Petrolhead Drives a Diesel BMW 335d 

"Why do people buy SUV's" This is a question I've never been able to answer, nor has anyone provided a good answer. They just serve no purpose. All the disadvantages of a farm truck and all the disadvantages of a road car, wrapped up into one disadvantaged disappointment.

Wagons are the best car, the stance, the practicality and the performance is awesome

Great video dude, totally agree with the massive shift to SUV's, these make so much more sense, lots of power to pull, i believe these are as quick if not quicker than a 335I by virtue of huge torque... such a great car. i would love to drive one myself.

Absolutely loved my 330d e91 great sleeper old man’s car 😊

For a diesel that actually sounds pretty darn good 🎉

I love a diesel especially a 6 cylinder diesel

Your channel reads my mind for the cars I’m wanting to buy I don’t know how

_Im not a BMW follower but I’ve appreciated all the ones you’ve shown, great job 👏🏼_

Nice review, that is a really nicely set up car and man it scoots along, you would need a radar detector for sure!

these cars are amazing. specially with the M57. Tuning potential is amazing and reliability of the engine is INSANE. I got a E91 with a manual trans , it's friggin great !

They do rev high, and being a 6-cylinder, it's a really good sound for a diesel. Definitely one of the best-sounding diesels out there.

Miss my 335d

0:37 funny you mention the smell of diesels. There’s been no smell off (stock) diesels for the last twenty years 🤣🤣

Nearly bought one - fantastic car. But opted for a jag diesel instead. XFS makes similar numbers but has the ford diesel which I reckon is cheaper to maintain.

Modern Euro diesels are flipping brilliant! Not a BMW mind, but my V6d R Line Touareg is as strong and powerful as on ox! It’s no E39 540i, but hey… Please come and drive the e39!? 😂 Please!!!???

Try and review a vw 1.9 tdi

Nearly swapped my is350 for a super clean one and I wish I did now

Only a matter of time until you try an Alpina diesel XD

I dont think I can sacrifice high revving NA for a bit of midrange torque.. Might just be me. Accord is just ticks all the boxes for me. The only car I'd want to replace it with is maybe a e90x m3

I drive an E90 diesel pre-facelift, albeit with the cut down M47 2 litre four cylinder. Those engines are nice, but the turbo only kicks in around 2k rpm, below that there is nothing (which is sort of irritating for city driving). Other than that, the M47 and M57 are great reliable engines. Otherwise I'd say you're lucky to have never had the manual option on these (or at least I don't recall seeing any) because the manuals BMW used are terrible. Imprecise, sloppy, don't like going into first or second. They also have really long gearing, so you often have to shift into first to get going even if you're rolling. This ties into another problem, which is the clutch. They have an insanely long travel on the clutch pedal, and also feature a delay valve. This means that your bite point changes all the time. This makes manual BMWs of that era practically impossible to drive properly. Another thing I will touch on is the steering. The earlier E90s had hydraulic power assist. However, I don't get all the talk about feel in these. I don't feel much of anything when driving mine. It just feels heavy for no real reason. This makes low speed manoeuvres a bit of a faff. Anyway, thanks for the video. It was great as always. One of these days I'll try an M57 equipped BMW. Really curious as to how they pull. Cheers!

2 only diesels i love 535d and 335d

I was looking to buy either E60 E39 E46 or E9x with M57 and just for the highway speeds and comfort it should be a great car. In my mind when I start comparing the diesel to petrol, thats when it kinda makes no sense. I can drive cheaper on LPG and I have the M54 alternative, which is usually better in acceleration than the older M57s. M57 can be reflashed, but in the end it is heavier, DPF goes dirty if you dont do long drives. Fuel delivery systems and clutch are crazy expensive, if they need repairs. There is probably something addictive in low end power as you dont need to downshift. Not sure yet if I should buy a temporary diesel car or not.

That engine is very potent, enough to pull E61 very confident. That E91 will pull nicely. Diesel can be fun. They become quite expensive to maintain when older, but that is to be expected...

I love how a basic tune ona diesel turns them into still reliable- weapons.

Where’s the BMW 130i type R hot hatch? 😂

Diesel power is great

The motor in the 535d was so far ahead of the one in the 3 Series. Didn't sound or smell like a diesel and would rev to 6000rpm. If you didn't know you would think it was a petrol in line 6. BMW improved the turbo lag slightly over the one in the 3 Series but it drove me crazy coming from a 3l naturally aspirated BMW engine. The traction control was so basic and would cut the power very abruptly. Petrol power is still king for me in a performance car.

No just the Timing chain Breaks

This needs a drag race against your m3 see how much difference all that torque makes

they are rated to tow only 1800kg so that aint much

Jack is a baller 😮

People buy SUV's because the market is rigged. They practically dont make wagons or sedans anymore, and thats because of global platforms. They needed the raised cars for packaging (battery packs especially), so they goaded everyone into thinking they wanted this. Honestly can't recall people asking for lifted hatchbacks (thats what they are, because of the sloped rears) before they were actually a thing. Pure market manipulation. Truely, there is no rational reason to buy a lifted hatch that has worse gas mileage and handling, but no extra practicality, but here we are. You have to scour the search results for a wagon or a sedan here in The Netherlands. When I was looking for my Civic, there were two, TWO, exec spec sedans in the Netherlands. Crazy. Also love the muscle memory arm going to the shifter when its an automatic, haha. As a man thats been driving stick for 18 years, i get it.

lonely track road

Audi does wagons the best and visually stunning. Nobody does it better. RS6 and RS 4 Avant....just Diabolical..... Mercedes and Benz.....not so even though this ís brilliant for a diesel.

the car may have cost $150k new but its still a car with $150k car issues. Devils advocate lol

In today’s economic climate though even as diesel is cheaper than petrol, you still have road users on top, so does it really balance out ? And is always the case with owning any high powered car where and when do you get to use this ridiculous power on a normal road? As a family car sure it’s good on paper but as a weekend play thing it’s the same as the much hated SUV. I see these as high powered fast things nothing more but as far as driver enjoyment even a 130i delivers that which can be used equally as a run about during the week or a toy on weekends

1st

Why do people have SUV's...get yourself a ride in a X3M and you'll be able to answer that question for yourself.

Can't stand bmw