[siross]

Afternoon guys,

After being in the market for a car for a long time, my search went from an e91 330i to an f31 320 to finally an f31 330d.

As you may know, my car search was more of a saga with many twists, turns, hesitation and stress! However, after many threads and posts with some excellent advice from you guys I finally pulled the trigger on an AUC 330d as below:

• Melbourne Red
• Black dakota leater
• M Sports
• Professional Media
• Harman Kardon
• Reversing Camera
• Folding Mirrors
• Adaptive Cruise Control
• Adaptive M Suspension
• Adaptive Xenon Headlights
• Heated seats
• Full black panel display

I'm not exaggerating when I say that it hasn't stopped raining since last Saturday. The drive from Manchester to Carlisle was "interesting" to say the least which consisted of stopping no fewer than 6 times on the hard shoulder to perform a temporary repair on my broken windscreen wipers! After finally getting there in one piece and signing on the dotted line, I was the proud owner of "Eric"

Apologies for the poor picture, I haven't had chance to wash it yet! When I do I will get some better pictures up.



In terms of my experience over the past week, in short the car is AMAZING! The acceleration is unbelievable, the handling is fantastic (even though I've not really tested it due to the weather), the car is incredibly refined and a fantastic place to be, even in traffic. The 8 speed automatic gearbox is fantastic, it's incredibly smooth and makes driving so much easier! I've not tried the flappy paddles yet! The HK system is awesome too, could do with a little more low end but that's easily fixed with an additional boot subwoofer at some points.

There are a couple of negatives.
The car doesn't have EBT, but I'm due to get that coded shortly
The ride can be a bit harsh, which I'm assuming is due to the RFT tyres so will probably go for non RFT when I come to change the tyres.
I would have loved to have a car with the 19" M Sport alloys, again that's something that can be sorted.

All in all, fantastic car and I now look forward to getting in the car

BIG thanks to everyone for your help! I know I've been a pain in the backside but I do appreciate all your help and advice

[Kal101]

Decent car that

Enjoy !!!

Glad to see all that time on here wasn't wasted as your planning mods already

[JustChris]

Congrats! Fine looking car, must say never seen an MR F31 in the metal.

UK Hearsepost grows and grows, still time for me to swap to a body carrier!

[Nick the Greek]

Great to see a red 'un!

[Andy30D]

Very nice car indeed mate! I hope you don't regret choosing it! The ride is probably due to RFT, I can live with mine and the positives of RFT are worth it, but I am also used to harsher rides so think its not so bad!

[RhysT1]

Originally Posted by siross

I would have loved to have a car with the 19" M Sport alloys, again that's something that can be sorted.

Nice car siross looks great, Would look even more great if you bought and fitted my 442m's

[73henny]

Nice looking car. Don't agree the HK needs another subwoofer though. It already has two of them.
Have a look at the sound settings - maybe the previous owner didn't like a lot of bass and turned it down.

[Rbrown]

Nice looking car. Another hearse - hooray!

Enjoy!

[JD6]

Congrats - looks great in red. The 330d is a good choice.

[Watsey]

Glad you are enjoying your new motor and that it was worth the wait. Give yourself some time for the car to grow on you - obviously your initial impressions are v.positive, but you'll appreciate it even more over the next few months.

As 73henny said, you can easily tweak the bass/treble/EQ settings in the HK - I've never found it to be lacking once you've got it set to your preferences.

[robbiep]

Yahay ! Nice car, and welcome to the club for the proper F3- series owners !


EDIT : and get rid of that vectra off your avatar thingy-wotsit !

[siross]

Originally Posted by Kal001

Decent car that

Enjoy !!!

Glad to see all that time on here wasn't wasted as your planning mods already

Thanks mate

Originally Posted by Chris The Manx

Congrats! Fine looking car, must say never seen an MR F31 in the metal.

UK Hearsepost grows and grows, still time for me to swap to a body carrier!

Do it! I'm glad I held out for the touring!

Originally Posted by Nick the Greek

Great to see a red 'un!

Thanks Nick, it looks even better in the flesh!

Originally Posted by Andy30D

Very nice car indeed mate! I hope you don't regret choosing it! The ride is probably due to RFT, I can live with mine and the positives of RFT are worth it, but I am also used to harsher rides so think its not so bad!

Thanks and I'm sure I won't

The ride isn't terrible, it's just a little bit harder than anticipated.

