[djmattbain.eth]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

Hey all... for all you 330e owners (pre LCI / LCI) -- how do you like the car so far? Any issues? Pros / cons?

Debating on grabbing one for my SO and would like to get everyone's thoughts on the car.

A little more than a week into ownership and easily my favorite car I have owned! Love it so far, I posted a first week review in the Photos/Journals section

[rundeyvoo]

This is all great feedback! Thank you all I shared all your responses with her and she's excited. How many of you optioned yours out with DAPP (or drivers assistance pro package)?

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

This is all great feedback! Thank you all I shared all your responses with her and she's excited. How many of you optioned yours out with DAPP (or drivers assistance pro package)?

I was not interested in that. My wife's '23 Grand Cherokee has a similar pkg, and we turn all those features off. They also went to only adaptive cruise control vs her '20 GC that had both regular and adaptive. I do not like adaptive cruise at all! Even on the nearest setting it leaves too much space between you and the vehicle in front of you allowing others to dart in which then causes it to slam on the brakes.

I use the regular cruise in my 330e every weekend on my 500 mi round trip. I can drive almost the entire drive simply hitting the cancel & resume buttons on the steering wheel.

[jcl78]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

This is all great feedback! Thank you all I shared all your responses with her and she's excited. How many of you optioned yours out with DAPP (or drivers assistance pro package)?

I have the DAPP and it is fantastic. It also coordinates with hybrid modes and takes advantage of the terrain along your route to maximize efficiency. For me it was well worth the cost, especially for road trips. I highly recommend it. I also went with the parking assist pro as well. The 360 view with sensors means you have a high situational awareness when parking, also highly worth it.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

I was not interested in that. My wife's '23 Grand Cherokee has a similar pkg, and we turn all those features off. They also went to only adaptive cruise control vs her '20 GC that had both regular and adaptive. I do not like adaptive cruise at all! Even on the nearest setting it leaves too much space between you and the vehicle in front of you allowing others to dart in which then causes it to slam on the brakes.

I use the regular cruise in my 330e every weekend on my 500 mi round trip. I can drive almost the entire drive simply hitting the cancel & resume buttons on the steering wheel.

Originally Posted by jcl78

I have the DAPP and it is fantastic. It also coordinates with hybrid modes and takes advantage of the terrain along your route to maximize efficiency. For me it was well worth the cost, especially for road trips. I highly recommend it. I also went with the parking assist pro as well. The 360 view with sensors means you have a high situational awareness when parking, also highly worth it.

I appreciate both your opinions, thank you. We keep going back and forth on whether or not to add it, the reasons JABCAT mentioned makes sense but you can't get the emergency brake or avoidance and dynamic cruise control without selecting DAPP. Which I've seen come standard on vehicles that are half the cost of the 330. Probably one of my gripes of BMW and for a car in this class, should come standard with it.

For those of you with DAPP, do any of you use the extended traffic jam assistant function? How do you like it?

[mermar]

I am a bmw geek - and I am here to tell you that the 330e is overdelivering and may be the best buy in the BMW range (especially if you qualify for incentives). I thought about my real world use case long and hard before buying and it turns out I made the perfect decision for my needs. Most of my driving is local... such that I am going more than 1000 miles between fillups. THe silence of driving electric is just awesome .... suprising myself with this as I have owned a v8 m3 with the performance exhaust. But different cars for different stages in life. Also, for me, I like refinement, and I just couldnt get comfortable with the Tesla's lack of a gauge cluster and the lack of refinement. I have a level 2 charger in my garage - but I did just fine charging overnight on a regular 110v outlet.
Taking the 330e on roadtrips has yielded very good mpg - suprised there as I figured once the battery was depleted carrying the extra ballast of a depleted battery would impact mpg-- but it has been better then expected. All in all - I am genuinely shocked with how much you get for the $$ with a 330e minus the incentives. The one exception to that is mine did not come with $1700 Driving Assistance Pro - so the stuff my kids honda civic has, such as smart cruise control, etc is missing from the 330eix. I casually assumed the $750 Driving Asst package included honda civic level stuff - but not with BMW. So I am back to 'manual' cruise control after my 2016 x5 had the dynamic option.

