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E89 roof relay change

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by Nictrix » Sun May 24, 2020 10:54 am

Its a bit sad when this happens and can ruin a lot of threads on forums when posts are deleted.
I have seen it happen a few times on other forums and its pathetic going through all the posts editing them. :(
If someone is done with the forum they should just walk away as when they do this they look rather stupid if they ever come back.
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Post by Pbondar » Sun May 24, 2020 1:08 pm

Nictrix wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 10:54 am Its a bit sad when this happens and can ruin a lot of threads on forums when posts are deleted.
I have seen it happen a few times on other forums and its pathetic going through all the posts editing them. :(
If someone is done with the forum they should just walk away as when they do this they look rather stupid if they ever come back.
Does that apply to both the parties?

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Post by scootr » Sun May 24, 2020 2:10 pm

I've seen this happen before on a different forum - This is one possible solution. In the meantime you want to limit this person's access to the board before more community content is removed.
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Post by Deepseaskateboard » Sun May 24, 2020 2:27 pm

Tbh, many of the posts were condescending, rude and unhelpful.

I won’t deny there was some degree of technical knowledge, but if the information is put across in an unhelpful format, then what is the point.

Writing no 50x in a post is not helpful. It also discourages others from asking questions, or putting forward ideas.

These forums are supposed to be constructive, and obviously some previous members had trouble with that.

Educate, don’t belittle.

Best thing is to look forward, and carry on as normal.

Any roof issues, we can pool our knowledge and relay back what BMW engineers have said.

There should be enough content on here anyway for most things.

Ignore the trivial edited comments, who cares.

We can start new threads on here.

If people want to return, and contribute to be helpful, then thats great too. :)

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Post by Nictrix » Sun May 24, 2020 4:13 pm

Pbondar wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 1:08 pm
Nictrix wrote: Sun May 24, 2020 10:54 am Its a bit sad when this happens and can ruin a lot of threads on forums when posts are deleted.
I have seen it happen a few times on other forums and its pathetic going through all the posts editing them. :(
If someone is done with the forum they should just walk away as when they do this they look rather stupid if they ever come back.
Does that apply to both the parties?
Just noticed that there was not just one who deleted their posts and yes it applies to both parties and everybody else in the world who does this.
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Post by Yoghurt » Thu May 28, 2020 7:31 pm

Stumbled across the reference to Salmon Relays on another thread and after realising it did not refer to some kind of aquatic race I followed the instructions on here.
5 minute job and worth it. Looks like the original 2010 relays so thanks OP.

Noted my battery looks original too (05/10) but have not noted any related issues (yet) . I have charged it whilst it was SORNed until recently .
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Post by Nictrix » Thu May 28, 2020 7:57 pm

Yoghurt wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 7:31 pm Stumbled across the reference to Salmon Relays on another thread and after realising it did not refer to some kind of aquatic race I followed the instructions on here.
5 minute job and worth it. Looks like the original 2010 relays so thanks OP.

Noted my battery looks original too (05/10) but have not noted any related issues (yet) . I have charged it whilst it was SORNed until recently .
Not meaning to worry you but just so you are warned there has been issues with the electronic parking brake needing a software update and it seems to be caused by the battery starting to fail. There is a thread on here somewhere about it and a few here have had this issue, ours included.
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Post by maxman » Thu May 28, 2020 7:58 pm

I would change the battery based on that date,the e89 is very sensitive to an oldish battery.

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Post by Yoghurt » Fri May 29, 2020 5:32 pm

Thank you Nictrix and maxman, sounds like another issue to avoid.
can I ask if this battery looks ok please ?https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/v ... gLeAPD_BwE

If so I understand I will then have to register it.

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Post by Chippie » Fri May 29, 2020 6:42 pm

Looks ok to me, when I replaced my battery recently I ordered an Exide 096 AGM Car Battery 70Ah AGM700 EK700, it was £102.34
And yes it should be registered to the car
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Post by Yoghurt » Fri May 29, 2020 8:33 pm

Thank you Chippie. Did you register it yourself using something like Carly?
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Post by maxman » Fri May 29, 2020 8:56 pm

Tanya page on eBay ,they offer free postage. Don't know if the battery is dearer.

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Post by Yoghurt » Fri May 29, 2020 9:23 pm

Thanks Maxman . It looks like the same price on their EbY store when you include postage. Either way the price does not seem too bad.
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Post by Chippie » Fri May 29, 2020 10:35 pm

Yoghurt wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 8:33 pm Thank you Chippie. Did you register it yourself using something like Carly?
Yes I used ISTA but Carly will also do it, depending where you are there may be a member local to you that could register it for you
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Post by therealmc » Sat May 30, 2020 10:41 am

Getting back to the original theme of the thread, I changed the relays this week and first impressions are that the roof operation seems a bit quicker and more positive. Could that just be my imagination?

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