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Hi Kevin Have a look at www.realoem.com it's a BMW Parts Web site it will give you diagrams and part numbers. Put the last 7 digits of your Vin in and it will bring up the build for your model plus any options. The part hanging down looks like it may be the roll bar mounting, do you get knocking from the front end? On realoem the roll bar will be shown as part of the suspension steering will have its own section. I would guess that someone has unbolted it for some reason and not put it back??? not a part that comes loose on it's own but on the plus side a simple and fairly economical fix providing nothing is bent or broken. Dave

Hi Kevin and Welcome to the Forum Nice car the 6 series, other sites will depend on what your looking for and to achieve. Are you wanting to Tune? Customise? Dave

A not uncommon problem condensation inside the door causes the actual lock mechanism to seize up. Take off the door card an carefully peel back the moisture barrier you should be able to see the wire operating rod going down to the door side where the lock mechanism is located I sprayed mine with good old WD40 then worked iy until free then spray grease and its been OK for the last couple of years. A word of caution if someone has been there before and the moisture barrier is damaged or torn make sure you repair it with tape any splits can allow water into the car (wet carpets)

Morning Take care with the tyres X3 and X5 are known to be sensitive to different rolling radius tyres front to rear or side to side. There are many posts on other sites about damaged diff's front centre and rear due to transmission wind up, none are cheap fixes. Does your X3 have a staggered set up? If it does it is even more important than ever to have the correct size tyres. BMW themselves recommend only * rated tyres by a few premium brand manufacturers. I change all 4 when they are getting close to the wear indicators and while I don't use premium brands I check out the deals available (my X5 runs a 20" staggered set up) currently running Yoko's with no ill effects. Symptoms will be jerking or grinding clicking noises when on full lock going slowly forward or in reverse Dave

Hi Colin Do you have a code reader? BMW 1.4.0 or Carly are common and work well and are not expensive the codes will give you (and us) a better idea of what is going on. Fingers crossed its a simple fix Dave

Welcome to the Forum Colin Here's Wishing you a Happy and problem free 2018 Dave

There are M tec kits from BMW but obviously at a price Seasons Best Dave

Welcome Kevin Nice looking car lets hope it's pain free ownership, a couple of web sites that may be of use are www.realoem.com this is a BMW on line parts catalogue just put in the last 7 digits of your Vin and search. I've found it invaluable to see what goes where and to ensure I get the correct part. Also http://www.meeknet.co.uk/E31/BMW_M60_M62_M62TU Timm's BMW site loads of knowledge and how too's Once again WELCOME, here's wishing you Happy Christmas and a problem free New Year Dave

Here's wishing everyone a very peaceful and problem free Christmas and New Year

On my X5 E53 My choice is:Osram 66240CBI - D2SMTEC Ver.3 - angel eyes

Hi Barry Have a look at www.realoem.com put in the last 7 digits of your Vin then look at the Navigation section. That will give you a list of parts and part numbers for your model so your sure it will fit. You will also know if there are any trims and hidden bits not in the sale. I would think it is a fairly straight forward retro fit just take it logically and dont rush, the only piece of the retro fit you may not be able to do is coding the system to the car which I believe has to be done for that model. If you have software like NTSC or Carly for BMW you could manage it yourself, I would Google a bit to get as much info as possible before parting with your hard earned. Dave

Welcome Geoff Lots of knowledge here if and when you need it, and remember the only dumb question is the one you didn't ask. Enjoy your new car Dave

Hi Kevin Welcome to the Forum enjoy the car and here's hoping you don't need to much help

Morning Joe Welcome to the Forum for information on your car have a look at www.realoem.com put in the last 7 digits of your vin and up will come a full parts catalog for your car, model, type and accessories either fitted or available. Headlamps can be upgraded to Xenon or LED but I believe that would need new units so may be costly to achieve, a bulb upgrade will be the most cost effective.

Hi Scott I thought that the muted mic automatically reactivated when a new call was received or made. Is there no help in your manual? Dave

I did read somewhere (sorry old bloke syndrome and can't remember where) that you have to enable streaming in the settings some how I believe it's separate setting for A2DP. Try a You tube search that should find something I am sure. Sorry I cant be of more help mine has old tech (a bit of wire with a plug on the end) Dave

Looking Good Scott

Morning Scott Welcome to the forum lots of experience here to tap into on everything from detailing through to mechanics Enjoy your new car don't forget pictures for us !! Dave

The beeps are "BMW Wallet Alerts" just your beemer's way of making sure your awake!! As Trevor says low battery voltage will throw all sorts of spurious alerts and warnings, I use a Ctek battery charger and conditioner a couple of times a year just to make sure the battery is in top condition. It takes around 12 hrs to complete a full reconditioning cycle but well worth the investment and effort in my opinion.

Not an easy question to answer I would check out classic auction sites a little on line research should give you clues. The difficulty in valuation is for someone looking for that Marque and model the price may be quite high for someone else it is just an old car (please don't take that the wrong way) So Google as many sites as possible to get an average price that will help guide you, good luck

The Xdrive system has lock up on the box and engine braking at low speed. With my X5 it has a 3 option Auto box auto, sport, manual and I have to confess apart from a play when I first got the car it just lives in auto. So I suspect that unless we have a really bad winter I think you will be the same, enjoy that Xdrive.

An Xdrive will cope in anything but the most extreme conditions on summer tyres with out to much stress, however remember it's not just about getting going steering and stopping are useful things to be able to do as well. That said my X5 with fat summer tyres has many times pulled the horse trailer with a couple of fat horses on board out of slippery wet grass fields and coped with snotty gateways where others have had to wait for a tractor to assist. Winter Tyres use a different compound that only really starts to work below about 12 C so on a cold frosty morning they are not compromised. While a summer tyre still works it's stopping distance will be increased. With the AMG's on a cold morning on a moist road any acceleration would give the traction control a work out, while on winters it wouldn't be noticed. Just remember just because they grip better in poor conditions they don't increase our driving skill to that of a World Rally driver !!

I can see this turning into a game of "Pass the Parcel" sadly in our litigious world I wonder if corporations spend more time finding a way of avoiding liability or responsibility than helping their customers. A simple question would be do BMW supply a different headlamp for Spain than the rest of Europe or the UK ?

Winters are the way to go I started using them years back when I did a lot of travelling and business in Northern Europe, they are law there from October on. Try an AMG E class or CLS with out !!! I even have a set of Wintrac Extreme for the X5, as Mick says they don't fix everything but at least you can still get about.

Thinking about the information gained it makes sense now that BMW show the same part numbers for left or right hand drive vehicles