I went a bit further with investigating the state of my battery. After a long-ish drive, and engine at idle, the battery volts are >14V, so the charging system seems OK. Then I left my C-Tech 5A charger on it for a few hours and it cycled nicely through its test-charges etc and reached the final ...

I've had the same problem with my '58 3.0sd - About 10 days ago the radio just stopped during a long motorway drive and the BMW logo appeared on the iDrive display. Pressing the iDrive know & selecting radio resumed the same radio station. Second time, again during a fairly long journey, the display ...

That quote does not sound too bad when compared to my recent experience. A neighbours car (parked with handbrake only and not in gear) slid down the hill outside my house and dented the rear bumper of my '58 3.0SD. My insurers approved replacement of the bumper by a local repair centre. On ...