Take the 320i, add an electric motor to it, there it is. With 330i's performance and 320d economy.
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Take the 320i, add an electric motor to it, there it is. With 330i's performance and 320d economy.
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If only. Once the battery is empty it's a 320i with a boot full of lead and a half size fuel tank.
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It doesn't have a great range either, does it?
I don't understand why they haven't combined the electric motor with a derv instead.
Mercedes have. Seems ideal, silent zero emissions running in town and diesel economy on the motorway.
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Cost, space, emissions, global market appeal.
Caporegime
That same “negative ‘grey’ image” that’s made it the highest selling 5 series to date?
The f10 outsold the e60 by more than 40%.
https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/glob...winner-of-reader-and-expert-polls?language=en
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Do what?!
If it helps, this is the screen info.....
SO the phone is connected and setup for BT audio, but still doesn't play........
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Abandon it and put your music on a usb, that is what I did after my phone and Bluetooth just stopped working one day.
Like you the phone is connected, I’ve ticked all the options but no matter what I do it no longer works, what’s worse for me is that making/taking calls on the phone, the audio also no longer goes through Bluetooth so I have to put the phone on speaker and shout at it.
Like you the phone is connected, I’ve ticked all the options but no matter what I do it no longer works, what’s worse for me is that making/taking calls on the phone, the audio also no longer goes through Bluetooth so I have to put the phone on speaker and shout at it.
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I'll stop off at BMW one day and see what the gurus can do 
Where in Gloucestershire are you? I think you've mentioned Cheltenham before, I'm not too far away in Brockworth. If you're not confident doing the CarPlay thing then I can do it for you. I have the coding cable so all you'd have to do is get the antenna and an unlock code from someone like BR. Either that or have a look at CarPlay in action in my car.
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I should also add that I've tried with different phones, so my 2 boys have an iphone XS and an 8 and I have an 8 plus but none now work after it randomly stopped. My car has the enhanced BT option. I did take the car in back in Feb but as it is now out of warranty they weren't that helpful to be honest and tried the same things that I had already tried.
What is really strange though is that my contacts all come across, so that I can scroll through the contacts and even then make a call using the scroll wheel but once it starts ringing it them reverts back to the phone speaker and mic. Playing music via BT is the same. Same phone in my sons Golf, no problems, just works as soon as it's paired. It's like there is a bit in iDrive that has flicked over and nothing that I can do will either reset or flick it back, mucho annoying.
What is really strange though is that my contacts all come across, so that I can scroll through the contacts and even then make a call using the scroll wheel but once it starts ringing it them reverts back to the phone speaker and mic. Playing music via BT is the same. Same phone in my sons Golf, no problems, just works as soon as it's paired. It's like there is a bit in iDrive that has flicked over and nothing that I can do will either reset or flick it back, mucho annoying.
I ran one for 2 years and it was an exceptional tool. Great performance, amazing refinement and comfort and very good economy. I averaged 83mpg over 26000 miles but I did plug it in for most journeys (52 mile round trip commute). You cannot beat the refinement of a hybrid (well, short of BEV).
Except that literally never happens, maybe on a long high speed track you would manage it but in reality you will never ever run it flat.
Hahaha good luck with thatI'll stop off at BMW one day and see what the gurus can do
Let me at it, I'll kill it in 8mins
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So today after going into limp mode for water temperature 2 or 3 times, My New to Me '08 135i is at BMW getting what I assume to be a new water pump.
The good news being I took the advice that seems to be plastered over the forums regarding BMW's of taking out the BMW warranty, so fingers crossed, it should be all good.
The good news being I took the advice that seems to be plastered over the forums regarding BMW's of taking out the BMW warranty, so fingers crossed, it should be all good.
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You should update the phone software on the iDrive system I have had to do this in the past to sort issues after phone software updates.
https://www.bmw.co.uk/bmw-ownership/mobile/software-updates
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Thanks, I’ve already done that and check every month in the hope that there’s another update.
Anyone else had their cars in for the EGR cooler recall recently? BMW have had mine for a week and a half now to do the EGR cooler and what they refer to as a "steering gear quality enhancement" which actually seems to be a case of bolts corroding and falling out, resulting in the possibility of losing steering. I'd say that fixing that is a bit more than a "quality enhancement".
I've got a 420i as a loaner car. It's nice enough, but I've got to go to France for work next week and of course I can't take the loaner car over there so it seems I've been shafted. BMW wouldn't budge on letting me have my car back even if I agreed to sign some kind of waiver and they also wouldn't amend the hire car agreement to cover me for driving over there. Quite annoyed that I'm in this situation through no fault of my own and they won't do a thing to help.
The other slightly less annoying thing is the fuel economy from the 420i. It's not my car so I don't need to be overly concerned, but it is affecting how much I get back on my mileage claims I drive mostly motorways, sitting at the speed limit and not driving like a tool but I'm still getting mpg in the high 30s/low 40s range. Given that other much more powerful cars can do better than that, I expected a bit more. Not sure what it is currently, but I reset the trip computer when I got the car and in the 800 miles I've driven since, it's at 39mpg I think.
I've got a 420i as a loaner car. It's nice enough, but I've got to go to France for work next week and of course I can't take the loaner car over there so it seems I've been shafted. BMW wouldn't budge on letting me have my car back even if I agreed to sign some kind of waiver and they also wouldn't amend the hire car agreement to cover me for driving over there. Quite annoyed that I'm in this situation through no fault of my own and they won't do a thing to help.
The other slightly less annoying thing is the fuel economy from the 420i. It's not my car so I don't need to be overly concerned, but it is affecting how much I get back on my mileage claims
I drive mostly motorways, sitting at the speed limit and not driving like a tool but I'm still getting mpg in the high 30s/low 40s range. Given that other much more powerful cars can do better than that, I expected a bit more. Not sure what it is currently, but I reset the trip computer when I got the car and in the 800 miles I've driven since, it's at 39mpg I think.
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My 320d should have gone in on Thursday for the egr valve, but I got called into work so had to cancel.
Bear in mind, that I had the letter back in February and the 20th June was the first available slot they had.
I will be seriously peeved if it stays in longer than the morning (which is what they have told me it will take), as I have to travel to work that night.
Bear in mind, that I had the letter back in February and the 20th June was the first available slot they had.
I will be seriously peeved if it stays in longer than the morning (which is what they have told me it will take), as I have to travel to work that night.