BMW and M Power Owners

[TW]Fox said:
Until it's a week old when it's just a mess of swirl marks :D

The glossy trim on my doors is very annoying to keep looking perfect.
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I haven't found the door pillar trim to be too bad for swirling on the F36 to be fair (though the car was ceramic coated fairly shortly before I bought it, which may help?) - the Octavia was crap for it though, polished those a couple of times because just looking at it would put swirl marks on those :p
 
CraigN said:
It is your fault im even thinking of changing it. When i saw yours I just thought it looks better. Maybe because its all black anyways.
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Sorry :p

Joe Achilles had a Donington one with the extended shadowline:


One thing I didn't know until I got mine, unlike on a 3-5 Series, the chrome itself is actually black chrome, which looks almost bronze in the sun. Quite unusual. On my previous 5 Series it was black plastic.
 
Robbo said:
Sorry :p

Joe Achilles had a Donington one with the extended shadowline:


One thing I didn't know until I got mine, unlike on a 3-5 Series, the chrome itself is actually black chrome, which looks almost bronze in the sun. Quite unusual. On my previous 5 Series it was black plastic.
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Now ive seen it im not sure how i feel.

From far away it sort of remove any detail and looks like a big mass of black.
 
CraigN said:
Now ive seen it im not sure how i feel.

From far away it sort of remove any detail and looks like a big mass of black.
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I'd leave it as it is for now, you could always do it in future if you wanted. I like it on mine with the black, but it is quite a pain to keep it all looking good.
 
Easy question for you lot probably.

Currently have a 21 plate 420i, curiousity got the better of me and checked tyre prices. Every site I check is coming back with 225/40R/18 tyre size, on the car at the moment are 225/45R/18. Price difference of about £50 per tyre, the Goodyear F1 Eagle 6 are £104 fpor the 40R and for the 45R size £155..

Question is, what would happen if I fitted 40R to all four corners, also why are the sites coming back stating that the 40R is the tyre size I should have?

Thanks
 
MarkeR said:
Easy question for you lot probably.

Currently have a 21 plate 420i, curiousity got the better of me and checked tyre prices. Every site I check is coming back with 225/40R/18 tyre size, on the car at the moment are 225/45R/18. Price difference of about £50 per tyre, the Goodyear F1 Eagle 6 are £104 fpor the 40R and for the 45R size £155..

Question is, what would happen if I fitted 40R to all four corners, also why are the sites coming back stating that the 40R is the tyre size I should have?

Thanks
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I would trust whatever sizes the door sticker on the car says rather than whatever tyre sites are throwing at you, 225/45R18 sounds more likely to be correct to me (perhaps with a 255/40R18 rear if it's staggered)
 
Could anyone please advise me if a BMW Extended Warranty is linked to the car or to the owner?
For example, a car with some BMW extended warranty remaining gets sold, does the new owner inherit the balance of the extended warranty?

When looking at Audi's, one squealership told me that the balance of the extended warranty lapsed if the car was sold and the new owner inherited none of it.
I dont know if that was just guff, trying to sell their own warranty, not an issue as I walked....

Thx
 
Bint Box said:
Could anyone please advise me if a BMW Extended Warranty is linked to the car or to the owner?
For example, a car with some BMW extended warranty remaining gets sold, does the new owner inherit the balance of the extended warranty?

When looking at Audi's, one squealership told me that the balance of the extended warranty lapsed if the car was sold and the new owner inherited none of it.
I dont know if that was just guff, trying to sell their own warranty, not an issue as I walked....

Thx
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A Yearly BMW warranty can be transferred to the new owner.
 
MissChief said:
A Yearly BMW warranty can be transferred to the new owner.
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Thank you for your reply.

What about a warranty period longer than a year?
For example, BMW bought new comes with three year warranty and at the time of purchase new or during the three year period an additional two years was taken out giving the car five years warranty from new.
Is that transfereable to the new owner if the car was sold at two and a half years old from new?
 
Guys,

I am seriously considering picking up an E46 M3 Convertible. There seems to be quite a few on the market. Is there a buyers guide for these? I technically have up to £25k which I am happy to spend if I can hold the value on re-sale (3-5 years maybe).

:o

Just measured my side return at 2.1M and the car is 1.78. I assume I can climb out of the roof and remotely shut it? :D
 
Bint Box said:
What about a warranty period longer than a year?
For example, BMW bought new comes with three year warranty and at the time of purchase new
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This is fully transferrable provided it was a UK main dealer supplied car from new - it's 3 years that stays with the car.


Bint Box said:
or during the three year period an additional two years was taken out giving the car five years warranty from new.
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I've never heard of this happening - unlike Audi BMW doesn't offer a 2 extra warranty when you buy a new car.
 
Well I can now join in this thread :)

Picked my up first BMW for nearly 20 years on Friday.
1 owner 23k miles FBMSH, 240i in sapphire metallic black, with extra black everwhere ! M sport lined seatbelts, heated and powered seats, heated steering wheel, upgraded sport brakes, sport auto transmission, comfort Access, Privacy glass at rear, cruise, Adaptive led ligts, HK speakers, satin chrome trim, Jet Black 662M wheels.
Unfortunately just the business nav so the small screen, but I can live with that.
TBH I would have spec'd it differently but the likelihood of me finding everything I would have wanted used was very slim !
Absolutely loving it so far.
A couple of gratuitous pics after todays clean and wax session:

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