Recent content by Mito

Firstly thanks to the OP for tagging the. Subject in such a helpful way and for providing the info concisely. Secondly I agree with jadnashuah that the info is in the key because it only happened today when I used the spare key for the firsts time that way the MAIN key for the previous owner so...

Have exactly the same problem, totally unacceptable must be rubbish rubber

Just looked at my front shocks and noticed the dust shields are completely falling apart on a 2015 car, looked at my other one which is a 2016 car and it’s the same, I assume this is a common problem? Tip: difficult to notice when the car is on the ground but easy to see when it is jacked up...

Just done it with 19” and it’s fine Fitted rear wheels to the front

Dear Christopher Thanks for the inspiration and the information, I have ordered the spacers from eBay and will report back. For those that are interested I plan to use the front spacers to allow me to fit rear tyres to the front to get me better braking contact patch and resist lockup and...

Just wondering if you could use the onboard connectivity to log on to if you ran out of data on your phone ?

Why not just get some 110% uprated Osram Njghtbreakers from Euro Car parts ? I have on all of mine and noticed a good improvement There are Construction and Use and Homologation issues with retro fitting LEDs and as others have said the reflectors are not always designed to efficiently...

I am aware that the car communicates with BMW including but not limited to sending tracking information. how can I turn this off? Do I have to disconnect the shark fin aerial ? I never use the cars Internet capability and I am not interested in speaking to BMW concierge or using their emergency...

Ted please let us know if you are successful in pairing a random key from eBay to your car as I was told that the keys ordered from BMW have to be coded to work with your car and that you could not do this. It would help everyone to save big bucks if it were true.

Having a battery that works ok during " normal circumstances " is all well and good but the test of a well designed system is how it copes with circumstances outside normal parameters and as we can all see the batteries regularly fail when this is the case hence this is why the small battery...

I agree after having to rescue my Mrs when the battery failed. The 20ah battery is underspec'd and of questionable quality A 40ah battery is cheaper and less likely to fail All 3 of my cars have had failed batteries its an epidemic and a weak point on the car so you can learn from history or be...

Motorway use really saps the range If you could charge up at work using the 240v 3 pin charger it could work Otherwise only good for about 50-70 miles on a charge Always nice to have the back up of the REX

Having had the auxiliary battery fail on the i3 I wanted to fit the upgraded 40ah version rather than the standard unreliable 20ah Version. The standard black EPM 20ah battery S 61 21 7 623 736 is listed at about £70 but the bigger 40ah battery 61 217 635 788 is only about £50. So a no brainer...

I think this is on the right track but only partially true. The Bridgestone tyres have a design whereby the outer tread bands are joined by bracing bars to prevent block squirm at the edges which would lead to inaccurate steering and wear when the blocks shuffle relative to one another and the...

Problem solved It was the blue emergency release cable still being under tension inside the wheel arch despite the end pull button seeming like its loose. Solution Remove wheel arch liner and release cable tension caused due to friction between blue cable and surrounding items ( note this is not...