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[TW]Fox;28659160 said:
I don't know, the same? Certainly don't think you could get a A7 for £20k.
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I don't know, the same? Certainly don't think you could get a A7 for £20k.
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CCV is usually prime culprit. C3BMW were cheapest for a good quality branded item (Meyle) when I did mine. It's a pig of a job but easy enough. You may need a new dipstick tube also as they get properly gunked up preventing oil from returning back to the sump. Better to get one in advance of the job and returning it if it's not needed.
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Checked dipstick tube already and that's fine. My main concern is the oil breather pipe as it turns out previous owner taped it up when he split it somehow during gasket change judging by his post on a forum. Need to replace o ring in power steering reservoir too.
http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...on-trent/605179641-8469.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
I would say you can...
You might need to push that budget a couple grand to get an S-Line though :
http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...unstone/605270413-40592.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Edit: Sorry, they were both 2011 cars. 2012 A7 S-Line = £24k http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...tetbury/605306333-48364.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
So I guess the BMW "equivalent" is around £3k more? http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/6-Series/...80447-605182525-3497002.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
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And a bit more to get the Bi-Turbo which is the equivalent engine...
Sure, you would be a bit more for the true equivalent Audi to that BMW. (£27k http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...ildford/605283461-14366.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_)
The point I was making though was that A7's are pretty close to the £20k mark. You have to push a few k to get 2012 over 2011 though.
2012 6 series are starting close to the £27k mark though.
The point I was making though was that A7's are pretty close to the £20k mark. You have to push a few k to get 2012 over 2011 though.
2012 6 series are starting close to the £27k mark though.
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Just because it has a low oil light doesn't mean you can just ignore your regular level checks.
What if the sensor failed? Mine did on my e39 and it failed silently - it just stopped coming on when it was low.
Depends on the engine rather than the series, if its a 6 cylinder petrol it probably wont have a dip stick as the N52 and N54 don't have them.
BMW M GMbH don't have a clue how to make a car ride and handle on the road - but its taken 10 years to work this out which is why only recently is replacing the M suspension with Coilovers from Ebay an essential mod for the E46 M3 owner. You early adopters missed the car at its best I'm afraid.
Most of the Cutters lot seem to chuck all the parts you'd want if you were tracking the car at their M3's, but only not for track use, just for pootling around the M25. Weird bunch
I find cutters pretty terrible tbh. Most of the forum are the standard E46 owners who either chav them completely or make them "track weapons" yet barely any of them actually go on a track with any regularity. The rest are F8x owners who either baby the cars and trickle charge them every night/immediately start modding and ruining them, or their chavs who have a bit of money so buy an early E9x and then ruin that. 100% of them all have a massive circle jerk around how every other driver looks at them with envy for driving such an iconic car when the reality is the general public just see some **** driving a 3 series.
Not a low oil light as such, but it will chime at you and display an oil can symbol in the center of the dash where the clock/MPG etc usually is. It will them chime at you again and display the light when you turn the car off.
Don't buy HSD or BC, they are crap. If you want a good set of coilovers buy some KW V3 with Turner top mounts.
HSD are poor!
BC are the better budget but still budget !!!
If it's a road M3 sick to oem suspension, it's superb!
If track and road stick with KW or Ohlins very good and an upgrade over stock when setup correct.
Listen to this bloke.
Cutters is not what BM3W was. It's a site for people who buy the cars today and whilst I am sure there is some great stuff on there and some great cars of high standard, it's demographic is more the "I have an M3 I paid 6K for" and hence the mods tend to be aimed at that demographic in the main. NOTHING wrong with that, horses for courses, but not convinced because everyone on Cutters recommends them it's the best solution.
KW and Ohlins are where people used to go, but then you can pay a few grand doing it properly.
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Exactly this.
I don't really go on Cutters very often but a few of the chaps I go to the Ring with are E46 M3 owners who do see the track a few times a year. They're the guys who show me some of the cars on Cutters. They showed me one car in particular where the owner gone full track spec with lightweight seats, harnesses, semi-stripped interior, taken his radio/audio system out and replaced it with a blanking plate in the dash, swapped the door handles for straps - the lot. But hasn't been on track. The mind boggles, it's seemingly people jerking each other off, and you can't be in the fraternity unless you've stripped bits out and chucked coilovers on
Horses for courses though, their money, their car. They do all seem to think the E46 M3 is the greatest car ever and that joe public sees their cars with an aura around them. In reality most people just see it as an old BMW 3 series.
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I am on cutters, I am not in that 100% 
TBH a lot of car forums are the same, PH has intense snobbery, cutters is the playground for those who use the word "bruv" a lot. BMWland was actually fairly decent, had a mix of both the above in generally everyone seemed helpful and didn't nitpick each other!
TBH a lot of car forums are the same, PH has intense snobbery, cutters is the playground for those who use the word "bruv" a lot. BMWland was actually fairly decent, had a mix of both the above in generally everyone seemed helpful and didn't nitpick each other!
Exactly this.
I don't really go on Cutters very often but a few of the chaps I go to the Ring with are E46 M3 owners who do see the track a few times a year. They're the guys who show me some of the cars on Cutters. They showed me one car in particular where the owner gone full track spec with lightweight seats, harnesses, semi-stripped interior, taken his radio/audio system out and replaced it with a blanking plate in the dash, swapped the door handles for straps - the lot. But hasn't been on track. The mind boggles, it's seemingly people jerking each other off, and you can't be in the fraternity unless you've stripped bits out and chucked coilovers on
Horses for courses though, their money, their car. They do all seem to think the E46 M3 is the greatest car ever and that joe public sees their cars with an aura around them. In reality most people just see it as an old BMW 3 series.
In fairness on the flip side there are also plenty of guys on cutters who have purchased M3's for track and weekend toys who have done the above and more and see plenty of track action.
Who's car is this in question as not seen this one unless it's the chap on there who has just started his build which in fairness is fair enough if he just wants to build the car and be complete before he goes on track.
Whereas I prefer the whole bit get the car, track it, change something, track it and rinse repeat to see how things have improved.
When I got my M3 I managed a 1:28 at Donny but the car was badly setup with a poor choice of parts. Now I'm in the 1:21-1:22 region and hoping to be faster again once diff is in.
Cutters is a mixed bag tbh, some cars that are way overdone (smoked headlights, slammed look, sick rimz etc...) and some look great. The populace does seem on the immature side but you get use to it and there are some useful contributors and the build threads are good fun even if some of them are rather tragic.
Bimmerpost...now the amount of ruined M3's I see on there
Bimmerpost...now the amount of ruined M3's I see on there