Brand change time

Col, is the R36 the CC model and is it coming in the DBP colour and Recaro's, hope to see it soon, sounds to be a nice machine

Back to your beloved 'Dubs the Col... at least it is
German.

Andrew the R36 is a 4 wheel drive 3.6 v6 VW Passat,I've
fancied one for a while and had a drive in one and thought
"why the hell not?" so last week month when the 5'r had it
latest "fit" I decided enough is enough.

Pete330 wrote: colb666 wrote: E93 rear wheels keep cracking and strange tyre wear to which both Bmw and Bridgestone are taking no ownership.So we got a nice £1700 bill for two new wheels and tyres. The E61 has been giving lots of electrical problems with self leveling suspension,pdc and its had the CAS module replaced due to a total electrical failure. My E61 is a petrol Andrew,no way I'd let a BMW diesel park in my garage   With regards to the alloy/tyre issue if you are a member of BMWCC can you give Jeff a shout as we were talking at Gaydon about this very issue and things are moving along regards this   Ta

I've passed it all onto Vosa,like our 3 m-sport two of my
mates have similar cars with the same wheel & tyre
combination(19" m-sport rims and bridgestone rft's)and
both of theirs have the same issue with cracked wheels
and strange tyre wear.Bmw say it's impact damage and the
tyres they've passed to Bridgestone.

Muppet 2 I've got a new VW R36 on route to replace the
5'r

colb666 wrote: E93 rear wheels keep cracking and strange tyre wear to which both Bmw and Bridgestone are taking no ownership.So we got a nice £1700 bill for two new wheels and tyres. The E61 has been giving lots of electrical problems with self leveling suspension,pdc and its had the CAS module replaced due to a total electrical failure. My E61 is a petrol Andrew,no way I'd let a BMW diesel park in my garage

That's expensive rims and tyres then.  Ouch.

Sorry I'll wash my mouth out with soap for suggesting that you had a diesel! 

I'm with you on the parking of diesel cars.  I told my mate that if he bought a Prius that a) he wouldn't be my mate for much longer and b)that if he did come to visit he was to park it in the next street

What is the CAS module?

Self levelling is an expensive item if it goes wrong, always has been regardless of manufacturer.

E93 rear wheels keep cracking and strange tyre wear to
which both Bmw and Bridgestone are taking no ownership.So
we got a nice £1700 bill for two new wheels and tyres.
The E61 has been giving lots of electrical problems with
self leveling suspension,pdc and its had the CAS module
replaced due to a total electrical failure.

My E61 is a petrol Andrew,no way I'd let a BMW diesel park
in my garage



Edited by colb666

Since I've been having some pretty expensive issues with
BMW regarding wheels and tyres on the E93 and they won't
budge on their stance and the 5'r is now due changing
I've opted to change brands.Not a choice thats been easy
for me as I had my first 5'r way back in the early
80's.The E61 is no where near as good a car as the E39 in
the quality stakes.
The 5'r over the past few months has been a bit of a
money pit TBH and I'll be glad to see the back of it.

The 3 will be here for another year or so then I can see
it being changed out of the brand also.

BMW these days have changed so much and are no where near
as customer focused as they've been in the past.They need
to address this IMO or lots more loyal customers will
move on.