BMW and M Power Owners

Today I found the sport shifting mode. Stuck car in Sports + and let it have it.

I love the car even more. And the MPPSK exhaust really sings. And explodes... heh
 
After posting about 3-series leather options - on Autotrader seems (merino) leather is very rare, especially for cars I'd consider;
maybe the option was also partly a victim of covid though, or UK buyers don't spec it,
alcantara seems more common, never tried it, but, too, looks more breathable/supple than dakota/sensa I have.
 
jpaul said:
After posting about 3-series leather options - on Autotrader seems (merino) leather is very rare, especially for cars I'd consider;
maybe the option was also partly a victim of covid though, or UK buyers don't spec it,
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It's very rare unfortunately - and from late 2022 onwards, no longer available on the saloon.


jpaul said:
alcantara seems more common, never tried it, but, too, looks more breathable/supple than dakota/sensa I have.
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This has only been available on UK cars since last year.
 
Robbo said:
I'd like to do this on the 840i, but it'll cost at least £1200 :o and the P Zero RFT's don't seem too bad.

Would like to try a back to back comparison.
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PS4S for my m550i came in at about ~940 with some shopping around + cashback, and they'll be the same size (275/30/20 245/35/20). Definitely do it though, it properly transformed the car coming from eagle f1 RFTs.

Tbh i do find the p zero RFTs on my wife's model Y performance better than any other RFT I've tried (it's incredible how hard you can actually drive that given the size and weight and it still behaves very well), but they're still very stiff sidewalls
 
Any B58 owners...
What Oil you guys/gals been putting in on the interim oil canges?
My local garage did it today and said they used Castorl 5w30 C3 as it matched what BMW says is suitable.

I'm fine with that, but just wanted to see what others have used here.
 
Whatever BMW put in their Longlife bottles, I think it's Mobil 1 but I've always found BMW prices from dealers to be extremely competitive. Then again, I've never topped up, I've just ferried around a top up bottle.
 
I am having an issue with the bmw tire pressure monitore system.
I got the following error message:

bmw flat tyre monitor failure(rpa failure) unable to detect a possible flat tire check tire pressure manually. possible to continue journey. have the problem checked by your bmw service partner

I went and checked the tyre pressure last night, they seemed fine and I reset it. The error message popped up again this morning. I checked the tyres again (no change overnight) and reset it. It has stayed green this time.

How concerned should I be by this?

The wider context is we are currently in France. Yesterday I drove for about 6hrs down to bordeaux. I was driving fast on a hot day, and I though that may have messed with the sensors. Tomorrow we are driving to bilbao, and then after a few days in Spain we are gradually making our way back through France to get the dieppe ferry. I would expect having to deal with a BMW garage in france/Spain will be a bit of a nightmare, but at the same time I am have many hours of driving my family on motorways, and I want to be safe.
 
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EdwardTeach said:
I am having an issue with the bmw tire pressure monitore system.
I got the following error message:

bmw flat tyre monitor failure(rpa failure) unable to detect a possible flat tire check tire pressure manually. possible to continue journey. have the problem checked by your bmw service partner

I went and checked the tyre pressure last night, they seemed fine and I reset it. The error message popped up again this morning. I checked the tyres again (no change overnight) and reset it. It has stayed green this time.

How concerned should I be by this?

The wider context is we are currently in France. Yesterday I drove for about 6hrs down to bordeaux. I was driving fast on a hot day, and I though that may have messed with the sensors. Tomorrow we are driving to bilbao, and then after a few days in Spain we are gradually making our way back through France to get the dieppe ferry. I would expect having to deal with a BMW garage in france/Spain will be a bit of a nightmare, but at the same time I am have many hours of driving my family on motorways, and I want to be safe.
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Chances are it's a faulty TPMS Sensor. It's just finding out which one. As long as you've checked your pressures manually and they're fine I'd carry on my journey.
 
Do OEM brake discs on F22 M240i have wear indicators or a minimum thickness stamped on/recommended somewhere?

I'm about to replace front and back brake pads. The discs are all lipped no more than 1mm (by feel). If there's a defined minimum thickness, I'll try to borrow a vernier caliper to measure them.
 
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Do OEM brake discs on F22 M240i have wear indicators or a minimum thickness stamped on/recommended somewhere?

I'm about to replace front and back brake pads. The discs are all lipped no more than 1mm (by feel). If there's a defined minimum thickness, I'll try to borrow a vernier caliper to measure them.
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It's normally on the bell of the disc.
 
It's different per model ie m cars etc & if you have the upgraded blue calipers, vents, drilled etc. All different from front to back. I think it's about 22 mm for the front but that depends on the original disc
I changed them out on my car 18 months ago & it had the original width stamped in the bell & what the minimum was
 
Starting to think of replacing my C43 in a year with an F90 M5. Spoke to a guy on the ferry back from France yesterday in a snapper rocks blue M5 and now I can't stop thinking about it. I was quite happy to move away from BMW to Mercedes but the M5 is drawing me back. I think it's a superior car to the E63s.
 
Suspect my battery is on the way out. 8 years old and the stop/start now only remains ‘stopped’ for 10-20 seconds before the engine restarts with only the ICE and air con on, no high load items like the heated seats. I believe if I want to replace it I can’t program the car myself for the new battery?
 
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Suspect my battery is on the way out. 8 years old and the stop/start now only remains ‘stopped’ for 10-20 seconds before the engine restarts with only the ICE and air con on, no high load items like the heated seats. I believe if I want to replace it I can’t program the car myself for the new battery?
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I'd expect start stop to not work at all if the battery was failing. It seems more likely that it's the air conditioning that is requesting the engine at the moment. It can't run at all with the engine off and therefore will restart if the cabin temperature requires it.
 
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I'd expect start stop to not work at all if the battery was failing. It seems more likely that it's the air conditioning that is requesting the engine at the moment. It can't run at all with the engine off and therefore will restart if the cabin temperature requires it.
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Will see what happens without the aircon.
 
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