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The E70 plastic coatings will be really weak, same as the F10, my starter and handbrake buttons are worn. The E60 and I assume E53 will be stronger. The rest would be down to usage.

Actually looks very simple to me. Interesting video though.

I ordered mine from Pelican.

Meh, you gotta pay to play.

Mine was missing under load at low rpm (under 2000), No CEL for misfiring until it got really really bad one day. Replaced the plugs and it's 95% gone, now there's just an occasional stumble when idling in drive. If keeps doing it I'm going to buy a new set of coils.

Bridgestone S01 appears to be available if you want to go with them. Hankook would be up there with the RE003 and generally rank a little behind Michelin and Continental but are usually cheaper, haven't heard much about the Dunlop since I think it is quite new.

Hyper has the very good Hankook S1 Evo 2 in that size for 250 each. Dunlop Sport 050+ is also available, so perhaps try a local beaurepaires?

Yeah it goes to show that a lot of people just want the standard features and a long warranty so they don't have to spare any extra thought on their mode of transport. My in laws have an ASX purely for the price/warranty reason.

The best is the Mitsubishi ads on TV. The new Mistsi whatever, now with alloy wheels, leather steering wheel, a stereo and a warranty! Groundbreaking. Compare it to a euro ad which doesn't list any features and is an emotive show piece.

Pretty much. I've done about 14k since I have had it. My 130i did about 50k on a set of dunlops over 4 years and they were still fine when they came off.

I have 2 years on my pzeros and it would seem there's still another two left, and they came on the car when I got it. The 335 might need new tyres but 5 years isn't that much of a stretch.

That actually looks like a tidy little car. If it's as good in person as the pics present.

That is a very nice looking car. The interior design is on point, companies struggle to do better than that today.

Hoping it's just balance issue but still haven't managed to get near a motorway. I spent most of the day fooling around with the m5 since it has been stuck in the garage behind a scaffold for a couple of months. Battery may have given up now. As for names, nah my wife names the things. She's come up with Bernard Beatrice and Bartholomew. Edit: seems it was just wheel balance as it cruises smooth now. That's a relief. Interestingly the triangle th201 tyres on it aren't terrible although I think they are a bit small for a 245.

Wheel alignment and balance done. Alignment a little out and some new wheel weights onboard. Haven't managed to get it near a motorway to confirm the minor shaking is gone. Seems to happen on all my cars >_<

Or just track the E60 M5.

Nice one. Such an annoying problem to have.

That looks like a nice car to me. Go for it.

Depends on the driving you do, but open road I would expect the 335i to be doing around 7-9l/100km. Our 535i gets about 8l/100 on the open road and it's a lot heavier. In town it's still around 9-11l/100km. I also think the 123d will be closer to 6-7/100. There musta been something up with your Subaru if it was at 19/100. I would hammer on my TT Legacy and get 12-13 at the worst and usually around 10 in town. Anyway, give the 335i a drive.

Just no. It's super old school and not good value. The V10 is better "value". And come on, technology doesn't fail that much. None of the tech in my 12yr old M5 has failed, none, not a thing. Back to the car. It's cool, but do I want it? Not really. One of the features that peeves me is when you push one of the buttons, like seat adjustment and the screen changes to show you what it's doing. Same in the F10, if you change to sport mode while reversing or ham up the gear change buttons then the display changes to tell you what is going on instead of staying on the reverse cam. Stay on the damn reverse cam already!

Good point, perhaps I should hunt down some standard plate holders. The bill is a little pricey but worth it given that the whole car was covered in swirls. After they finished it was back to mirror finish again. ~$800 for the Stage 3 package. I didn't go all out on a ceramic coating, those really take the price to the next level. Fuel economy is sitting around 10L/100km on daily duties which is still pretty good. It could certainly use another 100hp, but it's all about the balance I guess

Haha this is awesome.

Doesn't work with Japanese apparently. <sad panda>

Cool document. 530i LCI FTW!

You should bring the 530i LCI into scope and don't bother with a 130i. The 1 series is for singles or couples that don't need to take anything anywhere. The 540/550i won't be "good" on gas but are a nice car.