the primary user & I like the security of knowing she’s not going to get stuck anywhere with the kids, although I’ve not had a single puncture yet🙄🤷‍♂️🤣

Crazy buy a car of this value and worrying about 350 for heated seats 😢

Buxton roads

Hi mate what was mpg driving around town

I had a remapped 335i now miss it want something more reliable so be looking at a 335d estate euro 6

What brembo bake disc did you fit, do you know the part number? Cheers

I went from a f30 335d to a golf r estate MK7.5…. Much cheaper to maintain and similar power but better sounding. Must admit the ZF was a better box IMO but the golf r is better in most other categories, again IMO

I really want a 335 D and I keep tormenting myself by watching videos like this, i though another several month/Year of saving and ill get one...... until I seen the insurance for a year. £2800..... 5years no claims 22 yrs old. where tf do they get the prices from

Chapel en le Frith bypass A6

No harmon kardon no heads up no heated seats no upgraded alloys whats the point then lad? Deadest spec out there

This guy definitely keeps all his receipts in his wallet

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