jonbee

I wonder how long batteries will last if they're rapid charged regularly? I hope they're getting better now, it was a real problem a few years ago. Every rapid charge knocked off a few % of capacity.

My Primacy 3 rft's hold their pressure for months. I've had pressure loss problems on older cars due to corrosion under the paint across the tyre bead, & sometimes corrosion around the valve area. I'd suspect a crack or cracked sealant lacquer if flange is distorted too.

I've had wheels refurbished on my wife's Celica at City Wheel Refurbishment in Birmingham. They are very cheap and do a reasonable job. They straightened the inner flanges on 2 of the wheels for a very nominal extra charge. They were fully painted ones at the basic price. As you would expect, diamond cut incur an extra charge.

When I got my F10 the dealer had to add the fridge/charge wires but I think my G30 came from the factory with them already installed.

Keep a copy of your online booking. I purchased a service through BMW website 'special offer' couple of years ago. Dealer (Sytners) claimed to know nothing about the special price when I got there! Fortunately they had accidentally given me the 4+ price so not much difference in the end.

My 530i is on 145/45 x 18 wheels and the rears wear fairly evenly, just very slightly more on inside edge. I'm on SE height/spring rates. I wonder if the e cars are set up a bit differently because of the extra battery weight at the rear?

BMW changed the factory fill antifreeze, I think some time in 2018. Prior to the change it was blue. From memory, I think there was more than one colour for the later/current stuff. The older blue should not be mixed with the newer stuff.

I got a letter from BMW about a month before my warranty expired. Also, I got an email from Sytners (my supplying dealer) just before that.

I got this with one of my keys. I took out the 'new' battery and wiped it on a cloth and it's been OK ever since. I presume there was some crud or grease on the battery. Worth a try maybe?

If I accelerate above the set point, then flick the toggle up, the current speed becomes the new set point. I use this feature regularly when leaving 50mph motorway road work zones. (2017 G30 530i).

OTA updates are supposed to be included free for the first 3 years, but my Dec 2017 G30 has never received a single one. It took me 3 months of arguing with Customer Services and the dealer (Sytners), but I eventually got 3 years of USB updates enabled (expires soon now!).

Maybe BMW use the ECO settings for the certification tests to minimise the CO2 figures (& hence the tax we have to pay, either directly or as contribution towards BMW's 'corporate average' fines/taxes) ?

My 2008 Dell Vostro 1700 (Core 2 Duo) runs windows 10 Pro OK. As new, it came with Vista. I paid ~£25 for the W8 update, then got the W10 update for free. I've upgraded it with a 256Gb SSD and a bit more memory. It's fine for most browsing/spreadsheets/word processing jobs etc. My download speed shows at ~60Mb/s. BMW map updates usually take ~4hrs for download and unzip to USB. I guess 14yrs puts sjak92's machine in an even older level of processor though.

No ECO on mine either (Nov 2017 build)

Yes, it took me 3+ hrs to download the data, then another hour or so to unzip it onto a (64Gb) USB stick. . The downloaded zip file is over 30Gb, which unzips to ~35Gb on the USB stick.