hey guys doing a long-term test of the BMW 328 the f30 I'm just gonna go over a few things
quickly what I liked and what I didn't like after driving it for three years the obviously
the car looks awesome love the looks of the car it's fast like you step on that thing it's gone
when I test drove it that was one of the things that I I said to the to the sales
rep which was which was my brother at the time I said who needs any more than this you really
don't unless you're unless you're looking for you know more performance but for an everyday
car that's you know got more acceleration the most on the road you don't need anymore it's
it's amazing and the fuel economy fuel economy is awesome like you're you can peg that thing
all over the city and you know you you're not gonna be burning fuel like the rest of these
cars I have I moved up to a 340 and the 340 it's it kills me on guys like I knew it would but it's
six cylinder turbocharged whatever else right so but the 2 liter and the 328 single turbo awesome
amazing on gas what else did I like about it I had just the regular you know that the comfort
access or keyless entry comfort access the again the general looks of it the looks are
awesome all the BMWs look good but especially the 3 Series they're just proportioned well
now on to the things that I didn't like and there was there were some major ones first
of all the Bluetooth the Bluetooth you get into your car and you're on the phone with somebody
and you're getting in and it takes like 10 seconds to to hook up like here you always you get in the
habit of saying okay give me a minute guys and getting in my car you know I got a it'll take a
few seconds here so they don't hang up because that's how long it takes now again this is this
is a 2014 so they did improve it I think 2015 2016 I know my 2017 340 it has he get in it's
like a second or two it's awesome what else GPS GPS and all in all the cars nowadays seems to
suck unless you're maybe in a Tesla or something but I got at my wine so you have the GPS it sucks
it's low you can go with your Google Maps you know twice as quick on your phone but the one
major thing was the I'm in Canada and you could not and I'll show you you'll see it on the video
here you cannot put your your postal code in it it'll accept numbers if you're in the States but
it doesn't accept letters as a pretty major flaw I went to BMW and there's no upgrade for it there's
no software upgrade or any of that so pretty pretty big flaw there the brake where I was at
30 to 35 thousand miles 50 thousand kilometers and it needed brakes all around and yeah I Drive
spirited but I wasn't killing it so I'm usually pretty good on the brakes but yeah so three years
brakes all round do yourself a favor get the M Sport package of whatever car it is you're buying
in the BMW lineup they're gonna last 80,000 or you know 50 to 60 thousand miles for sure eighty
thousand two hundred thousand kilometers and the number one thing I think the thing sounds like a
diesel numerous people asked me is that a diesel and I said no it's not a diesel it's it's the end
20 engine I don't know I haven't researched into them but it there it was clanky and again you'll
hear it here on the on the clip it was like that from from day one I don't think it was quite as
bad but it was loud and of course it got louder I think I don't know if it's the pulleys or the
something to do with the belts I noticed when I turn off the air conditioning which is always
running in the cars nowadays for humidity control it gets a little quieter but when you start that
stuck thing up on a cold winter's morning and it sounds like a diesel on a cold winter's morning
now further to that it didn't affect the performance of the engine the engine was
amazing still but it just sounded like crap and you know everywhere you went people are asking
if it was a diesel now other people there's those diehard BMW guys and that and it's fine
but they like the you know this six-cylinder non turbocharged engines they're you know I personally
I this was my first BMW and I loved the engine I actually bought a 335 convertible for had my
winter beater believe it or not or my second car wasn't really a winter beater but it was a second
car and I didn't like that engine as much and that's oh I definitely I have driven the the 328 s
from you know oh nine I didn't like them you have to rev them up there's not instant torque these
the new ones they're just a much better engine it's just a much better delivery of power into
you know when you're driving into the your driving experience so yeah definitely now for maintenance
who wants to maintain an old BMW they're expensive I'm sure the the the turbochargers are gonna have
more issues in the future then the naturally aspirated 328 s did but for performance and
everyday driving regardless of the maintenance issues it's it's much better it's it's so I can't
agree with the with what I've heard throughout the years about the you know I don't I don't
like turbocharged engines and stuff they're they're awesome they kick in low and they go
so yeah that's my review for a 2014 BMW 328 X Drive and stay tuned I will have more I'm
gonna review my 340 I'll wait a little bit but it's an awesome car but I'll do
that in a little bit so I want to get some more miles on it first alright thanks for watching
you