yep heavy steering, drive an E70 the difference is amazing.

i know im not much help as i am in Australia, but when i looked around a couple of years ago, (i have an external oil weep from my turbo) my mechanic wanted a ludicrous price, probably sourced OEM, so i rang around independent tuners and it seem that the turbo in our cars is fairly garden variety ...

yeah how much of a pain is that, especially with people in the car who dont understand whats happening,

it pisses me no end having to quickly go into sport mode then up shift to stop the over revving

mate i had the oil changed in my 2005 3.0d and at the same time the dealer did a software up grade, it seemed to be good for a while and even now i only very occasionally get the "Lurch"

while i think it is a design fault, it is possible to learn to drive around the problem, i to would slip it ...

yep dont think i wasn't having moments of fear.

my mind started roaming through the pages of forums .

i hadn't heard any weird noises and all had been going well

so i turned it off and back on and all was good, so sticking my head in the sand i motored off to work.

thankfully 24 hours later all ...

after 8 years the original BMW battery has begun to show signs of old age.

havent had any indications of trouble till this morning, started it up to go to work and the starter turned over a little slower than usual , and then on the dash up came the trans failsafe message.

i let it idle for a ...

mate clear my thinking , i thought the lemans blue special edition with 20 inch wheels came standard with the wider

wheel arch extensions, to me that looks like a 3.0d sport leMans blue IN COLOUR

am i right??

same driving style for me, mostly peak hour bumper to bumper crawl.

im not a big fan of nailing it off from the lights, however i do like to give it some where safe on country roads.

and 10,000km is probably to soon, but im happy with that, i sense that the motor seems, and it might be an illusion ...

thanks Raj, i hoped you would chip in, im not sure that the bushes are failing the mechanic is thinking one of the eccentric bolts may have moved, as its less that 1 degree maybe its just settled a little. there is no clunking or noises indicating wear.

the squeaking is annoying but thankfully its ...

guys, just a worry, that i as yet don't have an answer to, have any of you guys who have installed the KMAC rear lower control arm bush kits to correct excessive camber after lowering had any experience with the bushes wearing??

i have now got 10,000km on mine and the RH rear wheel appears to have ...

first owner cops the depreciation loss, second owner is the winner, third owner cops the expensive repair bills

doesnt matter if its cars, boats, or aeroplanes

buy second hand but as young as you can afford and then look after it and it will look after you

mate i think i see where we are differing, i dont consider my X5 a 4X4, while i do agree it is an ALL wheel drive, i struggle with the 4X4 notion, for me in Australia for off road, beach driving and towing a boat i use a Jeep cherokee,

probably not the best 4X4 but nun the less a vehicle with a 4X4 ...

guys i think my comments about the X5 being the 'ultimate driven machine" stand

sure an M3 would be nice but............

my X5 is lowered ( springs) turbo diesel, AND MINE is debt free, so what does that give me

great overall visibility when driving , great handling, fantastic fuel economy for a ...

i understand how lowered/reset coil springs lower a car, but educate me how does an air bag suspended car get lower

answer------reduced air pressure, effects of reduced air pressure = softer ride more wallowing and less load carrying capacity, simple moving a sensor position ONLY tricks the system ...

yep i can confirm that you need to do camber bushes in the rear if you dont want to chew out the inner edges of your rear tyres,

i also would be concerned with rear air suspension as lowering the rear requires lowering the pressure in the air bag, doing this will soften the rear suspension and ...