What do you expect when you only run in 5-6.5k RPMs and 220-260 km/h 😂. If you cruise at normal highway speeds it would probably consume around 7-8l/100km
@@draculu it revs to 7000 rpm buddy, and it's a 5.8 second 0 to 60mph bare bones stock. Get your facts straight before you get a fool made out of you 3 months after you post a dumb comment t like that
well its relative, for a 3 liter NA engine its good in fuel consummption day to day use with daily 60km distances my consumption is around 9-9.5 with 110 km/h
@@Sam.Angel.330well since april i received a promotion and company car so now My little 30i is sitting in the garage nicely polished and waxed, taking Like 100 kilometers in a month… but usually i am kinda speeding
how would you describe the quality after this 240k km? I just bought one with quite a lot of km, similar to yours. I wonder if this was a good purchase or not?
@@dealoxhd1164 idk yet. Bought it and wait for it to be delivered to me. They need to do a maintenance now. Can tell you maybe end of next week. Its from the first owner who is a 60 years old man.
@@AnthonySmith-pl1ox yeah, old people are really good with cars and protect them really well. I’m thinking about buying the 330d, how much did yours cost?
I've been looking for a video of an E90 330i N52 with automatic transmission for so long to see how it drives! Thank you so much for the video, hopefully there's gonna be a nice looking car this summer in Germany so I can finally buy one.
I've had one, same n52 auto albeit in touring body. Much as a manual would be very engaging, I would say the automatic gives a good balance of comfort and sportiness for me. As you see in the video, it will chase redline nicely. Granted, it is not as quick or efficient as the current ZF8, but it was good for its time and will still lock up if you have in sport/manual mode. In drive the controller allows more 'slush' in gentle/medium acceleration in the first few gears, providing excellent smoothness and lovely sound when pulling away. The 0-100 time differences are less than 0.5s between manual and auto anyways.
@@FD-rh6tr so far so good, no big problems so far. Mine is an 07 plate with 118k miles and full service record. Mine has the valve cover gasket changed before I bought it although I had to change the oil filter housing gasket myself as I spotted some oil seepage along the side of the engine. Plenty of videos and DIY guides available. Whilst the n52 is considered to be the more reliable engines, this is relative among the other e90 engines, unlike Japanese cars which can cope with on demand maintenance, these need preventive maintenance. At this point age also plays a major role compared to mileage. Make sure items such as water pump, gearbox fluid, valve cover and oil filter housing gaskets have been changed, especially if the car has reached the 100k miles. Otherwise budget for those. Videos and fittings also suggest budgeting for disa flaps, pcv, starter motor, vanos solenoids as well.
@@ml9052 Hi, thank you so much for your reply. I picked the 330i because of it's legendary N52 engine, I want the raw power, no turbo, no direct injection. I heard great things about the engine and the auto transmission. I would like to find a good looking E90/E92 with xenons and a full leather interior with sport seats. I'm looking for mileage around 180-250k km. I plan on buying this summer and from what I've seen on mobile.de there isn't a car that would meet all my expectations plus my budget around 8 or 9 thousand euros. Hopefully there's gonna be one very when the time comes!
@@pastorgains999 Mine is a standard 'SE' model (UK) without the M Sport suspension and bumpers. To be honest I find the normal seats supportive enough, and for UK roads the M Sport suspension in my opinion is too firm, especially when you add run flats tyres and 18 inch rims. I intend to swap my 17 inch run flats on my 330i to normal all seasons when they are worn, this will improve comfort and I prefer an element of wet/cold weather handling especially given RWD. Xenons are nice but for a car of its age, they can throw am expensive bill if they break. I personally prefer the simplicity of my 330i SE. No xenons or idrive etc. Just leather heated front seats, panoramic roof and front/rear parking sensors.
