Bought an old BMW M3, filled with regret...
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Yeah that is one thing I didn't factor in when buying. I'll have to see how hot it gets. I have to say it was rather cold this morning when I shifted into reverse off the driveway.
Time for some Petrolicious driving gloves?
Time for some Petrolicious driving gloves?
I think I speak for all of us here when I say...Yeah that is one thing I didn't factor in when buying. I'll have to see how hot it gets. I have to say it was rather cold this morning when I shifted into reverse off the driveway.
Time for some Petrolicious driving gloves?
Go for it
Get them bit by bit, a paddle at a time? 
Over the last few weeks I've managed to sell the old rusted wing, and old rear diffuser. The diffuser was picked up tonight by a guy from Surrey who saw a local ad I placed. He rocked up in his 2 day old 2005 Midnight Blue SMG convertible with Champaign leather (which was absolutely immaculate I have to say, even better leather condition than mine!!).
He knew nothing about BMWs and upgraded from an Imprezza, he actually asked me how the stock NAV?radio turns on, and how to open the boot
Sadly I did notice a few problems with his otherwise superb example.
- The wheels were E92 M3 style reps
- Tyres were nondescript
- Angel eyes
- Droning aftermarket exhaust
Shame as otherwise it was in such good condition, and with 98k miles too, and it had factory BMW Individual options. Really liked that Champaign and Anthracite interior colour combo!
Over the last few weeks I've managed to sell the old rusted wing, and old rear diffuser. The diffuser was picked up tonight by a guy from Surrey who saw a local ad I placed. He rocked up in his 2 day old 2005 Midnight Blue SMG convertible with Champaign leather (which was absolutely immaculate I have to say, even better leather condition than mine!!).
He knew nothing about BMWs and upgraded from an Imprezza, he actually asked me how the stock NAV?radio turns on, and how to open the boot
Sadly I did notice a few problems with his otherwise superb example.
- The wheels were E92 M3 style reps
- Tyres were nondescript
- Angel eyes
- Droning aftermarket exhaust
Shame as otherwise it was in such good condition, and with 98k miles too, and it had factory BMW Individual options. Really liked that Champaign and Anthracite interior colour combo!
Exactly, that stuff is rice, just what you spend a lot of time deriding.
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I like it. Adds a touch of contrast.
So....M5 or M6 next?
So....M5 or M6 next?
Too early to tell, but not really taken by newer models. They don't really do anything substantially better than what I have already, for the kind of usage I give the car, I'd probably end up enjoying them less in fact due to the less pleasing exhaust/engine notes.
Always wanted to accompany the M3 with an electric car once EVs settled down in price, and the Model 3 looks set to be the one to go for in a few years time.
Always wanted to accompany the M3 with an electric car once EVs settled down in price, and the Model 3 looks set to be the one to go for in a few years time.
Yeah that is one thing I didn't factor in when buying. I'll have to see how hot it gets. I have to say it was rather cold this morning when I shifted into reverse off the driveway.
Time for some Petrolicious driving gloves?
Metal gear knobs are brilliant, especially in the winter and hot summer days.
Not a pain in the bum at all.
Nope.
Purely coincidental that I ended up with the short weighted leather gear knob.
Well i have had 2 things go wrong today. Firstly my erisin nav unit keeps erasing / resetting itself. It happened the other day but i didnt think much of it as earlier that day i was trying out the secret code stuff on the dash panel and thought i must have done something wrong and it must have affected the unit. Got in the car this morning and started it up, and thought why has it taken so long to boot up and play music and looked down and saw the android man appear and it said erasing underneath, that last about 5 seconds and then it rebooted, which took forever and it was back to default
Then just on the way home a guy at the traffic lights shouts to me you have a brake light out. So got home and got someone to check with me and the passenger side brake cluster (LED) is half out. Check online and its a complete light assembly replacement rather than just replacing the LED's as its a sealed unit it seems. Quick google suggests £130ish. No doubt it was out when it was MOT'd last week but obviously cant prove it.
