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He paid a locksmith $180 to unlock the loving car. 
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Should have bought the AAA. Premier is $145 a year and provides: Auto Lockout Service If your vehicle key is lost or broken, or service provider cannot gain entry, AAA will provide locksmith service or reimbursement of commercial locksmith service up to $150 (AAA Classic members receive up to $50 and Plus or Plus/RV Members up to $100).
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Nov 19, 2013 16:46
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AAA is pretty drat good all services considered. I would have it if I didn't have BMW assist on the car.
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Nov 19, 2013 18:32
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Seriously AAA is the best money you will spend on your car. I probably get a tow once a year (flat/something took a poo poo) and thats basically my membership fee right there. I also do as much DMV related things as possible at their local office. Also, free maps!
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Nov 19, 2013 23:26
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So, one of the Xenon headlights on my E90 turns pink shortly after being turned on. Am I correct in thinking I'm going to have to replace the bulb? I haven't tried swapping headlights to verify it's the bulb yet, but assuming it is, would this be the replacement? http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/more_info.cgi?pn=63-21-7-217-509-M97
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Nov 20, 2013 01:43
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Funzo posted:So, one of the Xenon headlights on my E90 turns pink shortly after being turned on. Am I correct in thinking I'm going to have to replace the bulb? I haven't tried swapping headlights to verify it's the bulb yet, but assuming it is, would this be the replacement? It needs replacing, yes. I would look on Amazon for bulbs, though. I just got a Philips DS2 HID bulb for $30 from there.
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Nov 20, 2013 01:55
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Funzo posted:So, one of the Xenon headlights on my E90 turns pink shortly after being turned on. Am I correct in thinking I'm going to have to replace the bulb? I haven't tried swapping headlights to verify it's the bulb yet, but assuming it is, would this be the replacement? It is also advisable to replace both at the same time. I'm not certain if this is applicable for all E9x cars, or just M's, however the bulbs are D1S.
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Nov 20, 2013 11:05
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Add another E30 to the family kind of. Brother's fiance picked this up last night, 86 I think 325iC. New top, interior is immaculate, needs a new back window, needs paint cleanup, fluids flushed and tires but overall a good find and drives like it should. Now we're back to only German cars at the house, she sold her 08 Scion to get the E30. E30 family photo one of these days I'm sure. Neighbors either don't notice they are different cars or think we're nuts.
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Nov 20, 2013 14:59
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NitroSpazzz posted:Add another E30 to the family kind of. Brother's fiance picked this up last night, 86 I think 325iC. New top, interior is immaculate, needs a new back window, needs paint cleanup, fluids flushed and tires but overall a good find and drives like it should. Now we're back to only German cars at the house, she sold her 08 Scion to get the E30. Good choice, I would buy an E30 over any econobox that's available these days.
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Nov 20, 2013 15:20
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wallaka posted:It needs replacing, yes. I would look on Amazon for bulbs, though. I just got a Philips DS2 HID bulb for $30 from there. Didn't even think of Amazon for some reason. I ordered a pair of bulbs, should be able to put them in this weekend.
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Nov 20, 2013 15:39
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I think that's an 87, they didn't have the M20B25 in the US until then right?
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Nov 20, 2013 16:10
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An E36 M3 is for sale near me. It's a coupe. (groan) And it's yellow. (Oh god tell me owning a yellow car isn't as bad as they say it is) It has 110k miles. (189k km) Curiously, the owner before the current one did pretty much all the maintenance that it should have done by this time. quote:In the spring of 2011 the previous owner had executed the following repair/replacements to the vehicle before it was stored: Anything missing here? Or is this one of the few cars not in maintenance debt?
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Nov 20, 2013 21:43
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Ziploc posted:An E36 M3 is for sale near me. It's a coupe. (groan) And it's yellow. (Oh god tell me owning a yellow car isn't as bad as they say it is) I had a Pasadena (eye-searing) Yellow 944. It can turn the wrong heads sometimes but it tends not to show dings and chips too easily, and looks killer in the sun, especially accompanied with black trim. I prefer my anonymously black 335 though, despite the higher level of care it needs.
