I scored one of these on accident on an online auction for $700. 2003 bmw 330xi. I didnt want it. I was gonna sell it. But after driving it for a few weeks now. It grew on me.
Just got an '04 330xi, I echo you sentiments about the style and interior finish. If I did not know any better I'd think it was a modern car. Oh yeah, and the '04 has a sixth gear😁
Just got a 330xi awd with 130'000 miles on it, clean title, very well maintained, after market high performance parts... exhaust, k&n air intake, brand new supercharger (not Installed tho). Paid $1'000 for it!... made my year!
Good review, and I'm watching this review 3 years later...I own an '05 330xi also these days, but there definitely some issues around 150k.. My motor and trans are still super smooth, the suspension definitely needs some help though.. obviously considering the miles. Certainly not cheap, but thank goodness for e46 write ups👍 Great review, and great car 👍
I’m looking at an 05 330xi myself and don’t know if I should buy would u say it’s worth it. The one I am currently looking at has 126,xxx miles and is being sold for 4.5k. And is there anything I should look out for ?
@@steezyd129 Hit me up. I wound up fixing mine up, and it's been running great. Been daily driving it for 3 months straight to work. It took a lot of work and a little cash, but it's one of my favorite cars I've owned. Up to 166k now and still out here performing 👍
Nice vid, I have a very similar interior in my 04, but it's not manual, has the S/M shift tho, which is fun. ABOUT THE RADIO: Mine was originally the "premium package" with the H/K 10 speaker BMW BUSINESS CD. Fine and good, but no aux for a smart phone and no tape deck? O.o I prefer analog to digital audio in most cases so, being the heretic that I am, I looked for the basic stereo, which in 04 should be a cassette deck still. I did find the tape stereo that matched the CD one and sure enough it is an easy swap, the antenna plug needs an easy mod tho, and the new antenna will be a cable tucked behind the glove box. The RDS display will still work for FM radio as well. The BMW BUSINESS CD is actually made by ALPINE for BMW, made in Hungary, as is the cassette deck. It also has a button for CD if you had a disc changer option wired to the trunk. I just use a good portable disc player with a line out jack powered by a DC lighter adaptor if I want to listen to CDs via cassette/aux adaptor. All the functions on steering wheel still work the same way too like the CD did, as well as the hybrid H/K stereo speakers but now for tape. This is a very good tape deck for a vehicle and still works fine and sounds amazing with a good cassette. What's interesting is, as far as I know, most tape decks in vehicles had either Dolby B noise reduction or none at all. This deck has a Dolby button that selects: off, Dolby B, AND Dolby C! Most prerecorded tapes after the 70's were encoded in Dolby B as standard until the death of analog tape. Dolby C NR came out early 80's and I have many chrome tapes home recorded off vinyl 30+ years ago encoded onto blanks with Dolby C. So they playback best also using C. The BMW tape deck shines in reproducing analog sound as good as you'll ever hear in a car, and I'd say even better then modern digital harshness they call "music".
I have a 5 speed awd manual e46 as well, and there is no lock out going into 5th gear. Your friend's car has an issue that is causing it to happen in his car.
I have 330xi 02. You are wrong about the highway millage. I get 730km on full tank(shell gas). City drive i get about 500km. Weird. Drove it from Toronto to Calgary . (3000km one way)
A good video, a lot of good information, but please refrain from guessing how you think the 4 wheel drive 70-30 split works. BMW didn't want a car that understeers like a Subaru.
I guess this is allready comented but GAS-Milage. 330i manual-shifter 1:1 on 5-th with a rearend-ratio of 2.93. 330i auto-shifter 1:1 on 4-th with rearend-ratio 3.45. Learn BEFORE you post, yeah gear-ratios have been a great deal in the the daily life of a car since Henry F. The reason BMW manual have 1:1 on 5-th is because the drive-force under ratio-1 or 1 will affect drive-train faster or at 1 directly. Wich means the car are ment to have this kind of rpm at speed and will if you do not know: Give you 25mpg at 75mph
@@trevorjaster4072 I just bought a 2002 330XI a couple of weeks ago for $2800. It's at just over 112,000 miles. Got the carfax on it, last serviced at 108,000 miles. New belts, head gasket, valve cover gasket, brakes and tires. Interior is 9.5/10, nonsmoker. I am now the proud owner of my first BMW! I big leap from my previous car, a 1997 Honda Civic I owned for 11 years. It was a great reliable car, got awesome gas mileage. It needed some work so it was time to move on to something else. I totally wasn't in the market for a BMW but I found this beauty and couldn't pass up the deal.
thats not much dude . its more much on a massive Tiger Tanks that built by Nazi- germany in 1939 that so much fuel save n economy that can shoot the enemy of 95% accurately in 500m radius and the one and only tanks that using a modern power steering to drive turn like these modern car today that just can control just barely one hand steer , while the other tank are still using hard complicate conventional fragile drive turn . and until today no one tanks ever can destroy these tiger tank completely till theseday . is that shock? .
