BMW and M Power Owners

Love it! :)

I would love one but its very hard to find one that is anywhere near as nice as yours is. I should have got one a few years ago, missed the boat a bit really.
 
[TW]Fox;27281722 said:
Oh it's an F30? Cool, thought it was the older E90 with the normally aspirated 4 pot.

The new 4 cylinder turbo engines are great.
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Yes and haven't read anything bad about the F30, would have liked the 328i (+60 BHP and a few gadgets) but thats's life.
 
acemastr said:
Do you still use the entire rev range Fox? Just curious whether you baby it since it has a fair few miles
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No reason why he shouldn't IMO, the engine is I'm sure still in fine fettle - I used to use the whole Rev range frequently on my old 260k+ mile 528i without issue.

I would imagine his still pulls as strong as ever!
 
Replaced my ancient Blaupunkt head unit with an Andrive 2 and upgraded to an M-Sport steering wheel. Couple of before /after shots.

The SQ and radio reception on the Andrive is lamentable but I kinda knew that would be the case, just wanted to freshen up the interior, add bluetooth and have an integrated nav set-up. I can't say I'd recommend the Andrive other than for the factory look TBH.

Next project is either painting the trim or upgrading the rubbish Angel eyes. Not sure what the cost effective options are for headlights. Any tips?





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I can't say I'd even recommend it for the factory look as that looks nothing like the OEM navigation system :(

This is mine - the sound quality is actually surprisingly good. Infact the entire unit is impressive, however it cost about 3 times more than it really ought to so is difficult to recommend to anyone.

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It was more about blending with the interior rather than being a copy of the OEM nav and it goes some way to achieving that. Your Dynavin definitely looks better, but you paid triple what I did :p

I've a feeling my screen is bigger too but I could be mistaken.

Eventually the poor SQ will become too much of a compromise and I'll replace it with an Alpine unit, but for now it's a relatively low cost experiment.
 
Stupid price.

Its a lovely, lovely engine but they're only really rare in manual form (though I don't know if I've ever seen a facelift manual to be fair) and nobody will ever want to buy it off you.

Spend £2-3k on one and laugh at the noise it makes, the other 2 grand asking on that is just fantasy
 
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wingman said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-BMW-540i-Sport-with-full-service-history-ONLY-68K-MILES-1-OWNER-290-BHP-/201222758806?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ed9cfa196

Too expensive for what it is? I guess you're paying for the lack of miles but it otherwise looks clean. Not sure it's £5k clean... Looks like all the alloys could do with some work too.
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It's worth if its perfect but the wheels at least look like they need work and a good refurb job on a set of Style 37's is both expensive and hard to find, very few people can properly replicate the factory finish.
 
I just think if you're going to spend that much on an old e39 you'd be as well to go a bit further and pick up an alpina, either are barking price-wise IMO though
 
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