Recent content by matsmith749

Celebrate it & make it a design feature - will be a talking point at the pub.

Should have left off the BMW logo & gone with a TFL one :)

This was my old car - adding a bit more detail: I bought it BMW approved in Jan 2023 - has virtually every available added extra & immaculate BMW service history. Has been under warranty from new by BMW. I loved it - new buyer will struggle to find a better one IMHO. GLWS

Love that colour - good luck with sale

Price it really cheap.

Yeh you will get this frequently. But the BMW service history is not GDPR restricted - you can just get it with no issue. Friendly BMW garage might pull it & print it for you, or as I said, pay a small fee & just get it yourself in a few minutes. Anyone can access the full details that BMW...

Good chance you can rebuild the missing service history - or at least a good portion of it. Most cars see attention from BMW at least in the first few years (some more if you are lucky) - you can access that online for a minimal payment (less than a tenner) & likely get a decent starting point...

I think damage free it's priced about right at £18k - but I would look to fix that damage. Do you have a good smart repair place nearby? Not chipsaway - a proper body place. I would think £2k - £3k spent would get you much closer to a sale. Not worth the £5k at BMW IMHO. With the damage as it...

A 12 owner car with obvious bodges might not make the best case study - no? A typical car, with typical ownership pattern & issues would surely make more sense in an authoritative book. As with anything, there will be the very best (1 owner, meticulous maintenance, no failures) all the way to...

£5k running repairs in 14 years (since factory warranty expired) on a performance vehicle - I would take that as not bad at all. Are you positioning it as a cautionary tale or one of super value? These are machines - they wear out / fail & cost something per year to keep running. Not sure...

1980 called - they want their wheels back! On a white car, IMHO black looks pretty good - or stick to the dull as dishwater silver. Skip the red & right it off as a mental aberation.

Well yes - but you've got what you've got. These discs & pads fitments are not obvious - you need to triple check what you need & make sure you get the right ones. If you think these are expensive, don't upset yourself looking at performance brakes for the next tier up of cars, or exotics. You...

Rather than not being plugged in (which is possible but unlikely if they ever worked) is that possibly a fuse has blown. Check function of the other items on the same circuit & then check for a blown fuse would be my first call.

Understood. Discs wise I tend to go with OEM - but for pads I like the redstuff / ATE ceramic compound pads. Better bite, lower dust (cost a bit more).

Cheaper to buy the OEM parts from a reseller than BMW. All depends on the model / sizes - but expect to save a decent amount from whatever BMW quote for the same thing from the same manufacturer. BMW do not manufacture the brake part consumables, they buy them & mark them up.