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Question - The 5 series is keyless.

If I start the engine on an icy morning and leave it to warm up the car, but keep the key on me (in the house) does that stop the car being driven away?

I live down a private road, with no through access so nobody comes down here, but obviously if the car can be driven away I wouldn't even chance it.
 
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VincentHanna said:
Question - The 5 series is keyless.

If I start the engine on an icy morning and leave it to warm up the car, but keep the key on me (in the house) does that stop the car being driven away?

I live down a private road, with no through access so nobody comes down here, but obviously if the car can be driven away I wouldn't even chance it.
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You can lock the car whilst it's running...

But if someone gets in, of course they can drive away in it. They just won't be able to start it again once they stop it.
 
I'm looking for a 2012 model 1 series 125i, however, the prices seem to vary by a few thousand between garages (£15k-18k). What's the max I should be paying for one of these? Or any alternative cars for around that price.
 
So the shocks and mounts have made a massive difference! No where near as twitchy.

I can steel feel the bumps and divots in the road but it's much more solid than before. Just need a decent alignment and I'll be happy :)

Thanks for the help :D
 
Akmeeda said:
I'm looking for a 2012 model 1 series 125i, however, the prices seem to vary by a few thousand between garages (£15k-18k). What's the max I should be paying for one of these? Or any alternative cars for around that price.
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Add a little more and you can buy my m135i, currently up for £18750

Car is in Livingston
 
VincentHanna said:
Why is idling the car for a few minutes in cold weather bad for the engine by the way?
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There's no point where it's suddenly damaging, like 5, 10, or 20 minutes, it's more of cumulative problem over the life of the car.

Idling can gets more petrol in your engine oil than running the engine under load,petrol in your oil will alter the oil's viscosity and ability to lubricate your engine which is bad news.

The engine will warm much quicker when under load, the trick is to keep that load light by not driving hard until its upto its normal operating temperature.
 
Well, that's a first. BMW called me earlier and told me that there was a fault with my air con pump or something, and they would replace it FOC, (which i'd expect after only 2 weeks ownership). It was novel all the same though.
 
Sup all,

I've booked my 330d estate into a wheel alignment session on a Hunter machine next Monday.

At the moment, it pulls to the left (pretty badly) and the steering wheel sits slightly to the right, off center.

2 questions, 1) Has anyone got a default setup printout for factory settings? And 2) Is there any common adjustments to make with the alignment to make any improvements?
 
They will have "ideal" settings there already, it's only if you have specific requests they would tend to deviate from this (if you don't mind extra tyre wear or want a car set up to drift easier etc erc)

For a road car I'd just go with what the machine/ they tell you. If it's so far out it's pulling then the difference will be night and day
 
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