Then just on the way home a guy at the traffic lights shouts to me you have a brake light out. So got home and got someone to check with me and the passenger side brake cluster (LED) is half out. Check online and its a complete light assembly replacement rather than just replacing the LED's as its a sealed unit it seems
. Quick google suggests £130ish. No doubt it was out when it was MOT'd last week but obviously cant prove it.Is the Erisin running a custom ROM? Might explain the stability of it. I take it the previous owner signed out of it fully as well, because if they didn't initially, then they could have e remotely wiped it just then, and now you're back to the initial setup stage by signing into you Google account gets it tied to your account now.
As for the brake lights, yeah there's probably a crack that has allowed moisture in which has caused some of the LEDs to fail. Your option is to contact Cotswold and get a members discount applied when ordering. Works out around £120 max if I remember right.
As for the brake lights, yeah there's probably a crack that has allowed moisture in which has caused some of the LEDs to fail. Your option is to contact Cotswold and get a members discount applied when ordering. Works out around £120 max if I remember right.
The erisin was wiped when i got it, but i did a factory reset just to make sure and entered my google account details. What happened the other day when it reset was testing the battery voltage with the secret menu. Then next time i started the car it was reset. That is partly why i said the other day about not wanting to disconnect the battery and take my airbag out. I thought something battery related would reset it, although i know it shouldnt. Not sure if its running a custom ROM. Will need to check but come to think of it when i test drove it i noticed supersu was installed, so maybe he rooted it? do these come pre-rooted?
If SuperSU is installed, then it may be running a custom ROM, although you can just install it off the play store as well, as these units are super easy to root (punch in a code in the settings screen = rooted).
Looks like I won't need a hat, the car has been on the driveway all day with no clouds I sight, max temp was 41 degrees
Looks like I won't need a hat, the car has been on the driveway all day with no clouds I sight, max temp was 41 degrees
I've heard that more than once
I've come across a few interesting facts today about the E46 M3 that I simply never knew about.
1: Hold DSC button in for more than 20 sec, DSC sign goes off and cannot be turned back on again unless car is restarted, car goes into service mode, can be dynoed up to redline and all electronic systems are off
2:. The gas pedal is normally mapped (fuel flow vs pedal travel) using the sport button, with kind of a logarithmic curve, so that the fuel applied for a given amount of pedal push is initially less (helps smoothness around town), but at the endpoint, is still able to reach full throttle, because the curve gets steeper as the pedal approaches the end of its travel (think of it like a quarter-pipe ramp). By contrast, with sport mode on, the mapping is more linear, so that half pedal travel gives you half throttle (and so on), but full throttle is still at full pedal travel (pedal to the floor), I always thought Sport button on increased digital pedal input as opposed to being half pedal = half opem throttle etc.
3: Hold DSC button in for more than 20 sec, DSC sign goes off and cannot be turned back on again unless car is restarted, car goes into service mode, can be dynoed up to redline and all electronic systems are off
4: At a certain higher RPM the ac compressor turns off if your running the ac to give more power to the car.
5: 1st gear on manual gearbox es is protected once you start downshifting from higher RPMs unless your manually rev match.
6: The windscreen heater comes on automatically when you start the car and it's at or below 3 degrees outside.
7: Cold Start Function warms up the drivetrain and exhaust components faster for the first 45 seconds or so. You can bypass this by turning the car fully off, then back on again, but car will take longer to warm up when you start to pull away. This explains why by the time I've got to the end of my road, the vents are already blowing hot air. After idling 45 seconds at startupyou'll hear a tonal change in the exhaust and a slight buzz from the engine area as the car shifts to normal running mode.
8:. Washer nozzles and door locks are heated, the door locks are preheated based on outside temp to stop them freezing when you try to unlock the car on a frosty morning.
9:. Using the parking lights feature (indicator stalk left or right when parked up and car is off) draws lower voltage than normal. You can even leave it in parking/standing light mode all night without draining the battery.
10: "Entrance Aid" is a coding feature (can be done with Carly) that unlocks the door and lowers the driver side window when you press the unlock button twice within 5 seconds. Assume someone has parked next to you too close, and you can get in to your car properly, having the window lowered allows greater access to your car. When you are in and you close the door, the window automatically tolls itself back up.