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Ziploc posted:Anything missing here? Or is this one of the few cars not in maintenance debt? Possibly the radiator You know whats great about Yellow? You can vynal wrap or plasti-dip that poo poo. Edit: I cant read. But really, thats a pretty bang on car for the money. BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Nov 20, 2013 |
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Nov 20, 2013 22:40
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Dakar yellow best yellow. And the first line says the radiator was done. It definitely looks taken care of, especially if he put pilot super sports on it. Those are good (but expensive) tires. I do see a few things that could need doing: -Trailing arm bushings -Diff bushing -Subframe bushings -Engine mounts -Shifter bushings Not saying they WILL be bad, but even a '99 will need some of those if they have never been done.
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Nov 20, 2013 22:52
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On E36 bushing chat I'm picking up my 1997 tomorrow. I know the suspension will be in need of refreshing so I've been researching kits online and holy balls I don't know nearly enough about these. For reference, I'll be driving ~7K miles year. It will mostly be normal driving/commuting. I maybe will get to the track once a year (I've never been) so maybe more spirited canyon drives. The rear will need to be done sooner than the fronts; what kind of kits should I look for? OEM would probably do me fine I'm guessing. The goal is not to make huge power or become a track rat - just back to solid driving. Pricing seems to go anywhere from $300 to $1200.
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Nov 20, 2013 23:20
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For a short time I owned an absolutely beat to gently caress dakar M3 coupe. Only running on 4 cylinders, ricer PO's, resprayed like 3 different times. Still the prettiest car I've ever owned besides my estoril cabrio and it had the nicest vaders I've ever personally owned, go figure. In short,  Obligatory picture of the hilarious amount of oil this thing blew out the exhaust   Also the Getrag 260 is god's transmission. Miles beyond the 265 that replaced it in the OBDII cars.
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Nov 21, 2013 16:22
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Recently have noticed a disconcerting clicking noise when driving my e36 M3. It follows the revs high and low, it doesn't sound metallic but I'm not sure what it could be. I won't have a chance to look under the hood until next week when I have some time off. Any ideas what it could be? It also doesn't happen all the time, usually after the engine has warmed up a bit.
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Nov 21, 2013 19:39
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Lifter tick? Isn't that a pretty common thing on E36 M3s?
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Nov 21, 2013 19:43
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This could be a symptom of my cold start issues. Basically have to keep giving the car gas during cold start idle for ~30 seconds or it will die. Eventually it reaches a point where it's fine idling by itself or if the car is already warm. I was suspecting a dirty idle control valve.
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Nov 21, 2013 19:53
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Popete posted:Recently have noticed a disconcerting clicking noise when driving my e36 M3. It follows the revs high and low, it doesn't sound metallic but I'm not sure what it could be. I won't have a chance to look under the hood until next week when I have some time off. Any ideas what it could be? It also doesn't happen all the time, usually after the engine has warmed up a bit. For me this always means I've let the oil get a bit low.
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Kenshin posted:For me this always means I've let the oil get a bit low. Yeah this seemed to be the issue, added a little oil and the noise went away. Thanks! Is this just something to just watch out for? Or should I use Seafoam or something?
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Nov 22, 2013 15:57
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E36 m3s are known oil consumers (even the factory spec for consumption is high), I suggest checking at least once a week if you drive it often.
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Nov 22, 2013 16:02
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I might be wrong but I thought most BMW straight sixes consume oil as they get older. At least for my e34 the recommendation seems to be: add more oil, save money for eventual catalytic and o2 sensor failures.
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Nov 22, 2013 16:29
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I check fluids on all my cars whenever I fill up for gas. Since I usually drive to under a 1/4 tank and always pump from stations with hold-open handles, I get plenty of time to poke around under the hood and check the various fluid levels. Get in the habit and stuff a shop rag somewhere it's not going to flash into flame when it inevitably gets really oil soaked from swiping dipsticks. Just beware of oil change joints swiping your swipe rags 
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Nov 22, 2013 16:33
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Yeah I'm pretty used to cars burning oil, my 1987 e30 goes through it pretty quick as well. I'll just pick up a few extra quarts to throw in the trunk and make sure I check more often. I was surprised the oil light didn't come on as it seemed fairly low.
