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January 26, 2015, 1:28 am

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hi guys
are there any of you guys attending this event 400m and 1km runs

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Driving with no numberplates

January 26, 2015, 1:29 am

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This has crossed my mind a few times.

Do you guys (I'm talking mostly to guys with performance BMW's) drive with no numberplates on? Or one plate on?

I see a lot of ///M's with no plates. My permit has just expired and I'm quite "lazy" to put the plates on.

A bit pointless for me, since I drive like a granny...

Admin help needed pls

January 26, 2015, 1:41 am

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Is there a admin online that cold possibly assist me wit ha small issue pls.

Accomodation Around Sun City

January 26, 2015, 1:48 am

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Hey Guys Im looking for a nights accommodation for 8-10 people in or around sun city, does anybody know of any places that wont break the bank?

koni strt and ZF sachs shocks

January 26, 2015, 2:48 am

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Hi guys ,which brand of shocks is the best between the two brands mentioned above,reason m asking is because i was quoted

Koni strt R1400 each for front
Sachs R1350

So the price for this 2 is almost the same.

F30 330d vs m135i

January 26, 2015, 4:07 am

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Hi All

I'm in 2 minds looking for a performance car again. Was stuck on M135i but also the 330d is looking promising. What are your thoughts which would be better and how do they compare heads up

Good day fellow fanatics

January 26, 2015, 5:53 am

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Good day fellow Fanatics.

Firstly, congrats to an awesome site! I feel very welcome among all you BMW fans.

A short bit of history on me and my BMW's;
My first car after I've finished school was a 1984 BMW 323i, Aero Silver with manual transmission. The car was quite battered but mechanically it was still in good condition - fixing it up was part of the fun! Sadly the car was written off due to poor judgement by another road user. I then purchased another BMW - once driven, always a fan. This time a 1986 323i Manual Executive in Glacier Blue in a fairly good condition fitted with a few performance parts (branches and performance chip). Unfortunately I had to let it go as a trade in for an offer I could not refuse. After driving a Toyota Carolla 1300 for 2 years I really started missing my BMW. As my father upgraded, I was fortunate enough to be offered to purchase his 1988 BMW 325i Manual in Dolphin Grey in pristine, original condition. I still own and drive that car till today. My latest addition is a 2012 f30 320i Manual in Mineral Grey - yes, I love greys, my two shades of grey.

Good to be part of this forum.

Cheers,

Salwynne

Adventures in Chip Flashing (hopefully!)

January 26, 2015, 11:11 am

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For some time I've been interested in the process, since I've seen the guys do a bench flash on my ECU. Ruining the FRM on my car made me a bit more determined to really dive into coming to grips with the BDM process.

So, I placed a few orders in China and all the boxes came in the last few days. now these are all clone tools, not genuine, but I'm not paying 20 times more for original tools just to scratch an itch. Granted, some of them might not be as good as the real thing, but others do work perfectly. I'll spend some time working through the pile of stuff and fix whatever doesn't work that great.



As you can see, there's enough to keep me occupied for some time There's a Kess, K-tag, Galletto, Xprog, R270, J-link and a UPA. On the Diag side I've got an Icom and a Vas5054. There's also an EDC17 C41 ECU for the E90 320d LCI and I've got the FRM that came out of my car. Getting the FRM going is the first job. As with most of the ECUs in the later cars, they all security protected so getting them to submit to flashing is pretty painful so I'm holding thumbs that the tools I have will be able to do what they say it should.

Getting stuck into the complex electronics part is no problem for me, as I've got a very well kitted out Lab in which to play. I used to do some serious embedded electronics and programming stuff in a past life and the passion is still there!



I was going to tackle the FRM tonight, but we're now the victim of load shedding so that idea went out the window. I will be updating this thread with more meat as I go, hopefully you guys will get some benefit out of it as well

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RE: E46 320d won't start

January 26, 2015, 11:18 am

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Hi Guys
I have bought a 2nd hand engine 320d e46 preface and fitted it on my car due ti it came with out a diesel injector pump I had to use the one for my old engine. I bought new glow plugs and fitted them the diesel is pumping to the injectors my problem the car is not starting and when I switch on the key there is no the engine sign on dash board but the car is cranking please guys help

Autotrader.co.za

January 26, 2015, 11:20 am

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Hi Fanatics...I'm having browser display issues with this damn website..

I've tried Firefox, Chrome and IE and they don't properly load the page.

Sometimes it would load fine. But 90% of the time it would load crap.

Tried closing and restarting browsers.
Tried resetting my router.
Tried deleting cookies from autotrader.

Any suggestions?

E90 325i options

January 26, 2015, 10:09 pm

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Hi guys
Just wondering if anyone here has modded an e90 325i and what kinda gains could be expected...

Regards

Different Spec M135i

January 26, 2015, 10:57 pm

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Hey guys

How would I find out if my 2013 M135i is the old spec or the new spec. I didnt even know there were two different specs. Apparently something to do with the turbo.

Button close to handbrake? What is it?

