BMW and M Power Owners

Kenai said:
If you use these, make sure you remove them regularly. Mine had some on already and I was checking tyre pressure on idrive, didn't realise they were metal and once I needed to top up after a few months, they were well and truly fused to the valve stems
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Yeah, I had some many years ago on my old 200Sx and had to hacksaw the cap off as they were stuck on.
 
MrRockliffe said:
If you're asking about how the ZF box is when generally driving, it’s fine. On a twisty road in sports mode it hangs onto gears in the way I’d expect
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well you had understood the post then ! .. and the other part was zf mimiccing a leisurely manual down shift like 6-5th/4th to allow speed to drop as you see a bend upcoming 200m out.
(you don't want a fast downshift like you might if you wanted an overtake)
 
Well, was up at 0430, caught the 0620 train down south and after a 4.5hr drive, I'm home.

Man, what a drive! I'm still grinning from ear to ear :D Only used 1/3rd of a tank and I love the way she purrs at 1500rpm at 70mph on the motorway!

Question: keyless entry. I've read it can't be disabled, so the keys are currently in the microwave.

Can anyone recommend a Faraday box/pouches? Any truth that the fobs become dormant after a few minutes of being static?

I'll get around to RTFMing :cry:

e: will get around to posting a picture or two soon.
 
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FBi7 said:
Can anyone recommend a Faraday box/pouches?
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I bought the cheapest box off eBay, works like a charm. Even when the box (with keys inside) is next to the car there's no signal to unlock, and has also survived an actual relay hack attempt by a douchebag, so I know it 100% works lol.

Would recommend a box rather than a pouch too.
 
tamzzy said:
I bought the cheapest box off eBay, works like a charm. Even when the box (with keys inside) is next to the car there's no signal to unlock, and has also survived an actual relay hack attempt by a douchebag, so I know it 100% works lol.

Would recommend a box rather than a pouch too.
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Thanks mate.
 
Well, productive morning up here.

Yesterday, I started getting issues with the screen wash - no fluid was making it onto the screen. You could hear the pump engaging for a second then cutting out again. A bit of reading and I discovered it was a common problem.

So, front offside wheel off, wheel arch lining off, fluid reservoir out, pump out and finally filter out. Was clogged with blue slime. Cleaned thoroughly, reassembled and I now have working screen wash again! All done in 80 minutes. :D
 
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New to BMW ownership here, and very apt about screen wash post above. Do all BMW's have huge reservoirs for screen wash? Filling my i5 the other day took nearly 6ltrs of screenwash, quite a surprise when every other car i've owned in the past 35 years was full on approx 2.5ltrs! :D
 
kefkef said:
New to BMW ownership here, and very apt about screen wash post above. Do all BMW's have huge reservoirs for screen wash? Filling my i5 the other day took nearly 6ltrs of screenwash, quite a surprise when every other car i've owned in the past 35 years was full on approx 2.5ltrs! :D
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Yes, sounds about right. 5+ litres whenever I've refilled the reservoir when it bings and bongs about it.
 
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