Gaz

That's a real shame. I've used Caraid for almost 10years both professionally and personally and never had any issue. Hopefully it still comes out alright

Just need to teach the Mrs how to drive efficiently 😄

Plenty of value in those and their toyota cousin, Highlander as no one wants to deal with the fuel bill on them. We just grabbed a 2012 Highlander for $7500 including shipping

Yep, went into the B8 first then for the iS

Great price for everything that's been done. Cheaper than some of the standard ones

Saw a thing on Facebook about it, someone went for a look and apparently the respray is terrible

Working in the car industry, 99% of Bluetooth/phone pairing issues are with Apple phones. Most of the time it's because Apple go and update everyone's phones without allowing car manufacturers a peak at the update to ensure it'll work. Next thing it's out the customer domain and we are getting the heat from customers for it

This process is only for the remote locking side of things and has no impact on the ability to start the vehicle or if the immobilizer is working or not. Anyone with any sort of experience should be able to pair the key with the remote locking. Off topic - dealers are franchises and run by different companies. Much like your local pizza hut so if you don't like the service at one, you go to another. Having worked and still do at a dealership, not BMW one anymore, here are where things go wrong; sh*t staff - sadly unavoidable once they are in, it's hard to get them out. Unfortunately they taint the good ones who work there. Customer expectations - being a dealer the customer expects anyone who works there to know everything about everything which isn't possible. I've been cussed out because I didn't know that the e90 323 had a software update in Sept 2009 for some random issue he was having. Said I'd need to look it up and plug the car in to check but wasn't good enough. (Insert car manufacture) enthusiasts and the internet - just because you read it on some internet site doesn't make it the truth. More than once carried a repair a customer self diagnosed it via the internet wrong and somehow our fault that it didn't fix the issue. Older cars - call up Microsoft and ask them to fix windows95 and they'll laugh. Eventually they fix it but it's not always as easy when you don't work on something all the time. Most people I've had as customers are awesome but those are usually the reasons why things go south but ultimately it comes down to point 1. Good staff are hard to get, and sometimes you just need to employ someone to fill a hole so the good staff don't burn out and leave

There isn't an official club persay but there is one. Message @kevinator9 he's on the pulse of things. Have monthly pub meets and drives all organized via Facebook

*rear

Everyone knows that you should drive faster with no reg/wof as it means less time on the road so less time of being caught... There's plenty off the shelf bits for LS conversions so if it's want you want and have the ability to do it, then go for it

S54 headers sold s50b32 midsection $700

Yeah I'll prob get one off ebay, no one here wants to match price wise or be even close

Also found in e39 with SLS

I don't think you can test them? Could pop them open and look for damage?

After one of these 37141092396 from a e53 with airbag suspension

I wouldn't. See too many people getting scammed through family and friends. I trust beisan and have used them before but that just seem ridiculous

Anyone had experience with these failing? Are the heads usually ok?

As long as the service advisor and tech have completed their bit then yes.. oh and the system is working. It's available via the key reader software I forget what it's called, it's been a wild 2.5 years since I left.

You can see warranty work including recalls and what dealer number completed the work

These guys are a crack up. Z3m wheels for $4k, same price as new ones

How old is the vehicle? Unless the dealers are owned by the same company then each dealer can't view other dealers records so youd have to contact each dealer. If you were the owner at the time this wont be an issue. It will also depend on what management system the dealer uses as some systems can give a brief overview of everything they have done without customer info. Electronic records are available to view by all but you can see all that in the idrive

I think facelift/non facelift?

An extra $350 for a lifetime of heated seats is hardly going to break the bank. The associated cost with making assembly line changes to accommodate all these changes are horrendous. I'll use the f15 as an example, they came with 4 different headlight options. The 4 lights that need to be designed and manufactured, then loaded into the assembly line at the right time.Thats 4 different lights that need to be held on the shelf for spares. Instead they can design and build one light, keep one light on the shelf at the dealership instead of waiting however long for parts from Germany.

I honestly don't see a problem with it. What other means is that bmw can now sell a 3 series for say $40k (prob not but just a random figure) with no features meaning you open up the market to more buyers. They then add features they see applicable to themselves. There are so many people out there who tell me daily, I don't use/care/want any of this stuff and just want to drive