Show Us Your Motors!

Blackhawk47 · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:14

[TW]Fox;19701403 said:
Booked into BMW for some sort of injector recall

BMW aren't perfect...whats new, I knew it all along.

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:14

[TW]Fox;19701403 said:
I think we know how many head gaskets it has before he clarifies

I'm not that mechanically knowledged however aren't there such things as exhaust gaskets too?

Booked into BMW for some sort of injector recall

Should be ok, if it has warranty, right?

This is why I'm staying away from German cars at the moment, too much sensors and other things that can go wrong. I will stay with my Jap scrap.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:20

Vita said:
I'm not that mechanically knowledged however aren't there such things as exhaust gaskets too?

You wouldnt replace a car for an exhuast gasket! The head gasket is what 'kills' a lot of car because it can sometimes cost £1k or so to replace depending on the car. However, this is what most people do, receive a £1000 bill, and assume the answer is to trade the car in at £1500 less than its worth and spend £8k on a replacement. Just... bizarre.

Should be ok, if it has warranty, right?

Yea, BMW are paying.

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:26

[TW]Fox;19701457 said:
You wouldnt replace a car for an exhuast gasket! The head gasket is what 'kills' a lot of car because it can sometimes cost £1k or so to replace depending on the car. However, this is what most people do, receive a £1000 bill, and assume the answer is to trade the car in at £1500 less than its worth and spend £8k on a replacement. Just... bizarre.

Yeah you wouldn't, generally speaking. However if something kept failing time after time, then you would think about replacing the car. I've never known for a head gasket to fail twice, but if that what's happened then it's just bad luck for his father.

Yea, BMW are paying.

That's good news! I feel sorry for the people who do not have warranty on expensive cars. They must get robbed blind by the Dealers, even some Independents.

Blackhawk47 · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:31

[TW]Fox;19701457 said:
You wouldnt replace a car for an exhuast gasket! The head gasket is what 'kills' a lot of car because it can sometimes cost £1k or so to replace depending on the car. However, this is what most people do, receive a £1000 bill, and assume the answer is to trade the car in at £1500 less than its worth and spend £8k on a replacement. Just... bizarre.

Yea, BMW are paying.

Maybe he just wanted a newer car...maybe this gasket was the last straw.

We shall never know.

Moeks · 30 Jul 2011 at 13:05

That's probably the case as he did replace it with a car 8 years newer.

Number_25 · 31 Jul 2011 at 13:39

Yeah he wanted something a bit newer and plus water got into the engine or something.

eddie101 · 31 Jul 2011 at 14:40

My new car

Not to everyone's tastes but I don't care, is good enough for me!

shoes · 1 Aug 2011 at 00:25

My shopping cart

Blackhawk47 · 1 Aug 2011 at 09:35

Awesome GTI Summerbash 2011. :cool:

Gaygle · 1 Aug 2011 at 10:49

Fox-

I notice you're selling your 335i? I had a feeling you weren't "gelling" with it, but had no idea you want to get rid of it after a couple of months!

What's so wrong with it that you can't stand it anymore?

Moeks · 1 Aug 2011 at 11:15

I find that hard to believe Gaygle.

Blackhawk47 · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:19

Moeks said:
I find that hard to believe Gaygle.

Zero outlay motoring?

[TW]Fox · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:19

I'm a 5 Series person. The answer to 'I cannot afford an F10 535i M Sport', it would seem, was not 'So buy an E92'. As fantastic as it is, it isnt quite what I want in ways that a 20 minute test drive just didn't highlight

Robbo · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:21

I knew you'd sell it. It was pretty obvious you didn't really want it.

Vita · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:25

[TW]Fox;19716140 said:
I'm a 5 Series person. The answer to 'I cannot afford an F10 535i M Sport', it would seem, was not 'So buy an E92'. As fantastic as it is, it isnt quite what I want in ways that a 20 minute test drive just didn't highlight

Buying an F10 then?

[TW]Fox · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:27

Once they depreciate more. In the interim I'm wrestling with the idea of either an E39 M5 or breaking 200k with the 530i

Moeks · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:27

[TW]Fox;19716140 said:
I'm a 5 Series person. The answer to 'I cannot afford an F10 535i M Sport', it would seem, was not 'So buy an E92'. As fantastic as it is, it isnt quite what I want in ways that a 20 minute test drive just didn't highlight

That's happened to me a few times

...or 'issues' arrise that a 20 minute test drive also didn't really reveal.

So what are you going to do in the mean time then ...or do you still have the E39 ?

[TW]Fox · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:28

It's all personal taste stuff - there are no issues as it's not even a 3 year old car, so its all covered by warranty.

I've still got the E39 - it's not worth enough to be sold, so I'll probably always have it somewhere.

Vita · 1 Aug 2011 at 12:33

[TW]Fox;19716224 said:
Once they depreciate more. In the interim I'm wrestling with the idea of either an E39 M5 or breaking 200k with the 530i

E39 M5. Have it for a bit and you can keep the other E39 as well to go about your daily commute if you do any.

At least you can experience what it's like owning an M5.