BMW and M Power Owners

VincentHanna · 7 Jan 2019 at 11:09

Funnily enough I won't be putting that on

It was always washed off as soon as I saw it anyway. No paint damage.

VincentHanna · 7 Jan 2019 at 11:09

IAmATeaf said:
Is this right? "Front brakes have 90,000 miles / Rear Brakes 70,000 miles" ?

EDIT: Just seen the pics on the idrive screen, so they are correct ?

I had them changed fairly recently.

I think it adjusts based on your driving style. I'm very easy on the brakes.

Maccy · 7 Jan 2019 at 11:11

Different tread depths on the rear tyres would put me off tbh.

VincentHanna · 7 Jan 2019 at 11:17

Had to get a new tyre before it was fully worn due to a puncture that couldn't be repaired.

You think I shouldn't mention it?

Maccy · 7 Jan 2019 at 11:52

VincentHanna said:
Had to get a new tyre before it was fully worn due to a puncture that couldn't be repaired.

You think I shouldn't mention it?

Hmm yeh I'd just say that all tyres have at least X tread

IAmATeaf · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:00

I wonder why they put an e-brake in the 5 but a conventional in the current 3?

IAmATeaf · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:01

Maccy said:
Different tread depths on the rear tyres would put me off tbh.

Wouldn't put me off, what would is coming out to see and the car and then discovering it.

[TW]Fox · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:02

VincentHanna said:
I had them changed fairly recently.

I think it adjusts based on your driving style. I'm very easy on the brakes.

I've never seen the reading that high, it resets to about 50k after fresh pads. It shouldn't really adjust, which is why it's so crap and useless as an indicator

I think the car is too cheap personally, it has a trade value of only just under your asking price and a retail value of almost 16k. Obviously you can't expect retail for a private sale but it should be worth more than trade money.

VincentHanna · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:11

Two different trade people have offered me £11,000 and £11,500 for it, respectively.

And the WBAC offer was £10,600!

[TW]Fox · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:21

VincentHanna said:
Two different trade people have offered me £11,000 and £11,500 for it, respectively.

Generally they'll pay less for cars offered out of the blue than they will for cars they specifically want though.

[TW]Fox · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:33

arfoll said:
New G20 3er has an ebrake like g30 5er. F30 is just old...

E89 Z4 is a generation older and has an electronic handbrake. It always struck me as odd the 3 series was introduced without one. The X3 has one too and it's the same platform and older.

Vita · 7 Jan 2019 at 12:42

Is the auto gearbox in the e60 lci 535d better than the one in the lci 335d? From my research it seems the one in the lci 335d is the same as the prelci e60 auto gearbox?

[TW]Fox · 7 Jan 2019 at 13:23

Vita said:
Is the auto gearbox in the e60 lci 535d better than the one in the lci 335d? From my research it seems the one in the lci 335d is the same as the prelci e60 auto gearbox?

It's largely the same box but it lacks the electronic shifter functionality that it has in the E60 as the E60 got the second gen model.

Vita · 7 Jan 2019 at 13:25

[TW]Fox said:
It's largely the same box but it lacks the electronic shifter functionality that it has in the E60 as the E60 got the second gen model.

Ah right I see. Thanks for the reply.

Scania · 7 Jan 2019 at 14:23

IAmATeaf said:
Is this right? "Front brakes have 90,000 miles / Rear Brakes 70,000 miles" ?

EDIT: Just seen the pics on the idrive screen, so they are correct ?

If you don’t brake, why not?

IAmATeaf · 7 Jan 2019 at 17:00

arfoll said:
New G20 3er has an ebrake like g30 5er. F30 is just old...

[TW]Fox said:
E89 Z4 is a generation older and has an electronic handbrake. It always struck me as odd the 3 series was introduced without one. The X3 has one too and it's the same platform and older.

Drove my sons Golf GTI manual which has the e-brake and although it was a bit disconcerting at first in that I didn't trust it, once I got used to it I wondered why all cars don't come with it. Bit of a moot point for my 3 which is an auto but am definitely a fan, until it goes wrong and roll back into the car behind

iMacMart · 7 Jan 2019 at 19:12

Scania said:
I don’t have an f10 but know someone who keeps getting this error.

Check the fuse first, its somewhere in the rear iirc.

If you turn the wheel lock to lock a few times it should recalibrate and so long as there’s no other issue it should behave itself.

Evening, so I've located the fuse box in the boot on the right and according to the card and this link the parking assist is 8, 134 I've checked location 134 it looks fine, I've gone lock to lock a few times but the issue still persists

unless I'm reading the fuse board or pictures incorrectly, can someone confirm please

Scania · 7 Jan 2019 at 21:03

iMacMart said:
Evening, so I've located the fuse box in the boot on the right and according to the card and this link the parking assist is 8, 134 I've checked location 134 it looks fine, I've gone lock to lock a few times but the issue still persists unless I'm reading the fuse board or pictures incorrectly, can someone confirm please

I’ve asked him earlier about this and he said try disconnecting the battery for a few minutes before doing the lock to lock recalibration, if it’s still playing up then unfortunately it looks like you need further investigation.

[TW]Fox · 7 Jan 2019 at 21:05

None of this random stuff is going to fix it. The message has appeared because the system has thrown a fault code, likely the control unit as the sensors tend to just either display all or nothing when they fail rather than flagging a code.

Never heard of fixing a pdc fault by putting the steering on full lock.

IAmATeaf · 8 Jan 2019 at 12:40

Saw an X2 today. God what an abomination, it's height looked squashed down which made it look podgy, still not as ugly as the 1 series but giving it a good run for its money!