Car Shopping / Mini-review thread

[RawrImAMonster]

<Drew Carey>Welcome to BMW - the car where internal engine parts, subframe reinforcements and entire cooling systems are considered routine maintenance and the breakdowns don't count!</Drew>

To be fair, it is more reliable than a DSM from personal experience :lol:

I never had a problem out of either of my 4G63 powered cars. Granted, I didn't have the GSX long, but the evo was very reliable, especially considering it what it was.

Having said that, all of the research I've done has pointed towards the 135i's being very reliable other than the fuel pump's giving out and the waste gates developing a rattle. However, both of these are covered under a 10 and 8 year warranty respectively, so no big deal.

[Jake]

Jake, here's the VIN if you want to run it: WBAUC7C54AVK81259

Looks like an M-Sport/Premium/iDrive + Nav. Lots of nice options and good color combo :thumbup:

PM me your email address and I'll send you a PDF of the full options sheet.

[RawrImAMonster]

Jake, here's the VIN if you want to run it: WBAUC7C54AVK81259

Looks like an M-Sport/Premium/iDrive + Nav. Lots of nice options and good color combo :thumbup:

PM me your email address and I'll send you a PDF of the full options sheet.

Based on that it looks like it has heated seats and the premium stereo. The only option it's missing out of what I wanted is the smart key, which I can also live without.

S494A SITZHEIZUNG FUER FAHRER/BEIFAHRER Seat heating driver/passenger
S677A HIFI SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL HiFi System Professional DSP


Edit: JK, it has the smart key too. This is exactly what I want.

S322A KOMFORTZUGANG Comfort access

Man, I wish I had one of my cars sold by now. I'd be up there to get that thing this weekend.

[Jake]

Yeah, the "HiFi with DSP" is the Logic7 sound system, which I have (and it's awesomesauce). Comfort Access is the smart key option and I believe it comes on any car with the Premium package.

[RawrImAMonster]

These guys won't work on the price at all. Granted its priced at about what kelley blue book is for private party, but still I'm going to wait to see if they lower the price and to see if I can sell one of my cars relatively quickly.

What are you using for the vin decoding Jake?

[Jake]

BMW ETK.

Go to here and click the link on the bottom right under "Visit the electronic parts catalogue." User name and password are listed on the page. From there, you paste in the last 7 of the VIN and hit Go. It'll reload with the car loaded up, and there is an "Options" link at the very top.

[HAULN-SS]

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This seems less sketch?

[Jake]

Web ETK is the official BMW tool, it just happens to be publicly accessible if you know where to find it

[RawrImAMonster]

I'll just leave this here...

More to come when I get a chance to clean it

[WRXtranceformed]

Well done!