Introducing my New Car!

This type of video is new, but I’m pretty excited about the new addition. After about 3 months of searching, I am the official owner of a 2010 BMW 335d. I managed to pick this up threw a wanted ad and the owner was about 45min away which was super convenient for me. I’m the third owner, as far as I know, the gentleman I purchased it from had it for about 10yrs and as you can see it’s extremely well kept. This is a warm State American car so it doesn’t have heated seats or a heated steering wheel unfortunately, but those are minor things especially with such a well-kept car. #foxwell #BMW335d #BMW

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This is the fourth BMW I’ve owned and the 17th vehicle since I’ve been driving. So to start why I bought this car. I used to be a truck guy when I first started driving, but eventually got introduced to cars and grew a liking to them. As for how I got into BMWs, I have my mom to thank for that. She found my first BMW which was the 740i E32 and then she also found my 733i E23. Unfortunately life got crazy and I haven’t been able to dedicate as much time as I’d like to my E23, but hopefully I can get it sorted out this summer. That however is only a summer car. I missed having a BMW for a daily driver and with the insane fuel prices, there needs to be a more suitable replacement for the Ram. I still need a truck so the Ram isn’t going anywhere, with that being said though, mid 40mpg vs high teens mpg will be much easier on the wallet.

I also like having something rarer. For many, this is a very understated car. This had a limited run in North America only made between the years 2009 to 2011, only available in a sedan, and only in rear-wheel drive. Throughout the world, it was only available with an automatic however there is the odd manual conversion out there. At the time from what I’ve heard, BMW stated that they never produced a manual transmission strong enough to handle the power. This is an M57 3L inline 6 bi-turbo engine. It has 282hp and 428 ft-lbs of torque. Compared to an E90 M3, this has far more torque. And to top it off, this diesel has plenty of tuning potential. This car is stock other than the tint and wheels. It has E90 M3 staggered 19” wheels. 245 in the front and 265 in the rear.

If you’re new to BMWs or are unaware of this, some sites can be found through Google to decode your VIN, showing all the options your car is equipped with. Simple type in BMW VIN decoder and use one of the top results. I have found some will show a little more details than the other, so try to cross-reference between a couple.

While my car isn’t a sport package, it’s still spec’d well and not a base model. The color is Schwarz 2, the same color as my 540i which I believe is part of the 3 base colors BMW offered without paying extra. The other two are silver and white. This is a straight black with no metallic. It has black Dakota leather, from what I’ve seen on the E90 in Canada it’s hard to find them with leather. Most come with leatherette and will crack on the driver’s bolster both on the seat cushion and back. On the seat cushion it’s typically on the door side close to the separation on top and just above the plastic trim on the side. They’ll crack on the backrest too, again on the door side of the bolster. This happens at a low mileage too, it wasn’t meant to last sadly and this is why I prefer the leather. People will advertise it as being leather, this can be verified by decoding the VIN.

Moving onto the rear, apparently the brakes don’t have that many miles on them and I can see the pads are good. There is some rust on the rotors from sitting in the driveway for a couple of weeks and will hopefully clean up with a trip up the road and back. I pulled the rotors off to check the parking brakes and they’re in great shape. Most of the components are good here too except for the shocks which are badly leaking. So they’ll get replaced along with their bushings.

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