You should always reset the tyre pressure sensor after pumping them up, surely?
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You need to reset the tyre pressure monitor, there will be a routine you have to do but no idea on your car, on mine its a option in car settings on the idrive.
Mine went low pressure when the weather first turned, seems pretty normal.
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Thanks for the advice Peige. I will check my owner manual for reset information, or internet if not. Vehicle is 3 (E90) series (2008)
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The sports seats are good... but the comfort seats are definitely better... get them if you can.
Given the choice, I'd pay the extra for them.
Depends on you though, you might prefer the sports seats - only way to know is to try them.
Given the choice, I'd pay the extra for them.
Depends on you though, you might prefer the sports seats - only way to know is to try them.
They don't exist yet in the UK so there isn't going to be a general consensus
[TW]Fox;29072638 said:
I'm close to pulling the trigger on a 330e M Sport with metallic + pro nav.
What I've done is drive a petrol 3 series auto to get a feel for that, then spend 36 hours with an X5 40e hybrid to test the drivetrain.
The hybrid system is really seamless, I absolutely mean that. If you're driving in full auto edrive it very cleverly chops and changes as you go. You can switch to Max Edrive which more or less forces it to pick electric unless it's really struggling going up a hill for instance.
My commute is 25 miles, it's around 15 miles Single lane a roads, few country lanes and around 20 minutes of crawling through Bath. In the X5 in full auto edrive, I managed 56 mpg and the battery was all the way flat. I charged it at work successfully then hooned it home and still managed a fairly rep spectacle 28mpg. When in Sport and Auto Edrive the electric boosts the petrol and the performance was really good.
This is enough to convince me to take a punt on the 330e, if I can achieve 56mpg in the X5 which is considerably larger and has a smaller quote electric range, I'm hopeful for 65+ in the 330e which will be great. Plus any trips around town are easily achieved on electric only. In the evening I popped into Cabot Circus, had a wander and ate a restaurant, all the while it's charging for free in the car park. 99.9 mpg
Couple pics here
http://imgur.com/a/M22LI
Sorry for the terrible English I'm writing this from my phone sat waiting to pick someone up.
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What sort of deal have you seen?
I really, really love the idea of the 330e but am put off by the fact that beyond the awesomeness of the Plug-in hybrid element unfortunately it is a 3 Series. It's really annoying that they don't do a 530e.
I really, really love the idea of the 330e but am put off by the fact that beyond the awesomeness of the Plug-in hybrid element unfortunately it is a 3 Series. It's really annoying that they don't do a 530e.
[TW]Fox;29075437 said:
269.99 6+23 12k pa. Waiting on a quote for Pro Nav now. You're right beyond the gadgetry and cool factor of the electric, it's otherwise fairly boring. I found the ride and interior a step up from my Z4, but if would be a noticeable downgrade from a 5. Also worth bearing in mind, if you can't charge it it's only going to return 320i performance and economy, which isn't great.
I have almost bought one of these about twice now. In theory they are absolutely amazing but they seem a huge risk with regards to a second hand purchase. The market appears to absolutely despise them - you see the same ones at the same dealers almost constantly. Several of the cars on the AUC site have been on there over a YEAR without selling. They now represent exceptional deals but if you can never sell it or trade it in the future then it becomes a very very expensive thing to own.
Plus BMW won't tell me whether the battery system is covered by the insured warranty product. The handbook excludes 'Batteries' but has identical wording to a handbook I found from 2008 so clearly wasn't written with the AH5 in mind.
Every single review of them is useless as they just get panned for being a waste of money over a 535i. Which when new is fine but these days they are as much as £8k cheaper than the equivilent 535i!
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200kg?! Yeah right.
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.Yes, 200kg. At least, if you can read, that's what is written on the BMW website. I have to assume you have no real idea as to how much the batteries, and motor weigh in electric vehicles, otherwise your response would have been. "200kg, is that it?"
He's an automotive design engineer who owns a hybrid car himself so I doubt he has 'no idea' how much they weigh. He's probably surprised for some other reason.