BMW and M Power Owners
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All that black plastic looks well cheap on the 540i, especially the kidney grills. 
Soldato
If it’s proper M Performance stuff it’s not black plastic and it’s not cheap either.All that black plastic looks well cheap on the 540i, especially the kidney grills.
Still agree though!
But San Marino Blue is a properly gorgeous colour.
Caporegime
So spoke to insurers, they spoke to recovery place and the recovery spot reckon it will be total loss. They said the car was picked up mid way through being stripped!!!
All hearsay but sounds like the guys may have been caught which is at least one saving grace. Still waiting for Cambridgeshire police to call to confirm what the hell happened. The car is on police hold at the pound, presumably for investigation purposes.
Do you have GAP insurance?
Personally if it's been damaged, stripped and made a mess, I rather not have it back. It won't feel like your car anymore.
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Lots of it looks like black plastic.
Like the colour and styling, just not the cheap looks.
The plastic part is the standard M-Sport upper section of the rear bumper, the rest of it is carbon.Lots of it looks like black plastic.
Like the colour and styling, just not the cheap looks.
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Yeah not great, most of it would look tons better in the blue.
It’s fairly costly
- £10k including the colour option, wheels, brakes and the rest of the add on stuff.
Caporegime
I am not a fan of all these new wide vacuum cleaner attachment looking exhaust tips, they are everywhere now, at least that actually have an exhaust on both sides.
Soldato
Looks great but cannot help seeing Skoda in it on the front.
Man of Honour
That colour
Quick question regarding extended warranty.
The 3 year factory warranty lapses in August this year and I'll be renewing with a comprehensive policy. I'm aware that BMW should send out a renewal letter around a month before it finishes, however am I right in thinking that the renewal price i.e. going from factory to extension, will be less than taking out a completely new policy via the website? As the car is still under factory warranty, it looks like the website is churning out a price as if I'm a new customer, rather than extending the current warranty. If I already had an extended warranty, I believe it should refuse to quote right?
Comprehensive with £100 excess and no emergency service comes in at £510.05.
The 3 year factory warranty lapses in August this year and I'll be renewing with a comprehensive policy. I'm aware that BMW should send out a renewal letter around a month before it finishes, however am I right in thinking that the renewal price i.e. going from factory to extension, will be less than taking out a completely new policy via the website? As the car is still under factory warranty, it looks like the website is churning out a price as if I'm a new customer, rather than extending the current warranty. If I already had an extended warranty, I believe it should refuse to quote right?
Comprehensive with £100 excess and no emergency service comes in at £510.05.
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Caporegime
@Robi yes, it'll be discounted.
Good stuff, thanks @Dis86. From what I've read on the forums, BMW should also offer zero excess alongside £100 + £250?
Caporegime
Yup. They did with me. Puts the price up a fair bit though.
Picked up my 440i. Absolutely love it. However, I can't get connected drive to work. The app sends a message (after I've manually entered the VIN) but it never appears in messages in iDrive. Any thoughts?
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Soldato
@Murf I couldn’t get that to work on mine either. In the end I googled connected drive, found an email and emailed them. Got a reply in German even though I had selected that I was in the uk. Replied stating the same in both English and translated German. Got another reply in German so repeated the above. Then forgot about it but eventually I got a reply from the uk team who asked for proof of ownership and set it all up from their end.
End to end the above took around 3 weeks and for me some of the apps still don’t work properly so I don’t use it.
End to end the above took around 3 weeks and for me some of the apps still don’t work properly so I don’t use it.
Caporegime
Someone linked me an E60 545i, full BMW SH, full MOT, VGC etc... Thought "ooh I can insure/afford that" then I looked at the average maintenance/repair costs.
Decided that one BMW money pit is enough
Decided that one BMW money pit is enough