If you are trying to get a car which is fuel efficient, great power & less maintanence issue. You should get the 320D! Just go and read from forums & review most people own the 320D will not go back to petrol version. With fuel subsidy is going to remove next year, hybrid & diesel cars/pick-up is seeing a come back and 2nd car dealer now are camping/raising the price up for 320D. Just look at the 320D 2nd value againts 320i if you know what i mean in Mudah, OTO or any on9 market.

This post has been edited by littlefire: Nov 21 2019, 10:45 PM

It's quite a nice car. Not the most powerful car you can find but it's just about adequate around town driving. Engine well insulated from noise but tyre roar seeps into the cabin, probably due to the super stiff run flats. Gonna change to softer rubbers soon.

Yeah it was slightly under a year old when I placed my booking. No need to pay for bsri, it's all included. That's the benefit of premium selection unit, you drive your car away with the remaining bsri + warranty, peace of mind.

The sound proof is not as good as I expected
I agree the power is adequate
But the zf transmission is silky smooth

I love the zf 8 speeder. Compared another of my VW's 7 speed dsg, this ZF is such a pleasant to drive in heavy traffic.

Provided you don’t mind the crackling sound of Diesel engines

And the diesel fume in your driveway. To be fair it's a frugal engine with generous torque but diesel engine is often regarded as lower class in Malaysia compared to their petrol counter part.

Europe is also slowly phasing out diesel engines too.

That is people mindset of the previous diesel quality.
Now we already got Euro5 diesel selling in Malaysia compare to last time only normal Euro2M.
Malaysia is not like Europe controlling so harsh in term of environment, so we still got a lot of time to enjoy the diesel advantage.
if not mistaken Paul Tan from the famous blogger also own a F10 520D before.

The Malaysian mentality, when they hear the noise of your diesel engine it often leave a bad impression. But if you can live with the diesel crank and fume, it's generally a very good engine.

But I believe the engine have to go for urea injection right? How often and how much that costs?

If not mistaken Malaysian BMW diesel engine is tuned for our diesel grade and due to not so strict gov. policy a lot of these enviroment features already remove which include the DPF filter. If i still remember that our local BMW diesel engine is only tune for Euro 3 grade that why a lot of people in Malaysia is enjoying low maintenence cost compare to those European couterparts.

Only those direct imported units from UK or other parts of the world will have these DPF, urea injection thingy to control the smog.

FYI, the urea is the same ammonia which come from our pee pee and filtered.

This post has been edited by littlefire: Nov 22 2019, 07:20 PM

I see. For those out of the bsri period but under bmw premium selection, do we get the option of adding bsri if yes how much? And do all cars under premium selection come with a default warranty for services etc? Trying to gather enough info to fortify myself before heading to a bmw seller. I live in east malaysia

I'm not sure if you can add bsri, because why not just pay for the servicing? If I'm not mistaken all premium selection car comes with at least 1 year warranty, even if it's out of their 5 years / 100k warranty.

330e 3 year old costs rm130k

This post has been edited by timidandslow: Dec 4 2019, 09:40 PM

F30 after 5 years.. Banyak masuk workshop and damn expensive parts.

2013 F30 owner

This post has been edited by Cubalagi: Dec 5 2019, 11:27 PM

Conti car ownership rule #1, sell after warranty ends. After warranty ends all count on luck. Lucky and that thing lasts but if unlucky it's gonna be money pit.

if sell after 5 years, would not it better to lease than buy? just curious

I'm not sure what are the available leasing options for luxury brands in Malaysia, but as far as I know Merc's agility financing (quite similar to leasing) works out to be more expensive, unless you're sticking to Merc forever.

Anyone is welcome to correct me if I'm wrong, since I'm a true believer in the traditional Hire Purchase way since I prefer putting down big down payment for my car

BMW and Volvo also offering the leasing programme now with the so-called Guarantee Future Value. Just wondering if to change every 5 years, which one makes more sense financially wise

I kind of partially agree and disagree.
On upshift the DSG wet box is way faster than ZF.
But the weakness of DSG is obvious during 1,2,3 gears downshift in start stop traffic. As workaround paddle shifters.

If it make any sense, why would a company design a leasing plan which make them lose money

Yup.. Now got brake dsc problem.. Ori part is RM14+k.