BMW and M Power Owners
- Thread starter panthro
- Start date
Whilst true, I've opted for the pay monthly option as mine's on 43k miles now, and before the end of this year will be over 60k miles, so it makes sense long term because I'll keep the lower (<60k miles) price that way.
Soldato
- Joined
- 9 Oct 2009
- Posts
- 9,258
- Location
- United Kingdom
Th
Thanks. That's really helpful.For those interested, here are the F80 M3 warranty prices:
![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
If you're planning to buy an AUC it is worth asking them to throw in an additional year of warranty as part of the deal, giving you two years AUC warranty. I did this on both 550i I purchased from BMW. On both occasions the dealer didn't seem to realise they could actually offer more than 12 months AUC warranty, so I had to push them to go off and actually verify this.
It might have changed since, but the facility for them to purchase additional warranty on behalf of a customer was certainly available to them in 2012 and 2015, and the cost to them seemed to be about 40% less than the price I would have paid directly with BMW Insured Warranty.
It might have changed since, but the facility for them to purchase additional warranty on behalf of a customer was certainly available to them in 2012 and 2015, and the cost to them seemed to be about 40% less than the price I would have paid directly with BMW Insured Warranty.
.It wasn't mentioned, and I can't find it anywhere in the handbook/contract so I guess not. I seem to recall Porsche warranties definitely doing that though.
All new policies have a one month moratorium.
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2006
- Posts
- 4,264
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Joined the club today, at exactly 12:00. For ages I've been ummming and ahhhing about getting a M140i, and last week I thought to hell with it.
I completely forgot the 19 plates were out today, and I had today off, so they said come down Thursday night and collect drive it away at midnight!
What a car! Taking it steady for the first 500 miles or so, but many people have said it should be ok to have a blast from the off.
They said they didn't have as many people as they'd normally have, but still quite a few nice cars being collected. Most notably an M5 Competition. Holy hell that sounded epic in this workshop!
A few points already (coming from cars with very basic interiors eg Lotus, VX220, Renaults)
- Great to have steering wheel controls......but why is there no pause/skip track on there?!
- The brakes (I know are new) are quite spongy......even the test car was the same. Is that typical BMW or just me? (I do like that they're not ridiculously over-assisted though!)
- is Eco-pro a bit of a gimmick, or actually beneficial? (I drove for about 15 miles earlier and it said I had +1.6 miles I think. I assume that means I saved 1.6 miles due to driving more economically?
- I said I'd leave the car alone, but already I think it would sit so much better on the Eibach springs. Might leave it for now though.
- Bit odd that some controls and bits are hidden. The start/stop button for one, and the odometer. I like sitting quite low and I have to peak over the wheel to read it.
Super happy with it! The plan was to give it a couple of coats of wax today, but Auto Finesse naffed up my order and sent the wrong one.
I completely forgot the 19 plates were out today, and I had today off, so they said come down Thursday night and collect drive it away at midnight!
What a car! Taking it steady for the first 500 miles or so, but many people have said it should be ok to have a blast from the off.
They said they didn't have as many people as they'd normally have, but still quite a few nice cars being collected. Most notably an M5 Competition. Holy hell that sounded epic in this workshop!
A few points already (coming from cars with very basic interiors eg Lotus, VX220, Renaults)
- Great to have steering wheel controls......but why is there no pause/skip track on there?!
- The brakes (I know are new) are quite spongy......even the test car was the same. Is that typical BMW or just me? (I do like that they're not ridiculously over-assisted though!)
- is Eco-pro a bit of a gimmick, or actually beneficial? (I drove for about 15 miles earlier and it said I had +1.6 miles I think. I assume that means I saved 1.6 miles due to driving more economically?
- I said I'd leave the car alone, but already I think it would sit so much better on the Eibach springs. Might leave it for now though.
- Bit odd that some controls and bits are hidden. The start/stop button for one, and the odometer. I like sitting quite low and I have to peak over the wheel to read it.
Super happy with it! The plan was to give it a couple of coats of wax today, but Auto Finesse naffed up my order and sent the wrong one.
You can skip tracks with the jog wheel on the right of the steering wheel. If you scroll it down it'll highlight the next song, press to select it.
The brakes are naff, I think it's the pads but hey ho, it stops fine when you proper press the pedal.
If you really want to lower it, I believe you can get M Performance springs which will of course be fine with the warranty. I thought about it, but I think it sits fine.
Welcome to the club.
The brakes are naff, I think it's the pads but hey ho, it stops fine when you proper press the pedal.
