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  1. Posted · Edited by TermiPeteNZ
    Grrr typos     · Report reply

    On 12/9/2019 at 3:10 AM, balancerider said:

    Be interested in a review of this when you have time Pete. How does it go on the commute?

    Hey @balancerider

    Well - here are my observations...

    • great daily driver - although the start/stop engine behaviour is quite unsettling at first, and the not putting the key in the ignition is also a new thing for me :) 
    • average fuel consumption on mostly urban driving is ~11.2l/100KM - so lower than all the others, as you'd hope for a much more modern vehicle!
    • It is nice having all the modern tech - BT audio and phone are the most useful - but not sure if anything else really matters
    • Black paint is a pain ?  
    • the modern turbo six sounds beautiful and the torque is epic - very different to all the other NA vehicles. On the digital sport gauges it is reporting 240KW against a claimed 225KW - but who knows if this is correct...
    • steering is nice and light but firms up in sport mode
    • flies very well along country roads and handles great despite not being a Motorsport model - was great on the recent Napier/Hastings trip 
    • the blindspot detection doesn't seem to work at all - will get that checked when it goes in for a service at Winger

    After spending a lot of time driving this vehicle, it's safe to say that something like this (especially a touring) is quite conceivably all the BMW you ever need - super nice to be in, goes like the clappers with buckets of instant power - and handles well, while being reasonable on fuel. That said, I enjoy all the different driving experiences with the vehicles we have, and the V10 M5 still makes me smile the most. 

    Driving the 335i has put a F80 M3 somewhere in my future plans... turbo 6 3-series = a damned good thing!

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  3. Posted · Edited by TermiPeteNZ · Report reply

    Well ... Happy New Year all!

    M5 is booked in at Auto38 for a coolant leak... cropped up after taking it to the recent Kapiti coast Cars & Coffee. Coolant on the drive and then coolant in the garage. Not a lot though fortunately.

    Other jobs..

    • Still have 2 x windscreen chips to sort - 1 on the E46 and one on the F30
    • Am going to restore the headlights on the X5 - purchased a Rain-X kit for doing this. They've been done twice - once by Tidy Car (lasted a couple of years maybe) and then a quick job by Laurenson (which lasted a few months if that).
    • Looking to have another brake caliper rebuilt on my wife's Mazda too .. the smell of hot metal and the alloy wheel is hot to the touch. 

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    Hey Scott and welcome to Bimmersport and BMW ownership! ... it's good that you've moved to from the 320i 4-cylinder to a 525i 6-cylinder - MUCH better engine :)

    Please don't get a band expander - instead get your radio properly recoded to NZ. Eurosurgeon can do this for around $150 from memory and nobody is stuffing around adding wires in the back of your expensive(!) computer/entertainment unit. Some idiot put a band expander into my 545i before i bought it and forgot to reattach the cooling fan and it died ; if i didn't have a MBI policy it would have been ~#2K. Eurosurgeon are Akld based but travel to Welly regularly.

    @promo is local and also might be able to recode it too.

    Nav is expensive to localise, does require additional hardware and the maps won't be super current either so think twice before doing it. Eurosurgeon can do that if you want too -but I'd stick with sorting the radio.

    I recommend Auto38 in Newtown if you want a thorough check of your vehicle. https://www.auto38bmspecialist.com/

    BTW - we have the local BMW community pub night this Thursday 

     

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    8 minutes ago, JonRP said:

    Hi all,  has anyone seen my factory spec'd 18" before?

    S2BAA BMW LA Wheel Double Spoke 88


    Paul might need to be a member of the car club 1st to take charge lol.  We are catching up this Friday to work out an action plan for the Chch branch.  Wel has certainly set a fine example to follow!

    Re the wheels - yours are after market as the Style 88s look like this: http://www.bmwstylewheels.com/bmw/88 

    And yes! @Paul Bradfield hope you're making it official and joining soon! :D

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