thinking about upgrading to a 35i. Advice please?
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For what it’s worth I owned a very nice 14 plate manual 2.0 M sport model and after 6 months and bit the bullet and bought a brand new 3.5is that cost an arm and leg each month £700! Complete waste of money until I get in the car and drive it! OMG the best car I’ve driven and I have driven a few! So much so I have purchased out right. Your only young once and you can’t take it with you. If finances allow you do do it buy the 3.5is.
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Both of my 35Is's were fine (ok the second one suffered roof failiure but that can happen to any E89) and I know this sounds like one of those chap down the pub tales but my neighbours son is an Audi dealer mechanic and they recently had a previous gen TT-RS in with a borked DCT (DSG) gearbox , the repair was 5.5k , this was a car that had done 52k miles , I would quite interested in what warranty coversclarker63 said:
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I've had an 09 35i for a year now, it's my daily driver and has adaptive suspension. I might well be lucky but all mine has needed is fuel and lots of it. I bought it approved used so it had a BMW warranty for a year and as I'm no fan of big bills I've just extended it - it cost me 440 pounds for the highest most comprehensive level of cover (Roof, engine, gearbox, anything oily).
My car has covered 58,000 miles however, I understand that the warranty price goes up quite a bit once the car has hit 60k+ but at present for the sake of less than 500 pounds a year I have peace of mind. If any of the items mentioned above go bang in the next 12 months that warranty has paid for itself, and if I still have it in a year's time depending on the price hike I'd do it again as the engines alone are an expensive fix - the less said about the adaptive suspension prices the better :lol:
My car has covered 58,000 miles however, I understand that the warranty price goes up quite a bit once the car has hit 60k+ but at present for the sake of less than 500 pounds a year I have peace of mind. If any of the items mentioned above go bang in the next 12 months that warranty has paid for itself, and if I still have it in a year's time depending on the price hike I'd do it again as the engines alone are an expensive fix - the less said about the adaptive suspension prices the better :lol:
I went from a 23i auto to a 35i manual a couple of years ago. I liked the 23i a lot, it was a nice car and went well - but...
the 35i is awesome. I always thought that if I was going to have a BMW, it had to be a straight 6, and personally I feel that a manual is more involving, although the 6 speed auto is very good. I have never driven a car with the DCT.
I have not had any problems with mine, changed the runflats for Goodyear Eagle 3s, which made the car so much nicer, and new pads etc.
As they're both 6 cyls, servicing costs won't be radically different, and 30+ mpg is easily doable on a run.
The 35is does have the adaptive damping, which is pricey to fix, and I think you have to get BMW to fix it if you do have problems, and the 35i/35is both have potential HPFP and turbo issues, although if you are looking at a 2009/10 model, these will probably have surfaced already by now.
Insurance/Road Tax is a little more, but not a lot more, they're not in the £500+ pa bracket for road tax, mine was £305 last year, and I think my insurance was an extra £20-30 a year.
Man maths aside, the 35i is a great car, I don't regret changing from the 23i.
Best of luck with your decision.
Cheers, Dave
the 35i is awesome. I always thought that if I was going to have a BMW, it had to be a straight 6, and personally I feel that a manual is more involving, although the 6 speed auto is very good. I have never driven a car with the DCT.
I have not had any problems with mine, changed the runflats for Goodyear Eagle 3s, which made the car so much nicer, and new pads etc.
As they're both 6 cyls, servicing costs won't be radically different, and 30+ mpg is easily doable on a run.
The 35is does have the adaptive damping, which is pricey to fix, and I think you have to get BMW to fix it if you do have problems, and the 35i/35is both have potential HPFP and turbo issues, although if you are looking at a 2009/10 model, these will probably have surfaced already by now.
Insurance/Road Tax is a little more, but not a lot more, they're not in the £500+ pa bracket for road tax, mine was £305 last year, and I think my insurance was an extra £20-30 a year.
Man maths aside, the 35i is a great car, I don't regret changing from the 23i.
Best of luck with your decision.
Cheers, Dave