January 26, 2015, 11:06 pm

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Hey Gents,

I bought an 320i e90 on Friday, this weekend I went through all the buttons and ins and outs of the car.

While setting up the parrot bluetooth system to work with my phone, I notices a small rubber 'grommet' next to my hand brake lever. Upon closer inspection I saw that is a button...

What could it possibly do?

On my way to work this morning something very worrying happened. I drive the car with the display on how many KM to go before refuelling. So sitting in traffic, I decided to press this button. 1 click, nothing. Hold it in for a few seconds, nothing...

Then a strange thing happened. As I am sitting stationary in traffic, I can see the km count down... 197... 196... 195... Almost like a clock ticking down every 2 seconds. I am a very paranoid driver so I immediately check everything. Looked in my rear view mirror and smoke? Every time I accelerate a little bit I can see smoke coming from the back. The smoke seemed to stopped as I pressed the button again multiple times.

This happened 1km from work. When I parked my car, I walked around while idling and no smoke...

This is most probably a big coincidence. Will investigate on my journey home this afternoon.

Here are some pictures of the button:

Where to get a windscreen fitted without insurance

January 26, 2015, 11:41 pm

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Hi guys, need to replace the windscreen on my daily prior to COR. Car came with a crack in the screen, so can't claim from insurance.

Anybody know where to get this done in GP, preferably in Randburg / West Rand, but don't mind travelling a little.

Must be a good quality screen.

It's a 1997 Kadett 200iS by the way.

Lowering an E92 ///M3

January 26, 2015, 11:50 pm

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Hi Guys,

Has anybody lowered their E92s? Interested in what spring to go for, something compatible with EDC though.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

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Eskom Thread

January 27, 2015, 2:17 am

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Hi Moderators, could we please make a sticky for an Eskom Thread...i.e. all relevant news and outages can be placed in the thread?

Very bad news from Eskom
Electricity demand is projected to outstrip supply until Friday, which means that South Africans can expect load shedding for the rest of the week.
Antoinette Slabbert January 26, 2015

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/117...eskom.html



Eskom executives were reportedly in emergency meetings on Monday as almost a third of its generation fleet was unavailable and load shedding was escalated to stage 2.

According to a system status bulletin issued late on Monday electricty demand was expected to outstrip supply on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

If Eskom’s projections prove to be accurate, the country will be subjected to load shedding on each of these days. Only when the demand drops over the weekend, will Eskom be able to cope with providing electricity to all users.

The utility’s unplanned outages increased to a shocking 10 515 MW on Monday. 3 429MW of generation capacity was taken out of service for planned maintenance. That means that a staggering total of 13 944MW, almost a third of Eskom’s generation capacity, was out of service on Monday.

In a statement announcing load shedding on Monday morning Eskom merely referred to “unexpected technical problems” that placed the power system under severe pressure, necessitating load shedding.

In its latest System Adequacy Outlook issued on January 14, energy regulator Nersa stated that electricity demand in South Africa was 4.78% lower in 2014 than in 2007. Electricity supply by Eskom decreased by 4.82% compared to 2007.

Nersa caluclated that Eskom should have had a reserve margin of 31.72% for 2014, taking into account power imports, renewable energy and other power purchases. In 2008 the corresponding margin was only 10.63%. Even if only Eskom’s own generation capacity was taken into account, it should have had a reserve margin of 26.69% in 2014, according to Nersa.

Nersa stated that Eskom’s outlook for 2015 is a capacity margin of 24.67%.

335I N55 Rattle on Cold start

January 27, 2015, 2:42 am

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What's up guys,

Has anyone experienced a rattle coming from the engine bay on a LCI 335i N55 BM.

I've noticed it when 1st drove the car and its actually started to annoy me.

Car is currently at BM Clearwater for an investigation.

Has anyone else even heard or experienced the rattle upon cold start.




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E36 Diagnostics

January 27, 2015, 3:09 am

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Hi guys,

I am from Joburg and I have inherited a BMW 3 Series E36 316i (1995).
The car was idling OK but was a little sluggish, so I I decided to clean out the ICV and now her revs are hunting all over the show. I've checked for vacuum leaks etc but it all seems OK. Other than that, the car is in mint condition and drives fine.

Is there anyone one the forum that has a code reader for the 20-pin connector under the hood? (For a fee of coarse). I'd really appreciate it if I could get a reading since I am reluctant to take it to the dealership and do not want to pay a fortune just to get an idea if there are any problems with the car...

courier company messing me around. pls help

January 27, 2015, 3:54 am

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Hi guys.

Long story short I need some advise on what to do now. Basically i needed a parcel sent from cape town to jhb. Moranor gave us a good price and uses fastway. Parcel got lost. Courier company said we need to submit a claim. We sent them all docs and the rest was history. 5 months and still no resolution. After trowing a fit eventually they paid R900 for a R2800 parcel as according to them they have standard insurance cover of R1000 only.

Hi Richard
 
Thank you for your reply, Finally someone has the decent to reply to me.
 
