Yeah, but it wouldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding - the current 320d is the perfect blend of performance and economy. 
Not unless you are sticking to 603s or R1s.
And a lot more money.
And exploding engines once out of warranty.
This. My colleague’s Mazda 6 diesel got through one new engine and two new turbochargers in 3 years, and was off the road for a total of 12 weeks. We have also had a few Passat TDI engines go bang on the company fleet.
20 years ago a 2.0 litre turbo diesel put out 90 bhp and lasted forever. Today BMW squeeze up to 230 bhp from a 2.0 litre 4, and outputs of 150-180 bhp are routine. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that they are less reliable!
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I can only speak as I find. I’ve had a few beemer diesels with highish miles. I always buy 3-4 years old but also ensure the service history is perfect. My current one (F30) is 2012, with 82k on the clock. Previous one (E92) bought at 4 years old and 70k sold at 9 years old with 129k.
Never spent a penny other than routine servicing and consumables on any of them…
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Actually, it does, just that they’re a different design. And peple have started having issues with them due to carbon build up in the mainfiolds (you get a swirl flap plausibility error code, I had it on my 330d). But at least they don’t fall off and kill the engine.
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the response I got when trying to chat up an attractive programmer
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ha … no had a look skoda yeti several times and read many owners postive thoughts . i like the visibility on rear , had a look at the new vauxhall crossland yesterday as it replaced the meriva . not brilliant visibilty but some might like it . bit expensive now as just come out .
looks great stu , hope you get a good price for it
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Is there a my cars in trouble thread?
Until there is,seems that somewhere around the thermostat is the problem.The oil level is staying the same,but the water is empty after just a few miles. Going to see if I can find the leak,and have a go at it.
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It’s warm weather, it’s probably thirsty 
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Did you try the rad weld Bob gave you?
No forget to grab it off him.
Though tempted to drink it myself after that bastard chilli Ruprect put on the pizza
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Should have put some of that fucking dough in the radiator.
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If you recall, while pondering this leak around the fire pit it was unanimously agreed that Stu should try the old ‘put an egg in the radiator’ trick to seal the leak. Of course the only proviso is that it has to be a parakeet’s egg & where would he find one of those?
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Could maybe substitute a Unicorn egg. Would be easier to find.
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When we squeezed the top rad hose we could see water appearing on the thermostat housing and I speculated it might be a gasket near there. But looking in more detail it could also be coming out through the head gasket and just running over the 'stat housing.
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Think you might be right.
Need to take the cover off and see if it’s leaking from above the thermostat.
Shame if it is as the engine only has 75,000 on it. Compared to my usual ones that’s not even broken in 
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