Recent content by FirstKnight

I had a 335i Coupe before the ///M and I had it chipped to approx. 360bhp too. It had incredible overtaking thrust - faster than the Z4M. Well, it felt faster anyway. But the chipped 335i couldn't put the power down. It struggled in standard form really so with more power the rear wheels...

I really don't care what other's perception of my car is as I bought it for my pleasure, not theirs...I work in the Construction industry and most of my colleagues consider my car a "hairdressers" car. Most of them drive Focus's and Mondeos. One of my colleagues - who claims to drive pretty...

I find the OEM Sat Nav is functional and convenient but looks very dated and is not nearly as nice as a top o the line Garmin that costs far less. I didn't particularly want OEM but it was on the car I got the best deal on - I would've preferred the Garmin unit as the OEM one looks awful and...

Congrats on your new car! :D There are decent audio solutions out there; on my first Z4 I installed a pair of Genesis 6x9 subs behind the seats running off a Genesis 5-channel amp mounted in the boot. I also upgraded the other speakers - Morels if I recall correctly. It sounded great. My...

I believe that is exactly what they did - hence my asking for evidence that the repair will be covered by my BMW warranty. Admiral have been excellent up to now; since writing a letter explaining what I now need to happen they have gone quiet...

My car was involved in an accident recently too :( A plonker-type person driving a delivery truck didn't see me and drove into the passenger side on a roundabout. Since the damage was cosmetic - rear quarter panel badly damaged, scuffed wheel and a dent on the edge of the door - I conceded...

My wife has an E91325i Touring on a '57 plate for the kids and dog and I'm planning to get a cheap runabout so that I can keep my ///M for weekends.

When I bought my '57 reg Roadster 2 months ago I paid £28k for a 6 month old with 3k miles car that was listed new - incl options - at £48,240; a £20k drop in 6 months! Alas my car will have suffered even further depreciation as an idiot driving a truck swiped the side of my //M cutting a...

Ah no! A great shame about the car - but very glad to hear that you are okay.

Mine has an ///M embossed badge I think! Otherwise it is as Andy posted, standard Manual and the ///M supplement.

I agree that Mainland Europe has some great roads - my wife is Belgian so we visit Belgium often and the surfaces are better as soon as we reach France. I spent 24 years in South Africa - Durban, mostly - and the main roads there are far better too. The Freeway's have lovely smooth surfaces and...

Mine are the same! Sometimes I think my car wants to be a Volvo! The Auto Lights come on in all lighting conditions.

I average 260 - 280 miles per tank but I have seen a little over 300 miles once when I let the car run down to 0 and then ---- :o It accepted 52.7 litres that day and then showed over 340 miles to go! My commute is generally slow over A and B roads but not good for driving very economically...

:D An ///M sounds, handles and looks fantastic even when driven slowly but mainly because I paid £28k for a '57 reg (08 registered) 6 month old Roadster, fully loaded, with only 3k on it. I had been looking at a 3.0si but the price difference for similarly specc'ed models of the same age was so...

Using this calc following a fill up this morning, I managed 25.46 mpg for the last tank! Not too shabby for an ///M car. But, I do drive it economically in that the car rarely goes above 4k rpm and with an 8k rpm redline that means I don't use its power much at all. I guess, at 39 yrs of age, my...