BMW 3 series 2001 reviews
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 13 years) | Owned for: | 40`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 10.0 litres per 100km (90% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 1860 € (~ 620 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Very pleasant to drive
Even an old car looks visually appealing
Comfortable interior
Powerful also with 2.0l diesel engine
I like the equipment - multi steering, climate control, sunroof, etc.
Comfortable, easy to park
Does not require large investments, repairs are not expensive
Popular model, many spare parts available, both new and used
Cons: Fuel-inefficient
Very brittle rolling stock, suspension. If driven over potholes, rolling and suspension must be repaired for sure.
Be aware of the car's weak points: radiator is sensitive to shocks and air conditioning may not work, boot lid rusts, so number plate illumination is affected
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 15 years) | Owned for: | 105`000 kilometers (4 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 8.8 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 2000 € (~ 500 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Car is powerful stable, sporty, comfortable, beautiful. Engine is good! Consumption very good, lots of extras!
Cons: Rust, Rust, Rust. The running gear is very sweaty and tears regularly. The oil sometimes gets out of the engine somewhere, if you chip it you will soon be able to look for a new gearbox and reducer as well as a hanging bearing, a little expensive.also the same hanging bearing is very brittle, you will smoke the tires a couple of times and start to vibrate, the price is not terrible but change often with reluctance!
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 13 years) | Owned for: | 15`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 8.0 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 780 € (~ 780 € per year) | ||
Would NOT recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Relatively flexible, dynamic, warm, simple
Cons: Engine N42 sucks. Something broke on a regular basis, produces a variety of hitherto unheard of until end of sounds that are not managed to avoid. It is difficult to find fault. Eat oil, a white oil appears. Hard and rattles. Rusts. Glass elevators holds on nothing. In short, away from those engines, more than 100 000km it is not intended.
| Purchase year: | 2020 (age of car 19 years) | Owned for: | 15`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 8.0 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 1900 € (~ 1900 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Pleasant and good-looking. Sporty. Easy to drive. Powerful. Convenient.
Cons: Expensive engine parts. Complex engine and its supportive structure. With automatic transmission very diesel edible. The control system is fragile. Brutally baggy, on the smallest failure stands still. The fuel system has been repaired 2 times, still having problems
| Purchase year: | 2019 (age of car 17 years) | Owned for: | 60`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.5 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 5110 € (~ 1703 € per year) | ||
Would NOT recomend this car to the friend
Pros: A very good car if you have a lot of money (if you want to maintain it properly). The M57 engine is, of course, like taken from WW2 tank that is still alive today.
Cons: Rust is probably crazier than Opel, but it's more the owners' fault for ignoring rust in early stages, which are economically unviable to save later
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 11 years) | Owned for: | 45`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.4 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 640 € (~ 320 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: If you get cared one, it is ideal. If not, then spend an average of 1500-2000 euro to bring in perfect order.
Cons: Sometimes passengers does not have enough room in back.
| Purchase year: | 2018 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 15`000 kilometers (0 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.5 litres per 100km (80% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 300 € | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Solid body, fast, great stability on the bends, comfort seats, very relaxing in long journeys, reliable for fast over taking.
Cons: None
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 12 years) | Owned for: | 20`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: A very good car, which does not require large investments. Tough under circumstances in Latvia.
Cons: Can crawl into rust
| Purchase year: | 2019 (age of car 18 years) | Owned for: | 1`000 kilometers (0 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 8.0 litres per 100km (40% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 80 € | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Economical enough, nimble, comfortable seats. Cheap parts!
Cons: Small boot. Uncomfortable for sleeping.
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 60`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.7 litres per 100km (40% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 470 € (~ 470 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Overall, car is good. Comfortable and convenient, relatively powerful
Cons: Could be softer suspension
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 12 years) | Owned for: | 65`000 kilometers (5 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (90% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 890 € (~ 178 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Comfortable, good quality interior and durable suspension
Cons: Rust, problems with coolant loss
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 12`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.6 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 120 € (~ 120 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: A practical, very powerful (good capacity margin, if needed)
Cons: A large road tax..
| Purchase year: | 2023 (age of car 21 year) | Owned for: | 11`000 kilometers (0 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 4.8 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 140 € | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Economical, dynamic
Cons: Frequent repairs, not comfortable
| Purchase year: | 2017 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 40`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 8.0 litres per 100km (90% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 120 € (~ 60 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Dynamic, very enjoyable
Cons: Rusts, unfortunately
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 13 years) | Owned for: | 80`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.2 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 500 € (~ 250 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Economic and dynamic
Cons: Thermostats to change
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 30`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 10.0 litres per 100km (70% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 1210 € (~ 605 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: A very good, reliable and secure car.
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 12 years) | Owned for: | 15`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 75 € (~ 75 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Comfort driving
Cons: Shaking at idle speed
| Purchase year: | 2008 (age of car 5 years) | Owned for: | 150`000 kilometers (7 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 2360 € (~ 337 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Pros: Classic driving car, joy ride
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 12 years) | Owned for: | 3`000 kilometers (0 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 5.0 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 840 € | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Cons: Audio system could be better.
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 10 years) | Owned for: | 30`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 10.0 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
Cons: corrosion
| Purchase year: | 2013 (age of car 9 years) | Owned for: | 100`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 5.8 litres per 100km (20% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 460 € (~ 230 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2014 (age of car 10 years) | Owned for: | 30`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.5 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 185 € (~ 185 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 11 years) | Owned for: | 15`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 10.0 litres per 100km (40% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2006 (age of car 5 years) | Owned for: | 200`000 kilometers (10 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (80% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 800 € (~ 80 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 70`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 1600 € (~ 1600 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2006 (age of car 3 years) | Owned for: | 40`000 kilometers (13 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.5 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 12 years) | Owned for: | 100`000 kilometers (4 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 5.2 litres per 100km (30% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2019 (age of car 16 years) | Owned for: | 25`000 kilometers (1 year) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (50% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 2190 € (~ 2190 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2016 (age of car 11 years) | Owned for: | 50`000 kilometers (4 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 1180 € (~ 295 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2019 (age of car 16 years) | Owned for: | 310`000 kilometers (2 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (20% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 435 € (~ 217 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 13 years) | Owned for: | 26`000 kilometers (0 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (70% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 300 € | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2012 (age of car 10 years) | Owned for: | 22`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 7.0 litres per 100km (80% urban driving) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend
| Purchase year: | 2015 (age of car 14 years) | Owned for: | 100`000 kilometers (3 years) |
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| Average fuel consumption: | 6.0 litres per 100km (60% urban driving) | ||
| Total cost of repairs: | 700 € (~ 233 € per year) | ||
Would recomend this car to the friend