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12-05-2012, 03:07 PM | #1 |
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Soon she'll back on the road
So after 2 weeks of fighting bmw to get a new clutch covered under warranty I should have her back by the weekend. Haven't driven her for almost 2.5 months. Can't wait to go out on a nice country drive and just enjoy how tossable she is compared to my S4.
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12-05-2012, 03:12 PM | #2 |
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2.5 months?!?! My car was out of action for about 4 weeks and I was going loony....Great you're getting it back though!
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12-05-2012, 03:32 PM | #3 |
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Yeah i parked the car to keep miles off of her since they were building up. Been itching to take her out on a weekend, but she went kaput and I was slow to get her towed to get her fixed b/c i knew it was going to be a fight with bmw to get her covered under warranty. But ahhh...can't wait!!
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its is an addiction.
I don't drive the car and commute during the week, yet I'm here often just wanting to discover something new for the e82 and n52 engine. What brand are those wheels??
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12-05-2012, 05:54 PM | #5 |
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^They look like Forgestar F14s. OP why was BMW not interested in replacing the clutch? You're under warranty no?
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12-06-2012, 08:10 AM | #6 |
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You are correct...forgestar f14's...I also have the cf5's in red too. BMW of sterling was trying to site abuse as the reason for the clutch failure. But pressure plates don't fail b/c of abuse, not before the clutch disc. My clutch disc looked fine and the pressure plate wasn't engaging/disengaging correctly. Had to fight them for two weeks before the regional tech looked at my car and said it wasn't abuse after looking at it for 10 minutes.
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Now that's one csl style wheel I like. And go figure that they are forge stars lol and prolly cost an arm and a leg. And U have cf5s too lol. Those r what I really want in white tho. Great taste n wheels man. And I feel your pain. Haven't been able to drive my car for 3 weeks now. But at least I've never driven it so I can't miss it I guess just long for it. I'm military and it takes forever for paperwork to process to be Able to register ur car n Spain. It arrived at the dealer about a month ago and I've been trying to get all the paperwork done the last 3 weeks so I can finally pick it up. Jus waiting on the system. They take their sweet time and its so irritating. Can't wait to rack up some miles on it. It's only got 2 on it.
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Did they claim "abuse"? Edit: just read a few posts up. Figured that was the case.
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