BMW and M Power Owners
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It’s controlled my electro-magic-trickery I had to recode my car as I found the side mirrors and rear view mirror would dim way too much, so much so that all I could see were very feint headlights, so I coded it to not dim as much.
The R56 mini is brilliant, I hated the look of it but my wife insisted and we owned it from 2012 for 4years. The shape grew on me and the Cooper S version was a hoot to drive and as said above a nice cabin, not just the boring standard grey offering from most manufacturers. I’d like one again one day but it would mean giving up the convertible 3 series. One piece of advice though, ditch the run flats immediately - back breakers with the sports suspension!
Soldato
Had a bit of a chuckle at what I would call the BMW 'options lottery'..
We've picked up a 3 year old F25 X3 35d that had quite a nice options list (Dynamic Damping Control, LED Adaptive Headlights, Pan Roof, Surround View among others) but was shocked on viewing it that it only came with Manual seats! In this day/age you kind of take it for granted that a £47K Car (+options = Well over £50k) would probably come with electric seats as standard
I've found a few people complaining they went to town on the options list and had a shock when they picked up their new pride and joy to find the fundamental feature you'd expect was missing!
We did get it in the end (due to the rare options it actually has) but it made me pause for thought and made negotiating a bit easier, his reaction was priceless when he showed me how many X3's he had in stock didn't have electric seats, and even more priceless when he went through our P/X (Nissan X-Trail Tekna comes with the equivalent of about £6k - £8k of BMW options as standard, heated electric seats, pan roof, 360 cameras, park assist, lane assist, blind spot monitoring, full led headlights, speed limit information, 7 seats, collision avoidance, etc, etc)
We've picked up a 3 year old F25 X3 35d that had quite a nice options list (Dynamic Damping Control, LED Adaptive Headlights, Pan Roof, Surround View among others) but was shocked on viewing it that it only came with Manual seats! In this day/age you kind of take it for granted that a £47K Car (+options = Well over £50k) would probably come with electric seats as standard
I've found a few people complaining they went to town on the options list and had a shock when they picked up their new pride and joy to find the fundamental feature you'd expect was missing!
We did get it in the end (due to the rare options it actually has) but it made me pause for thought and made negotiating a bit easier, his reaction was priceless when he showed me how many X3's he had in stock didn't have electric seats, and even more priceless when he went through our P/X (Nissan X-Trail Tekna comes with the equivalent of about £6k - £8k of BMW options as standard, heated electric seats, pan roof, 360 cameras, park assist, lane assist, blind spot monitoring, full led headlights, speed limit information, 7 seats, collision avoidance, etc, etc)
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Same on my F10. Almost entirely electric. To add electric forward and backward and memory is... A grand.
So nobody bothered.
At least on the E39 it changes a totally manual seat into an electric one.
Soldato
Didn’t realise the electric seats were rare, most f30 that I looked at had them. Don’t you also need the electricseats to get folding mirrors?
Or the electric folding mirrors.
Soldato
Ah yes you need the electric seats to get the passenger mirror to dip when in reverse. What a complete and total utter con
Ah yes you need the electric seats to get the passenger mirror to dip when in reverse. What a complete and total utter con
You don't, it also does it if you've got electric folding mirrors.
Soldato
It has got to the point their product experts who assist the sales people to deal with thus kind of options mire don’t actually know anything themselves.
Whilst mulling over a cheaper/older F25, we looked at a new G01 X3 and asked the question "what’s the most cost effective way to get
- electric seats
- surround view
- pro Nav/media
- comfort access
- ddc"
All they did was keep adding option packs to the tune of £6k, even though some of the items are available separately they really didn't try to figure it out, I ended up having to do it myself.
Whilst mulling over a cheaper/older F25, we looked at a new G01 X3 and asked the question "what’s the most cost effective way to get
- electric seats
- surround view
- pro Nav/media
- comfort access
- ddc"
All they did was keep adding option packs to the tune of £6k, even though some of the items are available separately they really didn't try to figure it out, I ended up having to do it myself.
My 520d is now on 106,000 miles so I've had a quote to get the timing chain replaced, a trusted local independent said it'll be £1000 - £1200 depending on what they find. Seems cheap to me but they are very well regarded guys. Any input from the guys on here?
Surround view, electric seats etc are only available as part of a pack, so may make sense.
So I picked this up in the end. we had a little confusion on the service history but it all checked out.
Oct 2015
56k Miles
Lease plan warranty until Oct 2020
530d M sport with a poverty spec but one owner.
https://imgur.com/a/TLCL9qr
Paid £14.5k
Oct 2015
56k Miles
Lease plan warranty until Oct 2020
530d M sport with a poverty spec but one owner.
https://imgur.com/a/TLCL9qr
Paid £14.5k
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That looks lovely for the money! How pov is poverty spec? BMW really got it right with the F10. I'm still not convinced the G30 is a better looking car.
looks like a (nearly) base 530d msport according to bmwvin:
VIN ********************
Prod. Date 2015-09-11
Service History ***************
Type 530D (EUR)
Series F10 (5 Series)
Body Type LIM
Steering RL
Engine N57T
Displacement 3.00
Power 190kw / 258hp
Drive HECK
Transmission Automatic
Colour CARBONSCHWARZ METALLIC (416)
Upholstery LEDER DAKOTAOYSTER EXKLUSIVNAHT(SW (LCOX)
Check mileage
Editions And Packages
P337A M Sports Package
S704A M Sports Suspension
S710A M Leather Steering Wheel
S715A M Aerodynamics Package
Comfort And Interior Equipment
S423A Floor Mats Velours
S428A Warning Triangle And First Aid Kit
S431A Interior Mirror With Automaticdip
S441A Smoker Package
S481A Sports Seat
S494A Seat Heating Driverpassenger
S4CEA Fine Woodgrain Vers Fineline Anthrac
S4URA Ambient Interior Lighting
S4U2A Driving Experience Switch Incl ECO PRO
Multimedia
S606A Navigation System Business
S654A DAB Tuner
S698A AreaCode 2 For DVD
S6ACA Intelligent Emergency SOS Call
S6AEA Teleservices
S6WAA Instrument Cluster Expanded Equipment
Driver Assistance And Lightning
S502A Headlight Cleaning System
S508A Park Distance Control PDC
S534A Automatic Air Conditioning
S5A1A LED Fog Lights
Wheels And Drive
S230A Extra Package EUspecific
S258A Tire With Runflat Functionality
S2NDA BMW LA Wheel M Double Spoke 351
S2PAA Wheel Bolt Retainer
S2VBA Tire Pressure Display
S205A Automatic Transmission
Environment And Safety
S302A Alarm System
S850A ZUSAETZL TANKFUELLUNG EXPORT
S877A Delete Crosspattern Operation
S880A Onboard Vehicle Literature English
S8KAA OELWARTUNGSINT 30000KM24MONATE
S8S2A Coding Alarm Signal
S8S3A Automatic Locking When Driving Off
S8SMA Car Ident Number Visible From Outside
S8TFA Active Pedestrian Protection
S8TGA Thiefproofing Device
S853A Language Version English
Individual Equipment
S760A High Gloss Shadow Line
S775A Headlining Anthracite
Other Equipment
S1CAA Selection Of COP Relevant Vehicles
S1CBA CO2 Package
L812A National Version England Ireland
S9AAA Outer Skin Protection
S1CCA Auto Startstop Function
S1CDA Brake Energy Regeneration