BMW and M Power Owners
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BMW are stating that the inspection light on my idrive is for the MOT - although that is feb 2026 :/ so sounds like the inspection notification warning is wrong on the idrive or was programmed wrong if they set it to june 2026
Even stlll, they are saying that BMW only do a "healthcheck" when doing the oil/filter/air filter service - However said i should be able to "extend " the date of the inspection on the idrive to feb 2026 to be inline with my MOT -
hopefully they are right
Anyways booked in for friday
Confirmed the statutory vehicle inspection is the MOT..Iv extended the date of this on idrive to.feb 2026 which is when MOT due
Even stlll, they are saying that BMW only do a "healthcheck" when doing the oil/filter/air filter service - However said i should be able to "extend " the date of the inspection on the idrive to feb 2026 to be inline with my MOT -
hopefully they are right
Anyways booked in for friday
Confirmed the statutory vehicle inspection is the MOT..Iv extended the date of this on idrive to.feb 2026 which is when MOT due
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I did tell you that
Thank you
Its the first time i have had iDrive - so its all new to me
Just had the bog standard OBC in previous cars which was very basic
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Yeah, the problem is that there isn't anything interesting for sale currently.
It's not programmed wrong. That's not how it works. The car can be MOT'd whenever. You need to set the date yourself as a reminder on the car. It is user changeable.
I did specifically ask you if you did this earlier.
I'm surprised BMW didn't just charge your for a vehicle check instead, since you were clearly going down that route and were already happy to pay an extra £90.
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Yeh I have set that now
No Id rather get the oil and oil filter done / air filter done as there has been lots of leaves about so want to make sure none of that is stuck up the air filter housing feeding in to the turbo
The cost is £256 Inc vat , no extra £90 but they do a healthcheck. ..
I'm probably going to rinse it down quickly as it its still waxed but I need to do a proper clean on it and rewax in a few weeks
Hopefully they clean my car
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I wouldn't let them clean your car. If you're in to keeping it clean and scratch free yourself - which you seem to be from your posts in the Detailing thread - I wouldn't let their cleaners anywhere near it.
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It's funny as I never used to let anyone touch mine even though i thought people were being excessive.
No, no they weren't, the cleaners they use are monsters.
I'll say no to a wash then and I'll do snowfoam, two bucket etc when the weather gets abit better.
There are some light scratch marks that came with the car on front right wing. I may buy a dual action/ random orbital or what ever you call it try get them out with merguiers ultimate compound that I have in the cupboard .
Still got almost 80% of the collinite super double coat wax left
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So much for an SUV. Not long home.
Zero regrets, what a car. Significant step up over the F80 for ‘normal’ driving. Which is all I can do before the RIS.
I know it's a bit marmite, but pictures do not do it justice. Had so many people giving thumbs up, taking pictures etc on the way home, never experienced that.
Bought it from going for the X3M test drive, they had one in the showroom as we walked in, my wife and I immediately said 'we want it'. Unfortunately that one sold but we found another.
Extremely happy.
Wow that's an impressive looking M2, didn't realise you'd swaped from the M3. I'm still in my M2 N55, bored of it tbh, it's just a 2 series with posh M bits.
I did have a look at a few cars the other week at Snows when the M2 and Mini were in for work. Prices are staggering these days, but I've never done PCP or anything etc. Right/wrong, no idea tbh.
If I was going SUV it'd be a Macan.
So what's the deal with the ZF oil change? My G31 will tick over 60k miles at some point this year, I mentioned a gearbox service when my car was in earlier in the year at Stratstone Harrogate and yeh just got the classic 'it's a sealed unit, doesn't need doing'. Considering the car is under BMW insured warranty (and will continue to be so whilst I own the car), if the gearbox develops a fault I assume BMW will just deal with it under the agreed warranty?
Am I better off just running it into the ground, far exceeding the suggested warranty interval by ZF or stumping up £5-600 for a local specialist to service the gearbox?
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Are you intending to keep it under warranty for the duration of the time you own it?
Yup I think and would look to own the car for another 3-4 years I imagine.
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So it’s not a conversation about risk then, more whether you want to for the sake of selling the car in the future.
It’s not a horrifically expensive job but it is complex, in that it needs to be flushed rather than just drained. From memory the gearbox can retain a good litre or two when just drained.
So if you do it, take it to somewhere that’ll do the job properly - a ZF specialist
A place local to me invested in the equipment to do it properly so there are places which can.
I wonder if you could get the statement that it's sealed for life and doesn't need changed at all in writing?
FWIW I got mine done in October 2023 (55k miles, 8 years old at the time) for £350+VAT and it felt smoother after it and has retained that smoothness since too.
The (F87) M2 is more than "just a 2 series with posh M bits". Using your logic, you can apply that to any of the M cars, or indeed Audi RS and Mercedes AMG models?!
Surely an XM would be the best SUV for you as it's a bespoke M model?
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3-4 Years doesn't tell me much
, what is your annual mileage or even better how many miles do you reckon you'll cover in that time? I would say, if you're looking to change the car before, or just after it hits 100k miles, don't bother.Now, loads of people will tell you that dynamic oil change is the way to go, the machine is expensive and you'll need to go to a specialist (£££...). Me and my mate both done our M140i's on the driveway around the 45-55k mark, it was more of a precaution as they were both getting a stage 2+ remap and xHP Gearbox flash. We literally did what most indy garages do... Below video pretty much tells you the manual procedure. There's loads of people who run double the power and are on the edge of the torque limit of the 8hp gearbox who use that method, those gearboxes are fine after multiple launches and abuse. The Service Kit (Oil+Pan with inbuilt filter) you can get from Autodoc, cheapest prices on Monday afternoon and select Ireland or Germany to get it even cheaper in Euros (you'll need a virtual currency account like Monzo or Revolut).
It's also recommended to reset gearbox adaptation, you can do that via ISTA (you need a laptop, £8 enet cable and I can send you instructions on how to install ISTA) or BimmerTool-Expert, and or more expensive scanners like Autel can also reset adaptations.
I'm no expert, but feel free to shoot me a DM, if you've more questions.
if I can get the F30's issue fixed, I'll be doing the exact same gearbox oil change procedure as FCP on the F30.
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