* Motors chat - round 12 *

bazz26 · 18-07-2018 09:32PM

Their clutches aren't. :pac:

CIP4 · 18-07-2018 09:36PM

bazz26 wrote: »

Their clutches aren't. :pac:

Ah the second Clutch is good though almost 15k km on it now and I reckon I will get the same again out of it will only have to change it ever second service.

James Bond Junior · 18-07-2018 09:39PM

CIP4 wrote: »

Ah sure Audi are way better than BMW anyway.

Just realised that this is a dangerous place to say that

There were no nice Bimmers available either bar a 428i. I can drive a 420d whenever I want at home so nah.

Interslice · 18-07-2018 09:47PM

Have them car getting NCT'd nerves.

Duke O Smiley · 18-07-2018 09:52PM

Nice E30! Is it yours?

vintagevrs · 18-07-2018 10:23PM

I want to change the oil on the car. Unsure if I should do it myself or pay the premium of main dealer for the stamp in the book. Called BMW garage in the north today as they have done all the service work on the car for previous owner. Quote for just an oil change.....£304 (€340). Just for oil and filter. BMW website allows me to get a price online for my car, and for oil, filter and microfilter the price is £225. I would have thought a basic service is a standard price.

bazz26 · 18-07-2018 10:43PM

If you sign up to BMW First, you can get 20% off the service price, the first month is free:

https://www.bmw-first.ie/home

Also the 6 cylinder engines use a good bit more oil than the 4 cylinders so an oil service is going to be more expensive. I just priced an oil service only for my 530d from www.bmwservice.ie and it's coming in at €235.63

James Bond Junior · 18-07-2018 10:50PM

Can you buy a service pack anymore?

vintagevrs · 18-07-2018 10:53PM

I called an ROI dealer and they never returned my call....

Will try tomorrow. Just seems mad price from the crowd in the north.

bazz26 · 18-07-2018 11:05PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Can you buy a service pack anymore?

I think only on cars upto 5 years old and 100,000km.

bazz26 · 18-07-2018 11:09PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

I called an ROI dealer and they never returned my call....

Will try tomorrow. Just seems mad price from the crowd in the north.

Take note that a main dealer won't reset the service interval or update the digital service history in the iDrive if the car is not due a scheduled service.

Interslice · 19-07-2018 01:11AM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Nice E30! Is it yours?

Got it a few weeks ago ye. Failed on a few visuals. 2 front tyres are gone. It needs a bit of welding done under the battery tray at the rear of wheel arch. There is a hole. Also some weird thing where the vin stamped on the chassis has only 15 digits and the vin on the riveted plate and the logbook have the 2 extra stuck in the middle. Need to send off a form they gave me to change it. Could be worse I suppose.

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-07-2018 03:16PM

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Duke O Smiley · 19-07-2018 03:19PM

OSI wrote: »

Just got my own quote for swapping policy on to new car. New car is 80 bhp less than the GTI and has more safety features, yet cost an extra €97. Make sense of that ****ery.

Did you replace your GTI?

Alanstrainor · 19-07-2018 03:23PM

OSI wrote: »

Just got my own quote for swapping policy on to new car. New car is 80 bhp less than the GTI and has more safety features, yet cost an extra €97. Make sense of that ****ery.

Do tell more!

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-07-2018 03:23PM

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MetzgerMeister · 19-07-2018 03:52PM

bazz26 wrote: »

I think only on cars upto 5 years old and 100,000km.

You can renew the service pack again but it has to be before the original one expires. I let mine lapse, tried renewing and was told no.

bazz26 · 19-07-2018 05:16PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You can renew the service pack again but it has to be before the original one expires. I let mine lapse, tried renewing and was told no.

There is a ceiling on the age and mileage of the car though. They also won't do it for UK imports as I found out when inquiring.

Big Nasty · 19-07-2018 08:53PM

Interesting. I just picked up a 2013 530d. Bought from and serviced by an Indy (albeit Bimmer specialist). Shouldn't need anything for 15k (touches wood) but that'll get me through until this time next year. At that stage an Indy who stamps the book will have to do!

James Bond Junior · 19-07-2018 09:00PM

Big Nasty wrote: »

Interesting. I just picked up a 2013 530d. Bought from and serviced by an Indy (albeit Bimmer specialist). Shouldn't need anything for 15k (touches wood) but that'll get me through until this time next year. At that stage an Indy who stamps the book will have to do!

CMC?

Big Nasty · 19-07-2018 09:01PM

Yup!

James Bond Junior · 19-07-2018 09:04PM

Good man yourself. Good to deal with?

19-07-2018 09:11PM

OSI wrote: »

Something even less interesting

Just a Tiguan TDI. Need something a lot more practical and frugal for a couple of years, so it will do.

What colour did you decide on in the end?

Big Nasty · 19-07-2018 09:12PM

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Good man yourself. Good to deal with?

Very. Car was a shade pricey and he wasn't offering much on a trade with my E61 but we settled on a very amicable straight deal. Car came fully serviced with brand new two year test and 12 month warranty.

vintagevrs · 19-07-2018 09:27PM

So called BMW today about service cost. For an oil change they said€165. I mentioned 20% discount with that loyalty card thing and they said no problem. So that's €132, plus I'll get free wiper change which is needed. Not too bad.

I asked how much to change the microfilter too, and that with the oil change is €330. €165 for a cabin filter seems crazy. I'll get the oil done with though id say.

I also really don't get the idea that they will not update service history or reset service computer on car if car is serviced early. Why would they not?

Paudee · 19-07-2018 09:33PM

Lads I realise this is probably more suited to another forum but, is there any point reporting dangerous driving if I have no intention of going to court to testify?

Ford Transit basically tried to force me off the road for a hundred yards for having the nerve to maintain 10 yard gap to a line of slow moving traffic while doing the speed limit in the city. Came very close to hitting me a few times.

tcawley29 · 19-07-2018 09:41PM

Paudee wrote: »

Lads I realise this is probably more suited to another forum but, is there any point reporting dangerous driving if I have no intention of going to court to testify?

Ford Transit basically tried to force me off the road for a hundred yards for having the nerve to maintain 10 yard gap to a line of slow moving traffic while doing the speed limit in the city. Came very close to hitting me a few times.

If you had done it on the spot with your phone he could have gotten a talking to before they realized you wouldn't go to court.
They may do it not, they may not. Depends on how dramatic you make it sound to them I suppose.

Leonard Hofstadter · 19-07-2018 10:09PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

€165 for a cabin filter seems crazy.

That's outrageous, who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour? An OEM pollen filter in an E46 can be had for about €20.

vintagevrs · 19-07-2018 11:49PM

Yeah, I can do that myself. I'll get the oil and important iDrive service updated and that'll do me:).

I averaged an indicated 54mpg today on the way home from work as traffic meant no overtaking and mostly sitting at about 90kph. Not sure how optimistic the trip computer is but I'll do a proper mpg test next time I fill up.

Also discovered the car has launch control this evening. I tried it once before but it didn't indicate it was working on the dash although I did everything right. Read on a forum the car has to be driven a few miles first, so tried that this evening and it worked perfectly. Not something I'll use again likely but cool feature all the same for Willy waving.