Soldato
Usually bad pad bedding-in procedure, or regularly holding your foot on the brake after stopping from a high speed.
BMW and M Power Owners
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What Howard said.
This is a great read:
http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-papers/-warped-brake-disc-and-other-myths
Soldato
New rears of what?
Many things - disc not mounted to the hub completely flat, seized calipers, applying the brakes whilst at standstill whilst they are hot, poor quality pads/discs.
I've had juddering brakes before and there is nothing more annoying. Do you get the vibration mostly through the steering wheel or through the car? I would probably start off by replacing the front discs and pads to begin with as these are usually the culprit. Replacing all four will definitely cure the problem, in the same way that replacing your entire engine is sure to fix a small misfire, but it is wasteful to do it and there is no reason to not start with the fronts, then replace the rears - unless, of course, you are trying to extract as much money off a customer as possible.
Soldato
If you get no luck with the dealer, you could just buy new front discs and pads yourself for £200 and get them fitted for £50.
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Unless your old tyres worn unevenly, there's no need to get an alignment done if you've just had the tyres changed. Alignment will only need to be done after removing some of the suspension components.
One of the last BMW's with hydraulic steering...much prefer the steering in my E82 over the F20.
Soldato
How long have you had it and how many miles have you done?
It's a 13plate but I've had it for about 18 months and done around 15-20k miles in it.
I've just spoken to BMW CS again and their response is that there's nothing more we can do.
Brilliant thanks.
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I disagree with him.
Loads of things can knock alignment out and a tyre change is a good chance to get it checked. Virtually every tyre place will do a free check with a tyre purchase. You've nothing to lose, either it's fine and costs you nothing or it's not fine and needed doing.
Caporegime
Last time I checked discs were about £200.00 a pop on ECP without discount code (currently 56% off however), pads 80ish for the pair.
I'd therefore say it's a tad on the high side...
Connected Drive is far more than just phone apps... It's very useful indeed.
If you don't mind, could you give me a little break down of the various benefits? I gave it no consideration prior to buying the car and have no idea where to start - the only thing I've been trying to do is connect Deezer and I just realised it only works with an iPhone. I've got Connected Services, BMW Online & USB Map Updates free for the next 3 years - is it worth paying a one off fee of £60 for Remote Services?
Nope. It's a basic 520d SE - the only options, if you'd call them that, were auto and metallic paint. It's been bought purely for my new business so I wasn't going to pay more than I needed - I already paid more than I intended, having originally been looking at Passat's and Skoda Superb's
seems a bit expensive for a 2.0 tbh!
I'd go for 3.0 as it's a better engine over-all and suits the car much better! afaik it's more reliable too.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201703133247690?make=BMW&minimum-badge-engine-size=2.4&radius=1500&model=Z4&year-from=2007&sort=price-asc&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=ng158hs&year-to=2008&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=New&page=1
etc
Grudas, you are a very very good man. Went and put a deposit down on that today, picking it up after work next week
