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You can get space savers for them along with a jack kit. But it stays in your normal boot space all the time. http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?mo...hg=36&fg=95

No major swirl flap trouble for e90. It only affects the M47TUD20 and M57TUD25/30 engines in e46. Electronic steering lock (not unlocking), squeaky door (from the ///M bit of plastic on the entry sill) There's also a fairly comprehensively list here... http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=108166

Well, what is your price range? I am in your same position as you, had a 330Ci with a kid coming. Traded up into a e90LCI 320d and I love it (both the kid and the car I might add). You can tell the fuel usage from my sig, but from a pure financial stand-point, you need to be doing 20000km+ to justify the extra rego and trouble of getting RUCs. But the way a diesel drives is very well suited as a family car, try one and you will wonder if you need a 2.5/3.0 petrol.

Pretty sure they all from ASC from facelift around late 95 onwards. When I had my 323i, it was quite reliable. Just the usual I guess, Idle Control Valve for rough idle, cam sensor for hard start or erratic revs and passenger seat sensor mat for airbag light. Also fan clutch and the radiator expansion bottle can leak.

My wife likes the program but hate the voice of JC. I guess he's just been doing it for far too long. (a good 20+ years I guess? include the old last-gen TopGear)

Check whether your car can actually take E85, from memory all BMW can only take E10. E85 are for the newer SAABs, Chrysler and Dodge where the fuel systems are ok with the high Ethanol content.

Bring some tools and a spare set of pads just in case you cooked them on the track. That will at least get you home. +1 on the fluid flush.

There is something really weird with YouYube though. If I put in a same search terms in AppleTV, iPad and Mac, they will all come up with videos that matches the search term but list of videos clips are different. There was a documentary I was watching on my Mac trying to show my wife, but for the life of me I can't find it through YouTube on AppleTV. I ended up having to stream my Mac Desktop onto an iPad then AirPlay mirroring onto the AppleTV. With Flash, I think Adobe "ceased further development" and starting to adopt HTML5. I basically gave up trying to get Flash working on iPad. The closest I can get it to stream a Mac Desktop onto the iPad screen. That's a bit cheating, but it worked.

I never have trouble getting the cashier to release the pump, day or night, as I go to the same Z and Caltex almost every time. Loyalty I guess?

Why? If you are trying to establish which fuel type is has best milage, you should use each fuel type at least a few times in a roll to get a good average. Not to mention there's a bit of the old stuff already in the tank when you change fuel.

Maybe time for valve clearance check/adjust?

Get it scanned at a competent workshop then you'll have much better idea of what you are dealing with.

That's just pre-determined positions within the CVT setup isn't it?

Looks about right, not the same car but similar engine. See my sig.

Work of art.

Awesome. Gotta share this with my wife.

This actually look pretty good!

Hi Neal, Just noticed your subject says 15 and in the post you said 16. If it's 16 on a factory rim, they should have been 205/55/16 or 225/50/16. You have plenty of choice in those sizes.

You sure have a heavy foot or stuck in traffic a lot. Check your tyre pressure, air filter and engine oil condition for starters. Is your engine running smoothly? Smokes? I doubt a CAI helps much, but using 95 instead of 91 will help a bit from my experience (you gain fuel milage more than offsetting its higher price). Get a computer scan from a reputable workshop, for around half hours labour or so. The results and the mechanics opinions will be invaluable comparing to you spending money on parts trying to solve it blindly. Glenn @ Botany Motor Works is our forum sponsor, very helpful and know his stuff also BM Workshop does good jobs on BMW too.

For $100, you can buy a pair of the latest Bosch AeroTwin wipers (those one piece thing with a single spine) While on the one piece wipers, many have LHD and RHD versions where the shape of the aero spoilers on them face opposite. Make sure you ask if you are buying on TradeMe or if you buy from overseas, buy from UK (or a RHD country)

OMG, it's like a private museum.

Thanks for sharing but it's been through in this post.... http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....showtopic=40406

Date code is not the most obvious thing on a tyre but this should give you a good idea...

Buy them from the likes of BNT or partmaster, they will stock the likes of Bosch one piece wipers. Repco ones are average at best, also get a glass polish and water repellant like RainX to throughoutly clean the windscreen when you replace the wipers.

Ain't those rear fog lights? They lit on the driver side only.