pigapumbu

Top tip. Thank. yes the pound is down. its climbing ever so slightly so I hope by summer time when I plan to make a trip to Holland, the pound would not be too low. Can't tell now cause with Gordon and his NWO crap, who knows. The moron might just take us into the Euro.

At one time, buying from the states was good. Just look at the exchange rate now. I cant believe how much the pound lost in value to the dollar. I guess for now I will just have to live with the mirrors I have. I doubt very much if I upgraded the mirrors at a huge cost, the folding would work. From what I am reading in the forum, these cars are pretty much software Dependant. At the going labour rates here, I rather not do any trial and error methods. Either I know upfront or I look for a house with a bigger garage next time.

cheers

pigapumbu

Actually don't believe anything you hear in the news. We hardly had any snowfall. It was a total disappointment. See for yourself. Talk about anti-climax.

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pinguhk

nice 1st photo

kadafi39

Hey, i use the coventry Sytner aswel, but haven't found them to be that great. Theyre fine with fixing things when they go wrong, but it seems they only want to fix one thing at a time and ask me to rebook the car in to have multiple problems sorted. My car was there last week, and i have the service inclusive package so they told me they topped up the oil and the windscreen washer fluid was low so they topped that up, then it got cold over this weekend and i tried to drive and clear my windscreen, but all the washer fluid is frozen, because some idiot there topped it up with water, its only small but its annoying.

ed1347

I agree, the leic sytner is crap. Last time I had some minor warranty work done, it took me 4 visits to the dealer to get it fixed.
How long did coventry quote you to have the software update? I had mine done the other day at leic, it took 8 hrs, does it really take that long i wonder?

DD_545i

You didn't get charged 8 man-hours of labour though - that's the important part. It take 4 hours for me to backup my computer's hard drive, but I'm only involved in the first 5 minutes of it

I had my software update done recently at a German dealer and they said the update would need "several hours". They also like to test the system afterwards, to see if it's all still working properly. The cost was ?180 (about ?160) and that included the MP3 retrofit for the in-dash CD player.

RajB

Where abouts are you based? My 530d had complete option side mirrors (folding, EC glass, etc, etc). I fitted M5 mirrors now but have my standard ones sat in the loft. Depending upon year, etc, you can try one to see if they will work. Mines an '05.

pigapumbu

Nothingham, Long Eaton area. My car is a '08 model. reading how technical these cars are getting, I am a little worried it won't work. Where are you based? Maybe if there are some organised meets, I can come to it and we can have a chat or try something.

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richardlkay

Hey guys

I recently purchased some LED Angel Upgrade bulbs from Teddy @ SSDD and finally got round to fitting them yesterday.

Here's a few shots......
Before



During



Completed








I know it's been done before but I just thought I'd share the pics 8)

ed1347

they're nice. I just got mine delivered yesterday, but haven't had a chance to fit them yet, my car is still covered in snow.
Did you need to take the whole headlight unit out? any error message pops up?