Mr-Mirage

No problem Peter, when I said “anything else” I was hoping someone else would have some more alternatives, not just carrying more than on can of tyre weld. And I f you do a dummy run with the spare wheel kit, you’ll never have to use it in vain🙏🤔 NB, the eBay kit is 2015 to present day! There are kits for other years and sizes available.

I’ve been thinking about this from time to time! 1. Ring Green Flag. 2. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152280250345 Anything else?

Hi, on my 2021 X1 I just push the big knob on the media unit. Don’t know the layout of the later version. I would say on your “touch only” there’ll be something you touch replacing the knob. HTH. Read on! https://www.bimmerfest.com/threads/how-the-hell-do-you-turn-the-radio-off.601479/

Okay Greydog, yes I have ISTA/INPA and the older Carsoft. Thankfully I’ve never had to use them in vain👍 For anything more modern I use a Foxwell NT650 which along with a level of incompetence that leads me to all sorts of misdiagnosis 🥸 it’s all a part of the fun👍 My concern about the cells from EV’s is the shear numbers that will have to be “dealt with” in the near future. Perhaps it’ll happen in the UK since we’ve either given away or closed most of our own manufacturing 🤔

Thanks Greydog. Yes, the years pass so quickly, except when things go wrong! The 8’s been stood for a couple of years. It’s time for it to go. I could blame Covid and age. The truth is I need the car on a lift to do anything these days, if I get under with the ramps I feel queasy. No fun! I do have access to a lift but it is in use a lot. I’ve bought the X1 1.5 petrol for reliability, economy and especially the ease of getting in and out! I intend to maintain and service it myself. Didn’t go for any of the EV options as the big issue isn’t range anxiety but how the hell do you recycle all those individual cells when they’re at the end of their life? I don’t think EV’s are the long term answer! - Soap box now back under the bench 😀

Hi, I’ve just become the owner of a 2021 X1 1.5 petrol manual sDrive F48. I’m also the owner for the last few years of a 850 Ci. I would class myself as an engineering enthusiast, bearing in mind that the years are catching me up.