BMW and M Power Owners

MoRT489 · 16 Feb 2018 at 17:09

I’ve got my E93 booked in for new brakes and discs next week so going to get the dealer to take a look at this but does anyone know what could cause the steering wheel to squeak/creak only when turning left at lower speeds? It’s particularly noticeable when navigating a multi-story car park

chroniclard · 16 Feb 2018 at 17:15

Whats the sticker on the rear window of the 440?

Pen66 · 16 Feb 2018 at 17:22

Whoever started the M Power colour grills has a lot to answer for. Not acceptable on any car, ever.

At least it's easy to spot the chavs.

chroniclard said:
Whats the sticker on the rear window of the 440?

Gran Coupe

[TW]Fox · 16 Feb 2018 at 17:35

Murf said:
Does the car it belongs to make any difference? ie - Is there a threshold of suitability, x20i, x30i, x40i, Mx etc? Or do you just fundamentally hate them?

Nope, all of them even proper M cars. Just totally naff.

chroniclard · 16 Feb 2018 at 17:48

aha, ty

SDK^ · 16 Feb 2018 at 21:51

So I've just gone through my first full tank of diesel in my 520d; approx 690 miles from 66 litres.

(98% commuting to work).
The car saves a lot data - I was most surprised by the following information :

- I coasted for 90 miles (14% of the distance)
- The stop/start system was active for 1hr 22mins

[TW]Fox · 16 Feb 2018 at 22:09

Not particularly useful figures without some context though. For a totally urban commute that's very good, for a longer distance commute it seems somewhat poor - what's the usage profile?

SDK^ · 16 Feb 2018 at 22:37

Typically it takes me about an hour to travel 25 miles. Sometimes it’s 50mins, other days it’s 1hr 20mins (like this evening). Mixture of urban and country roads.

Participant · 17 Feb 2018 at 08:58

The journey from Warwick to Redditch is always at the mercy of the (now seemingly daily) accidents on the M40 and M42.

SpeedFreak · 17 Feb 2018 at 11:39

Actually looking at swapping the 5 series and was in a 4 GC this morning. I have to say I was pretty impressed. Much more practical than I expected.

[TW]Fox · 17 Feb 2018 at 11:57

SpeedFreak said:
Actually looking at swapping the 5 series and was in a 4 GC this morning. I have to say I was pretty impressed. Much more practical than I expected.

It feels like cheap rubbish compared with 5 though, it was a major mistake sticking with that 1 series style interior

New 3 series soon, hopefully that will fix it.

SpeedFreak · 17 Feb 2018 at 12:45

Anything is better than swapping the F11 for a 1 Series where the leather feels like plastic. I actually prefer the cloth interior in them!

Still working on my wife as I've just put new front tyres on the 5 so hoping to keep it for another 6 months to feel like I've had some value my £380.

[TW]Fox · 17 Feb 2018 at 12:59

SpeedFreak said:
Anything is better than swapping the F11 for a 1 Series where the leather feels like plastic

It's the same in the 4 though?

Robbo · 17 Feb 2018 at 13:00

Won’t the leather be the same unless you upgrade it?

SpeedFreak · 17 Feb 2018 at 13:18

[TW]Fox said:
It's the same in the 4 though?

They were both approved used but the 1 Series was a 67 plate and the 4 GC was a 16 I believe so possibly the 4 Series leather has softened with age? Neither are as nice as the leather in my 5.

On a side note BMW have just advised me that the Sports Contact 3 rear tyres I put on 14 months ago (which have done 10k miles) are almost due for replacing. That is exceptionally poor for almost £400 of rubber in my books but maybe I'm being unrealistic?

edit. 3.0mm in the middle compared to 7.0mm when new.

Antony101 · 17 Feb 2018 at 13:48

SpeedFreak said:
They were both approved used but the 1 Series was a 67 plate and the 4 GC was a 16 I believe so possibly the 4 Series leather has softened with age? Neither are as nice as the leather in my 5.

On a side note BMW have just advised me that the Sports Contact 3 rear tyres I put on 14 months ago (which have done 10k miles) are almost due for replacing. That is exceptionally poor for almost £400 of rubber in my books but maybe I'm being unrealistic?

edit. 3.0mm in the middle compared to 7.0mm when new.

I got about 11k miles out of the CSC5s when I had them on my A3, they wear extremely quickly. 3 of the 4 CSC5s on my F11 blew up on me so they've all been replaced with Pilot Sport 4s.

Lakeland · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:27

Michelin are great for tyre wear, folk get 20-30k from a set from what I’ve read. The MPSS are shocking when it’s cold/wet so I’ll be trying the MPS4 next. Only a few mm left on mine but I’m going to wear them out as far as possible so I have the best chance of not needing to replace them again before I change cars.

mjt · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:39

Lakeland said:
Michelin are great for tyre wear, folk get 20-30k from a set from what I’ve read. The MPSS are shocking when it’s cold/wet so I’ll be trying the MPS4 next. Only a few mm left on mine but I’m going to wear them out as far as possible so I have the best chance of not needing to replace them again before I change cars.

My MPSS have done 22,000 miles so far (rotate with winters) and whilst I haven't measured the tread depth, there is loads left. I reckon the extra initial outlay works out cheaper in the end v CSCs..
However, these are on a FWD Audi..

ash_scotland88 · 17 Feb 2018 at 16:50

Viewed the x2 today. I like it. Feels small enough for one to doss about in but a big practical boot. Inside is "standard" bmw. Shame when I spec it on line it's 40k and that's not even the 25d engine.

Ah Well, maybe few years down the line.

Dis86 · 17 Feb 2018 at 17:04

Lakeland said:
Michelin are great for tyre wear, folk get 20-30k from a set from what I’ve read. The MPSS are shocking when it’s cold/wet so I’ll be trying the MPS4 next. Only a few mm left on mine but I’m going to wear them out as far as possible so I have the best chance of not needing to replace them again before I change cars.

I'll second this. I really do rate Michelin tyres. Currently on Dunlops and actually...not bad either. Although given it's a barge I can't exactly chuck it around.