[jcl78]

Now after nearly a month of ownership, probably the best jack of many trades vehicle I have ever owned, easily. It handles beautifully, it is quick, it is extremely efficient (I have averaged a hand calculated 71.4 mpg so far) and charging at .08 per Kwh off peak I have spent $12.96 in electricity over 503 miles. That is pretty incredible to me, especially with how comfortable while still being sports focused it is.

The drivetrain tuning, the ZF 8 speed, everything is stellar in my opinion. Now put the skyscraper Gray paint on there with full shadow line and black 791M wheels with the M Sport Package, and it looks incredible as well to my eyes. I would order it the same way in a heartbeat time and time again.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by mermar

I am a bmw geek - and I am here to tell you that the 330e is overdelivering and may be the best buy in the BMW range (especially if you qualify for incentives). I thought about my real world use case long and hard before buying and it turns out I made the perfect decision for my needs. Most of my driving is local... such that I am going more than 1000 miles between fillups. THe silence of driving electric is just awesome .... suprising myself with this as I have owned a v8 m3 with the performance exhaust. But different cars for different stages in life. Also, for me, I like refinement, and I just couldnt get comfortable with the Tesla's lack of a gauge cluster and the lack of refinement. I have a level 2 charger in my garage - but I did just fine charging overnight on a regular 110v outlet.
Taking the 330e on roadtrips has yielded very good mpg - suprised there as I figured once the battery was depleted carrying the extra ballast of a depleted battery would impact mpg-- but it has been better then expected. All in all - I am genuinely shocked with how much you get for the $$ with a 330e minus the incentives. The one exception to that is mine did not come with $1700 Driving Assistance Pro - so the stuff my kids honda civic has, such as smart cruise control, etc is missing from the 330eix. I casually assumed the $750 Driving Asst package included honda civic level stuff - but not with BMW. So I am back to 'manual' cruise control after my 2016 x5 had the dynamic option.

I appreciate the writeup. So in this instance do you wish you opted for the Driving assistance pro package?

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by jcl78

Now after nearly a month of ownership, probably the best jack of many trades vehicle I have ever owned, easily. It handles beautifully, it is quick, it is extremely efficient (I have averaged a hand calculated 71.4 mpg so far) and charging at .08 per Kwh off peak I have spent $12.96 in electricity over 503 miles. That is pretty incredible to me, especially with how comfortable while still being sports focused it is.

The drivetrain tuning, the ZF 8 speed, everything is stellar in my opinion. Now put the skyscraper Gray paint on there with full shadow line and black 791M wheels with the M Sport Package, and it looks incredible as well to my eyes. I would order it the same way in a heartbeat time and time again.

+1 on the skyscraper gray with shadowline and m-sport package. She's on the fence between the skyscraper gray, brooklyn gray, or mineral white... my vote is for the first two, but in the end it'll be her choice

[mermar]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

I appreciate the writeup. So in this instance do you wish you opted for the Driving assistance pro package?

Yes - I wish I did have that package. In this case, I wish I could add that option via a software download (think heated seats fiasco). At $1700 tho, it is an embarrassment for BMW in my humble opinion. Like I said, the cheapest honda civic has all of the same stuff included.

Also, the most attractive soccer mom in our friend's group asked, "who's James Bond car is that out there" when she noticed the 330e parked outside. YMMV.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by mermar

Yes - I wish I did have that package. In this case, I wish I could add that option via a software download (think heated seats fiasco). At $1700 tho, it is an embarrassment for BMW in my humble opinion. Like I said, the cheapest honda civic has all of the same stuff included.

I absolutely agree, one of my biggest gripes with BMW especially on a car in this price range is that DAPP doesn't come standard. My sisters Mazda CX-5 has it as a standard feature. Lol.

Originally Posted by mermar

Also, the most attractive soccer mom in our friend's group asked, "who's James Bond car is that out there" when she noticed the 330e parked outside. YMMV.

This is great. What color car do you have and how is it configured? M-Sport? Pics?

[Robstokie1974]

Could you direct me to the post where you pack the trunk?