If you really want to lower it, I believe you can get M Performance springs which will of course be fine with the warranty. I thought about it, but I think it sits fine.
Welcome to the club.
I also miss the missing prev/next on the steering wheel. Using the jog wheel is fine but I have random selected so would prefer a proper prev/next. You can use the prev/next to the right of the 1-8 buttons but it’s always a fumble to find the correct button. Also why does BMW not have indents on any buttons through the car so that you then have a good idea of roughly where your hand is?
I took my M135i to an OcUK rolling rad day with ~700 miles on it. I'd been reasonably careful with it up to that point, but it pulled 350hp on the day (on regular 95 fuel), and it gave my absolutely zero trouble for ~70,000 miles, not burning any oil, etc. I'm sure it'll be fine.
I also found this. They stop the car perfectly well, but didn't inspire huge confidence.
No definitely not a gimmick if you use it as intended. I could get easily 10-15% more fuel economy using Eco Pro instead of Comfort in the M135i. Best door-to-door trip I managed was 44.4mpg using Eco Pro all the way.
anyone know what could be causing this vibration?
2007 E92 330i auto
i get it at low RPM around 1400 up to about 2000 when accelerating.
feels like the whole car is shaking but goes away above 2100ish RPM
It used to only be in higher gears when accelerating from 30mph up to 40mph but today it has been in the odd lower gear, it also doesn't do it every time.
I don't get it at all when at higher, RPM 3000+. If it starts and i ease off it can sometimes stop and can accelerate again without it happening.
Its at 98000 miles now and has been regularly services on what ever it asks for bar the last 2 years but i've only done about 3000 miles in that time. (House saving took a priority)
2007 E92 330i auto
i get it at low RPM around 1400 up to about 2000 when accelerating.
feels like the whole car is shaking but goes away above 2100ish RPM
It used to only be in higher gears when accelerating from 30mph up to 40mph but today it has been in the odd lower gear, it also doesn't do it every time.
I don't get it at all when at higher, RPM 3000+. If it starts and i ease off it can sometimes stop and can accelerate again without it happening.
Its at 98000 miles now and has been regularly services on what ever it asks for bar the last 2 years but i've only done about 3000 miles in that time. (House saving took a priority)
Torque converter? Got a code reader?
No got nothing like that, have never really done any work on a car.
Have googled and found all sorts of suggestions from changing transmission fluid to a whole new transmission.
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2006
- Posts
- 4,264
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Cheers @Havana_UK
Another quick question about the trip computer(s)? I'm a bit baffled coming from a simple system in my previous car.
Reading the manual, it references a trip computer and an on board computer.....not really sure what the difference is.
Without asking dozens of questions, potentially confusing everything.....can I do the following?:
Display an avg MPG for the tank so far?
Display an avg MPG for an individual journey?
If so, how do I reset the latter one without resetting the first?
Another quick question about the trip computer(s)? I'm a bit baffled coming from a simple system in my previous car.
Reading the manual, it references a trip computer and an on board computer.....not really sure what the difference is.
Without asking dozens of questions, potentially confusing everything.....can I do the following?:
Display an avg MPG for the tank so far?
Display an avg MPG for an individual journey?
If so, how do I reset the latter one without resetting the first?
The onboard computer is the traditional onboard computer. It records the average MPG until such time as you reset it.
The trip computer is the second one, you can set it to reset automatically meaning it resets when the car isnt used for 6 hours or more, or you can reset it yourself when you want, ie for a journey, or a tank, or whatever. But you must reset it manually. It won't auto reset on fillup.
The trip computer is the second one, you can set it to reset automatically meaning it resets when the car isnt used for 6 hours or more, or you can reset it yourself when you want, ie for a journey, or a tank, or whatever. But you must reset it manually. It won't auto reset on fillup.
Soldato
- Joined
- 17 Sep 2006
- Posts
- 4,264
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Ah ok. So the button in the instrument cluster is to reset the onboard?
Or can you reset both in the iDrive setting?
And the manual says that I should have 3 MPG values in the instrument display - instant, avg, total avg (since leaving factory). I only have two, instant and one other. Not sure which yet as the car has only done 60 miles, so I can't tell if it's the total avg or avg
Or can you reset both in the iDrive setting?
And the manual says that I should have 3 MPG values in the instrument display - instant, avg, total avg (since leaving factory). I only have two, instant and one other. Not sure which yet as the car has only done 60 miles, so I can't tell if it's the total avg or avg