I hate my car so much right now. Also rabbits.

Jeef Beef · 06-27-2010, 11:41 AM

I'll give full details later cos I'm angry and tired right now. Here's the rundown of my day:

-Driver side window COMPLETELY NON-FUNCTIONAL. Not just the thing where it automatically goes down a bit when you open the door, it DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. Absolutely stuck in the closed position. Seems like the power window control isn't even connected to the window. I couldn't actually close the driver's side door from inside the car, had to spend the whole day clambering in from the passenger side. Fuck me.

-Got pulled over by a Highway Patrolman for a tailight failure. Great. I had no idea mine was out till he gave me a warning for it. Was taking the car in for the recall this week anyway. But you know what was worse? I COULDN'T ACTUALLY WIND DOWN MY DRIVER WINDOW TO SPEAK TO HIM.

-First long crank trying to start the car at 4 degrees outside friend's house.

-This is not BMW's fault, but to cap off a shitty day, a rabbit decides to lunge straight in front of my car 200m from my house. I didn't even have time to brake. Just a 'thunk'. Luckily it only left a small mark on the front bumper but a whole lot of gunk over the tyres and wheelarch. Just spent 15mins hosing it off.

Fucking BMW. I dish out over 70 grand for a car and I have to spend my day crawling into the driver's seat, getting pulled over by cops and then praying to god I don't limp mode home. F*%&#

Jaguar66 · 06-27-2010, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeef Beef

I have to spend my day crawling into the driver's seat...

If you have to crawl into the drivers seat in a 135i, that is not the fault of the car. The door and seats are very spacious . You must be a large person.

jksgoh · 06-27-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RobMason

If you have to crawl into the drivers seat in a 135i, that is not the fault of the car. The door and seats are very spacious . You must be a large person.

er mate, how bout you read his post properly first. his door/window is buggered.

jeef beef, feel for you mate. i hope it all gets sorted out soon, and you regain your faith in the 1er

MikeVictor · 06-27-2010, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jksgoh

er mate, how bout you read his post properly first. his door/window is buggered.

jeef beef, feel for you mate. i hope it all gets sorted out soon, and you regain your faith in the 1er

+1. Hope you get it sorted soon.

Jeef Beef · 06-27-2010, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RobMason

If you have to crawl into the drivers seat in a 135i, that is not the fault of the car. The door and seats are very spacious . You must be a large person.

Mate, I'm a skinny asian guy. I can't actually close my driver's side door from inside the car so I have to crawl in from the passenger's side. It's lucky I'm not a large person otherwise I won't be able to perform the acrobatics required.

mattyv, jksgoh, thanks guys. Just booked the car in for tomorrow, hopefully all goes well. Though my SA said that the long crank should be addressed by a 'technical update' first

Jaguar66 · 06-27-2010, 10:21 PM

Oops

alik01 · 06-27-2010, 11:40 PM

Sorry to hear, really hope it all get sorted soon. On the bright side, at least you didn't booked for the tail-light.

Trexx · 06-28-2010, 01:03 AM

What a hassle. Let us know how it goes!

Taymaishu · 06-28-2010, 01:06 AM

Damn...

I remember hitting a rabbit in the Subaru. Had a few pieces of game food stuck in my wheel well for a while

AussieAlf · 06-28-2010, 06:19 AM

Sorry about your car problems, mate. On the brighter side, sucks to be the rabbit!

Cheers,
Alf

aus135i · 06-28-2010, 06:34 PM

shit bro, thats pretty bad! i would give BMW australia a call and vent maybe get ur next service free?

Jeef Beef · 07-02-2010, 07:38 PM

Alright everything's sorted. They replaced the driver's side window motor, performed a recall on the tailights and put in the new version of software.

Initially my SA said that the job would not take more than a day so I spoke to my CA who gave me an 'extended' test drive of a silver Z4 sDrive30i

Unfortunately something went wrong with the reflash and I had to give the car back and get a 123d loaner for overnight.

jkho · 07-02-2010, 11:08 PM

its all good

jksgoh · 07-03-2010, 12:47 AM

good to hear its all sorted. how does the z4 sdrivei30i (damn its a long name!) compare to the 135i?

MikeVictor · 07-03-2010, 04:07 AM

+1 I'd like to read your thoughts on the Z4 too

Jeef Beef · 07-04-2010, 08:30 PM

Alright I'll give my (honest) opinion of the Z4.

First of all the looks: you can't go past that. Simply amazing. TiAg in my opinion is too 'bland' as an exterior colour, but with the roof down and the coral red interior showing, it just works. Definitely a head turner when I brought it back down to Sydney for the day. The roof folding mechanism is also cool to play with and watch.

