2017 BMW 330i x-Drive // A DoubleClutch.ca Review with T.H. 

First time I drove this 330i after driving civic non turbo model for years, it blew my socks off. The torque is immense with slight tap on the paddle. It’s addictive and this car makes you feel so much more confident and makes you feel like a really good driver haha

I just bought this and it’s my first BMW! I’m loving getting to know it and I appreciate your review and knowledge 😀

This is the perfect video for a f30 owner. Just praises all around like an A+ interior.

I own this car and still come check out this review. You did a great job. I love this car.

Love this guy. Smart, to the point and refreshingly honest. 👍 Like

This video is the first proper video of the F30 330i 👌

I just bought this exact car and my wife an d I absolutely LOVE IT. Great Video I didn't know it pipes in the engine sound that is crazy it sounds legit!

I probably have watched this video about 7 times over the years, and I can say it sold me on the car - recent F30 owner.

Finally, a real review! (comparing to other motorsport journalists)

You have a phenomenal channel, my dude! Genuinely my favorite simply because of the E46 love. I sincerely hope you can get more traction with subscribers and views. Keep up the spectacular content!

I have a BMW 230i in manual and your interpretation of the feeling of this 330i is pretty much the same. Really fun car to drive aggressively without being overwhelming.

Thomas, I'm gonna need you guys to go back and review/compare a 330i Sport Wagon against your new Audi Allroad as a TH Extra. Please and thank you!

This video is the reason I bought this car, so happy with it

Great video! Earned a sub 👍🏻 I drive an F30 328i (which is basically a pre LCI 330i) and I couldn’t agree more with everything you’ve mentioned. Such a comfortable yet powerful everyday saloon indeed.

This is a better buy than the new m235i. Just tune this engine and you will have rear-wheel based xdrive (so proper BMW) with 300hp and great comfort.

Recently bought a 2018 430i Gran Coupe, for a lot of the reasons you mention, plus hatch! I really don’t need anything more sporty, as I don’t track or drag. I almost never had much opportunity to wind out my previous car (2006 Audi A3 2.0T). The setup is softer, so I’m still adjusting to the increased body roll, but also appreciate not feeling every crack in the road. I’m not convinced the cornering is significantly worse, with the AWD and better balance making up for the body roll.

Watching this few years later at work still makes me appreciate my 430i. It really is that good and for putting around town, this is all I need. By the way, high gloss shadow line is the trim around the window, instead of chrome, it's shiny black, mine has it lol.

Great job man! I watch your videos since your first e46 upload (e46=bae) and your evolution is just amazing! You deserve way more subscribers, or a job at motor trend! Keep up the great work!

I'd blame your tires for the steering wheel reaction. I have a MPack F31 2018 with the 19" and it's fantastic. Absolutely fantastic car. Plus it is a touring, so much better and practical than a sedan. Perfect car to me. And so reliable.

Nice review. I’m considering a CPO 3-Series for my next car. I only wish BMW was still offering a manual in the 330i and 340i. As it is, I hope to find a nice low-mileage example in another year or two.

how reliable is this vehicle? how many repairs do owners usually need to make on these?

The ZF 8HP is incredibly impressive, but I'm still just a little mad that we couldn't have the F31 Touring with a 6-speed in North America. I need the space that the touring has, but the engagement just isn't there from the automatic.

To answer his not knowing what Shadowline is, it is the trim around the windows. It's an ostentatious chrome on cars without the M Sport package, but it's a nice black *with* the M Sport package and looks a whole lot better in my humble opinion.

Just got the light blue metallic m sport 330xi 2017 Definitely a nice car growing on me more and more. Was upset that I couldn’t get a 335 for the engine but this is pretty nice

I have both and you are right about the feeling that M2 seats being higher than the 3 series. It is one of the few things that I dislike about the M2. Also agree with your comment about the steering feel on the 3 series. Dead point at the center and too artificial in sport mode. That is my only complaint about the 3 series at the moment. Great review. Thanks for pointing important subjective facts like these. Hate those reviews when it just sounds like listening to a press release.

Great video, I think that BMW is on the right track with their naming convention finally, a little simpler to distinguish the trims even if their irrelevant to the displacement anymore.

best review so far.

The recent nomenclature on Audi is even more chaotic :-D

I undeniable agree with this review, i'm have a 2017 330i xdrive & it's really realllly good as he described. I drove both Audi A4 & BMW 330i, even though Audi A4 has multiple screens & latest interior technology, i felt that this BMW 3 series felt more pleasing with not too fancy thing going around inside & some small elements like interior lightning's & the way navigation screen and controllers were placed are more pleasing and easy to use when you are on the road. Overall i love this car & his review about this car is on-point. Glad i got this car. Only thing i would wish to have part of Driver's assistance package is both Parking sensor & Blind spot monitor. Most of the cars in the dealership has one or the other and if a car has both then the color of the car is not satisfying.

Great review! Two questions: where are you driving in the video? I'm having a hard time finding any good road around Toronto. Do you think the price gap between this and the 2 series is justifiable?

This is a very passionate n informative video, thank you!

i just bought a black one of these today with 14k miles :)

I test drove current generation A4 and C300 before buying a 328i xDrive. I agree with the reviewer that this generation 3 Series is a better overall driver's car. A4 too buttoned down, C300 too floaty.