My manual 330i uses the whole speedometer to 260 km/h. It would be around ~267 I guess, if there would be a speedometer up to 280 km/h like in the 335i. Vmax (limiter) is 254 km/h (veff - secret menue) in 5th gear.
just what you said, until 220km/h no vibration, more than that i never do it just give me respect, and look, the first reduction of this video its at that velocity, coincidence? i dont think that
I have an F30 320i XDrive and although not the same car, doing 100mph (161kmh) feels like it does 60mph (100kmh). Extremely stable at high speeds and even 130mph felt fine
Pretty great i have one but you really have to keep on top of the maintenance, specifically if its got more rhan 120k kms make sure its had a water pump, thermostat and coolant expansion tank replaced as i had all 3 fail roughly around the same time and its very common with the n52 in this car. Also check for valve cover gasket’s and that the transmission fluids had a flush as bmw dont as its “lifetime fluid”. The starter motor is also prone to fail so make sure it starting strong or its about 700$ aud for a new one as i found out 😆
Seems like a legic fast car, from what i've heard it's surprisingly efficient on a cruise of you baby it also, 6.5-7L/100 km combined is attainable on a long drive, can anyone confirm? i'm talking about N52, not N53
Freedom units here, but I get 32ish mpg at highway speeds 70-75 mph. City I get 20ish depending on how I drive. It will drink fuel if you put your foot into it, no doubt about it.
@@GamingHistory. hell yea I actually sold her back in march to get a 335i it’s all about how you take care of them I know a lot of people say that but I dog my cars out every day and the only issue I had with the 330i was car screen needed to be re programmed
@@GamingHistory. it’s fun but I herd 335 for the ones that you can modify and they handle boost better it’s kinda been a pain getting everything for the build but a lot easier than the 330i
I just did 6.6 L/100km on my E90 325i (LCI) with N52B25BF engine. The Valvetronic motor is malfunctioning sometimes, though. Still be able to have a range of 910+ km and fuel consumption mentioned
@@Qu3tzio Truth is, you really have to let the car cruises itself or you may have to precisely control your right foot. But, back to reality, I did covered 600+km with 3/4 of the fuel after filled up. It’s actually very efficient
@@f00kinglasrsights89 That's actually amazing, n52b25 and b30 should be about same consumption, because 3.0L has a more sophisticated, 3 way air intake system, and it uses DISA Valves (unsure if they were used in 2.5), anyway official numbers also look quite similar
It has drive sport mode and manual mode, and in manual mode if you dont shift it or shift it in time it redlines for a second and then shifts for you anyway.
@@alekzandaralesandrov1210 N53 started in 2006 but maybe im wrong that in the video is the n53, i have the n53 for me it’s the better engines but the n52 is more reliable i know that.
@@Deyan741 n53 is the black cover engine , while n52 is a grey one. In e90 i am sure that n53 is put only in the lci versions. By the word "better" i do not mean that n53 is a worse choise , after all it is the same engine just with a direct ingection , and some little nore diferences , actually n53 has better fuel consumption. They both put all most the same power , n52 is just has some advantages in terms of reliability. Great choise bro , i have one as well.
This is still in 5th gear I rev it out and change to 6th gear and it will go off the clock way past 260, by changing gear you take abit of heat out of it. My car is standard 258bhp I would say iv clocked over 170 mph . It wasn’t verified, it’s only supposed to go 155mph here in the uk. I also have 19” alloys from the original which where 17” I think, so that would increase top speed. There is actually a video of someone going around 174mph / 280kph
@@oberstjordan6309 Dafür macht er aber auch mehr Probleme. Vor allem die Injektoren. Der N52 hat einfach garnichts. Der will sein frisches Öl und ab und an Mal ein Anbauteil wie ne neue Wasserpumpe. Aber ansonsten läuft das Teil sicherlich 300tkm ohne irgendwas am Motor zu haben. Aber du hast Recht. Der N53 macht ein bisschen mehr Laune.
piece of shit n52 too slow for me and doesn't leak oil and its reliable almost like its not a bmw engine at least the awesome slow/laggy shifting trans blows every 300k
