BMW and M Power Owners

Today I was driving <10mph on an icy side road and gently braked for a T junction - nothing happened, pumped the brakes but too late to avoid sliding out into the junction.
Going to ditch the Michelin Super Sports for some winter tyres next year.
 
EvilRob said:
Today I was driving <10mph on an icy side road and gently braked for a T junction - nothing happened, pumped the brakes but too late to avoid sliding out into the junction.
Going to ditch the Michelin Super Sports for some winter tyres next year.
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I had this in the Pug today. First time I've let properly poo'ed myself. Luckily it was in some country lanes so no traffic around. I am on pretty much brand new EcoContact 6's (I think) - so tbh I don't think any tyre is gripping black ice.
 
So on a chilly day last Tuesday, I took (my first ever BMW) 2018 530D touring in for it's first service since I bought it (last June) and also for the EGR cooler safety recall.
I pulled into the garage car park and lowered the drivers window to a moment as I was a bit hot. The window made a funny noise and then refused to rise up again, making a strange crunchy noise.
"hello sir, so your car is in for a service?"
"yes and EGR safety recall"
"ah yes"
"and the window just broke!"
"it's £130 per hour to fault find"
"It's a BMW approved used car that I bought last June with 12 months warranty. I assume this will cover the window failure?"
"yes sir"

So £300 for an oil and air filter change or £300 for an oil change, EGR cooler replacement and new window motor and regulator (take your pick).
I suspect not many BM owner get out of the garage for £300..

Will be taking out extended warranty for sure before it expires in June.
 
tamzzy said:
Well depending on whether your glass is half full or half empty...that's pretty (un) lucky :cry:
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Things break. I had the window regulator fail on my old volvo V70 only 1 year after buying it (used) and had to drive around the M25 with the window down....
There is no better place in the world for your window to fail than in the car park of the BMW garage. I could have been at a service station on the M1 and then, I'd have been totally screwed.
 
EvilRob said:
Anyone done the recent iDrive 7 update yet?
I've downloaded it and got it on the car via the app, but the status in the car just remains that I'll be notified when it can actually install. Been like that for a couple of weeks, pretty annoying.

I'm charging the battery as that seems the most likely reason it's getting stuck - any other ideas?
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Still didn't manage to get this to apply despite doing a full charging cycle. I guess I'll have to take it into the dealer - pretty annoying and frustrating experience for something that should just work.
 
EvilRob said:
Still didn't manage to get this to apply despite doing a full charging cycle. I guess I'll have to take it into the dealer - pretty annoying and frustrating experience for something that should just work.
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Had to take mine into the dealer, there's a firmware version where in certain cases it refuses to update over the air due to a problem with it, mine was in that situation and went over 12 months without an update and wouldn't even recognise there was an update due so had to get the dealer to do it in the end. I think it was 07/2021 that mine was stuck on and I had mine updated start of December to version 11/2022.31 by the dealer.
Ironically, the day before I took it to have the update done at the dealers, I got notification of a new update, (which was the previous update to the one the dealer actually installed) it downloaded to my phone and transferred to the car no problem but would not install. Had it on the CTek charger at work all day, that didn't do it, did a 30 mile trip on the motorway, that didn't do it and then after my commute home it wouldn't update. Fortunately I was booked in the following day anyway.
The OTA updates have been very hit and miss on iDrive7 from the start, no rhyme or reason as to which car got them and at which time.
 
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Driver side adaptive headlight (F80) appears to have a noisy fan, I can hear a notable humming from the unit and touching the lens I can feel it vibrating. Passenger side is a quiet whirring like you'd expect. Both shut off around 20s after turning off the car. Definitely not the oil or water pump, I can hear these in the cabin.

I'm thinking possibly bearings in the fan? Anyone here experienced similar?

No codes or issues at the moment though think it might be on its last legs.
 
keithcun said:
Had to take mine into the dealer, there's a firmware version where in certain cases it refuses to update over the air due to a problem with it, mine was in that situation and went over 12 months without an update and wouldn't even recognise there was an update due so had to get the dealer to do it in the end. I think it was 07/2021 that mine was stuck on and I had mine updated start of December to version 11/2022.31 by the dealer.
Ironically, the day before I took it to have the update done at the dealers, I got notification of a new update, (which was the previous update to the one the dealer actually installed) it downloaded to my phone and transferred to the car no problem but would not install. Had it on the CTek charger at work all day, that didn't do it, did a 30 mile trip on the motorway, that didn't do it and then after my commute home it wouldn't update. Fortunately I was booked in the following day anyway.
The OTA updates have been very hit and miss on iDrive7 from the start, no rhyme or reason as to which car got them and at which time.
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Such a poor experience. Did they charge you for the update when you took it in, or did you just ask them to do it while it was in anyway?
 
EvilRob said:
Such a poor experience. Did they charge you for the update when you took it in, or did you just ask them to do it while it was in anyway?
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I had the car booked in for it's service and I'd previously spoke to the people at BMW Connected Drive over emails regarding the update a month or so previous. They said there was a problem and I should take it to the dealer to be updated so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and wait till the car was in for a service and get it done at the same time. When I dropped it off I explained about the email and they said no problem, we'll sort it. Then I collected the car later that day and the 1st thing I asked was did they manage to update the software, she told me there was no update, I told her there was, I'd already explained that Connected Drive had emailed me and they told me what my car was running and what it should be running, she was adamant there was no software update for my car. This was getting my back up and I was getting rather frustrated, she said she would double check and left. Came back, technician says there is no software update available for my car. I left it at that as it was just winding me up!

Later, I emailed Connected Drive again telling them the dealer had told me there was no software update for my car and they again confirmed the car was running old software and there was a new one available. SO, I rang the dealer and they have a crappy central booking service centre over the phone so you don't actually speak to a service advisor and told them what had happened. She said that I could book the car in for a diagnostic check but if nothing found they would charge me £99 and I told her that I wasn't paying anything, the car is under warranty and one of it's features is OTA updates that isn't working and I've been told that by the bloody experts who deal with Connected Services. She then said she would escalate this to the service manager and they would get back to me. 3 days later I rang back, she says it's been escalated to the manager, I said I know, I was on the other end of the phone when you told me but I hadn't heard anything back. She said she would email the manager again and mark it priority. I again rang back 3 or 4 days later, still no reply, told her I don't want it escalating I just want to book the bloody car in to have the update done and want a Sat appointment as I'm not booking another day off work. Can't do it on a Sat as they need the car longer than 4 hrs, alright, I want a courtesy car, fine she said, it'll be a month wait for courtesy car (always been like this at my local dealers) so it finally went in about 6 weeks after it should have been done and lo and behold, there was an update for the car. I didn't pay a penny for the update or for the £19 a day insurance on the courtesy car they wanted.

They aren't my favourite dealers but they are only up the road and others are at least 30 mins away so I'm pretty stuck with them.
 
It's been almost a year since I changed the colour of my wheels from matt black:
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To ferric grey:
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I am now pondering a slight change to the below (with the normal center cap) as the front face is lighter and would make the wheels look brighter (is one of the original options for the wheel), or possibly just go for the entire thing in a silver/brighter colour (couldn't manage to find any examples of this):
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Can't quite decide... so any thoughts?

Cheers :)
 
[TW]Fox said:
I'm not sure I see the value in changing, they look very similar.

The original change was well worth it. Any more pictures?
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This is why I was pondering possibly lighter for the entire wheel, and not just the face, I have found another image of one on a car, but as they just come from BMW in matt black or the ferric grey + diamond cut as below I haven't managed to find any images of them in a silver:

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