Interior is much better than our 1ers. I don't know, it might be the amazing red leather playing tricks on me but everything seems higher quality and better put together.

I only put the DDC in sport and sport + for the day, and the ride quality seems quite good. Gets a bit firm in sport + just driving around in the city, but absolutely awesome for the run down Old Pacific.

A lot of people say that the 3.0L N52 is more than enough. I may have been spoiled by my 135i, but IMO it really isn't. It pulls strongly throughout the rev range, but lacks the 'explosive' force that I'm used to with the N54. A couple of tight corners I ended up in the wrong gear - forgetting that there isn't a massive punch of turbo torque in the midrange. I'd pick the sDrive35i over this in a heartbeat. With the roof down though, the inline 6 wail is simply ORGASMIC.

The tranny was also slightly disappointing. I've test driven a step 135i back when I was purchasing my car, and the Z4's ZF doesn't seem to be as crisp and responsive. Still, it shifts adequately in sport+ mode to make the car a blast to drive at speed. Again, the 35i with the DCT would be my pick.

Very nice top down tourer, but in my opinion lacks the raw edge that makes our 1ers so great.

MikeVictor · 07-04-2010, 08:57 PM

Cheers for the review!

I completely agree, this car causes me to drool when I look at it, but the drive on my 135i is going to be very hard to beat.

When it comes down to it, it's the drive that matters most!

sbce90 · 07-05-2010, 02:29 AM

and how much would an sdriveblahblah35i z4 with dct cost when compared to a 135i... mmmm.......

as if you didnt feel like a hairdresser while driving it though

jeef beef, you know what i think of z4s

zenderm3 · 07-05-2010, 02:36 AM

Definitely nice car! Although I have to say that I prefer the 135i and ///M Mmmmm

takahashi · 07-05-2010, 07:04 PM

I have driven z4 35i with dct. Love the dct over our auto.

The car pushes big though. Major understeer. Even driving at legal speed I can feel bad understeer that Not even the worn out rft on my 135 right now can produce. See Jason Plato on fifth gear agrees with me recently.

