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Diesels can be neat but the whole VW Dieselgate thing really destroyed the market for them in the USA. Most of the "fixes" to bring them into compliance make them terrible which is the word I get from a close friend that is a tech at the local Audi dealership. All the stuff they had to put on them just ruined an otherwise excellent running machine. If you buy one and gut it/tune then they are great again but not everyone is able to do that or wants to do it. Edit: What a page snipe. Pallet cleanser of cars people should buy instead of an overpriced wagon  Taken two weeks ago of a canyon drive. The i3 in the back is also a cooler car than an overpriced wagon. Somewhat Heroic fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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Diesel just never caught on in the states for passenger vehicles due to a comical history of diesel gently caress ups tainting the reputation. Outside of niche fanboys nobody shed a tear when diesel cars disappeared. Makes no sense to spend the big bucks federalizing those niche models. It's like manual transmissions but even niche-er. Diesels will die in Europe as stricter and stricter emissions regulations take effect. The roadmap is already in place. The only way they pass currently are Rube-Goldberg-esque filtration and urea injection systems, which the second, third, or fourth owner is definitely not maintaining out of warranty. And without those systems functioning they are sooty, stinky messes. Petrol won't be terribly far behind, but diesel will be the first casualty. Regardless, I've never heard that BMW diesels are known for being highly reliable. Guinness fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jul 20, 2020 |
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/8642/euroncap_bmw_3_series_2005_5stars.pdf The M3 E9x comes with additional pedestrian protection in the form of the V8-reinforced hood bulge
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tired: BMWs are a symbol of capitalist oppression and conspicuous consumption wired: BMWs are the humane decapitation tool of the new revolution
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inspired: BMWs will solve overpopulation, allowing nature to take back what is hers.
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Jul 21, 2020 07:31
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 All being well I should be collecting tomorrow. I’m losing my mind
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how are you going to bring the car to 
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I received a cool and not at all depressing message from a director in Michigan that I will no longer be considered due to “increasing difficulty with sponsored Consultants” which I think means the big smart boy has hosed my life. So I’ll just go bankrupt here and drive my car into the sea at 200mph
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Only if you miss the barrier
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that sucks, didn't happen to be a company that is supposedly making some trucks that rhymes with "oblivion" did it?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:that sucks, didn't happen to be a company that is supposedly making some trucks that rhymes with "oblivion" did it? It did! I was quite excited so this is a bummer as every studio here is hosed for the foreseeable
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Bape Culture posted:It did! ah that sucks man, condolences... hopefully things will uh maybe at some point get unfucked. we could have been neighbors! but i'm moving soon
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Bape Culture posted:I received a cool and not at all depressing message from a director in Michigan that I will no longer be considered due to “increasing difficulty with sponsored Consultants” which I think means the big smart boy has hosed my life. So I’ll just go bankrupt here and drive my car into the sea at 200mph sorry about your trumping, friend. do burnout
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angryrobots posted:Only if you miss the barrier oh my god lmao anyway my industry (aerospace) is hosed too, feels bad man
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angryrobots posted:Only if you miss the barrier how did I miss this loooool
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The dealership loaned me an X1 while they try to fix the rotten vacuum system on my E46. I was actually surprised how cheap it feels compared to a 20-year old entry level model, though the ride was as neutral as expected. I've driven worse cars, but the awfulness is at least a little bit of excitement.
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angryrobots posted:Only if you miss the barrier Lmao ffs I missed this too! Haha
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Mr. Apollo posted:An E30 M3 with 8,000 miles is already at $120K with 8 days left. It went for $250,000.
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Mr. Apollo posted:It went for $250,000. Willing to sell my E28 535is for $20k, should be a steal in this environment right???
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I love the amount of people that can't seem to fathom how that's just couch cushion money for the person that bought it. e: Anyone want a cheap M3CS for track duty? fknlo fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jul 22, 2020 |
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Jul 22, 2020 23:01
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 *Wangan Midnight Theme plays*
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That looks great. We need clips with audio though.
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Bape Culture posted:
Holy poo poo that's beautiful
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Bape Culture posted:
I've been following the progress on your and the shops instagram, good to see it back in your hands. When's the first track day?
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BraveUlysses posted:anyway my industry (aerospace) is hosed too, feels bad man I just got my own office today (because they let go the only other buyer left at my company)
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Well 3 months after buying my CPO car I got an email telling me it needed an oil change, spark plugs and micro filter. Was not expecting a $600 repair bill 90 days into ownership.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Well 3 months after buying my CPO car I got an email telling me it needed an oil change, spark plugs and micro filter. Was not expecting a $600 repair bill 90 days into ownership. That is like $180 in parts, time to break out the socket kit
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Well 3 months after buying my CPO car I got an email telling me it needed an oil change, spark plugs and micro filter. Was not expecting a $600 repair bill 90 days into ownership. Did BMW end free maintenance, or is your car out of the warranty period?
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I think they killed transferable free maintenance years ago.
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Do the new turbo motors eat spark plugs? I assume a CPO is like 3 years/30k miles. My M54 calls for 100k mile interval on plugs. Also lol dealer service prices.
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Guinness posted:Do the new turbo motors eat spark plugs? I assume a CPO is like 3 years/30k miles. My M54 calls for 100k mile interval on plugs. Sparks plugs are a good starting point when dealing with mis-fires on N54. Cannot recall the replacement interval. Heck, the S65 benefits from new plugs every 25k miles or less maybe?!
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S55 spark plug interval is 30k miles.
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N54 / N55 spark plug interval is 45k. The non turbo N52 was 100k. And they don't use the same thin wall socket, either, so now I have both!
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Huh, the S62 is 60k miles.
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I just put new ones in the S62 but it ran fine before, I was doing valve cover gaskets and figured I might as well. The old ones didn’t look especially crusty, I could pull the PO’s records and see when they were done last but 
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That's basically what happened with me only I have no service records so figured I should do them to be sure. The plugs looked OK when pulled but certainly not real new.
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NitroSpazzz posted:I've been following the progress on your and the shops instagram, good to see it back in your hands. When's the first track day? Tuesday! Also 
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Bape Culture posted:Tuesday! Brakes? Where you’re going you don’t need brakes.
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Bape Culture posted:Tuesday! Put on all the brakes you want. Still gonna bin it into a wall please don’t I like this car a lot
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Bape Culture posted:Tuesday! What a stud!
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