Picked up my new 3 Touring and departed for a roadtrip right away

vdvpj · 08-08-2019, 08:27 AM

So about a month ago, I picked up my new BMW 3 Series Touring from the dealership and started a 3000km right away.

I left the dealership and went straight off the Italy, over to France, Switzerland, back to France to finally head back to Belgium after 2 weeks and 3000kms.

Perfect way to get to know the car, feel how it handles, enjoy the additional space compared to my 1 Series and just enjoy the ride.

It's a company car, so no big engine unfortunately, but it's pretty well specced.

Some of the highlights:

Glaciersilber
Sensatec Schwarz interior (heated seats in the front)
Aluminium Carbon dunkel with Perlglanz Chrom inserts
M Sport Shadow Line with optional 18" Orbitgrau wheels and M Sport Suspension
Full LED headlights and fog lights
Automatic 8 speed gearbox
Navi Pro & DAB
Instruments combi high (digital gauges)
Business Pack
Advantage Design Edition

It needs the black kidney grille though...

Overall great car, very comfortable, spacious and still handles well in the corners. If I'd have a bigger budget, I'd go for a bigger engine.

Here's our roadtrip vlog:

esoj37 · 08-08-2019, 08:35 AM

Great pick up! I love them wagons.

vdvpj · 08-08-2019, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by esoj37

Great pick up! I love them wagons.

Thanks man! I'm loving it so far! Always been a fan of wagons myself as well. Yours looks pretty neat as well. Sick mods!

Beek · 08-08-2019, 10:35 AM

Congrats on the new ride! Road tripping around Europe in a new BMW touring, it doesn’t get any better than that.

MmmmmM2 · 08-08-2019, 11:07 AM

Very nice car and glad you had fun!

vdvpj · 08-09-2019, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Beek

Congrats on the new ride! Road tripping around Europe in a new BMW touring, it doesn’t get any better than that.

Thanks dude! So true, even though I go to those places every year in summer and winter, I still absolutely love driving on those beautiful mountain roads. Even better in a brand new car!

vdvpj · 08-09-2019, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by F30ZHP

Very nice car and glad you had fun!

Thanks!

deviantspeed · 08-09-2019, 03:00 AM

We love ours. Very nice video, you'll look back on it in years and enjoy.

Should have popped that rear window in the video!

BWbimmer · 08-09-2019, 03:56 AM

Congrats, enjoy your car.

andino · 08-09-2019, 06:48 AM

Nice! I like mine as well. Taking it on a road trip today for the weekend!

floridaorange · 08-09-2019, 08:57 AM

Sweet ride and great video!

AK415 · 08-09-2019, 12:56 PM

For some reason I was thinking of this idea this morning.

I was in Germany in June and went to BMW Welt. May be next time I can do an European Delivery and start a road trip in Germany and surrounding countries before heading back to the state.

vdvpj · 08-12-2019, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by deviantspeed

We love ours. Very nice video, you'll look back on it in years and enjoy.

Should have popped that rear window in the video!

Thanks! Yeah, that's the main reason I make these videos. It's always nice to get more views but I do it for the memories.

What do you mean by "Should have popped that rear window in the video!" ?

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Originally Posted by BWbimmer

Congrats, enjoy your car.

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Originally Posted by andino

Nice! I like mine as well. Taking it on a road trip today for the weekend!

Have fun!

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Originally Posted by floridaorange

Sweet ride and great video!

Thanks

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Originally Posted by AK415

For some reason I was thinking of this idea this morning.

I was in Germany in June and went to BMW Welt. May be next time I can do an European Delivery and start a road trip in Germany and surrounding countries before heading back to the state.

I can only recommend it!

BWbimmer · 08-12-2019, 06:04 AM

Next step, first oil change?!

deviantspeed · 08-13-2019, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by vdvpj

Thanks! Yeah, that's the main reason I make these videos. It's always nice to get more views but I do it for the memories.

What do you mean by "Should have popped that rear window in the video!" ?

Did I miss it? Or maybe not all F31's have this. Rear wiper, center of car where the motor would be, lift the little tab underneath with the car unlocked. Should lift open only the rear glass, mine does. Really convenient if you are in a hurry and don't need the action of the full liftgate.

vdvpj · 08-16-2019, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by deviantspeed

Did I miss it? Or maybe not all F31's have this. Rear wiper, center of car where the motor would be, lift the little tab underneath with the car unlocked. Should lift open only the rear glass, mine does. Really convenient if you are in a hurry and don't need the action of the full liftgate.

Oh, you meant just to show in the video that the glass can open separately? A great feature in my opinion! Very handy indeed to grab something very quickly.

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