Instagram Relaunch - BMWFanaticsza

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Hello Everyone,

To celebrate the love for our cars and for BMW, we wish to relaunch the BMW Fanatics Instagram account - BMWFanaticsza

The Instagram account will be used to share your pics, of your cars and fanatic events.

With the aim of getting as many followers possible, we encourage everyone to log on to Instagram and:

1. Follow BMWFanaticsza, tag us or "#bmwfanaticsza" in your photos,

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We will try to follow all fanatic members.

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Double Din and AC unit relocation - e46

July 7, 2014, 1:09 pm

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Hi guys,

So i would like to know if there are people that have maybe any knowledge or experience with relocating th AC control in the e46's to the enclosure space above the ashtray. In its place then, along with removing the factory unit, is then to install a Double Din Unit that will then be linked into the already fitted INFINITY Upgrade. A nice to have along with this conversion will be steering wheel controls not to be lost. Pics below of what we wish to accomplish.

Looking for m3 side mirrors for a e90

July 7, 2014, 11:02 pm

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Hi im looking for M3 side mirrors for a e90 . Would anybody have a clue to where I can find them.
Im not looking for any covers

Already emailed carbon sport and cartoyz

South Africa’s most popular mobile phones: 1994 to 2014

July 7, 2014, 11:56 pm

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South Africa’s most popular mobile phones: 1994 to 2014
Do you remember the Motorola MicroTAC, the Nokia 3210, the Motorola Razor V3, or the Samsung E250? Here are some of South Africa’s most popular phones over the last 20 years

Staff Writer July 7, 2014

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/smartphone...-2014.html



Vodacom launched its first commercial mobile services on 1 June 1994, with an initial 36,000 active customers on the network.

These customers were proud to show off their new mobile phones, which included devices like the Alcatel HB100, Ericsson GH198, Motorola 7200, Siemens S3, and Nokia 2110 (see the first mobile phones sold in South Africa).

Over the years the mobile phone industry evolved, and smartphones started to overtake traditional feature phones as the most popular choice among consumers.

As part of its 20 year anniversary, Vodacom released a list of the popular phones on its network from 1994 to 2014.

It should be noted that the popularity of the phones are not based on sales figures alone, but also on factors like hype and desirability.

1994 – Motorola MicroTAC

The Motorola MicroTAC introduced the flip design into the mobile phone market, with the mouthpiece folded over the keypad. It was one of the smallest and lightest cellular phones available at the time.



1995 – Nokia 909

The Nokia 909 was introduced in South Africa shortly after the first commercial mobile services were launched. The phone weighed 193 grams, and supported talk time of up to 2 hours and 30 minutes.



1996 – Ericsson GH688

The Ericsson GH688 was launched in 1996, and was considered a very light phone weighing only 160 grams. The phone featured a 3 x 12 character display, and offered talk time of up to 240 minutes.



1997 – Ericsson T10

The Ericsson T10 was a flip phone which weighed only 135 grams. It sported a monochrome graphic screen with a 101 x 33 pixel resolution, and offered up to 4 hours talk time.



1998 – Nokia 5110

The Nokia 5110 was announced in 1998, and featured a monochrome graphic screen with 5 lines of text. It weighed 170 grams, offered 3 games (Memory, Snake, Logic) and supported between 3 hours and 5 hours of talk time.



1999 – Motorola Timeport

The Motorola Timeport weighed in at 140 grams, and offered users a 5 line monochrome graphic screen. It supported up to 210 minutes talk time, and offered WAP browsing.



2000 – Nokia 3210

The Nokia 3210 was announced in 2000, and offered users downloadable monophonic ringtones. The phone weighed 151 grams, and had a 5 line monochrome graphic screen.



2001 – Nokia 3310

Initially released in the year 2000, the Nokia 3310 went on to be one of the most successful mobile phones ever. It weighed 133 grams, and offered over 4 hours talk time. It also sported user exchangeable front and back covers.



2002 – Nokia 3510i

The Nokia 3510i was announced in 2002, and delighted users with vibration alerts and downloadable polyphonic and monophonic ringtones. It weighed 106 grams, and featured a 96 x 65 pixels colour screen. It supported SMS and MMS messaging, and WAP browsing.



2003 – Nokia 6600

The Nokia 6600 was launched in 2003, and at the time was the most advanced product ever launched by Nokia. It featured the Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform, had a VGA camera, extended storage by memory card, a music player, a video player, and Bluetooth connectivity.



2004 – Motorola Razr V3

The Motorola Razr was developed in 2003 and launched in 2004. The phone was one of the most popular mobile devices ever with sales of 130 million units. The phone featured a TFT, 256K colour display, offered many games, and weighed only 95 grams.



2005 – Samsung E250

The Samsung E250 offered a 128 x 160 pixel TFT screen, a microSD card slot, and SMS, EMS, MMS, e-mail and WAP support. The phone weighed only 80 grams, and included an FM radio and voice memos.



