50,000 miles in fact! And about as many stone-chips. My 328i just ticked over to the big 5-0 last Saturday.
So with the (strangely) beautiful weather, what better way to celebrate than some DSC off action on a few roundabouts eh?
What a great car it's been so far, I love it. It still feels as good now as it did at 8000mls, which is when I felt the engine and transmission had properly broken in to their optimum.
Yes, it's cost me more to run than my 30d did (returning 35-38mpg opposed to 45-48mpg) but because I was an earlyish adopter of the new 3 Series, you couldn't get a diesel beyond a 20d.
It just had a service at 48,500mls which saw it have new front discs and pads, plus a new set of front shocks as one was leaking. I did hit a fecking great pothole a few days prior so did ask them to check everything was okay. Those are actually its second set of front shocks after they were changed about 28,000mls in an attempt to cure the F30's notorious clunk audible to the driver from their side. It didn't work, but the clunk doesn't really bother me. It's gone 50,000 miles thus far so I'm quite trusting in its reliability!
I've seen quite a few 328i owners on here (and F30 in general) have some fairly major issues that have seen transmissions and the job lot replaced but I've been very fortunate in having no such issues. Especially when RobUK has a damn near identical spec to mine, from a very close production date. We all know the amount of trouble the poor guy has had with his car.
My issues over its 17 month lifetime have only been:
Squeaky folding mirrors - mostly sorted with a good clean.
Noisy interior fan at higher speeds - a common issue and something replaced and sorted at service.
Coolant level low - coolant reservoir replaced and refilled at service.
Quality & Enhancement Updates have helped ASS and the Auto Wipers a bit, but both at the moment are shite across the range. I know they are working on new ASS technology though, which we'll hopefully see before 2020.
But fairly trivial problems taking into account everyone else's aren't they! And to be fair, being a new model with a new engine (N20) and new trans - I expected something to go wrong at some point so it's definitely exceeded my expectations.
I've never heard of an F30 any higher mileage than mine, and certainly not a 328i, but I've no doubt those 320d and 320d ED guys will have passed me now.
So I have 13 months left until change now so I might have my eye on a 4 Series Gran Coupe...