Two Days Driving Wales' Best Roads in my BMW E92 325i

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2 жыл бұрын

So the idea for this trip was to plan a route from Hereford to the South Coast whilst covering some of Wales' (or at least South Wales') best roads. This included a load of roads Chris Harris used to film on, Black Mountain Pass (where Top Gear film regularly) and a load of other stuff in between. The BMW was flawless as usual and even got 41 MPG going back; a pretty decent achievement for a six cylinder petrol.
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@jimloach4075 Жыл бұрын

Had my 2012 e92 325i manual for about 7 years. Done around 50k miles on it and its now in 96k. Love the car. I've tried to look after it well, oil every year instead of 2 years like the official servicing states, etc. I'm biased, but it's a gorgeous looking car, especially facelift LCI form. It's been pretty reliable to be fair. I've had a couple of issues over the years, mainly common ones, although so far not the injectors (think being a later car, it's got the newer revision of injector)... touch wood. I did have the crankcase ventilation valve go which needed the entire valve cover replaced (there are methods to replace just the valve, but my garage didn't want to risk messing around with that). That was ~£800... If you want to run one of these cars my best advice would be pretty simple, put away some money each month into an account and keep a float of a few thousand pound. That way you don't worry about stuff breaking as much and can relax a bit. Got to be realistic, even newest ones like mine are ~10 years old and stuff will fail. If you dont already, turn a spanner where you can. You might find you enjoy yourself and get satisfaction from repairing stuff yourself, learn more about your car. Obviously, you can save a heap of money over the years instead of taking it in for every job. Makes ownership a bit cheaper. Finally, get ISTA so you can do jobs on the car yourself. It's not expensive, there's heaps of resources online to help. 👍

@thandomthembu4913 Жыл бұрын

Still satisfied with the performance? Have any of the issues kept you stranded at the side of the road? I am thinking of purchasing one in manual form.

@jimloach4075 Жыл бұрын

@Thando Mthembu sorry mate just seen this comment. Performance wise its nothing crazy. Its plenty adequate for day to day road going. Its kind of a good amount of power, you can thrash the nuts off it without getting into stupidly quick speeds and losing your license. It does lack some lower end torque if I'm honest, and as many have said over the years, you do need to keep the revs high to get the most out of the engine. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. I was originally gonna get a 325d auto but i drove the 325i manual and just fell in love with it. Mine is an SE not a Msport. Not as good around corners but plus side is it handles the shitty roads around me far better. I loved the look of the 19inch wheels but i went with the SEs 17inch wheels as Id heard many people cracking the 19s. Plus tyres are a bit cheaper in 17 inch form. Personally i haven't had any issues that left me stranded per say. I did just have a rear spring fail but I was at home on the drive and could rig it sufficiently to get to a garage around the corner. I will say its worth finding a decent bmw independent as they can help sort any issues and know the cars. Good luck in whatever car you go for!

@amaanahmed305 Жыл бұрын

Great vid

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

Cheers chief

@SB-lh1kb Жыл бұрын

Love My E92 330i great cars

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

They are indeed. Mine will be doing about 1500 miles over the next week.

@t.has0 Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking about doing a road trip when I get a 325i Lci, how was the fuel economy?

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

Generally get about 32mpg with a mixture of motorway and b-roads. Goes down when you're on it but equals out when just cruising.

@t.has0 Жыл бұрын

@@HarryBradburyAuto thanks bro

@tylerhurley8810 Жыл бұрын

I've seen a e92 325i for £5k which only has 68k miles on it, had 1 owner, and no advisories on recent MOT. You reckon that's a good deal on one of these?

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

Yeah 100%. What year?

@tylerhurley8810 Жыл бұрын

@@HarryBradburyAuto 2008 buddy. SE though not m sport :(

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

@@tylerhurley8810 SE’s are nice. At that age it’ll be N53 so make sure injectors and HPFP have been changed. Water pump as well ideally.

@tylerhurley8810 Жыл бұрын

@@HarryBradburyAuto would I be better off going for an N52? What engine is in yours?

@HarryBradburyAuto Жыл бұрын

@@tylerhurley8810 N53 is what I have. Have a search on Google for pros and cons of both; there’s a fair bit out there.

@bobaphat3676 11 ай бұрын

these are oil burners

@HarryBradburyAuto 11 ай бұрын

I’ve used 1L of oil in 20k miles, excluding servicing. Maintenance is key to avoiding excessive oil consumption.

@bobaphat3676 11 ай бұрын

@@HarryBradburyAuto unfortunately i had the n52b25 and it suffered from worn valve stems and pistons rings. Maintenance was above average. Maybe you have the n53 or a later n52

@HarryBradburyAuto 11 ай бұрын

@@bobaphat3676 I have N53.