07 525i - New owner, new member - love it
08-12-2009 | 12:06 PM
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I was once a Q45 owner for 9yrs and loved the car, the NICO forum etc - got more than 170K miles out of it. Now starting a new love life with the 07 525i - fantastic car - agreed doesnt have the HP - but I need this as my daily car that is quiet, solid and is powerful enough for occassional rush 
. Great great car - one word describes it really well -tight. Just feels planted, built well et al.
In my first 270odd miles, I am getting avg of 27MPG (on dashboard) and on highway alone rides, I am seeing 31MPG. I hope this is all (close to) real. It only has 15K miles, CPO, Nav, Premium and Xenon, bought the Maintenance upgrade ($2K) for the additional 2yr/100K service window. I know it is expensive to maintain these cars (learnt from Q45 ownership - actually remarkably reliable - all fluid flushes every 2yrs did the trick).
Looking forward to a long love life with both the 525i and the e60.net.
cheers
PN
San Jose, CA
2007 525i, Blk/Blk, Premium, Nav, Xenon
. Great great car - one word describes it really well -tight. Just feels planted, built well et al.In my first 270odd miles, I am getting avg of 27MPG (on dashboard) and on highway alone rides, I am seeing 31MPG. I hope this is all (close to) real
. It only has 15K miles, CPO, Nav, Premium and Xenon, bought the Maintenance upgrade ($2K) for the additional 2yr/100K service window. I know it is expensive to maintain these cars (learnt from Q45 ownership - actually remarkably reliable - all fluid flushes every 2yrs did the trick).Looking forward to a long love life with both the 525i and the e60.net.
cheers
PN
San Jose, CA
2007 525i, Blk/Blk, Premium, Nav, Xenon
08-12-2009 | 12:07 PM
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From: SFV California
My Ride: 2006 530i Alpine White on Black interior, Sport and Premium Package, Steptronic, Navigation, Xenon Adaptive Headlights, Mtec V2.1 angel eyes,Hoen Fog Lights, Full M-Tech kit, ACS pedals, LED plate lights, CF Steering Wheel badge, CF Titanium trim, OE
and enjoy the forums!! 
08-12-2009 | 12:21 PM
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From: Milky Way, Earth, N. America, CA, San Jose, 95136, Latitude N 37� 16.837, Longitude W 121� 50.461
My Ride: 2004 530i | Sapphire Black | Sport | Premium | NAV | Logic 7 | DPE R07 Variant S Gloss Black with Polished Lip 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear | Falken FK452 tires 245/30/20 front 275/30/20 rear | H&R Coilovers | Smoked Tail Lights | M5 trunk spoiler | AC Schnitzer style roof spoiler | HID 8000K headlights & foglights | 35% tint all around | Sprint Booster | Speed Innovation ECU tuning | M5 trunk finisher | M-Tech body kit | Remus Quad Exhaust | AC Schnitzer style pedals | Euro Stickers | RPi Ram Air Induction | Smoked LED Side Lenses | AC Schnitzer style e-brake handle | AC Schnitzer style shifter | AC Schnitzer style iDrive knob | AC Schnitzer style carbon fiber diffuser | carbon fiber hood/trunk/steering emblems | carbon fiber grilles | carbon fiber door pillars | MTEC v2 Angel Eyes | Hamann style carbon fiber splitter
welcome.. enjoy your stay... reppin' San Jose!
08-12-2009 | 12:22 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550i Jet Black on Black Leather, SAT with Paddles, Logic 7, Comfort Seats, NAV, Sport Package, PDC, Xenons, Sirius, Trinity 12W LED Angel Eyes, RPi GT Exhaust, M rear spoiler, ACS Roof Spoiler, Tinted Tail Lights, Bimmian Carbon Fiber Pillar Trim, Bimmian Shadow 550i emblem, RPi Scoop, E60 Forum Cling, Mtec bulbs in fog lights, Mtec 2W LED for License Plate Light Bulbs, K&N Filter, Bimmian LED Smoked Side Markers, Blackout roundels, Carbon Fiber Kidney Grills.
Retired Rides - 1989 325i convertible, 1995 M3, 2002 X5, 2005 545i, 2008 X5 (Lemon)
Congrats on the new (to you) car and enjoy the forums!! 
08-12-2009 | 12:37 PM
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Thanks!! This is a great club - already.
Mods? Yea, did I mention window tinting? Hehe! J/kidding. But I will do that this week/next. Next would probably be the iPod integration - still lot of reading up to do. I understand I missed the boat on the 6FL (started from 2008) - but reading up somewhere that 6FL retrofit might be available in the future - how true?
About performance upgrades, I will wait a little and enjoy this as is. When I get a little bored, I am sure one of those upgrades (intake/chip) will be the right thing to do (prob in 6months). Did I say 'long' love life? I plan to keep this for a while - so will be worried about anything that might impact the reliability factor.
Lot of reading to do though - immense amont of knowledge here - thanks primarily to folks like you all.
cheers
PN
Mods? Yea, did I mention window tinting? Hehe! J/kidding. But I will do that this week/next. Next would probably be the iPod integration - still lot of reading up to do. I understand I missed the boat on the 6FL (started from 2008) - but reading up somewhere that 6FL retrofit might be available in the future - how true?
About performance upgrades, I will wait a little and enjoy this as is. When I get a little bored, I am sure one of those upgrades (intake/chip) will be the right thing to do (prob in 6months). Did I say 'long' love life? I plan to keep this for a while - so will be worried about anything that might impact the reliability factor.
Lot of reading to do though - immense amont of knowledge here - thanks primarily to folks like you all.
cheers
PN
08-12-2009 | 12:40 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Originally Posted by phaduman' post='974057' date='Aug 12 2009, 12:37 PM
Thanks!! This is a great club - already.
Mods? Yea, did I mention window tinting? Hehe! J/kidding. But I will do that this week/next. Next would probably be the iPod integration - still lot of reading up to do. I understand I missed the boat on the 6FL (started from 2008) - but reading up somewhere that 6FL retrofit might be available in the future - how true?
About performance upgrades, I will wait a little and enjoy this as is. When I get a little bored, I am sure one of those upgrades (intake/chip) will be the right thing to do (prob in 6months). Did I say 'long' love life? I plan to keep this for a while - so will be worried about anything that might impact the reliability factor.
Lot of reading to do though - immense amont of knowledge here - thanks primarily to folks like you all.
cheers
PN
Mods? Yea, did I mention window tinting? Hehe! J/kidding. But I will do that this week/next. Next would probably be the iPod integration - still lot of reading up to do. I understand I missed the boat on the 6FL (started from 2008) - but reading up somewhere that 6FL retrofit might be available in the future - how true?
About performance upgrades, I will wait a little and enjoy this as is. When I get a little bored, I am sure one of those upgrades (intake/chip) will be the right thing to do (prob in 6months). Did I say 'long' love life? I plan to keep this for a while - so will be worried about anything that might impact the reliability factor.
Lot of reading to do though - immense amont of knowledge here - thanks primarily to folks like you all.
cheers
PN
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