CTC Review: 2007 BMW 335i Coupé

[stewie]

But you don't need any options to enjoy the driving experience.  Maybe the sport package, but that's it.  Fake leather is fine with me, it's actually a "stickier" material that keeps you from sliding around as much as you do in leather, possibly even negating the need for the sport seats (althouth they are nice).  I'm seriously considering getting into a base 335, which can be had for $50k, before taxes and fees.  It's actually not too badly priced when you take a close look at it.

[sirAQUAMAN64]

I was surprised with what was standard when I configured.

[tpl]

My only gripe about standard equipment is the limited colour choice.

[davidm]

Also remember, the top models (335, 330) in coupe form often have almost all the fancy features standard.  Looking at BMW.ca the options for a 335 coupe are:

- Dakota leather
- Metallic Paint
- Sport pkg ($2k) - wheels and seats (sport suspension in std on coupes)
- Prem pkg ($4.2k) - homelink, auto diming and folding side mirrors, lumbar, compass mirror, upgraded sound, dakota leather
- Nav pkg
- Steptronic
- Steptronic with paddles ($100 more)
- Active steering
- Comfort Access
- Park control
- Telephone prep
- 6 disc changer
- Upgraded sound

Only thing stingy here is the 6-disc changer (but who cares in an iPod world  ).  Rest of it would be more or less a likely option on the G35/37.  We can dicker about leather quality and wheel size, but that's about it.

The top 3-series models are not strippers the way they used to be.

Oh and Space Grey over Crimson leather or Montego Blue over Saddle leather for me.

[initial_D]

Also remember, the top models (335, 330) in coupe form often have almost all the fancy features standard.  Looking at BMW.ca the options for a 335 coupe are:

- Dakota leather
- Metallic Paint
- Sport pkg ($2k) - wheels and seats (sport suspension in std on coupes)
- Prem pkg ($4.2k) - homelink, auto diming and folding side mirrors, lumbar, compass mirror, upgraded sound, dakota leather
- Nav pkg
- Steptronic
- Steptronic with paddles ($100 more)
- Active steering
- Comfort Access
- Park control
- Telephone prep
- 6 disc changer
- Upgraded sound

Only thing stingy here is the 6-disc changer (but who cares in an iPod world  ).  Rest of it would be more or less a likely option on the G35/37.  We can dicker about leather quality and wheel size, but that's about it.

The top 3-series models are not strippers the way they used to be.

Oh and Space Grey over Crimson leather or Montego Blue over Saddle leather for me.

and ...  Steptronic with paddles, No? 

[phatboyc]

I added all the options on a 335i sedan to compare it to my fully optioned IS350. The 335i was 65K and the Lexus is 60K. Still more expensive than the competition if you ask me. But for anyone buying this car it would be worth it.

If this car would of been out last summer when I got the IS350 it would of been a very difficult (but fun) decision to make.

[davidm]

Oh and Space Grey over Crimson leather or Montego Blue over Saddle leather for me.

and ...  Steptronic with paddles, No? 

Yes yes.  Ugh, the reminders ...   As I posted elsewhere, anyone know where I can get a replacement hand/wrist and shoulder?  Only need the right side.  Anyone parting out a relative ... 

[safristi]

PHAT_boy ya lose if ya weight.......ya gain if ya don't.....dang Buyin'a KAR is worse than a new COMPOOTAAH...a new iteration every 4 Months....

[airbalancer]

I can't deny the beauty (looks) and beast (mechanics) sense that Bimmers exude. I simply don't see how I could justify spending this kind of $$ on something that depreciates over time, and requires cash outlays in upkeep. I suppose if I had money to burn, then I would probably feel very different - but for now - I just don't see myself ever putting out that kind of moola on a car. It is a beauty, though.

What is the point of buying any new car, they all depreciate over time
That is probably why I will try to look at used cars now
How much is 649/749 up to this weekend

[safristi]

UP ta 849 last I looked................................

[Blueprint]

G37 Coupe vs 335i articles are already out there, and this excerpt is from Insideline :

It happens on lap 4. That's when the difference between Infiniti's 2008 G37 Coupe and BMW's 2007 335i Coupe crystallizes.

All at once the BMW coupe that we've considered the leader in its class finally decides it's had enough. With its oil temperature pinned at 300 degrees F and its coolant temperature climbing rapidly, the turbocharged Bavarian wonder engages its limp-home mode and we crawl pathetically back to the pits.

This all-too-dramatic demonstration of Japanese-versus-German engineering occurred at Nissan's Arizona Test Center, where Infiniti invited a select group of journalists to drive the 2008 Infiniti G37 Coupe back-to-back with Germany's best. The limp-home part, well, that wasn't part of the plan.

In fairness, both cars had experienced a relentless pounding by journalists with a profound absence of mechanical sympathy before the BMW finally succumbed to the desert heat. But the flogging had been similarly abusive to both cars, and the Infiniti G37 never showed any signs of weakness.

[wing]

This has been reported a lot online lately.

[Snowman]

Wow….not good news for BMW. Not that this will impact the majority of the 3 series buyers. However.....I know where my money would be going if these two cars were on my radar.

[airbalancer]

Wow….not good news for BMW. Not that this will impact the majority of the 3 series buyers. However.....I know where my money would be going if these two cars were on my radar.

COuld have someone missed a shift, causing the problem?

[wing]

No there is an issue with these vehicles overheating.

[tpl]

I would want to know why the "limp home" setting was engaged. An oil temp of 300deg in a turbo engine and it would be a full synthetic oil  seems high but not out of line after a hard day. Now the coolant temp... hmmmm cheap BMW water pump impeller?   Actually I think that the new BMWs have an on-demand waterpump which may have broken.

Anyway... I would still have the BMW   over a Datsun  

"No there is an issue with these vehicles overheating"    It will be fixed by the time I get mine

[wing]

A second oil cooler would solve it.

[Blueprint]

Guys, I was trying to do some homework on BMW data but I can't get anything else than a blank screen at www.bmw.ca.  Firewall issue on my part, or Could someone please post a link to the canuck homepage for the 3 series ?  Thanks !

[sirAQUAMAN64]

Could someone please post a link to the canuck homepage for the 3 series ?  Thanks !

Like Mazda's site, the content changes but the URL does not 

[Blueprint]

No there is an issue with these vehicles overheating.

I haven't read about it (yet) in "hardcopy" car mags, but since that overheating happened at the press launch of the G37 Coupe...every auto scribe will have witnessed it.  Looks like BMW's F1 squad is not alone with drivetrain woes  

Being budget-minded, as always, I'd like to read here about the upgraded, Canada-only 323i.  Now with 200 hp, it makes for an interesting buy at 35k$ (if one can live without cruise control).