Estoril X5 D Sport

Hey the first owner ordered his ideal car the rest of us just make do, still nice tho, a parrot Bluetooth around £250 fitted. Stephen

Tom the paint plate on an E46 is located on the right hand strut turrut as you look at it, but from memory I think its Oxford green, would like to know if my memory is still working mate Stephen

40K car that was when it was new, why they didn't add Bluetooth seems odd the fact its got professional nav and tv but proper nice otherwise and your welcome Stephen

A Lexus IS?????????? Not in the same league as a 3 Series, a Lexus with a manual gearbox is a dog and the diesel engine sound like a cement mixer that's went wrong Stephen

Hi Sean spec checked your car and no it doesn't, but its a really very nice big spec on it you bought wisely!!! Stephen

Your welcome

Over 6000 miles my X5 will not go above 24.5 mpg but am hard on it so hey ho

It is an extra mate, sun protection package, but should make no odds to your insurance as most do have it. Regards Stephen

Hi Sean it may be your car has servotronic steering, if you give me the last 2 letters and 5 numbers of your vin number I will spec check it and find out. Regards Stephen

Condition based servicing intervals on E46 models Phil, the harder you drive it the quicker the lights go out, just keep an eye on the dipstick level mate, they like a top up when driven hard. Regards Stephen

Read the owners manual and follow the instructions and change the setting in the I drive Stephen

Ian I have been buying and selling cars for 28 years and BMWs solely for the last 10, my advice is read your warranty document and inform the dealer you bought it from immediately as driving it is wrong and you may make the problem worse and give both the dealer and the warranty company an opt out, most warranties pay around £40 plus VAT an hour and BMW will take 2 hours diagnosis time off you at around £120 an hour plus VAT so your already out of pocket, who is your warranty company? Regards Stephen

Morning mate I had the same thing 3 weeks ago, I have a post in the M power lounge, the long and short of my problem was the car sounded like it was pinking around 2300rpm and it through up the management light, did a diagnostic and it showed up a constant misfire on cylinder 6, swapped around coil packs and no change, checked the plug on said cylinder and it was new, did a compression test on all 6 cylinders and cylinder 6 had none, got the head off and the head gasket was gone between 5 and 6, the job took 14 hours, the gasket set and bolts were £168 inc VAT from BMW but the problem was the tooling for the timing a good specialist may have it, if not then you can buy it at around £600 plus VAT, hope am wrong and your problem is a simple one but after a lot of research its a common problem, they are getting old. Regards Stephen

Nothings wrong they are all crap and don't work worth a fig, never seen one yet that works any good. Stephen

Bit light on the info mate anymore you can add? Stephen

Hi William Daz is right a fuel filter is part of an inspection 2 service so you will have to say you want it doing, sounds like wheel balance between 55-60mph and is easily checked, If the DSC light is flashing when it steps out then it sounds like a heavy right foot but its a good system in an E46 and should square up with little drama and am still going to say bushes with your credit note, at MOT time when owners get told there car has a worn bush or split drop link they only sort the offending item so over the years all the bushes etc are at different levels of wear, softness etc and I have never seen an E46 yet that didn't feel and drive like a dream after a front end bush overhaul, but whatever you decide hope your enjoying the car! Stephen

Hi Phil am afraid your tyre fitter was correct, we often have to get BMW alloys refurbed for this very problem, the air we inflate them with has moisture in it and over the years it takes it toll, the fitter would have seen if the rim was dented so that wont be the issue, and MV and MV2 alloys are a real pain for it. Regards Stephen

As I said Amy am in, and will be there! Stephen

Yes and am up for food, anywhere suits me as my cookings wrotten! Stephen

Amy if you leave it to us blokes to think of a time date etc we will get no further with it, just put up a date that suits you and a venue that you like, we need telling......, am coming anyway regardless. Stephen

Then sorry Simon am at a loss, its a good unit in your car and suffers little problem to my knowledge same unit in my X5, needs a plug in to see if it stored a fault code. Stephen

Hi Simon did it throw up any warning lights? Any blue smoke from the back when this happened? Stephen

I will go just tell me when and where and brother is going to join the club also, I have an X5 and he just got a new M135 Stephen

Am in Tayside. Stephen

Get your suspension bushes, arms and drop links checked, if there worn and cracked upgrade to poly items, would make a difference if its up in the miles. Stephen