BMW and M Power Owners

LiE · 18 Apr 2018 at 12:42

[TW]Fox said:
You don't need an LCI to get a 28i, they were introduced in 2011.

Indeed, prior it was 23i which I gather is a worse 30i.

Will Gill · 18 Apr 2018 at 12:59

New beastie arrived, what a lovely day for it :cool:

LiE · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:05

I'd be in that all day on a day like today.

p.s. swirl marks

Chris1712 · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:12

LiE said:
Sounds good. I'm allowing a Z4 because my wife is a hair dresser, are you a hair dresser?

28i does seem a good balance, but so many poverty spec, literally 1 or 2 for sale with iDrive at a reasonable price.

No, I'm bald

. They're great cars, don't care if they have a feminine image to some. Loved my E86 and love the E89 35iS, it will embarrass most cars on the road and the roof comes off

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Will Gill · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:16

LiE said:
I'd be in that all day on a day like today.

p.s. swirl marks

Yeah I know, it's booked in for a full colour correction, I used that as a decent price negotiation tool

LiE · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:30

Chris1712 said:
No, I'm bald . They're great cars, don't care if they have a feminine image to some. Loved my E86 and love the E89 35iS, it will embarrass most cars on the road and the roof comes off .

I would push for a 35si, and still might, but I'm not sure my wife will appreciate the power. She wasn't impressed when I nailed it in my Volvo S60 running 320bhp.

"Too fast" :rolleyes:

crinkleshoes · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:32

Looking good Will

Will Gill · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:36

crinkleshoes said:
Looking good Will

Cheers, not quite a mclaren but it's a lovely motor

Chris1712 · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:39

What's the deal with the plates? I know the spacing's different but aren't they the same otherwise? Just show plates?

Will Gill · 18 Apr 2018 at 13:41

Old car is SORN (that's my private road in the piccie) so it's the same plates, I gave in and went for standard spacing

Once I saw them next to each other I can see there was really not much point in the 'illegal' spacing

alx · 18 Apr 2018 at 14:28

Speaking of Z4s, looks like my 35is will be sold over the weekend via private sale (touchwood) - buyer has flights sorted etc.

Onwards and upwards (hopefully) into a V8 RS5 - turning to the dark side!

[TW]Fox · 18 Apr 2018 at 15:03

Upwards? Sounds like sideways...

alx · 18 Apr 2018 at 15:22

Lets agree on different

blun · 19 Apr 2018 at 20:35

squ1bby said:
I believe BMW have just changed their RTTI provider to TomTom so you may see an improvement soon

Has anyone using RTTI noticed any significant improvement (if indeed the TomTom traffic data change has kicked in yet)?

I tried the TomTom app on my phone to see what the quality of their traffic info is like and it's ok - not as good as google maps but passable. I'd really like to use my built in nav rather than having my phone stuck on the dash but traffic info is critical for me.

Phil W · 24 Apr 2018 at 12:27

Does anyone know anything about recoding parts to match a cars VIN?

My brother's E87 1 Series has had a new Steering Angle Sensor at some point, we tried to recalibrate it last night as it is 30 degrees out of position, but it won't allow us to do so because the replacement part is not VIN-matched to the car.

Django x2 · 24 Apr 2018 at 13:52

Yeah, you need E-SYS or NCS Expert depending on the year of the car. Basically, read the ECU and write the VIN back to the module. Then write a blank file to the module (which will code it based on default parameters) and then you can add in any of the specific parameters.

doran1801 · 25 Apr 2018 at 10:28

Just ordered a 530E as a new company car. Now the long wait for delivery! anyone got one?

Jez · 25 Apr 2018 at 11:45

doran1801 said:
Just ordered a 530E as a new company car. Now the long wait for delivery! anyone got one?

I thought that these had gone out of production due to the tax changes making them so much less attractive?

SDK^ · 25 Apr 2018 at 11:59

doran1801 said:
Just ordered a 530E as a new company car. Now the long wait for delivery! anyone got one?

Interesting - most of the team I work with are are looking to do the same due to the tax benefits.

Jez said:
I thought that these had gone out of production due to the tax changes making them so much less attractive?

What's the change?

Jez · 25 Apr 2018 at 14:16

SDK^ said:
Interesting - most of the team I work with are are looking to do the same due to the tax benefits.

What's the change?

http://www.nextgreencar.com/view-ca...auto-plug-in-petrol-hybrid-automatic-8-speed/

Doesnt seem too bad actually, there was another x30e thread in which we worked out that there were large tax rises coming for them. Perhaps we were discussing an old model at the time or something.