I do however have concerns with regards to your feedback, It would have been nice for you to investigate my claim before replying,
 
1)      You state the rules and procedures and conditions, however you do not apologies for the terrible customer service I have received, My claim started 5 months ago when you lost my parcel, for 5 months I have spent numerous hours on the phone, time on emails, getting extremely frustrated due to no feedback and all you can say is that these are the conditions of using Fastway, okay so then as you mention below, you then won’t mind if I  change my subject to “ Conditions of fastway – we lose your parcel you lose your money as well” that would then be a fact would it not be.
 
2)      I can fully agree that every company has its conditions of trade, however was I as the client made aware of these conditions, I will answer that for you , NO , was I given the option to take future Insurance, again NO.
 
3)      Lastly unfortunately I don’t not have this on email, but telephonically we were assured that we will get full re-imbursement,
 
Money is not the main issue, be sympathetic to listen to my story, understand where I am coming from, then you will see my point of view and understand my frustration.
 
We purchased this item that you lost over E-Bay, It was supplied to a guy in Cape town, this is a rare part and I needed it for my car which could not be driven without the part, Apart from the invoice which we supplied to you for the actual part we incurred courier cost to get the part here in SA. You then lost my item which left me stranded as I had no transport and no money to buy another part, all I had was your assurance that I will be re-imbursed in full. I waited and waited and waited, 5 months of calling and emailing and following up, I had to chase up on your company, yes I agree it was with the insurance, but I am your client as you are there client, your responsibility is to me as your client, not to pass the buck and say it is our of your hands.
 
 


From: Richard Robinson [mailto:Richard.Robinson@fastway.co.za]
 
Hi Clifton
 
Reading between the lines, I can only assume that you were compensated for a missing parcel in terms of the Fastway conditions of carriage.
 
Fastway’s conditions of carriage are set out on the Fastway website as well as on each customer invoice. In terms thereof Fastway assumes a limited liability to a maximum of R1,000 per parcel (as per our insurers).
 
I know of no other courier company that offers automatic insurance of this nature for free. However the insurers take a while to process a claim as they have to ensure the claim is genuine. This is out of Fastway’s hands.
 
As a consignor of a parcel, it is general practice that if an article is sent that exceeds the insured amount that the sender take out goods-in-transit insurance.
 
So, while I understand your frustration, the basis upon which Fastway contracts to move freight is clear and it appears we have complied with the conditions of carriage.
 
Should you wish to contact the Fastway Global franchisor our direct report is Mr Mark Currie. His email address is mark.currie@fastway.org
 
As regards your defamatory subject line, I’ll assume you are venting. But I would advise you to be more circumspect.
 

Regards
Richard Robinson
Chief Executive

From: Clifton Harrilall [mailto:charrilall@tracker.co.zay: Confidential

Hi
 
So it seems I cannot get your CEO’s email address or contact him,
So I am now sending this email to all of you in the hope that one of you will have a little decency and courtesy to take a little time out of your busy day and help me.
For a big company like yours it should not be too much to ask that you deliver a little customer service. Considering the pathetic service I received for the last 5 months.
 
I have read many articles on different Media forums about your company and I doubt you want me to start adding them to my email.
 
It is very simple :
 
You charged me to courier a package, you lost the package, now give me the money for my package, I am sure this is easy to understand or does all your degrees make you dumber,
 
I have waited 5 months for any action to take place and after 5 months of waiting you re-imburse me less than 30% of the cost of the package, do you take me for a fool.
 
I want my money, or should I start embarrassing you guys to your overseas branches,
 
Don’t make the mistake of thinking I will let this go, I will fight till I get my full refund. Maybe it is not important to you, it is important to me.
 
So is anyone going to help me or should I start researching your overseas contact information’s,
 
 

Oil level sensor accuracy

January 27, 2015, 4:06 am

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I have four BMW's in the household with electronic oil level sensors.

Two of the cars (E70 X5 and E83 X3) also have regular dipsticks, which I use as the primary indicator of oil level. The other two cars (E87 118i and E85 Z4) only have the electronic oil level sensors to rely on (if you can really rely on them as such).

My observation of the accuracy of these sensors is the following:

• X3 - the oil level sensor and the dipstick give essentially the same reading very consistently, as observed over 7 years and 225k km.
• X5 - the oil level sensor always indicates a higher oil level than the dipstick, i.e. when the dipstick shows the oil is at minimum level, the sensor still shows 2 bars on the i-drive. The oil level sensor was replaced once under MP when it stopped working altogether.
  

I am wondering if it is possible to calibrate these oil level sensors? Realoem tells me that BMW uses the identical part number for these sensors in most of the vehicles so equipped.

I am also very paranoid about the oil level in the cars with no dipstick, I add oil when it shows about halfway down on the display as a precaution. My reasoning is that I have no way of checking the accuracy of the reading without a dipstick, because the idiot beancounters at BMW wanted to save a few pennies and left out the trusty old dipstick.

Does anyone else have similar experience with the oil level sensor accuracy on their cars? Can these sensors be cleaned during an oil change?

/Rant over.