Pfft. You just need to grow up a bit/become a sad act like me; then every journey where something doesnt break is like a micro-lottery win
BMW and M Power Owners
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I have an M850i with tech, premium and visibility packs. Agree, the level of tech is great. I've found the Harmon Kardon very underwhelming and wish I had the B&W. The laser lights are very noticeable when they come on but they don't very much at this time of year.
Yours looks beautiful and great spec too, enjoy.
Thanks. You don't need B&W if you have the V8 engine to enjoy!
I would go for the warranty, even small things run into the £100's these days... my 7 Series had to have the active grille thing replaced at the front as it was jammed. That was £800. Front wheel bearings, £500.
Then the EGR Cooler leaked which meant my car was off the road for 50 days~ due to supply issues and they provided a new courtesy X5 45e within 48 hours. Total cost of that would have been astronomical I'm sure!
All that being said, in terms of replacement/courtesy cars, there may be a distinction between the 1 year AUC warranty and the extended warranty. So you may not quite get a like-for-like replacement if you're not under the 3 year manufacturer warranty or AUC warranty. However, I'm not totally clear on that.
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been on the go for years.when i retired years ago this was a topic , most dealers have diagnostics that can read multitudes of info, the difference has been that technicians(aka mechanics) havent either been bothered or had the training to do it.
most vehicles have multiple ecus that record everything , some have up to 200 different units. i remember the old days when i had a boxster in and the owner jokingly said he always had the mileage kept down because you know cant be checked etc......
the look on his face was priceless a few weeks later when he told me porsche had told him they didnt want his car due to the discrepancies in the ecus.
at the time i had just read a write up in a trade magazine explaining the hours in each gear were logged in the gearbox ecus and then converted to miles covered and of course whoever corrected it never changed them.
dealers are more clued up now and are actively looking for faults to exclude warranties and bring prices down.
Rightly so too. So many numpties "tuning" these very expensive cars without deep enough pockets to fix them. It is completely unjust that the manufacturer should pick up the bill.
if you had had an AUC from bmw and subsequently extended the warranty presumably that represents a cast iron warranty - bmw implicitly verified there is nothing untoward in cars log
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In a key ruling, judges at Germany's highest civil court decided they would allow more drivers to collect compensation and said carmakers can now escape liability only if they can prove there was no way to know the software they used was illegal.
The top judges sent the individual cases back to the trial courts to have them determine if and how much compensation can be sought under these guidelines.
In cases of negligence, car owners cannot return the vehicle and get the full price back, they ruled. Instead, they can get 5 percent to 15 percent of the car price minus the monetary advantages they had, such as using the car over the period.
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you called - yesterday Mercedes suffer blow in German legal fight over cheat software in diesels
In a key ruling, judges at Germany's highest civil court decided they would allow more drivers to collect compensation and said carmakers can now escape liability only if they can prove there was no way to know the software they used was illegal.
The top judges sent the individual cases back to the trial courts to have them determine if and how much compensation can be sought under these guidelines.
In cases of negligence, car owners cannot return the vehicle and get the full price back, they ruled. Instead, they can get 5 percent to 15 percent of the car price minus the monetary advantages they had, such as using the car over the period.
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Strong money for an E46 330i Touring? Looking for a stop gap ULEZ compliant motor to replace a E90 330D as can't seem to find any decent 330i E91 Tourings.
Hell of a lot for a 21 year old 3 series
Obviously thought similar but even stop gap cars have shot up in price. Market is bonkers.
My coder has said that he can remove the S0777 code. So when it's scanned, it doesn't show up. And that's an entire car wide module code delete.
Will see if what he says is true.
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Of course it's unfair. Why shouldn't I be able to do what I want to my car and not pay the consequences?
Newsflash. 5k buys you barely anything these days.
Hookers and blow.
True, but still can get something far more modern
Chris Harris seems to love it. Bit annoying having just got an F87 M2 to know the new car is a lot better, but it's also a hell of a lot more £ comparing list to list!