2006 – LG Chocolate

The LG Chocolate was a slider cellphone with a 176 x 220 pixel screen and touch-sensitive navigation keys with backlights. It came in black, white, pink and wine colours, and weighed 83 grams. It had a 1.3 MP camera and an LED flash.



2007 – Motorola SLVR

The Motorola Slvr was designed to be very thin and lightweight, and at only 96 grams and 11.5mm thick it clearly succeeded. It featured a 176 x 220 pixel colour screen, a VGA camera, and came in black, silver and pink.



2008 – LG KS-360

The LG KS-360 was released in 2008, and was marketed in some regions as the LG Webslider and LG Neon. The phone featured a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4 inch colour screen, and was aimed at users who focussed on text messaging and social networking.



2009 – Samsung Omnia

The Samsung Omnia was launched in 2008, and featured a 3.2 inch TFT screen and a 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. It shipped with the Windows Mobile Professional (6.1) mobile operating system.



2010 – Apple iPhone 4

The Apple iPhone 4 was the smartphone to be seen with in 2010. It featured 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inch touch screen, and offered up to 32GB storage. The iPhone 4 offered HSPA connectivity, and had a 5MP camera.



2011 – Samsung GALAXY S II

The Samsung Galaxy S II was an Android based smartphone, with a 4.3 inch gorilla glass touch screen. The phone featured HSDPA connectivity, an 8MP primary camera, a 2MP front camera, and up to 32GB storage.



2012 – Samsung GALAXY Note II

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is an Android phablet smartphone, with a 5.5 inch AMOLED touch screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone featured 2GB RAM, up to 64GB storage, an 8MP primary camera and a 2MP secondary camera.



2013 – Nokia Lumia

The Nokia Lumia 925 is a smartphone which runs Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system. The phone’s 2000 mAh battery offers up to 18.3 hours of talk time in 2G and up to 12.8 hours of talk time in 3G. The phone features a 4.5 inch AMOLED screen, and an 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics.



2014 – Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung’s Android based Galaxy S5 smartphone was unveiled in February 2014, and features a 5.1 inch Super AMOLED display. It also sports a fingerprint sensor, a 16MP primary camera and a 2MP secondary camera. It has a Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 CPU and ships with up to 32GB storage.

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July 8, 2014, 12:29 am

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http://www.diyautoftw.com/content.php?125-BMW

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Although lacks E34, E28 content, not sure about the rest.

Is this the maddest Aventador yet?

July 8, 2014, 12:59 am

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Is this the maddest Aventador yet?
7 July, 2014 | by Rowan Horncastle

http://www.topgear.co.za/news/crazed-tun...-for-sema/





Not many humans would look at the 515kW, lozenge-shaped Lamborghini Aventador and conclude it needed a bit more visual bite. But then not many humans are Kato-San, the man behind Japanese tuning shop Liberty Walk.

Renderings fresh from his computer show a R5m blood-red Aventador that he’ll cut, stretch, bash and rivet within an inch of its life, before presenting to the tuning world at the SEMA later this year.

First of all, you may notice that the expensively exotic carbon construction has been somewhat expanded. That’s thanks to some additional bodywork screwed – yes, screwed! – on to accommodate some monster Toyo-wrapped wheels nestling snugly in the arches, thanks to a lower ride height.

There are also new splitters front and rear, gaping sideskirts and a monster wing extending from the rear bumper – just like a GT race car. Aside from a new exhaust system (because the blue flame belching one that Jeremy loved so much obviously wasn’t enough) there’s no word of any major mechanical changes or enhancements to the 6.5-litre V12 residing behind the driver’s head.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Liberty Walk take its angle grinders to Italian supercars: who could forget last year’s modified Ferrari 458? And, as we found out cruising through Tokyo in a hot-pink, mirror-wrapped diamond-studded Diablo Super Veloce, it’s not like the Japanese are new to severely jazzing up Lamborghinis.

So, the Liberty Walk Aventador: good, bad, or deliciously evil?

Pre Paid VS Post Paid Electricity

July 8, 2014, 3:37 am

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Hi Member's

As the Topic say's I would like to know the Pro's and Con's of Each as I am looking at converting to Pre Paid.

Id like views from Members that have had experience with Both or that know the best way to bring down a Bill.

Currently I am Billed by COJ (City Of Johannesburg) and there rates are,
Step 1 0-492.813kWh @ R0.9454
Step 2 0-492.813kWh @ R0.9705
Step 3 0-40.614kWh @ R0.9913

The above is my last bill which I am told is based on an Average estimated spend in my situation which is 34.208kWh per day.

I use 26kWh per day (I worked out actually from my meter)

They come out every 6 Months to re work the estimation.

