[TurboWeasel]

I was just browsing AT to see what values are up to currently and noticed that in the 261 results for "3.0d, 2015-2017 F30", several of them are Cat S or N write offs!

Blown engines?

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

I was just browsing AT to see what values are up to currently and noticed that in the 261 results for "3.0d, 2015-2017 F30", several of them are Cat S or N write offs!

Blown engines?

BMW drivers... Pfft... Probably put the wrong blinker fluid in

[Shadowmanrider]

Are there blinkers on our cars then ??.🤔🤪

[Watsey]

I'd love to know how many of those were running Bridgestone S001. One of the lowest grip tyres I've ever experienced, and the first 'mod' that I made to my car was to bin them off.

[KRS_SN]

They're mostly driven fast and aggressively in my observation. There's no downside as fuel economy of diesel 30 +mpg too unlike powerful petrol cars.

[McBeemer]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

I was just browsing AT to see what values are up to currently and noticed that in the 261 results for "3.0d, 2015-2017 F30", several of them are Cat S or N write offs!

Blown engines?

Remember they are "M" cars you missed out the "M" in the description

[TurboWeasel]

Ah so probably just shonky drivers then I've never seen quite so many Cat S and Cat Ns for the same model search before

Originally Posted by Watsey

I'd love to know how many of those were running Bridgestone S001. One of the lowest grip tyres I've ever experienced, and the first 'mod' that I made to my car was to bin them off.

And worse than that, when they get to half worn and lower, the tramlining and crashiness is truly horrendous. So bad in fact I thought my alignment was off, or the fluid CA bushes were shot. Nope, it was all down to the SOO1s! I've experienced a crap tyre ruin a car before, but nothing on this scale.

[Ofield_94]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

Ah so probably just shonky drivers then I've never seen quite so many Cat S and Cat Ns for the same model search before



And worse than that, when they get to half worn and lower, the tramlining and crashiness is truly horrendous. So bad in fact I thought my alignment was off, or the fluid CA bushes were shot. Nope, it was all down to the SOO1s! I've experienced a crap tyre ruin a car before, but nothing on this scale.

I remember driving down a greasy Scottish B road on the S001's and the back end kept on snapping out unpredictably on medium power corner exits. A truly awful tire.

[5haks]

Hi I’m

New here so please bare with

I just got my first BMW 2017 330d x drive it has run flats any tips as to what mods to carry out and any best practices

I noticed the car doesn’t have auto boot lid closure but a friend has a 2016 4 series which does is this an extra option ?

Thanks

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by 5haks

Hi I’m

New here so please bare with

I just got my first BMW 2017 330d x drive it has run flats any tips as to what mods to carry out and any best practices

I noticed the car doesn’t have auto boot lid closure but a friend has a 2016 4 series which does is this an extra option ?

Thanks

Welcome to the forums

Start a new thread for this on the UK page; as you've started this in an existing thread about why 330/335Ds are write off's etc

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/fo...412&order=desc

[Jon TDI]

My previous F31 (30d) was written off due to gearbox being hit by something laying in the road.
Didn’t believe it at first, but quotes were coming back at around £10k to replace the gearbox!

[TurboWeasel]

Originally Posted by Jon TDI

My previous F31 (30d) was written off due to gearbox being hit by something laying in the road.
Didn’t believe it at first, but quotes were coming back at around £10k to replace the gearbox!

Yeah it's that sort of thing which stoked my curiosity. Base engine is £15K and the box is £10K it seems. With 100K+ 330/35ds now as low as £9K, they can be written off extremely easily!

It's probably also crappy Bridgestones or Pirellis losing the back end in the wet as well, as discussed

[Troopa340i]

"So much torque the chassis twisted off line"

[TurboWeasel]

Originally Posted by Troopa340i

"So much torque the chassis twisted off line"

A Mustang owner's favourite excuse for crashing a car off the road in a straight line!