Dude I am from Mumbai, India, I own a 2015 BMW 320d (F-30) RWD, (pre LCI model) its also an M-sport version, the thing is its got a decent amount of power (135 kw) and a 380 nm (which is more than the 330i you drive) of torque and obviously an efficiency of a diesel car! Now I am also thinking of buying the 330i (RWD version obviously) which is from what i gather in your video is a pretty dam good car to buy. But will it be good enough to a person who is already owning and driving a BMW F-30 for almost 3 years now? Cheers!

Hi I wanted to ask, you said that the car feels planted “on rails” in corners. Did you had adaptive suspension on the model that you reviewed? Because xdrive did not come with sport suspension even with sportline. You could Only get adaptive. So i wanted to ask if it feels sporty and stable in corners even with standard suspension?? ThankQ for answer, Love ur vids

Still prefer the e46 330i, it may be sounds like a L6, perfs like a L6, but its not a L6

Love the video. Appreciate your honesty.

The problem is that there are three possible steering systems on this car: the basic one, the servotronic steering and the variable sport steering, and I rarely know which one the car being tested is

There seems to be a lot of hate going around this vehicle. I test drove it recently and I must say I am impressed by it's overall package. Sure it's not the ultimate sports vehicle, but it's not trying to be. Could the suspension be stiffer? Yes. Could it use more communication in the steering department? Of course! But does it still drive like a BMW? Absolutely! And I'd say that's more important than whether or not this checks all the imaginary boxes that a sports sedan should have. It's a sporty daily driver, and it does it's job really well!

Your talking speed is A1 👍🏾

thanks for this review. i'm a long-time E46 guy but needing a newer car, and unfortunately, an automatic - and the F31 330xi M Sport is the car i'm looking for, or a Golf Alltrack. admittedly i also own a MK7 Golf and have driven the Alltrack, and they are fun cars - not fast, but lively and still comfortable. this review seems to concur that this car will be exactly what i am looking for in a daily driver family car that won't bore me to sleep while i'm driving it, but also something docile enough for my wife to drive. thanks, this review was super helpful and arguably the way all car reviews should be.

Id love to have such a capable car, great in winter, good mileage, fun to drive, modern looking, with all the gimmicks and creature comforts... but this has a god damn 4cyl. And dares to call itself 330xi. This is a matter of honour, selfesteem, class, tradition. You don't chop 2 cylinders, slap a turbo on it and call it the same name. You just don't.

Are these decently reliable? I'm thinking about getting it as my second car

Very nice video, i am looking also for the 530 f10, with the 3 liter petrol with the 8 speed automatic, which is better the 330i or the 530 ? Could you please advise?

Big fan of Throttle House and have been following your channel for years. Got a question for you - would you recommend buying a 2nd hand 2017/2018 330i if reliability/maintenance is a concern?

I really hope this is comparable to the 2018 because I can’t find a review for that but I just bought it and waiting for it to arrive on Thursday. If it’s anything like you love this car I’ll be totally psyched and I also hope I have the heads up display I never check for that

Hmm. This guy has potential 😉

Excellent review, non nonsense.

I have a 2018 330i 💪🏾

Thank you so much, it's really useful

Great video! Awesome car!

Great Review!! Loves this channel! Best in the business!

Coming back to this now its funny how you look like Misha Charoudin

How did you get the analog clock face to show up on you idrive display without the split screen option??? Check it at 0:58 seconds into the video.

Okay, when are we gonna see a G42 230i review??

You would pick this transmission over a manual??

merc and bmw should go back to using numbers that match displacement

Wow

This car is actually reported to go 0-60 in 5.5 seconds both by motor trend as well as car and driver.

How did you get the 330i with these rims? My dealership told me that I can't get the 330i with m package with these rims for 2017.

Yeah you just sold me lol. Thanks for the review great video.

Wait until you get Xhp and a stage 2 fbo tune 😂 with burbbles

BMW model name is crazy nowadays, how about the weight ?

Does anyone know how to set the analog clock to the screen, as shown 3:53 min?

Great car and greater host

Did you guys ever review the 2016 model with the older steering?

so you would take this over a comparably equipped 340i?

You have aaaaabsolutely persuaded me 😃💥👌

How's the reliability? Specifically this LCI B48 cars? Thanks

E46 m3>>>

Another Guelph review!

Excellent and Insightful Reviews man! I love the enthusiasm and passion you put in your vids!! I just leased a 2017 330i with the Sport Transmission (Or whatever the hell... I can't figure out which of the 3 trans I have) I searched for about 4 months and compared the C300, A4, and the Is250 to this before choosing BMW. Albeit, the price was a factor. I was able to pry this service loaner unit from the dealers hands at 34% off MSRP LOL. The car is very fun to drive and has a great balance of Fuel efficiency and adequate power. Sport+ mode is fun to drive in! 1 complaint so far: the ride is a little to stiff when commuting. I think it may be the Run Flat tires causing this. What do you think?

How tall are you?

OMG This is not Thomas I know

THATS MY CAR AHHH

Sorry BMW sorry world but i drive My e46 m3

is this the n20 motor ?

Sorry man... Numb steering, turbo lag, fake engine noise, high price tag, doesn't handle as well as the old chassis... I'm in the market but I can't bring myself to spend the coin for THIS version of the 3.

Wait I saw that car in 2012

Sounds kind of funny being a 4 cyl :) (instead of 6)

People can complain all they like about the 4cyl but they all have the same stupid look on their face when they look up it's specs in comparison to previous I6 engines that have been used.

Audi is the worst out of the three. Just to point that out there 😊

4 cyl is rubbish and a deal breaker. Audi is way ahead

Technology has to evolve sorry for that . Power steering is outdated

Didn’t realise the sound was synthetic, you ruined the car for me :(