35d Winter Heat

[grover432]

Originally Posted by ron_jeremy

Well, living in Norway and using a BMW diesel myself, i see where your coming from.

I've a 01 530Dat right now, and this model is not very good when it comes to heating in extreme low temperatures.
But the newer BMW diesels are far better, i suggest you try one, on a really cold day, i think you'll be positive suprised reagrding heat and the enigine itself.
The engine you are talking about is very often mapped to 330hk and 730Nm.
Wait until the next version of this engine comes, it'll have 3 turbo's and even more power.
Should come first in F01 though, but later it should end up in the X6 also.

Thanks Ron, I think your idea to try before I buy is good advice. The dealers here won't have the first vehicles until December at which point the overnight lows can dip to -20C or colder. A morning start should tell the story. I didn't need to plug my diesel truck in until the temps dropped to -25C or colder.

As to the earlier post about diesel fuel gelling in the winter; we get winter grade diesel fuel in Canada. I have driven a diesel in -35C weather and never had any problems starting running the engine in that temperature. I'm sure BMW has done it's homework in that regard.

grover