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    Hi All,

    I recently bought a 2000 BMW 328i, but unfortunately it only came with 1 key. I really want to get another one, but heard that i cant just go down and get another one cut, that i have to order one in from germany, as there is some sort of special computer in the key.(heard its bloody expensive aswell)

    Does anyone know how much this is going to set me back? and if i have to take it to a BMW branch to get it done?

    ANY help on this would be a great help.

    Thanks alot,

    BEAMER BOY.

    you need to buy the key through BMW dealership. Cost $380 for a remote 2-button. Rang up armstrong (http://www.armstrong.co.nz/) who does transponder keys but they said they can do it for all cars just not BMW.

  2. Posted · Edited by bimmer77 · Report reply

    came across this interesting chart published in Singapore.

    The chart indicates prices of all cars sold in Singapore for the month of May 2009 (under the column total basic cost). More importantly, it shows the Open Market Value (O.M.V) of a particular car. A brand new 320i cost in the region of S$40K (or in equivalent NZ$42K) but a 320i purchased NZ New cost NZ$69K. What a rip off...

    PDF

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    BSDIN65L

    We sell Century DIN65ZLMF which is a calcium, maintanence free battery and comes with a 3yr warranty

    Try around the sparkies in Wellington for one of these

    You should be able to buy it for around $230 + Gst ( just checked my pricing )

    thank you so much

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    I can do a battery for about $250 + Gst. Ring me Monday and I'll give you a sharp deal... prices have all just gone up.

    It should be a Din 65 Calcium Battery

    OOOps.... I see your in Wellington ??

    would certainly buy it from you if I'm in AK... unfortunately

    Was looking at the Bosch catalogue, it doesn't really tell me if I should buy BSDIN65L or BSDIN65LL

    Which one should I get for 2001 E46

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    Has anyone here viewed or driven this?

    The "supercharged in Singapore" concerns me a bit. Would it be easy to remove if it developed issues? I love the exterior / interior colour combo.

    I'm surprised it has a supercharger fitted in Singapore. it is illegal to do after market modification for cars in Singapore. I'm very positive the dings happened in NZ.

    Cars like these cost over a $100,000 in Singapore (approx NZ$130,000) and Singaporean look after their cars with tender loving care

  17. Posted · Edited by bimmer77 · Report reply

    I have this one too; the booklet states that there should be a $250 excess on my car (special vehicle - which is basically anything European) ... but the policy document I have states $0 excess and they haven't tried charging me one yet (2 claims on $0 excess).

    you're a lucky man. Mechanical insurance with ZERO excess are the ones that genuinely offers absolute peace of mind.

    when I enquired about Autosure Platnium Plus policy recently, Autosure said they stopped offering zero excess policy since last year. Now the excess is $350 per unrelated claim. Imagine when making a claim, they could count left control arm as 1 claim, right control arm as another claim etc. For a single repair job they could apply multiple excess in the name of Unrelated Claim.

    If there's anyone aware of Mechanical Insurance with ZERO excess, please let me know. I won't mind a much higher premium

  19. Posted · Edited by bimmer77 · Report reply

    Do we have 1 or 2 rear fog light on E46? When I turned on my rear fog light I noticed only the driver side rear fog light lit up.

    I'm thinking..maybe we've suppose to have only 1 rear fog light.

  20. Posted · Edited by bimmer77 · Report reply

    Had some experience with Autosure. The insurer will try every means not to payout unless they've fully exhausted all options.

    e.g. if you have a faulty part (especially an expensive one), they will repair not once but a few times and only when its beyond repair that they'll replace it with a 2nd hand unit. Just imagine the amount of inconvenience you've to put up just to get it repaired with re-cond parts.

    and as always, they'll use the "Insurance will pay ONLY if a fault is found" clause.. and "Insurance will pay ONLY if the part is proven to be faulty". You really need a good mechanic who will go into battle for you with the assessors

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    This has me stumped and I hope it's not something stupid I can't think of right now.

    After driving and then turning off my car, I hear a fairly distinct ticking sound coming from under the car. The sound occurs the moment I turn off the engine and usually for a few minutes of the car being turned off

    Any thoughts? Again, it happens after a few minutes of turning the car off, and it does not come from the front engine area.

    Could this be the sound of the hot exhaust pipes contracting as they cool.

  22. Posted · Edited by bimmer77 · Report reply

    Now im worried about taking my M3 in to them for servicing!

    My car is in pretty immaculate condition and i think i would be up on a murder charge if any mechanic damaged it! lol!

    Incident 1

    Replaced my Coolant expansion tank at Jeff Gray BMW Wellington. Paid about $400 for labour, coolant, coolant tank and pressure test. When I checked the coolant level on the next following day, I realised the rod was not floating. Took the car back and they added coolant into it. The explanation I got was after running the engine more coolant gets tranferred into the cooling system

    (my thoughts are shouldn't they start engine and kept it running for a while and top up coolant as necessary while the car is in their workshop?)

    Incident 2

    Had my car serviced with them. After 2 weeks, the low engine oil light came on. I immediately checked the dip stick and oil was at minimum level. I had to buy a litre of engine oil and added about 3/4 of that bottle to get the engine oil to the right level. Since that incident, my car has been running fine for months. There's no leak whatsoever and in fact the oil is still at the same level which indicates it wasn't a case of high engine oil consumption.

    (again, was it a case of them not topping up the right amount of engine oil after draining it. I'm sure I was charged 6.5L worth of BMW engine oil)

    Just isolated incident?

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