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My M20 with 199,556 miles on it doesn't burn any oil  My M42 with 188k burns about a quart every 4000 miles, though 
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Every BMW dealer's parts counter that I've been to offers oil bottle holsters near the luggage, golf-balls, and collared shirts, so I guess that's them quietly acknowledging the situation.
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Nov 22, 2013 17:55
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Lightbulb Out posted:My M20 with 199,556 miles on it doesn't burn any oil Maybe the M20 has burned all it's oil
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On a side not it snowed a bit last night here in Wisconsin. This is my first year with the M3 and my first snow drive which re-enforced my desire to put it into storage over winter and bring down my e30 next week. I was chugging along into work this morning and went over a small bridge a bit higher up, well on top there was an ice patch and I immediately started fish tailing and praying I wouldn't go into the other lane or get hit by the car behind me. I ended up slowing down enough before hitting a low side curb and continued on fearing I had badly scraped or dented the front passenger side. Got to work and checked it out, no scratches or dents! That was a close call. I'm more than ready to put it away for the winter before more snow arrives, the e30 already doesn't handle the snow very well I can't imagine the M3 in a blizzard.
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Popete posted:Yeah this seemed to be the issue, added a little oil and the noise went away. Thanks! Is this just something to just watch out for? Or should I use Seafoam or something? As everyone else has said, it will just eat oil. I'd recommend checking/filling it every 1500 miles. Not that it'll have emptied, but it'll have eaten a bit. I get my oil changed every 3000-4000 miles anyway since I'm at nearly 160k on the clock now.
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Can confirm the M54 in my E46 consumes a noticeable amount of oil. If I had to guess I'd say something like a half quart every 1000 miles, but it seems to depend on how hard it is getting driven a lot as well.
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Popete posted:On a side not it snowed a bit last night here in Wisconsin. This is my first year with the M3 and my first snow drive which re-enforced my desire to put it into storage over winter and bring down my e30 next week. I was chugging along into work this morning and went over a small bridge a bit higher up, well on top there was an ice patch and I immediately started fish tailing and praying I wouldn't go into the other lane or get hit by the car behind me. I ended up slowing down enough before hitting a low side curb and continued on fearing I had badly scraped or dented the front passenger side. Got to work and checked it out, no scratches or dents! That was a close call. I'm more than ready to put it away for the winter before more snow arrives, the e30 already doesn't handle the snow very well I can't imagine the M3 in a blizzard. You're in Wisconsin, you get enough snow/ice/slush/poo poo to buy snow tires. The E36 M3 does fine in the snow with real snow tires other than lack of ground clearance. Your E30 is going to be just as lovely if you're tires aren't up to par.
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Is there anything this comprehensive on E90s? The E90 section on that website is a fraction of the E46.
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NitroSpazzz posted:You're in Wisconsin, you get enough snow/ice/slush/poo poo to buy snow tires. The E36 M3 does fine in the snow with real snow tires other than lack of ground clearance. Your E30 is going to be just as lovely if you're tires aren't up to par. I have snow tires on the e30, it's not the worst but can get a little squirrely. I don't want to drive the M3 in the winter because the snow/salt destroys the exterior, that and having to buy snow tires and having the extra torque flinging me around.
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I would actually prefer the M3. LSDs make a difference in the snow.
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Ziploc posted:I would actually prefer the M3. LSDs make a difference in the snow. Buying and swapping in an E30 LSD is a $150/2h venture.
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E30 differentials are not swappable into e36's.
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On that subject, how big a job is putting an lsd into an e46 and is there an easy way to tell which cars had them other than running vins?
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Only the E46M3 was lucky enough to get a LSD. Pretty sure you have to swap the entire rear subframe and differential to get it to work.
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