I scored one of these on accident on an online auction for $700. 2003 bmw 330xi. I didnt want it. I was gonna sell it. But after driving it for a few weeks now. It grew on me.
Just got an '04 330xi, I echo you sentiments about the style and interior finish. If I did not know any better I'd think it was a modern car. Oh yeah, and the '04 has a sixth gear😁
I might pick up one
Me too, its awesome better than my old 08 e90
Just got a 330xi awd with 130'000 miles on it, clean title, very well maintained, after market high performance parts... exhaust, k&n air intake, brand new supercharger (not Installed tho). Paid $1'000 for it!... made my year!
i have this exact model, any tips? or cool things youve done to it
Man. I have eyes on one, and you're making me want it.
Decent video. Yet, if you know how to turn a wrench and can follow instructions, BMWs are actually pretty cheap to maintain and repair...
I agree I’m a 17 year old girl and own this same car and have spent around a grand in parts.
Very easy car to work on.
Not if you have gasket issues which a lot of bmws have especially my dads e46. It cost around 2k in Canada to repair
@@Rayy_46m if you pay someone to do it, which he or she said if you know how to turn a wrench and follow instructions.
You need to know alot more then just turning a wrench to work on a bmw some mechanics can't even deal with these things
I’ve been saying this. “ if you don’t know what your looking for in a car, BMW has it.”
I have a 2003 BMW 330 XI. It is a very good car.
Lawrence Brown me too i agree
Thanks. I bought 325 xi lest week. Very nice
In to process of deciding between an '03 325xi or an '02 330xi, both automatic.
I hope you went with the 330
Good review, and I'm watching this review 3 years later...I own an '05 330xi also these days, but there definitely some issues around 150k.. My motor and trans are still super smooth, the suspension definitely needs some help though.. obviously considering the miles. Certainly not cheap, but thank goodness for e46 write ups👍 Great review, and great car 👍
I’m looking at an 05 330xi myself and don’t know if I should buy would u say it’s worth it. The one I am currently looking at has 126,xxx miles and is being sold for 4.5k. And is there anything I should look out for ?
@@steezyd129 Hit me up. I wound up fixing mine up, and it's been running great. Been daily driving it for 3 months straight to work. It took a lot of work and a little cash, but it's one of my favorite cars I've owned. Up to 166k now and still out here performing 👍
If you love the E46 doors, treat yourself to a 944 door sometime, they sound like a tank hatch closing
Thinking about buying 330xi 04 next week, thanks for review
Love my 2005 330i, have a 2015 435i, 2011 5.0 and around twisty the 330i is my favorite. Reliable car too
Totally agree with the German car thing about not bragging 💯
Nice vid, I have a very similar interior in my 04, but it's not manual, has the S/M shift tho, which is fun. ABOUT THE RADIO: Mine was originally the "premium package" with the H/K 10 speaker BMW BUSINESS CD. Fine and good, but no aux for a smart phone and no tape deck? O.o I prefer analog to digital audio in most cases so, being the heretic that I am, I looked for the basic stereo, which in 04 should be a cassette deck still. I did find the tape stereo that matched the CD one and sure enough it is an easy swap, the antenna plug needs an easy mod tho, and the new antenna will be a cable tucked behind the glove box. The RDS display will still work for FM radio as well.
The BMW BUSINESS CD is actually made by ALPINE for BMW, made in Hungary, as is the cassette deck. It also has a button for CD if you had a disc changer option wired to the trunk. I just use a good portable disc player with a line out jack powered by a DC lighter adaptor if I want to listen to CDs via cassette/aux adaptor.
