sifu
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Update on the car after about 1500km.. apparently not a walk in the park (which i did not expect either)
- Bought a handle for the trunk floor storage cover and installed it. Reserved one installation beer for it and it was just enough. 10-15 seconds for installing the handle and rest of the time drinking beer.
- Changed brake pads (which was the only service with little mileage left). Now its free of jingles + service requirements? nah, ofc the at first intermittent fault of rear light failure (didnt show it when test driving) is now a permanent failure of both rear lights (only the ones in the trunk hatch, also called inner lights). Common fault in e9x,e46 and in e6x models. The reason is just bmw not doing rear hatch cabling properly and the wires get chafed when the trunk is opened and closed. It could be a grounding issue, but what are the odds that both inner lights go out at the same time. Shall see if ill cut the protective rubber and check if there are chafed wires and solder them by myself or ill leave it for the professionals (i know a few in the region who do it quite cheaply). New wiring loom is about 400? + installation at the marble top -service.
- Also the left light jet washer leaks a bit after usage (when I tested this in test drive I had the headlights on, but on the automatic setting DRLs were not on -> the headlights were off at automatic setting when it detects enough light -> therefore it did not spray on the headlights).
- It needs new shocks in rear (right one leaks a bit). This should be done before MOT. They are ordered already.
- Bird shat on my cars roof when I was at work, had a hot day (in Finnish standards), a black car paint that seems to get quite hot and now it has some lacquer damage. I hope that it doesnt need too drastic removal (wetsanding etc) and can be removed with quite mild products.
- Need to find a way to calibrate (I dont know if it is possible by myself) the fuel consumption. The car said that the consumption was 8.1L/100km (avg. speed 37kmh) with 90% city driving. When I fueled the car up the real consumption was 7.6L/100km.
- Apparently someone scratched my right side of my rear bumper with his/her car at last wednesday/thursday. Washed the car friday and noticed some scratch marks which werent there before. I always approach my car from the left side (at work and at home) so the day when it happened is not that clear to me.
- Car needs a polish, it has been in automatic car washes for sure. Swirl marks and few bigger scratches are there and the car was "detailed" before the sale and the smaller scratches remained unnoticed from me when purchasing the car. Lesson learned, I should have kept a bottle of pre-mixed CH[SUB]3[/SUB]CHOHCH[SUB]3 [/SUB]with me and wiped the whole car with it What surprised me is that the overall paint condition is somewhat poorer than my focus had (older car and I thought that bmw had harder paint/lacquer than other brands)
- Rear hatch closes a bit rough and opens a bit rough also, needs a bit adjustment on the locking mechanism and maybe new hatch struts.
- Burr walnut interior looks just fine (this was also one question mark in it). No immediate need to wrap them. Shall see if ill polish them.
- I do like the interior, especially the seats are fantastic for my bodytype. Of course I need a longer trip to verify if they are perfect for longer trips. Longest drive I had when coming home when I bought the car. Needs a bit of a cleaning on the cloth sections and in the alcantara also (all tips are welcome how to clean alcantara without too much stress on it. What products to use and how)
- Professional Hi-Fi sound is a bit too bassy and murky when at factory defaults (and especially the settings which the previous owner used), but when upping the higher sounds the overall sound quality is quite nice indeed. 13 speakers do make a difference
- Otherwise the car performs well. The itchynes in road grooves is now minimal with new tires and I do enjoy the automatic (blashemy!) when doing that kind of avg.speed. The black colour is growing on me day by day (the first choice would have been the le mans blue but you cant have all when purchasing a car with limited budget and timeframe) and I do love the looks and a bit menacing presence of it. Apart from the rear light problem, I have been very satisfied with the purchase (shall see how it hurts my wallet). Of course it has some wear and tear but its quite normal with this kind of mileage.
- Bought a handle for the trunk floor storage cover and installed it. Reserved one installation beer for it and it was just enough. 10-15 seconds for installing the handle and rest of the time drinking beer.
- Changed brake pads (which was the only service with little mileage left). Now its free of jingles + service requirements? nah, ofc the at first intermittent fault of rear light failure (didnt show it when test driving) is now a permanent failure of both rear lights (only the ones in the trunk hatch, also called inner lights). Common fault in e9x,e46 and in e6x models. The reason is just bmw not doing rear hatch cabling properly and the wires get chafed when the trunk is opened and closed. It could be a grounding issue, but what are the odds that both inner lights go out at the same time. Shall see if ill cut the protective rubber and check if there are chafed wires and solder them by myself or ill leave it for the professionals (i know a few in the region who do it quite cheaply). New wiring loom is about 400? + installation at the marble top -service.
- Also the left light jet washer leaks a bit after usage (when I tested this in test drive I had the headlights on, but on the automatic setting DRLs were not on -> the headlights were off at automatic setting when it detects enough light -> therefore it did not spray on the headlights).
- It needs new shocks in rear (right one leaks a bit). This should be done before MOT. They are ordered already.
- Bird shat on my cars roof when I was at work, had a hot day (in Finnish standards), a black car paint that seems to get quite hot and now it has some lacquer damage. I hope that it doesnt need too drastic removal (wetsanding etc) and can be removed with quite mild products.
- Need to find a way to calibrate (I dont know if it is possible by myself) the fuel consumption. The car said that the consumption was 8.1L/100km (avg. speed 37kmh) with 90% city driving. When I fueled the car up the real consumption was 7.6L/100km.
- Apparently someone scratched my right side of my rear bumper with his/her car at last wednesday/thursday. Washed the car friday and noticed some scratch marks which werent there before. I always approach my car from the left side (at work and at home) so the day when it happened is not that clear to me.
- Car needs a polish, it has been in automatic car washes for sure. Swirl marks and few bigger scratches are there and the car was "detailed" before the sale and the smaller scratches remained unnoticed from me when purchasing the car. Lesson learned, I should have kept a bottle of pre-mixed CH[SUB]3[/SUB]CHOHCH[SUB]3 [/SUB]with me and wiped the whole car with it What surprised me is that the overall paint condition is somewhat poorer than my focus had (older car and I thought that bmw had harder paint/lacquer than other brands)
- Rear hatch closes a bit rough and opens a bit rough also, needs a bit adjustment on the locking mechanism and maybe new hatch struts.
- Burr walnut interior looks just fine (this was also one question mark in it). No immediate need to wrap them. Shall see if ill polish them.
- I do like the interior, especially the seats are fantastic for my bodytype. Of course I need a longer trip to verify if they are perfect for longer trips. Longest drive I had when coming home when I bought the car. Needs a bit of a cleaning on the cloth sections and in the alcantara also (all tips are welcome how to clean alcantara without too much stress on it. What products to use and how)
- Professional Hi-Fi sound is a bit too bassy and murky when at factory defaults (and especially the settings which the previous owner used), but when upping the higher sounds the overall sound quality is quite nice indeed. 13 speakers do make a difference
- Otherwise the car performs well. The itchynes in road grooves is now minimal with new tires and I do enjoy the automatic (blashemy!) when doing that kind of avg.speed. The black colour is growing on me day by day (the first choice would have been the le mans blue but you cant have all when purchasing a car with limited budget and timeframe) and I do love the looks and a bit menacing presence of it. Apart from the rear light problem, I have been very satisfied with the purchase (shall see how it hurts my wallet). Of course it has some wear and tear but its quite normal with this kind of mileage.
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