Some totally unec name calling here ...like "twat"...like the saying goes "if ya spot it ya got it!!"
No one sets out to dump 30 K into one of these dumpsters...Starting at 85,000km with a sweet looker the failures occur apprx EVERY 4-6 weeks ......i've replaced everything but the rings ...some things twice (trans, water pump and various cooling etc)...ya get sucked in to the point that ya have so much in it you're a hostage to it
Great post and yeah I've had my moments...some parts are$$$ ridiculous (hpfp)....Iwent through 4 cheapos before getting one from pelican parts for $650 us ...it meets the spec consistently. I could tell dozens of tales of woe...here's 2 short ones...Day one of ownership out cruising stop at an atm for $ ..gett in the car...nothin...key fob fails. I took a pic of the car on the flat deck with the heading "is this the shape of things to come?....that was 300 towing ,10 days down time and 600$ at the dealer for the for the fob. 2. one day early in my ownership I was tinkering on a sunny weekend, suddenly I' in a "crank no start"...knowing much less than I do now I decide best to have an expert look I tow it to one local Euro special shops ($150)...they diagnose "need new engine".($300 diag)....Politely tell them to "go pound sand" and tow the car home (150) look on YT yu tube..... boom a fuse under hood BTW its the last one closest the firewall and the fender some times 15 A sometimes 20A.
When I bought this I was looking for the perfect 06 S...considered to be the yr BMW got it right....there are many for sale but after a few weeks I got tires of the hunt...I did'nt want baby blue or bright orange ...I was looking for a subtle color ,low miles, very reasonable price...after a few weeks I saw this one and took it ..first the key fob then chronic low boost qand "unmetered air ...the release bearing was a bit noisy ...2 months Boom it took out the whole clutch $2500 WITHOUT the needed DMF, then the entire top end was done...Btw we discovered a factory interference at the coolant res hose and the shift linkage causing a very slight gringing of the gears while idling in neutral..once the trans stated to fill with metal its days were numbered
3enter the second trans low miles from florida,..installed by a licensed backyarder who along with fuking the computer (bent crossed pins)..also forgo
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t to do up trans mount. one month later the tr mnt bolt came out the trans dropped , the axleshaft came out and punched a hole in the side of the case on its way back in...oops that's
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the old head.
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