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Would you feel safer in a 5-Star Honda Civic or a Lamborghini Gallardo?
I'd feel much safer in the Lambo, as I'm sure that I would die of boredom if I was forced to drive a Civic.
Lol! :P
All 2003 5-Series CPO cars not only will have the 2.9% interest rate, but BMWFS will also make your first two payments. I haven't talked to anyone, so I don't know the details; if that means you don't have to make a payment for 3 months, or if you just have two fewer months on the loan.
Just thought I'd throw that out there for anyone looking at a CPO E39...
I have a 2002 E39. I recently noticed that the coutesy lights/lamps in both the passenger and driver footwells are not working. Just wanted to find out how I can locate and replace the burnt out bulbs. Any and all help is appreciated. The lights/lamps at the bottom of the doors are still working.
As to checking the fuses, these two lights are the only ones out. All the rest are working as are other electronic functions.
$125 an hour?
Whew! All the techs have MBA's or what!?!
No, they don't have MBAs, but FWIW they have some pretty serious school and training for BMW techs. They don't just hire kids out of the local vo-tech....
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I also have an '06 525xi that I took delivery in Nov '05.I seem to be having a similar problem.The care vibrates(although subtle) especially over 65 mph. I noticed it when I first got the car and since then have been to the dealership no less than 8 times. They have balnced it (twice)rotated the tires (twice), Changed a tire (once) and yet I still have the problem. They Brought their head tech( a german dude)who did not think there was a problem and said that the problem is with the bad american roads !
Its good to know that I may not be imagining this problem after all.
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Good input. In cases where balancing does NOT do the trick, there is a good possibility that the wheel and/or tire is out-of-round. Easy to tell if that's the case by jacking the car up and spinning the wheel/tire. Use a fixed position pointer that has a small gap between the pointer and the tire. Look for a gap variation as the wheel/tire is spun.
I just leased an 06 525i last November. It's black sapphire / black, Premium Pkg, Cold Wthr, Xenons, Steptronic, Navigation and Sirius radio. I got a very good deal on the lease and have all the options I want except....
Previously I had a 2001 330i with Sport/Prem, Step etc.. I LOVED this car but I need a lease for business and it would have been out of warranty.
Am I crazy for not being happy with my brand-new E60 becaue it doesn't have the Sport Package? I wanted something larger and it seemed perfectly fine when test driving but now that day to day is here it is different. I really wanted the NAV and cold weather packages that this particular car had so that is why I chose not to get one with Sport Pkg. I do actually feel that the power IS underated for the 525i bye the way. In most cases it just flies. However, I do notice the slightly floaty feeling at higher speeds and myself having lower confidence on twisty canyon roads. I even upgraded the tires from the stadard Conti's to Michellin Pilots but they feel about the same in this car. Also, even though I've had the dealer check the alignment it still seems like I have to correct it too much and on some roads I cannot tell if it's off or not. The car has been in two full days for a creaking / squeaking noise that they have been able to hear but are unable to get rid of despite replacing all the door seals.
Should I just get the 2007 with the sport package or stop whining and keep the beautiful E60 that I already have that so many others would be thrilled with. Also, I'm assuming that the 2008's will have some sort of "face-lift" that may or may not be an advantage. I could wait for that.
Any opinions or should I shut up and enjoy the car! I feel either way to OCD and ungrateful or just plain not completely happy with the car. I could probably afford to get out of it and into another new one but it would not be easy financially but not that hard either.
PS: I actually really like the iDrive most of the time. But it does have it's moments. And the Nav is not as good as my friend's Honda or the one in the 05 MBZ that I briefly owned. Yuk
Naturally, everybody raves about a 3-series as being the perfect sports sedan, and it may well be, provided that (relatively small) size vehicle is right for you.
Sure, you could get hosed financially to upgrade to a 5 with the sport packege, and it's your dough, but you state that "it would not be easy financially". And while I don't mean to suggest that a SP-equipped 5 won't be sportier than your 525, I feel confidant in saying it still won't be as sporty as your 330 (this is apart from my personal feelings that non-SP BMW's are sporty (eg, firm) enough, especially on our crummy Midwest roads, never mind the mandatory bi-annual tire swaps.)
While I know we all wish to avoid what I call "car envy", we're not talking about changing to a new pair of socks, and considering you're driving one of the finest cars on the road, I think you should stop worrying about further optimization (new tires on a brand new car?), and just enjoy your fine car. Don't mean to be harsh, but maybe you guys are right about OCD--let us know what you decide.
The new "Multi-Contour Seats" (as they're called for the upcoming 07) will be like the comfort seats in the way they adjust 20-ways, including upper and lower back articulations, sides in and out, and thigh extender. However, they differ from the "comfort seats" because the new seats will also have the lateral side bolster support that the typical BMW sport seats have.
There are very few changes, including none to our sport packages here.
BTW - Comfort seats IIHS ratings "Good to Adequate"; Regular and Base seats = "Poor" (!!!!!). (Due to active head restraints on the comfort seats not on the others).
Any recommendation/lead is appreciated.
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Thanks for your reponse.
I actually want to own a hard copy if possible. Soft copy is denititely very helpful (Thanks to Shipo). I have checked ebay also, but no luck.
