Haitoman

7 hours ago, M3_Power said:

Pull mirror off and drain and reinstall. You’ll lose autodim function but meh.

 

it’ll leak till all the chemical inside has completely gone.

It's either that or 250 bucks for a new cell...hmm

Thanks for that, I'll order one.

Feck....the heat exploded my M3 mirror and it leaked crap all over my centre console trim and ate the paint. I'm in England next week so have ordered replacements. Does anyone know if it does this more than once and whether I now need to replace the mirror?

Dental floss is the best method.

Hi Brian...welcome, great to have you along.

20 hours ago, lidistick said:

racechip? sounds interesting  

Yeh..If you check out their website they have rebadged their Ultimate as Racechip GTS (+77HP).

7 hours ago, lidistick said:

Hi. 

I’m in the market for a 535i M-Sport. I’ve tried to find a touring but they are not in my price range of $30K. 

The f10 has a reputation for being a bit numb in comparison to the E39 - which I would buy in a heartbeat again - but they are getting on in age and mint examples are hard to find. 

So my reading is that the N55 engine is better compared to the N54 in terms of reliability. Another other issues to worry about? 

Thanks! 

 

I would love to help you out but I couldn't let mine go for that. It is 2012 mint with 12k on the clock. My wife has trouble understanding the whole depreciation thing and I think she would rather hang on to it as we will never have the opportunity to own another brand new car. As for the numbness, I have fitted a Racechip Ultimate and with +77HP any sign of numbness is long gone. I cannot fault the 535i N55, good luck. 

His GF obviously caught him...

Are you sure it's not just a case of turn off TMC.

Apart from anything else, this is Mr Hanky reporting. You don't see news sites saying a 'man was injured when a Honda went down a bank', so why say it when a BMW does? Jeez!! Anyway, judging by that arrow road sign it is obvious what happened...What are those wheels doing on an E90 anyway? 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/94140897/person-seriously-injured-after-car-goes-off-the-road-in-the-waitakere-ranges

If it's '60's the bones will be fine. 

Now they just put superglue on the soles of boots and stick people to the ceiling upside down...

It does the same as the Sport button in an E46 M3. Nothing extra, just more responsive accelerator. 

I used to get all hung up about putting the best tyres on my M3 and you know what...the Falken 452's I have on now are the best all round tyre I have had. Great price too. One day I just woke up and asked myself what am I trying to prove. My Conti's and Bridgestones lasted about 12k.

A new set of mats directly from Munich....yeehah...

I'll chime in too...

M3rry xDrive to everyone on the forum. 

Looks like I am repeating others but from experience I can say that six-cylinder E46 BMWs are very reliable. In 10 years ownership of both a 330i and an M3 I can hand on heart say I have only spent money on oil changes and tyres. Everything else has been cosmetic.

On 12/2/2016 at 8:41 AM, Matth5 said:

I've done several thousand KMs in the latest gen V6 Commodores (work rentals), had much fun thrashing them in the countryside. They're excellent cars, up there with the Germans for much less money. Massive improvement over the previous gen too.

I wish they packed that engine and other hardware into something smaller and sportier, could have done well. 

Now they're going to be another front wheel drive appliance car, yawn..

I don't really think they are up there with the latest BMWs, Mercs, Porsche. Maybe with Audi which are still a bit tinny inside. 

Manual transmission is great in smaller cars or hooning around, but larger cars are more suited to Auto. Newer BMWs like mine with F1 style flappers are extra quick through the gears and are a real pleasure to drive. 

Look, get a bit of twin wire. Parallel it up to the left external indicator and run it back to the bulb holder on the cluster (isolate it first). Get your warrant, and worry about it later.

Was always going to be something like that...at least it is working now.

Do you have the phone in a proper media adapter? Sounds like you have a setup problem as mine works fine in an F10.

Is the owner of the black 550i (with the crooked number plate) who I had a bit of M fun with on the Himatangi Straights on here? 

3 hours ago, new2thisgame said:

what would you suggest the next step to be?

My money is on an them finding one of the evap fault codes. Could be a hair-line crack in a pipe that you won't find without specialised equipment, or if you are lucky a fuel cap that is not sealing properly. Then again it may be something else.

Sounds like an emissions problem that could have any number of causes.