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BMW 335d Three-Month Test Report and Review
11 April 2010 – 17:59 | 30 Comments
BMW 335d Three-Month Test Report and Review

Three months after picking up the Montego Blue BMW 335d at the BMW Welt delivery center in Munich, it continues to provide consistent Freude am Fahren.  Aside from one letter on the decklid badge, there …

BMW Adds Social Networking to Cars
18 March 2010 – 18:39 | 7 Comments
BMW Adds Social Networking to Cars

Tag!  You’re it!
Without much fanfare, BMW has added geotagging and social networking capabilities to its cars that allows drivers to geotag their location with a few clicks in iDrive and share it with friends via …

BMW Adds News from CNN to BMW Assist
16 March 2010 – 22:22 | 7 Comments
BMW Adds News from CNN to BMW Assist

BMW has been making continual improvements to the information services that are part of BMW Assist and has just added news from CNN, a fact discovered by The Diesel Driver today in our BMW 335d.
Back …

Winter Tire Test and Tips
11 February 2010 – 11:43 | No Comment
Winter Tire Test and Tips

We compare two categories of tires for winter driving along with tips for driving on ice and snow

Driving a car with high-performance summer tires is great – until the temperatures start to dip. 
Summer tires …

Inside BMW’s Vehicle Distribution Center
4 February 2010 – 17:39 | 6 Comments
Inside BMW’s Vehicle Distribution Center

The BMW Vehicle Distribution Center (VDC) is the point of entry for all BMWs, Minis, and Rolls-Royces arriving in the United States.  Join The Diesel Driver on an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour.
The final chapter of our …

Shipping the 335d to the U.S.
13 January 2010 – 19:56 | 5 Comments
Shipping the 335d to the U.S.

On December 30, I left my brand new 335d in the care of the E.H. Harms, a unit of BLG Logistics, in Munich.  Harms is BMW’s shipping agent and takes care of all aspects of …