11: Every time you start the car, the AC vents move around to stop unwanted bad buildup in any specific vent.
12: There is a sun sensor in the middle of the dash just below the windscreen. It's visible from the outside only in the same if a rectangle outline.
13: The glovebox has a rechargeable torch socket that has an optional accessory adapter dongle that turns it into a 12v lighter socket. This means you don't need to hard wire in a 12v socket from the fuse box via a fuse tap to get a charging socket in the glovebox...
I've come across a few interesting facts today about the E46 M3 that I simply never knew about.
1: Hold DSC button in for more than 20 sec, DSC sign goes off and cannot be turned back on again unless car is restarted, car goes into service mode, can be dynoed up to redline and all electronic systems are off
2:. The gas pedal is normally mapped (fuel flow vs pedal travel) using the sport button, with kind of a logarithmic curve, so that the fuel applied for a given amount of pedal push is initially less (helps smoothness around town), but at the endpoint, is still able to reach full throttle, because the curve gets steeper as the pedal approaches the end of its travel (think of it like a quarter-pipe ramp). By contrast, with sport mode on, the mapping is more linear, so that half pedal travel gives you half throttle (and so on), but full throttle is still at full pedal travel (pedal to the floor), I always thought Sport button on increased digital pedal input as opposed to being half pedal = half opem throttle etc.
3: Hold DSC button in for more than 20 sec, DSC sign goes off and cannot be turned back on again unless car is restarted, car goes into service mode, can be dynoed up to redline and all electronic systems are off
4: At a certain higher RPM the ac compressor turns off if your running the ac to give more power to the car.
5: 1st gear on manual gearbox es is protected once you start downshifting from higher RPMs unless your manually rev match.
6: The windscreen heater comes on automatically when you start the car and it's at or below 3 degrees outside.
7: Cold Start Function warms up the drivetrain and exhaust components faster for the first 45 seconds or so. You can bypass this by turning the car fully off, then back on again, but car will take longer to warm up when you start to pull away. This explains why by the time I've got to the end of my road, the vents are already blowing hot air. After idling 45 seconds at startupyou'll hear a tonal change in the exhaust and a slight buzz from the engine area as the car shifts to normal running mode.
8:. Washer nozzles and door locks are heated, the door locks are preheated based on outside temp to stop them freezing when you try to unlock the car on a frosty morning.
9:. Using the parking lights feature (indicator stalk left or right when parked up and car is off) draws lower voltage than normal. You can even leave it in parking/standing light mode all night without draining the battery.
10: "Entrance Aid" is a coding feature (can be done with Carly) that unlocks the door and lowers the driver side window when you press the unlock button twice within 5 seconds. Assume someone has parked next to you too close, and you can get in to your car properly, having the window lowered allows greater access to your car. When you are in and you close the door, the window automatically tolls itself back up.
11: Every time you start the car, the AC vents move around to stop unwanted bad buildup in any specific vent.
12: There is a sun sensor in the middle of the dash just below the windscreen. It's visible from the outside only in the same if a rectangle outline.
13: The glovebox has a rechargeable torch socket that has an optional accessory adapter dongle that turns it into a 12v lighter socket. This means you don't need to hard wire in a 12v socket from the fuse box via a fuse tap to get a charging socket in the glovebox...
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Well mrk you were spot on. It was running a custom ROM. Very old one too. Version 1.65 and latest are 2.4 something. I have tried to update it today and i seemed to have bricked my device - it is stuck on the lollipop boot screen.
Any advice? or do you have a link to the official firmware so i can get it back stock?
- it is stuck on the lollipop boot screen.Any advice? or do you have a link to the official firmware so i can get it back stock?
Hmm I've not fully played around with it yet, so will have to try it at some point.
Well mrk you were spot on. It was running a custom ROM. Very old one too. Version 1.65 and latest are 2.4 something. I have tried to update it today and i seemed to have bricked my device
Any advice? or do you have a link to the official firmware so i can get it back stock?
Mine runs the stock software, so can't advise on the how, but the where is here for official ROMs: http://www.erisin.com/index.php?main_page=fillib
You should find your specific model in there.