All the functions on steering wheel still work the same way too like the CD did, as well as the hybrid H/K stereo speakers but now for tape. This is a very good tape deck for a vehicle and still works fine and sounds amazing with a good cassette. What's interesting is, as far as I know, most tape decks in vehicles had either Dolby B noise reduction or none at all. This deck has a Dolby button that selects: off, Dolby B, AND Dolby C! Most prerecorded tapes after the 70's were encoded in Dolby B as standard until the death of analog tape. Dolby C NR came out early 80's and I have many chrome tapes home recorded off vinyl 30+ years ago encoded onto blanks with Dolby C. So they playback best also using C. The BMW tape deck shines in reproducing analog sound as good as you'll ever hear in a car, and I'd say even better then modern digital harshness they call "music".
I think the reverse thing must be normal BMW thing, it's like that in my 318ti
That Xavier Wulf sticker on the rear !
I like your video man 😉😉
Xavier wulf sticker on the back
This have coilovers? If so any problems with from cv shafts after lowering?
I have a 2002 330i . I want to swap my transmission from automatic to manual so should I do oem or is there a better trans that fits🤔
I have a 5 speed awd manual e46 as well, and there is no lock out going into 5th gear. Your friend's car has an issue that is causing it to happen in his car.
Wild! I bought the car in this video lol still going strong at 170k miles
I have 330xi 02. You are wrong about the highway millage. I get 730km on full tank(shell gas). City drive i get about 500km. Weird. Drove it from Toronto to Calgary . (3000km one way)
A good video, a lot of good information, but please refrain from guessing how you think the 4 wheel drive 70-30 split works. BMW didn't want a car that understeers like a Subaru.
I’m needing some help. Is this a good first car? Before you ask, no, I’m not scared of the manual trans
I guess this is allready comented but GAS-Milage. 330i manual-shifter 1:1 on 5-th with a rearend-ratio of 2.93. 330i auto-shifter 1:1 on 4-th with rearend-ratio 3.45. Learn BEFORE you post, yeah gear-ratios have been a great deal in the the daily life of a car since Henry F. The reason BMW manual have 1:1 on 5-th is because the drive-force under ratio-1 or 1 will affect drive-train faster or at 1 directly. Wich means the car are ment to have this kind of rpm at speed and will if you do not know: Give you 25mpg at 75mph
does it mean that the 5 speed automatic has overdrive, but only the 6 speed manual has, and the 5 speed manual hasn't?
Does anyone know abt the rumbling??? Idk if anyone else has experienced it here but mine has 176k miles and it just rumbles a little
what type of springs or coilovers is he lowered on?
6:14
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you live in naperville?
You look like Ned Kelly
Does it have a aux cord plug?
come back over to Indiana, ive got a 540I and the srt4 caliber for you too play with
Just let me know!
0-60?
6.8
Omg Sanders you got me dieing
Stop calling it a 3 point oh. Just say 3 litre
what is a reasonable price ?
Ya they tend to be 300p-4000 for a nice one some can go for like 5500 if it is realy nice but some cheaper some can be found bit seem to be rough
@@trevorjaster4072 I just bought a 2002 330XI a couple of weeks ago for $2800. It's at just over 112,000 miles. Got the carfax on it, last serviced at 108,000 miles. New belts, head gasket, valve cover gasket, brakes and tires. Interior is 9.5/10, nonsmoker. I am now the proud owner of my first BMW! I big leap from my previous car, a 1997 Honda Civic I owned for 11 years. It was a great reliable car, got awesome gas mileage. It needed some work so it was time to move on to something else. I totally wasn't in the market for a BMW but I found this beauty and couldn't pass up the deal.
@@pchrisman96 that is good deal
@@trevorjaster4072 yeah I thought so too. It's a fun car, I'm already looking into some upgrades, not without doing my homework first of course...
@@pchrisman96 yeah i kinda want an e90 335i a little newer
3:24 😂😂😂
Is it an m3?
They have 2.5 L engines
What? No. 325i has 2.5L. 330i has 3.0L.
God thanks its not amerikan it would be broken down from factery
Lmao🤣🤣 idk crack
Why does everyone say 225 its actually 300
young Mac 11 no it's not.
It's 230
Decent video. But the kid is in his 20 what the f*** does he know about cars?!???!!
btw , are u still using this exactly e46 car?
thats not much dude . its more much on a massive Tiger Tanks that built by Nazi- germany in 1939 that so much fuel save n economy that can shoot the enemy of 95% accurately in 500m radius and the one and only tanks that using a modern power steering to drive turn like these modern car today that just can control just barely one hand steer , while the other tank are still using hard complicate conventional fragile drive turn . and until today no one tanks ever can destroy these tiger tank completely till theseday . is that shock? .