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Dergside ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() Joined: 16-May-2004 Location: Mid West, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 4000 |
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Wasn't Topazman by any chance?!!
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JohnH ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 18-June-2004 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 1315 |
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More importantly Gus - who won?? |
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GusK ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 13-January-2005 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 73 |
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There's not many cars out there that can do a convicing job on the M3, but the new M5 is definetly one. By the time we reached 80mph, he was about 4 car lengths ahead of me, and I wasn't holding back!! |
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Currently: E90 330d Sport
Previously: X5 3.0i Sport, E46 M3, E46 318ci,E30 318is. |
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JohnH ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 18-June-2004 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 1315 |
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You cant argue with that sort of difference!
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Dergside ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() Joined: 16-May-2004 Location: Mid West, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 4000 |
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In fairness to the M3, if he hit the nitro button, he had 160bhp or so on you, so it was hardly a fair fight!
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kbannon ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508 |
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Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor
Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
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Robbie Bradford ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 16-July-2004 Location: Co. Laois, Ireland. Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
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That sounds promising |
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Fey! ![]() Bavarian-Board Contributor ![]() ![]() Funs over, Scotty; beam down my clothes! Joined: 28-February-2005 Location: Galway Status: Offline Points: 4161 |
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You going to offer upgrades, Robbie???
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kbannon ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508 |
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yeah!
I was talking to Dan in M&G today and he was telling me. He said that another's tyres all de-laminated. When I was there there was a blue one in the service shop! |
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Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor
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Robbie Bradford ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 16-July-2004 Location: Co. Laois, Ireland. Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
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Yep, i'm working on an aftermarket manual tranny upgrade, for the customers who want more driver involvement blah, blah, blah
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Robbie Bradford ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 16-July-2004 Location: Co. Laois, Ireland. Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
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See the infromation you can find at these things. I wonder will we hear more about gearbox problems etc. What are the chances of a recall on the new model, theres alot of electro gadgetry to go bonkers in these new machines. I was reaing an article in a mag a while back, CBG magazine i think, and it was listing the most reliable cars, highest costs etc, etc. and i was amazed cars like the 7-series had a host of recalls across europe and Merc's did'nt look to clever either. Having seen a few new 3's about i'm convinced it the worst designed beemer by a good mile or ten. I see from the photo's the tyres are Conti sport contacts, what happened to sticky Michelin's? Edited by Robbie Bradford |
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Dergside ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() Joined: 16-May-2004 Location: Mid West, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 4000 |
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I was over in Dave McCanns last Friday getting the 523i done and he said they had had to do the alighment on one of the demo's also.
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Dergside ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() Joined: 16-May-2004 Location: Mid West, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 4000 |
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Maybe they had already burned those? |
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kbannon ![]() Admin Group ![]() ![]() E39 525i Sport Individual Joined: 09-October-2002 Location: 64 Zoo Lane Status: Offline Points: 15508 |
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Further to what Robbie was saying about electronic gadgets. There is a
huge amount of them inside this beast. Even the gimmick of the rev
counter being displayed on the windscreen would cost an absolute
fortune if it went.
I must say that I'd be reluctant to take a 5 year old one of these as it would cost a fortune to maintain! |
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Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor
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Robbie Bradford ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 16-July-2004 Location: Co. Laois, Ireland. Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
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How much is a service gonna cost on these beasts, would'nt fancy being handed the invoice I think the headsup display is a great addition to road cars and it's great to see BMW be the first to use it. This will be standard on most top marque's within the next 5-10 i'd imagine and susequently all models in the future. Whatever about the design of the new wave, its great to see engineering and innovation is still alive and well, afterall this is what these cars are all about IMO. |
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The Fastest ![]() Senior Member I ![]() ![]() Joined: 03-June-2005 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 100 |
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Hi people, not a car related question but seeing as this is an active topic I will plead for your help! How do I get a picture of my car at the bottom of my posts like most other users have? Cheers.
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Dergside ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() Joined: 16-May-2004 Location: Mid West, Ireland Status: Offline Points: 4000 |
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Brother in laws 645ci conv has nearly all the option boxes ticked with plenty of electronic bits among them and was back for 2 software related recalls in the first 6 months and there are still some functions not working properly (little things like dashboard back lights, etc.!). Loves the car but these things are irritating the crud out of him. A bigger part of the problem is not so much the reliability of the systems (most recent BMW's have some sort of costly foibles (or at least for their time), SI boards on e30, e34, etc, pixel death on the e39 dashboards, vanos units on e36 M3 evo's, etc.) but rather the fact that the service personnel are still only getting to grips with the diagnosis, maintenance and repair protocols whicj means faffing around in trying to figure out whats gone wrong. |
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Robbie Bradford ![]() Really Senior Member II ![]() ![]() Joined: 16-July-2004 Location: Co. Laois, Ireland. Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
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@ The Fastest - Dude, you need to host your pictures somewhere first, you can use this free hosting site www.bmwmovies.net
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The Fastest ![]() Senior Member I ![]() ![]() Joined: 03-June-2005 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 100 |
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Sorry Robbie, but then what?
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Red3 ![]() Really Senior Member I ![]() Joined: 09-May-2005 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 298 |
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Haven't seen any innovation for decades, we're still using pistons ffs, all that seems to happen is they include more electrickery and gadgets that just stop working after a few years anyway. They've only refined the trusty internal combustion engine over the years, no true innovation. I'd have thought we'd all be driving jet engined motors by now. Rant over. Yeah i am pissed, long story. |
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