Originally Posted by RhysT1

Nice car siross looks great, Would look even more great if you bought and fitted my 442m's

Haha, I wish I could mate, I really do!

Originally Posted by 73henny

Nice looking car. Don't agree the HK needs another subwoofer though. It already has two of them.
Have a look at the sound settings - maybe the previous owner didn't like a lot of bass and turned it down.

It has got 2 subwoofers but they don't move enough air to go really low. It depends on the music you like to listen to, my preference is rap/hip hop which drops very low. I've been through the settings and tuned it to how I like it but it does struggle at the lower end of the bass spectrum.

Whilst I'm on the subject, do people have the Logic surround on? I turned it off, found it to completely throw off the sound stage.

I'm not trying to criticise the HK system, it's fantastic. I'm just nitpicking really.

Originally Posted by Rbrown

Nice looking car. Another hearse - hooray!

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by JD6

Congrats - looks great in red. The 330d is a good choice.

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by Watsey

Glad you are enjoying your new motor and that it was worth the wait. Give yourself some time for the car to grow on you - obviously your initial impressions are v.positive, but you'll appreciate it even more over the next few months.

As 73henny said, you can easily tweak the bass/treble/EQ settings in the HK - I've never found it to be lacking once you've got it set to your preferences.

Fingers crossed, I can see me and Eric getting along quite nicely.

I think the HK issue is coming from having 4x12" subs in the back of the Vectra with 2kw RMS running through them. I'm not going to replicate such lunacy in the BMW but I think a 12" sub in the boot would complete the HK system.

[siross]

Originally Posted by robbiep

Yahay ! Nice car, and welcome to the club for the proper F3- series owners !


EDIT : and get rid of that vectra off your avatar thingy-wotsit !

Ha, thanks mate

And sorted! Forgot all about that.

[teaston]

Nice spec list! It's just missing the 19's really.

[rapid64k]

Looks clean and you seem to have the right kind of options fitted, good buy.

[73henny]

Originally Posted by siross

It has got 2 subwoofers but they don't move enough air to go really low. It depends on the music you like to listen to, my preference is rap/hip hop which drops very low. I've been through the settings and tuned it to how I like it but it does struggle at the lower end of the bass spectrum.

Whilst I'm on the subject, do people have the Logic surround on? I turned it off, found it to completely throw off the sound stage.

I'm not trying to criticise the HK system, it's fantastic. I'm just nitpicking really.

Maybe its your choice of 'music' that is the problem?
You're not the first to say they can't find a EQ setting that suits rap. Can't think why . Maybe theres a capital C missing somewhere

And yes, I have surround on.

[....,,,,..,,..]

Welcome at last as a true Hearse owner

Car looks great, admittedly it took you long enough to make the obvious choice

As mentioned, get used to driving the car and try it in different gear setups, it really is a fantastic car to drive.

We do have a huge number of Hearse owners on here

Including some of the fastest in the land.

[siross]

Originally Posted by teaston

Nice spec list! It's just missing the 19's really.

Thanks

I'm very tempted to get some 19s but just can't justify it at the minute.

Originally Posted by rapid64k

Looks clean and you seem to have the right kind of options fitted, good buy.

Thanks mate

Originally Posted by 73henny

Maybe its your choice of 'music' that is the problem?
You're not the first to say they can't find a EQ setting that suits rap. Can't think why . Maybe theres a capital C missing somewhere

And yes, I have surround on.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

The reason, in my humble and clearly corrupt opinion, is that rap/hip hop et al rely on heavy bass notes, quite often below 40hz. In order to properly experience these notes, a large amount of air needs to be moved by a speaker.

[siross]

Originally Posted by Brigand

Welcome at last as a true Hearse owner

Car looks great, admittedly it took you long enough to make the obvious choice

As mentioned, get used to driving the car and try it in different gear setups, it really is a fantastic car to drive.

We do have a huge number of Hearse owners on here

Including some of the fastest in the land.

Thanks Brigand

I've not tested the car yet and I've not used the paddles just yet either. When I get a bit more time and the weather picks up then I can hopefully test it a bit more. So maybe Spring 2016!?

[SkyJawa]

Looks lovely fella!

[Tengocity]

Good work, glad you're enjoying it.

But "Eric"?!

If it's after Cantona then it may be acceptable but I'm not sure guys naming cars is ever acceptable and certainly with guys names!

[dopper99]

Looks fab.

Great thing about a second hand car is that it's all run in so you can put your foot down straight away.