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My gf's grandfather has a e39 528i which has been giving him grief lately. Basically what happens is most of the warning lights in speedo cluster start to come on at random intervals everything from the gearbox light to the ACS. The car runs aboslutely fine when most of these lights come on except when the ACS light appears it seems to retard the engine but if he switches it off it runs perfect. He wants to sort this asap. He has taken to his trusted mechanic who has informed him it appears to be a faulty sensor that sits under the front passenger seat. The mechanic stated between $500-600 for the part and fitment. Have any of you come across this before? Does it sound like the right solution and price? Cheers for the help.

There should be some name and shame list you can post people like this on.

I don't think you can assign one manufacturer the ability to kill an industry standard device. Totally agree with a couple of the posts above, this was happening way before Apple made this announcement.

Very cool!

After I got my first speeding fine as teenager my father sat me down for a stern chat. He told me that from then on I should drive as if I had four of my own precious children in the car with me and that I had no right to endanger the lives of others regardless if it was in suburban area, industrial or out in wops with no one for hundreds miles. As a young lad with random girlfriends every other week it was hard to imagine me driving around with kids, but one night outside Massey Uni I pulled out onto the old Albany Highway after looking for traffic and seeing none I pulled out, but to my horror I clipped the rear bumper of a black subbie wagon that i just did not see. I sent the car into a slide perpendicular to curb, the tyres got traction and pulled the car into the curb bursting the front right tyre. I immediately put my hazards on pulled up to the car and jumped out to check. The car had stopped about 2 meters from bus stop, if it had carried on it would have collected the car the passenger door behind the driver where an 11 month old baby was in a car seat next to her two brothers who could have been no more than 5. The other driver had no idea what happened and when I explained it was all my fault they were very gracious with me (I wouldnt have been if it was in reverse). After changing the tyre and buying the kids lollies etc we exchanged details. To this day I can still remember the horror and the sickness that almost made me vomit when i saw that child in that baby seat. I could have killed an 11 month old baby doing no more than 20km/h and to this day I am known as grand dad to my mates due to my insistence at speed limit driving and caution with which i drive. I never again want to feel that sick with myself. The above may be slightly OTT but I think everyones view point around speeding and road usage changes when you are potentially responsible for killing a someone else or endangering young children.

Mate, looks like you got Freddy Kruger's face comming out of your arm! Glad its healing well, looks like it would've been *****king sore.

North Shore - Bellars Motor Works as for Ken/John. Over the bridge - Botany Motorworx Ltd ask for Glenn.

^ hmmm reving a boosted car while the engine is cold and not under load....no good.

New desktop back ground cheers

helps if you enlarge the picture....dumbass.

Hang on this is the E30 i was refering too? these are bottlecaps yes?

uh oh i thought standard e30 (non basket weave) were called bottle caps...

e36. -> that E30 makes bottle caps look good, what suspension setup is that?

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This is very very cool!! Amateur Q - what do you mean by flat paint? like matt?

Barbed Wire Door Handles FTW!!!

Here is my latest, some may recognise it And one of all the toys. Vert has planned panel and paint at end of month(if savings works out), cortina runs mint. ery. Hope my images work..

RHD sent to America? Car then purchased in America and imported here? Why not just buy a 335i here? Is this one special for some reason?

Sweet mother of moses, all those all yours? Congrats on proving them wrong! How has it changed the attitude of the car?

Newb Question - Are they setting up that BMW V12 for Carbs?

I like the way the mod ended that thread. 'We're done here' But yea, what was that saying about arguing on forumns and running in the special Olympics?

In the first few seconds i thought it was a model track.

You'll get a better class of woman in a 328. (provided you dont slam it and put it on chrome). Either way good luck mate and i hope what ever you choose treats you well.

I wanna know if he made it...

Surely for the price to do all of that you would be able to get a solid REAL BM....