hey guys mark with exotic car play place today we are going to do a little
basically a little surfing here little internet surfing looking for one of the
most unreliable and most expensive 3-series BMWs that isn't necessarily a
new one and so if you've seen some of my other videos you know I make reference
to shopping for some of the most unreliable BMWs available well today
we're gonna hone in on one specific model now in the last video you can
probably recognize I've been looking for a 335 I now probably in ixx I will
however you want to call it but I'm not sure not really you know fixated on the
sedan or the coupe necessarily the big thing was I did not want an automatic
transmission that's the main thing that I did not fit my criteria but today
we're gonna talk about a specific model and I'm gonna ask the question is it a
good value or is it not a good value but I'm gonna explain some of the
specifications on it so the focus of today's video is again the most
unreliable one of the most unreliable 3-series BMW that I'd be shopping for
and I have to make a determination whether it's worth buying and that car
is in fact a 2011 BMW 335i s the is being of course the special sport model
the slightly tuned up version P 335 is added a bunch of features and I'm gonna
hone in on some of that and then I'm gonna answer the whole question is that
worth the money for a 335 is or would a standard 335i suffice or because of the
cost do I look at an m3 so let's get started guys so first of all we'll talk
about some of the 335 factors I'm gonna start browsing here and I'm gonna I'm
gonna look it on the computer here and see what I can come up with so firstly
the 335 is what it does over a standard 335 of course is in 2011 it has a nice
sculpted rear diffuser if you look at a standard 335i it's more of a
bounded off bumper it pretty standard fare for BMW the is gives you a nicely
contoured rear bumper and rear fascia that really in essence kind of spruces
things up a little bit its fits around them the tailpipes a little better its
overall a sharper look but it doesn't infringe on the m3 look now apparently
you know as an option also on the block it chrome exhaust tips as well is unique
you know versus the standard 335 I had some of the standard tips of course the
is has something unique the exhaust tips other things that the 335 is had where
it had the shadow trim so it had the darker trim throughout on the whole
exterior of the car which again that's the latest in the greatest may be back
in 2011 it wasn't today for sure the chrome look is oh so the I ass has that
nicer shadow trim it also had the headliner had an improved headliner
anthracite headliner in the is over the standard 335 I now it also the 335 is
also had an upgraded exhaust system now it wasn't a standard sport exhaust it
was an additional sport tuned exhaust it was intended it had extra guts pulled
out of it in essence so it was even louder than a sport exhaust as well and
had valving that would enable it to go quiet under certain conditions and of
course be a little louder when you wanted it to be then another thing the
335 is had was stiffer motor mounts which of course gave everything a much
more rigid feel in handling there's less movement of all the engine and
drivetrain within the chassis and again gives the car a slightly more taut feel
less movement stiffer shifting because when you have stiffer mounts all the way
around everything becomes more rigid including the shifting mechanism now the
335 is also had something else which really appeals to me and I'm not sure
about you guys but as I said before I was really looking for a manual
transmission in the 335 I don't want an automatic but the is features the DCT so
the dual clutch transmission is available in the 335 is which makes that
car especially crisp for handling yes it'll
shift like an automatic if you put in auto mode but it has the dual clutch
transmission so it's very hard it's very aggressive and shifts very much more in
a sporting fashion than you would find in an automatic transmission and really
the DCT strikes the perfect balance between the automatic wet style
transmission versus you know the manual row at yourselff gearbox so the DCT
really is the happy medium I love a DCT transmission for me that's almost the
best of both worlds so that is a selling point so another thing is the 335 is has
a little bit more power it has 320 horsepower instead of the standard 300
ponies that you find in a standard 335 now does that sound like a lot not
really to be honest you probably won't even feel that but either way it's tuned
up it's got 20 to 30 horsepower more than a stock 335 anyway more for
bragging rights so is it really worth it I don't think it's necessarily worth it
for the extra coin but there you have that as well another thing if you're
going to track your car or if you choose that you're gonna drive the car
particularly hard on a regular basis that's where the 335 is comes in handy
it has additional cooling capability so the radiators upgraded it has extra oil
cooling as well that is only an option or you can upgrade it if you want to
improve the cooling capabilities of the stock 335 this comes factory in the is
model which is a great little upgrade if you really want to take your car and you
want to auto cross or do you want to spend some time on the racetrack you're
gonna have to upgrade some of those features anyway the is model will cover
you off for that so the 335 is also has some other little tricks like the fog
light delete sunroof delete option standard 18-inch wheels the three one
three wheels its standard on this car and it has a unique gauge cluster with
the fancy lettering that says I Drive a 335 I ass and of course there's other
unique badging all over the car in the threshold do you have extra different
badging on the gauges as well as the back the deckle is unique so there's
some extra touches that tell you you're in something a little bit different than
the standard car but here's where the trump card comes in for all of this
you guys might ask yourself so what is the problem why would you not buy a 335
is well this is where the reliability discussion comes in two reasons number
one is it's very expensive upgraded options over a 335i
a 335i you could spend about five grand and you can have a hundred horse more
and you can fill in some of the gaps with the extra cooling and do some extra
upgrades and get that car make that car essentially faster than a stock 335 is
so that's one way to do it and save yourself a few dollars the other thing
is because the dollar amount is so close to the m3 it's sort of between a
standard 335i and the m3 the e90 or 92 m3 it's stuck right in between that you
it really begs the question is do I even look at this thing either go with the
335i or go all-in with the m3 because the m3
has the full body package it's the wider fenders the bigger wheels it truly is
the whole end performance car by BMW where's the 335 is doesn't have the
limited slip differential they still hold back on you and that's why if you
want the real track machine you've got to go with the m3 but where the real
trump card comes in and so we talk about reliability catch this guys so if you
know in 2011 the standard 335 I had the new revised m55 twin-scroll single turbo
engine the improved engine the engine that had improved injectors improved
turbo systems and overall the car was quite a bit more reliable and had even
less turbo lag well guess what in 2011 in the is the is carried through with
old parts and utilized the early n54 engine and when we talk about the n54
engine you know you've seen my other videos guys that has issues all kinds of
issues like waste get rattling issues it's got injectors issues it's got oil
filter housing oil leaks it has turbo problems the list goes on
and on with the n54 no yes the m54 is more capable of a bit more power but the
n54 and its twin-turbo setup is certainly not known for reliability as a
matter of fact it's one of the most unreliable 3-series BMWs ever produced a
person who wants a 335 is somebody like me who's looking for performance and is
looking for that car that is tunable that's really the only reason you would
want at 335 and that's why I've been shopping for one so herein lies the
question do I go with a 335 i standard do I go with a 335 is or do I go with an
m3 well right now I would have to say that 335 is is probably going to be off
the limits for me there's some lot of nice little touches to it but if you
look and I'm browsing here now so going through this list here's a couple for
sale here locally on my local trader there's a blue one and there's a white
one and the worst part is they are getting up there in price one guy
actually wants 22 grand or $21,000 and the other guy wants 28 I've seen a 92
m3s for the same money as that one 335 is
that makes zero sense to me I would take an m3 all day every day any time over
that is now if you could give me an AI ass for about $15,000 I would buy that
to me it would be worth it because to be honest with you
335 eyes now you can have all day long for 1011 grand for decent cars with
reasonable mileage on them so why not expect 15 grand I wouldn't
pay more than that for an is you know I would give a little bit of a premium of
course over a standard car but I definitely wouldn't spend the kind of
money that people are asking I would just go if I'm gonna spend that kind of
coin I'm going all-in with the m3 now we know the m3 has had a bit of a
reputation with rod bearings as well like the e60 m5 but at the end of the
day it is really an awesome machine so it really leaves me begging where does
the 335 is fit in this game really a very small percentage of the
population would even want that car because of the premium dollars the
lacking reliability sort of combination of old technology because the n54 when
the n55 was actually available in the standard car that leaves you wondering
why so in actuality the a 335 is in a 2011 for example is a very unreliable
car just like any of the other early in 54 cars and leaves me in a lurch and
leaves me asking why bother I would go with a standard 335 or just go m3 so I
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