Thanks for the discussion – I’m very drawn to the 335d XDrive as the deals are very good at the mo, they’ll need to be to change my favour from Audi.

talking specifically about E9x versions it always makes me laugh when people say “if I remap my 330d it’ll nearly be a quick as a 335d”.

Not if you remap a 335d! I had 350bhp and 700nm torque 🙂

I’ve had 2 335d’s and they’re awesome, got the same twin turbo engine in an X3 (which is currently off the road with turbo problems!).

Really nice and easy engine to do regular servicing on.

I have some specific technical PDF’s relating to the twin turbo system – email me if anyone wants a copy, it’s quite interesting.

MintyJim – I’m thinking about mapping mine – how many miles did you do on yours with the map and did you ever have any issues? Worried about gearbox, clutch and DPF.

Gee – I had mine mapped at 92k, had the gearbox oil changed at the same time (BMW say it never needs doing, specialists say it does and my gearbox was much smoother afterwards). I did another 30k in mine and it needed nothing apart from regular servicing

Ok – did you ever do the DPF? Surprised it lasted 130k miles.

Did it at 65k, didn’t bother doing it again.

I also had no injector problems or turbo issues despite the scare stories and it actually was nicer to drive after the map (speed aside). However, as I said before if you’ve got a leggy version, ignore what BMW say about the diff oil for life nonsense. It really does need doing (mine had had quite a hard life to be fair) and is noticeably better afterwards. Big job though as (my understanding is that) they have to be taken off to change the oil.

See, even made it to Spa…

If your going to accept having “ruined” handling that comes with the clumsy 4wd system, you might as well get an Audi, as that way you get a nice interior to look at………….

(you have no choice in F series, as 335d is Xdrive only now iirc!)