[RTPenland]

FYI I guess this would be a good place to share this, maybe this will help someone:

Wifey has a X545E and we are running the Mission Tuning (yes I'm a big fan) EV ranger extender on it - highly recommend we are seeing about 20-25% extension on our electric only range and no dealer flags

Friend has it on his 330E I'm not sure if it works on ID8 cars but I know for sure it works on ID7 and below.

At $500 ours has paid for itself many times over, easy load by PC and no dealer flags

ps: may be others out there now but Mission pioneered it back in 2020 and I immediately jumped on board so it's what I am familiar with

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by RTPenland

FYI I guess this would be a good place to share this, maybe this will help someone:

Wifey has a X545E and we are running the Mission Tuning (yes I'm a big fan) EV ranger extender on it - highly recommend we are seeing about 20-25% extension on our electric only range and no dealer flags

Friend has it on his 330E I'm not sure if it works on ID8 cars but I know for sure it works on ID7 and below.

At $500 ours has paid for itself many times over, easy load by PC and no dealer flags

ps: may be others out there now but Mission pioneered it back in 2020 and I immediately jumped on board so it's what I am familiar with

Interesting. Can you provide a link? How is set up and configuration of it? Does it require bimmercoding?

[gavinwong]

Originally Posted by RTPenland

FYI I guess this would be a good place to share this, maybe this will help someone:

Wifey has a X545E and we are running the Mission Tuning (yes I'm a big fan) EV ranger extender on it - highly recommend we are seeing about 20-25% extension on our electric only range and no dealer flags

Friend has it on his 330E I'm not sure if it works on ID8 cars but I know for sure it works on ID7 and below.

At $500 ours has paid for itself many times over, easy load by PC and no dealer flags

ps: may be others out there now but Mission pioneered it back in 2020 and I immediately jumped on board so it's what I am familiar with

No dealer flags now, but if you have a battery problem / claim / warranty etc then I’m guessing that’s when something may arise. My limited understanding is bmw purposely kept some capacity in the background to prolong the life of the battery, and reduce battery degradation. Guess we won’t truly know until a bit longer down the road…probably affecting the next owner more than anything.

[RTPenland]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

Interesting. Can you provide a link? How is set up and configuration of it? Does it require bimmercoding?

https://missiontuning.com/
(833) 467-8863
Recently moved operations to Texas (used to be in California)
I did not have to do any additional coding

[my5401]

I took delivery of a 330e iDrive 4 weeks ago.
Everything is great.
I'm surprise by how charging is scheduled. In order to set a charging to "time slot" you have also set a departure time (at least as far as I can tell).
I would have thought there was a mode similar to "Immediate" in that it would start charging at a certain time and finish when the battery was at 100% or I decided to drive away.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by Robstokie1974

Could you direct me to the post where you pack the trunk?

Here's some pics: 3 carry-on suitcases, 3 backpacks/computer bags, my wife's large "throw all the miscellaneous crap inside bag" (leopard bag), my son's taekwondo gear bag (full) & his swim gear bag. The charger is also packed in the driver's side cubby, and under the floor there is jumper cables, a sun shade & detailing supplies. There is plenty of room in the 330e trunk.

[BimmerGirlNYC]

Reading through this thread has me even more excited now for my 330e. September can't come fast enough!

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by RTPenland

https://missiontuning.com/
(833) 467-8863
Recently moved operations to Texas (used to be in California)
I did not have to do any additional coding

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

Here's some pics: 3 carry-on suitcases, 3 backpacks/computer bags, my wife's large "throw all the miscellaneous crap inside bag" (leopard bag), my son's taekwondo gear bag (full) & his swim gear bag. The charger is also packed in the driver's side cubby, and under the floor there is jumper cables, a sun shade & detailing supplies. There is plenty of room in the 330e trunk.

Nice I guess it's just a matter of properly you can "Tetris" your luggage around I was worried about the limited trunk space but you clearly know how to pack!! Thanks for sharing!

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

Nice I guess it's just a matter of properly you can "Tetris" your luggage around I was worried about the limited trunk space but you clearly know how to pack!! Thanks for sharing!

And if you need more room the seats fold down. *the release handles are in the trunk which I find very odd.