New To Bmw

[Uncle_Fester]

After many years with Rovers, then Honda, I have just got a 320d SE touring auto. It has 68,000 on an 03 plate. It is immaculate inside and out and has fsh. The only things I may want to alter, are adding a CD to it, and connectivity for a phone.

Any advice whatsoever concerning the car will be welcomed.

Daz

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

Welcome aboard Daz ;)

[Guest jeffthro]

Welcome Daz. I've only been "German" about a couple of months, having been Toyota Supra - Honda Civic - Nissan Primera GT - Honda Prelude - Nissan Almera - Nissan Primera GT - for maybe 10 years. Enjoying the RWD!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Mr.Beemer]

hello & welcome to the forum.

a jap & german owner here.

cant go wrong with a Bavarian motor works :P

[Tarmacterror]

welcome aboard mate, nice move to owning such a geman piece of engineering. i have owned a 320d in the past n they are a mint motor for munching up miles for fun whilst economy is excellent. my advise too keep the machine runnin smooth is keep up with correct castrol oil n services at the right time according to dash display.

some early models did suffer premature turbo failure mostly down to not letting the turbo wind down after long fast drive and late improper servicing but yours is a low mileage with history so a good start there. mine did eventually have a turbo replacement around 140,000miles with some breather pipes :rolleyes:

[Bimmer Owners Club]

Hi Daz welcome to the club. With regards to the CD and phone connectivity. Just get a new head unit that has bluetooth in it. Simples!

[E46King]

Hi Daz welcome mate! :D

[Pablo]

Hey Daz.

That's not a lot of miles for a 2003 plate estate, good find!

I just joined and I'm in a similar boat with my cassette player. If you find a decent alternative, share :)

[Uncle_Fester]

I was looking at throwing a Cd Changer in off eBay for about £40, or a BMW business cd off there as I have seen them for about £70.

[Uncle_Fester]

Took delivery yesterday, with 68005 on the clock, 12 months mot, 10 months tax. To my surprise there is also a cd multichanger in the boot. Runs sweet as a nut. Happy days.

[Nightshifty]

I hope you enjoy your first Bimmer as much as I did. The only trouble is - once you've experienced the sheer "smile factor" it'll give you - you will never find anything else comes up to scratch. However, that's easily rectified by buying another one! :)