06-27-2010, 11:41 AM	#1
Jeef Beef Lord Captain Commander 110 Rep 3,093 Posts Drives: a sleeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	I hate my car so much right now. Also rabbits. I'll give full details later cos I'm angry and tired right now. Here's the rundown of my day: -Driver side window COMPLETELY NON-FUNCTIONAL. Not just the thing where it automatically goes down a bit when you open the door, it DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. Absolutely stuck in the closed position. Seems like the power window control isn't even connected to the window. I couldn't actually close the driver's side door from inside the car, had to spend the whole day clambering in from the passenger side. Fuck me. -Got pulled over by a Highway Patrolman for a tailight failure. Great. I had no idea mine was out till he gave me a warning for it. Was taking the car in for the recall this week anyway. But you know what was worse? I COULDN'T ACTUALLY WIND DOWN MY DRIVER WINDOW TO SPEAK TO HIM. -First long crank trying to start the car at 4 degrees outside friend's house. -This is not BMW's fault, but to cap off a shitty day, a rabbit decides to lunge straight in front of my car 200m from my house. I didn't even have time to brake. Just a 'thunk'. Luckily it only left a small mark on the front bumper but a whole lot of gunk over the tyres and wheelarch. Just spent 15mins hosing it off. Fucking BMW. I dish out over 70 grand for a car and I have to spend my day crawling into the driver's seat, getting pulled over by cops and then praying to god I don't limp mode home. F%&# __________________ E82 135i M-sport: SGM/6MT/Black*
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alik01 Lieutenant Colonel 51 Rep 1,792 Posts Drives: Slowly & Responsibly Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Darwin, Australia iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear, really hope it all get sorted soon. On the bright side, at least you didn't booked for the tail-light.
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Taymaishu Banned 145 Rep 3,016 Posts Drives: I love massive black cocks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: in my ass and around my mouth iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 125i [5.50]	Damn... I remember hitting a rabbit in the Subaru. Had a few pieces of game food stuck in my wheel well for a while
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AussieAlf Private First Class 5 Rep 178 Posts Drives: LMB 123d MT Vert Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankston, Vic, Australia iTrader: (0)	Sorry about your car problems, mate. On the brighter side, sucks to be the rabbit! Cheers, Alf __________________ No longer waiting for LMB 123d Vert
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aus135i Captain 27 Rep 828 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SYD iTrader: (0)	shit bro, thats pretty bad! i would give BMW australia a call and vent maybe get ur next service free? __________________ GONE: E82,E83,K46,1199s,RS250,F20,F25,F82,Cayenne,G83 NOW: G07, G20, K66
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07-02-2010, 07:38 PM	#12
Jeef Beef Lord Captain Commander 110 Rep 3,093 Posts Drives: a sleeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Alright everything's sorted. They replaced the driver's side window motor, performed a recall on the tailights and put in the new version of software. Initially my SA said that the job would not take more than a day so I spoke to my CA who gave me an 'extended' test drive of a silver Z4 sDrive30i Unfortunately something went wrong with the reflash and I had to give the car back and get a 123d loaner for overnight. __________________ E82 135i M-sport: SGM/6MT/Black
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07-02-2010, 11:08 PM	#13
jkho Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 201 Posts Drives: Black MY09 E82 125i Coupe Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney iTrader: (0)	its all good __________________ MY09 E82 125i M-sports Coupe --> \| Black/Black \| Rims: 18" 261s \| CF spoiler \| Xenons: Philips X-tremeVision 4800k \| AE: PIAA Hyper Arros 5k \|
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07-03-2010, 12:47 AM	#14
jksgoh Major 141 Rep 1,448 Posts Drives: M2 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Melb, Vic, Aus iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 E82 125i [0.00]	good to hear its all sorted. how does the z4 sdrivei30i (damn its a long name!) compare to the 135i?
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07-03-2010, 04:07 AM	#15
MikeVictor Brigadier General 210 Rep 3,288 Posts Drives: anything given a chance Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: .au iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 Mazda ND MX-5 [10.00]	+1 I'd like to read your thoughts on the Z4 too
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07-04-2010, 08:30 PM	#16
Jeef Beef Lord Captain Commander 110 Rep 3,093 Posts Drives: a sleeper Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Alright I'll give my (honest) opinion of the Z4. First of all the looks: you can't go past that. Simply amazing. TiAg in my opinion is too 'bland' as an exterior colour, but with the roof down and the coral red interior showing, it just works. Definitely a head turner when I brought it back down to Sydney for the day. The roof folding mechanism is also cool to play with and watch. Interior is much better than our 1ers. I don't know, it might be the amazing red leather playing tricks on me but everything seems higher quality and better put together. I only put the DDC in sport and sport + for the day, and the ride quality seems quite good. Gets a bit firm in sport + just driving around in the city, but absolutely awesome for the run down Old Pacific. A lot of people say that the 3.0L N52 is more than enough. I may have been spoiled by my 135i, but IMO it really isn't. It pulls strongly throughout the rev range, but lacks the 'explosive' force that I'm used to with the N54. A couple of tight corners I ended up in the wrong gear - forgetting that there isn't a massive punch of turbo torque in the midrange. I'd pick the sDrive35i over this in a heartbeat. With the roof down though, the inline 6 wail is simply ORGASMIC. The tranny was also slightly disappointing. I've test driven a step 135i back when I was purchasing my car, and the Z4's ZF doesn't seem to be as crisp and responsive. Still, it shifts adequately in sport+ mode to make the car a blast to drive at speed. Again, the 35i with the DCT would be my pick. Very nice top down tourer, but in my opinion lacks the raw edge that makes our 1ers so great. __________________ E82 135i M-sport: SGM/6MT/Black
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MikeVictor Brigadier General 210 Rep 3,288 Posts Drives: anything given a chance Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: .au iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 Mazda ND MX-5 [10.00]	Cheers for the review! I completely agree, this car causes me to drool when I look at it, but the drive on my 135i is going to be very hard to beat. When it comes down to it, it's the drive that matters most!
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07-05-2010, 02:29 AM	#18
sbce90 Me Boosta 249 Rep 5,721 Posts Drives: 320i / MB C63 / VW up! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (3)	and how much would an sdriveblahblah35i z4 with dct cost when compared to a 135i... mmmm....... as if you didnt feel like a hairdresser while driving it though jeef beef, you know what i think of z4s
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07-05-2010, 02:36 AM	#19
zenderm3 Lieutenant Colonel 95 Rep 1,996 Posts Drives: E36 M3 DY/2010 E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	Definitely nice car! Although I have to say that I prefer the 135i and ///M Mmmmm __________________ ________________ My ///M is in my garage .... and it is a beast! 2010 E92 M3 Space Grey \| Fully Loaded 1996 E36 M3 Dakar Yellow - SOLD 2004 Honda Accord Euro - SOLD
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07-05-2010, 07:04 PM	#20
takahashi Retired trackie 36 Rep 1,527 Posts Drives: 1///M Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0)	I have driven z4 35i with dct. Love the dct over our auto. The car pushes big though. Major understeer. Even driving at legal speed I can feel bad understeer that Not even the worn out rft on my 135 right now can produce. See Jason Plato on fifth gear agrees with me recently. __________________ TAKA 一仔BLOGブログ: BMW 1 series M 2011! Delivered 18/11/11.
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