New car tomorrow, BMW 3 series 2006

freddie1970

Hey Im buying a BMW 3 series tomorrow 2006 is there anything i should look out for with the 2006 version of this car

weekaizer

freddie1970 wrote: »

Hey Im buying a BMW 3 series tomorrow 2006 is there anything i should look out for with the 2006 version of this car

Petrol or diesel?
What size engine?.

brembo26

Could you provide more info???

Google is your pal!

www.honestjohn.co.uk is another handy one.

The search bar on this site could throw up a lot of info too.

freddie1970

its a 2 litre diesel ..im not able to put up a link

toyotaavensis

What years had they dodgy timing chains?

String

freddie1970 wrote: »

its a 2 litre diesel ..im not able to put up a link

Put the link like: boards dot ie

weekaizer

freddie1970 wrote: »

its a 2 litre diesel ..im not able to put up a link

I've had a few of these...
Make sure the crankcase breather filter has been recently changed or if unsure get it changed yourself. (€30 approx plus labour).
Swirl flaps ideally should be removed as their brackets can loosen and break off and be ingested into the engine and cause serious damage.
Outside Door handles can stick open.
Dsc (traction control) light can start intermittently flashing when driving and cutting power, if so need new abs sensors.
All these cars were factory fitted with run flat tyres, each of them should have "RSC" stamped on the side wall of the tyres. Something to keep in mind as these cars have no spare wheel.
Good luck with the viewing!

freddie1970

its a 2006

freddie1970

is there any way i can post link...when i try it says i cant cause im new on the site

Kintarō Hattori

Baring the mileage in mind the timing chain may need to be sorted out. I bought a 2005 320i, never thought to check that and yup.... needed to pay out handsomely to have it fixed.

moonfish

How much does it cost to get sorted..and what needs to get done..

bazz26

The OP has a thread over on the buying forum too.

I presume this is the car in question:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/BMW/3-Series/....DIESEL,-SE,/48613990420208160/

nc19

bazz26 wrote: »

The OP has a thread over on the buying forum too.

I presume this is the car in question:

http://www.driving.ie/used-cars/BMW/3-Series/....DIESEL,-SE,/48613990420208160/

2008 Mazda 6s going for 7-8k with 50k less kms and zero list of likely issues

i will never understand (after working on many german junkers) why anyone would sacrifice the peice of mind and reliability of a jap car for the supposed status symbol of a BMtroubleyou

if i won one in a raffle id sell it on and by a jap yoke and go on a cruise with whats left

bazz26

You might want to do some googling on Mazda's 2.0 litre diesel engine then. Plenty of info out there if you look.

Foxhole Norman

nc19 wrote: »

2008 Mazda 6s going for 7-8k with 50k less kms and zero list of likely issues

i will never understand (after working on many german junkers) why anyone would sacrifice the peice of mind and reliability of a jap car for the supposed status symbol of a BMtroubleyou

if i won one in a raffle id sell it on and by a jap yoke and go on a cruise with whats left

Barring the status symbol crop I think the reason most people buy them is because not everyone wants to be driving a boring jap econobox. Some people like driving and BMW's tend to be high on the list of drivers cars.

JohnBoy26

nc19 wrote: »

2008 Mazda 6s going for 7-8k with 50k less kms and zero list of likely issues

i will never understand (after working on many german junkers) why anyone would sacrifice the peice of mind and reliability of a jap car for the supposed status symbol of a BMtroubleyou

if i won one in a raffle id sell it on and by a jap yoke and go on a cruise with whats left

:pac: Oh dear, you don't have much experience with diesel 6's do you. BMW's reliability and engineering is vastly overrated and nothing at all to write home about IMO, but jeez you could of picked a better example to prove your point than the disastrous diesel 6

Really those 2.0 diesel 6's are terrible yokes.

nc19

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

:pac: Oh dear, you don't have much experience with diesel 6's do you. BMW's reliability and engineering is vastly overrated and nothing at all to write home about IMO, but jeez you could of picked a better example to prove your point than the disastrous diesel 6

Really those 2.0 diesel 6's are terrible yokes.

I picked a 6 as an eg because i have been looking over a few 1.8s over the last few weeks for a family member thats buying one. So no, it wasnt the diesel i was talking about.
I personally would never buy a large diesel. A 1.6 crdi kia or hyundai would be my choice. I have a 1.6 lancer atm. I have had all kinds of jap cars over the last 15 yrs and in that whole time i never put the kind of money in to them collectively that ive seen go into some bmws in one go.

its a choice i suppose

bazz26

But the OP is asking about a 320d not a petrol Mazda 6. You can buy lots of cars for €8k but they have feck all relevance in this thread or to what the OP is asking about.

moonfish

Yeah true I'm not buying a Mazda anyhow...sending aa carcheck out today

bazz26

Are you the OP under a different user name?

HandsomeDan

I've owned both a Mazda 6 1.8i & 177 320d. The Mazda is a tin can compared to the BMW.

nc19

HandsomeDan wrote: »

I've owned both a Mazda 6 1.8i & 177 320d. The Mazda is a tin can compared to the BMW.

While i have owned every car out there i have certainly driven every make/type of car that is sold in ireland and i could just never own a bmw. Ive never enjoyed driving them. The cabin very oppressive imo

its a personal choice. I suppose.

I used the 1.8 mazda as an eg of what else he could get that will not end up costing a fortune every yr to maintain. I know a 2.0d is not a 1.8 but none of us bar the op know if he might have been interested anyway.

freddie1970

Thats the thing for some reason i love driving them personal taste really

RobAMerc

i had 2 320d's both 2006, turbos went in both and the dsc went in both at almost the exact same mileage. I've got a 520d now ( turbo replaced in this under warranty )
btw - the e90 was voted one of the best handling cars of the last decade, I have to agree - cracking cars

moonfish

How can you avoid the turbos going