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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Oh man, this car is really starting to worry me.

After 72k miles the turbo went yesterday. Good thing is that it happened 3 months before the warranty runs out.
I'm not so sure I want another E60 now. The summary of faults from the BMW system is now 19(!) pages long.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:43 PM
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Flowerfred... thats not good news. Have you been giving it full boost most of the time?
Presumably the oil changes have been in line with iDrive?
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by diveleader' post='401239' date='Mar 10 2007, 09:43 PM
Flowerfred... thats not good news. Have you been giving it full boost most of the time?
Presumably the oil changes have been in line with iDrive?
Service is up to date. It's been driven hard, but always warmed it up properly and let the turbo rev down before switching the engine off.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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Sorry to hear that Fred! :thumbsdown: 19 pages long faulty report!! You have one Monday machine.

What You are considering next?

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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by skaffa' post='401243' date='Mar 10 2007, 09:50 PM
Sorry to hear that Fred! :thumbsdown: 19 pages long faulty report!! You have one Monday machine.

What You are considering next?

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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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A 1982 Vauxhall Nova in burberry livery..

chavtastic!
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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That's bad news... Did your whine/whistle before or did it just broke?
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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nope, it just lost power and started smoking..
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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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sorry to hear about that flowerfred. i remember our meet in Belgium where i saw your car & the extended leather. hope you get it fixed.

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Old Mar 11, 2007 | 11:52 AM
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Sorry to hear. Might be because it's first production? Trade it in for M5!
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