Category: car ownership

BMW 3 and 4 Series X-Drive vs Rear Wheel Drive. Which drives best?

The author compares their experiences driving a rear-wheel-drive F3x Series with a 4 Series Coupe and an X-Drive F3x. The X-Drive’s higher ride height and softer dampers make it feel different, affecting aesthetics, handling, and towing. The suspension is criticized for a “floaty feeling” and a desire for the M-Sport suspension typically found in rear-wheel-drive models.

New Car – My BMW 330d M-Sport

Following on from my previous post Final Update on My 430d, after waving goodbye to my 4 Series I welcomed my new car, a BMW 330d X-Drive M-Sport. With the miles piling on the 4 Series I needed to change it to something with fewer miles so when this example came up with just 16000…

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Final Update on My 430d

It has been far too long since I updated on here and I have to tell you that I said goodbye to my 430d back in June 2023 after 2.5 years with the car. A fair amount happened in the time since my last update so I thought I would do a thorough update of…

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My 2016 F32 BMW 430d 9 Month 13500 Mile Update

Latest Post Final Update on my 430D It has now been 9 months since I acquired my 4 Series and it has been getting plenty of use over that time doing the daily grind, family holidays towing the caravan and many many drives just for the love of driving. I’m pleased to say that so…

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