I saw a 1983 533i for sale in the paper last weekend for $650. Hmm :P
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
On a 90 degree day.... take off for a test drive with my girlfriend.. urban neighborhood... zipping around corners, stoplight to stoplight.. pretty strong engine... about 4 blocks from the guy's house, a nasty noise from the engine and it quits...
I leave it there (and her), jog back to the house... "Uh, your car just died." We get in my car, and drive back.. "No problem... when I get this fixed, are you still interested?" Uh...sure... I'll call you.. :surprise:
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My original plan was to sell my M6 and buy an E28 M5 after my son was born, but I got tired of looking and ended up special ordering the Club Sport-which is a whole 'nother story... Anyway, you can pick up nice a nice E28 M5 for @$10K or an E34 M5 for under $15K. I'm still tempted; a Conforti chip and a euro exhaust will give an E28 M5 @300 hp at the crank, while an E34 will end up with around 350 hp. Yowza!
I saw a 1983 533i for sale in the paper last weekend for $650. Hmm
Could be a diamond in the rough, could be a money pit. It's probably not cost-effective unless you can perform 99% of the maintenance and repairs yourself. FWIW, my wife still says that my 1987 535is was her favorite BMW.
If money is not an issue get the 530i the engine is fantastic and it doesn't sound like its working as hard as the 525 in my humble opinion. As for the cold weather package - we have it in our X5 and the heated seats are nice but I don't really miss them at all in my 530i.
Also, my 03 is a pre-"active steering" car and the steering is just about perfect! If your car feels loose to you, have your service dept look into it.
When we bought our 2005 X3 (a special order), we placed the order on Saturday (all the items we spec'd were on a printout.) We reviewed and re-reviewed the build and price option on the public BMW website and found Servotronic was a $250 option.
We went to the BMW store on Monday night and literally gave the dealer $250 (which became our down payment on a 36 month lease) and they were able to effect the mod to the order -- we love the Servotronic yet it seems such an odd thing to offer a BMW without a $250 night and day difference feature.
I assume the 5's come standard, normal with Servotronic -- however, I am now questioning this in light of the previous posts.
Do BMW 5's (all of them) currently come with Servotronic as a standard part of the content?
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Although I love the sport seats in my '03, believe the "sport comfort" seats in the upcoming '07's will be wonderful.
Thanks for any suggestions...
Also great tires come from Pirelli (prefix PZero) they cost more.
Continental and Dunlop too offer some very good tires, again for more money.
The Falken's will endure about 32K miles or more.
The cost ~ $160 each can be installed by a tires.com retail partner even if you order off the web (which I did, twice.)
Look em up (google or dogpile) @ Falken Azenis ST115.
The Falkens are around $160.
The Pirelli PZero Nero M+S would be my UHP All Season choice -- but again they are only good for moderate snow, but they can withstand the cold temps without issue.
The Pirelli's, I would assume, since they are Ultra HP tires will give up a bit of tire life but they ARE very quiet (we had them on our last Audi TT -- lease ended so I cannot suggest miles of tire life.)
There are several HP tires, too, that are offered -- and it seems like the European mfgrs are bringing a somewhat odd combination to the US: "H" rated, low profile (50 or less), wide (235 and wider), all-season rubber, with treadwear traits of at least 30,000 miles.
They sound like the Swiss Army Knife of tires, but generally speaking (with direct experience) these tires somewhat to a lot hobble the cars they are mounted on.
The tires, noted above, are fine for high speeds and touring-type moves, less fine, however, on the twisties where the suspension is being exercised.
If you don't do the twisties -- the H rated tires all season or not (usually they are all season, however) will probably be "adequate."
Drive it like YOU live.
Something might happen to the DVD, it could get scratched, or as I’m bad at handling such things, I could accidentally eject it, then damage it putting it back in.
Any way I thought I would use the copy and store the original DVD incase it was needed in the future. I figured, with a new DVD costing around $250, and it not being covered under BMW’s maintenance program, this would be a wise and money-saving move.
However, after burning the DVD and inserting it in the old beamer, it would not calculate routes.
What am I doing wrong?
Can anybody provide any insight on how to burn a copy of the original NAV DVD for use in their own vehicle?
I’m a little ticked off that I even have a 2004 DVD when I brought a 2005 BMW any way, and being that there are new construction houses going up all the time, I would think that every few years one has to update the DVD.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
When I called them, they suggested I skip a year and update next year (which will be 3rd or 4th quarter 2006.)
The cost was $199.
No one forces you to update your map disc. A new map disc is certainly not cheap to create even though production costs are probably a fraction of what they used to be.
Perhaps in some areas, an annual $199 would have merit if things change so quickly your map data base contains a lot of "non digitized roads."
Both my wife's 2005 X3 and my 2005 A6 have sat nav. Our MAP discs are close but NOT identical. I have had my car 9 months, my wife almost 11. A new pair of map discs in Sept or October is probably gonna happen.
I see no way to get this free.
However, on previous cars, the dealer salesperson did send me an update "1" time gratis -- and it was in the original shrink wrapped jewel case, so I doubt it was a bootlegged copy.
I see no reason NOT to be able to have a backup for YOUR OWN use. I also have sympathy and empathy for the companies that produce this stuff -- they are in it for the money.
The discs, one would imagine, will drop in price as the penetration improves -- in the mean time, bite the bullet and "ask" for a free copy, but if you don't get one, just buy it. That, to me, seems like the appropriate course of action.
Jus' my $.02 worth. :shades: