My BMW 320i I mentioned this briefly in an earlier post, but after giving it a lot of thought, I’ve decided to say goodbye to the BMW 320i that was my first-ever car. I bought the 320i used last April. I was struggling to drive the manual-transmission Boxster we have at home, and even after getting my automatic-only license restriction removed, I’d barely driven a manual in three years. That’s when I thought: “At this...
Our Loaner Car: The BMW 320d (F30) The other day, when I took our BMW 320i in for its annual inspection, the dealership kindly lent us a 320d (F30) as a loaner. I’d expected to get a compact car or something similar, so I was surprised to be handed the keys to such a nice car. Thank you! My husband and I both had a chance to drive the 320d, so today I’d like to...
BMW Maintenance and Inspection Time flies: it’s already time for the one-year inspection of our BMW 320i (F30).(2014 model) We’d driven about 6,500 km over the past year or so. Compared with the other cars in our household—which often rack up well over 10,000 km a year—the 320i has barely been driven. We use it almost every day, but mostly for trips around the neighborhood, so I guess that’s how the mileage adds up. On...
Test-Driving the 320i (G20) A little while ago, I wrote about test-driving an M2 at a BMW dealership: BMW M2コンペティションを試乗した感想 While I was there, I also got to test-drive the new 320i, and I’d like to share my impressions. (It’s been a while…) The car I drove was the M Sport version of the new 320i (G20). The staff member asked whether I’d prefer to try the gasoline or diesel model, but I chose the...
Heading to Fuji in a BMW 320i and a GT3 Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about trips to Fuji Speedway, and today’s post is another one in that vein. Last week, my husband drove his GT3 while I took our BMW 320i with a manual transmission on the roughly 1,000-km round trip to Fuji. Whenever we’d gone to Fuji Speedway before, I’d driven our Panamera, so I’d covered 1,000 km in that car—but this...
A BMW Test Drive Last weekend, a new contact at our BMW dealership got in touch out of the blue. “Would you like to come by tomorrow for a test drive in the new 3 Series?” they asked, so we decided to go as a family. “What should we drive over in? The Panamera? …But we’re going to BMW, so maybe the 320i? Then again, if we show up in the 320i, will they spend...
今年5月に納車された、BMW320i（F30）。まっ宅の素のモデルなので、最初は物足りなさがあったのですが、最近は自分に馴染んで楽しくなってきました。これで峠道を駆け抜けるとどうなるか…芦有ドライブウェイまで走りにいってみました！
愛車のBMW320i（マニュアル）が、納車後5ヶ月経ち、自分に馴染んできた。エンジンもよく回るし、自分の運転にフィットするようになってきたので、以前より相棒感が増したように思う。そのあたりの部分を記事にしてみました。
汚れがなかなか落ちない車のホイール。毎回洗うのは面倒なので、ホイールコーティングをしてみました。その効果は？高圧洗浄機や自動洗車機ですぐに汚れが落ちるのか検証。
Washing My BMW 320i At the end of May, my first-ever car, a BMW 320i, arrived at our home. I’ve driven it almost every day since, but because most of my trips are around town, the odometer has only just passed 1,500 km. And in all that time, I hadn’t washed it once… (-_-) My husband would probably be horrified if he heard that, and might even tell me I’m not treating my car the...
