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Drunk Squirrel

welcome to the forum, E60 M5 a fantastic car,and what a sound track from under the bonnet.

wait until the snow, when the car gets struck trying to drive over a mole hill, then it will be your BMW again

they were great fun, excellent car at the time, shame from footwells and archs rotted quicker than a apple left in sunlight

Iĺ join in,so this twenty quid,will it be a single note,two tens or 4. Fivers? Or will you be like the idiot ob tesco who just gave me. 17 quid change in 50p pences.ideally I would prefere twenty quids worth of beer at the next meet!

Pmsl brilliant,i wouldnt admit to this

Just sling another box in,70 quid for a box and a couple hours labour job done!

As the titled says? The e30 nearly 10 years! E39 7 years roughly The e36 cabby 2 yes E38 740 6 months Can anyone beat my ten years?

Fantastic looking car,makes a change from just another m Tec bumpered e36

What a waste,although the bumpers would look fantastic painted purple.........and fitted to mine

Mileage never puts me off a car or attracts me,brand new french poo have faulty bonnet catches! Minor faults just a weekend work

Wow not going to be an easy one to find, Does the clunking sound like metal on metal? It`s well worth putting the car onto axle stands then go around all the joins with a crow bar, the slightest play can make the strangest noise. Is it coming from the front or back of the car, if it’s the middle it will be a center bearing!

When was the fuel filter last changed?

16 years old, I brought a E30 320, and I still have it ! although it is now a toy

Quite happy when i saw this sight last friday night, OK OK you Diesel boys may see it alot,but for a mega miles E39 Petrol,that aint bad(shortly afer this photo i got bored of saving money and booted it)

Ready for my Rant, Take a seat lady and gents, On the I.O.M if the car was registered new on the IOM car, then it does not require an MOT, EVER! However if you have an accident then the car will be inspected, as a general rule the cars tend to be in excellent condition. However there are some right death traps about. If the car is imported it will go through the same test which is being introduced into in the UK this year, once it passes it never needs another MOT. My e39 has the Air bag light on and it has done for the last 5 years. I have kept it UK reg as it has a private plate on it(sad I know), however I think in June this will prompt me to put it on Manx plates. Guess I will have to fix the airbag light now! I don’t really think this is a daft set of rules, the 24 month MOT however it stupid some people have no idea how to look after cars!

All done, paid my bill to the club. So April is the next meet?

Welcome

Welcome Mike, the fixings you speak of would be a dealer job(or ebay!), last time I brought some it was a matter of pence not pounds for them

Fear not, I can do beer, wine and champagne. I like to say I am flexible to my surroundings. Now to work out how to pay this BMW owners club! So I guess BMW Owners Club meets are in……Pubs?

This does indeed sound like a pressure sensor issue, I had the pleasure of one failing in a 3 series, steering came very heavy and it almost felt like the iginition had been turned off! Sadly though there was no set of circamstances which made this fault occur, unless of course it was at that moment where I had just built faith back up in the little 3 then i would cause trouble

Classic Car weekly article on the 8 series

Personally I do not use K seal or such like, as the previous post suggest it is very much a short term fix, tends to get put in cars at car auctions, It stops the leak, but tends to bugger up and clog up everything it touches From personally experience if there is a cooling problem on a BMW, it’s probably the Head gasket on its way out, However it is worth checking the radiator as they do have a tendency to bow at the bottom which can cause all manner of problems!

BigAl, Wind doesn’t blow in the Pub, biggest problem is when the ferry gets cancelled, I should have been in England this week but sadly it’s a no go!

Greeting all, From a Very VERY windy Isle of Man,yes today bless with gail force winds large waves crash over the banks.reading though the Classc Car Weekly bit regarding the 8 series(a future purchase) has prompted me to the forum.the current “collection” Stands as the following 97 BMW 523 I Se, done well over 300k now, 280k of them being done by me! Faithful Purple servent……crap in the snow! 97 BMW 740I which seems to enjoy NOT working at the moment 99 BMW e36 318i Cabby, 26k and is like new in every way,including the battery drain which cannot be traced! 1986 BMW 320 4 door which snap its cam belt on christmas day(currently having the head rebuilt) Non BMW wise a 1982 Morgan and a 1984 Range Rover. Needless to say im quite keen on the old german machines,