I find that I am also billed the following,
Service Charge @ R254.61
Network Charge @ R98.94
Demand Side Management Levy @ R5.33
Total Additional Charges for Electricity = R358.88pm

To summarize the above
PostPaid Electricity from the COJ,
1.Electricity usage is based on a revolving 6 Month cycle of Average usage (Benefit to some people)
2. Additional Charge of R358.88pm
3. Cost Per "kWh" increases every 492.813kWh to another Step resulting in a Higher cost for total usage.

I have spoken to COJ and they can not give me much info over the phone but did inform me that I can move to Post Paid at a cost of +-R3500 (Once Off) and then wont need to pay the Additional Charges of R358.88pm and will be charged a Fixed Step Rate of +-R0.6kWh

If the Above is true then the cost needed to change over will be recuperated in 10 Months and a marginal saving will result from Month one,
I.E My current Bill for using 1026.24kWh was R984.45 but if I had been on the Pre Paid and working on R0.6 per 1kWh then I would have Paid R615.744 (These exclude the Additional Charge)
Total Post Paid for the Month R1531.40
Total Pre Paid for the Month R615.744
Total Saving R915.66

Can anyone confirm the figures I have been given by COJ and there claims with regards to the Additional Cost Per Month and that I would be on a flat Step Rate of R0.6



Thanks for Reading and for the advice in Advance

New Member

July 8, 2014, 3:56 am

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Sup guys

New to the forum and just bought my first BMW - owned a Honda for the last 8 yrs - but i needed to get something new for the wife and came across a 118i Sports Pack and i must admit i'm quit enjoying her

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What was the lowest temp in your area today?

July 8, 2014, 4:29 am

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This was definitely the coldest day we have had in Vereeniging.
This morning 6:15am BMW readout was -9.5 deg.
How does that compare, did anyone else notice their readout?

///M4 Ultimate Race Track

July 8, 2014, 5:26 am

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Not sure if it's a repost, but too awesome not to share!

http://youtu.be/AFtUpMTs4vI




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Speedway Motorsport now also sells car batteries

July 8, 2014, 6:29 am

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Speedway Motorsport no also stocks a range of batteries from MAXIM

if we don't have what you are looking for, we can get the company representative to deliver the next day





https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maxim-Bat...3147051461

E30 Turbo

July 8, 2014, 7:06 am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adU1V9aiZqM

BC coilovers or Koni sport shocks

July 8, 2014, 7:19 am

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Howzit guys,

I really need help here

Im stuck between the two. Which one would you prefer on a 4 door E36 M3 BC coilovers BR-RA or Koni sport shocks? Non biased opinions please lol!

I need to make a decision asap!

Ekurhuleni Electricity help

July 8, 2014, 7:26 am

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Hey guys,

So I receive an invoice from Ekurhuleni this month with an additional R49,512.25 added on to it. I call them and they say that one of my meters has not been working for 3 years.

I used to have 3 meters, they came about 2 months ago and replaced it to 1 meter. So I cant even go check if the 3rd one isnt working..

I spoke to the lady that did the actual correction, and she said: "Sorry, youre just going to have to pay." She mentioned that I could pay it off and that I must chat to the credit department.

but WTF?? They are telling me that they didnt notice that one of the meters werent working for 3 years?!

I am already paying an absolute fortune for electricity and now get whacked with a 50k bill..

Anyone have any ideas on what I can do?

Viscous fan delete mod done

July 8, 2014, 7:56 am

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All I can say is WOW. I'm very happy and should of done this long ago. My main decision of wanting to do this was to eliminate that horrible woosh sound of the viscous, now my car is so quite and now can hear the car like its supposed to be. Car sounds awesome and to put a cherry on top its pulling stronger.
I so grateful to Mr Gizmo for doing the mod for me will definitely ad a Rep for u Warren

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Viscous fan delete mod done

July 8, 2014, 8:01 am

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All I can say is WOW. I'm very happy and should of done this long ago. My main decision of wanting to do this was to eliminate that horrible woosh sound of the viscous, now my car is so quite and now can hear the car like its supposed to be. Car sounds awesome and to put a cherry on top its pulling stronger.
I so grateful to Mr Gizmo for doing the mod for me will definitely ad a Rep for u Warren

Estoril Blue 220d MSport package

July 8, 2014, 9:45 am

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Got this 2 weeks ago.

Wurth a question

July 8, 2014, 12:33 pm

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Sup guys!!

Quick question, a friend of mine suggested this product....is anyone familiar with it?



BENEFITS
- Reduces fuel consumption, black smoke and other harmful emissions.
- Removes dirt deposits in injector pumps and injector nozzles.
- Prevents and eliminates the growth of micro-organisms "BUGS" in the fuel tank.
- Improves the lubricity of fuels.
- Cleans and protects from the fuel tank to the combustion chamber.
- Prolongs engine life.
- 1 application (330ml) is sufficient for 400 litres of diesel

So Z Germans.....

July 8, 2014, 9:53 pm

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I think it might be their year..

Let's judge by tonight!

Like the earth is like 2014 years old.

July 8, 2014, 11:09 pm

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