First time BMW Owner
01-10-2013, 03:13 PM
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My Ride: 2015 M5 competition package, black-on-black
First time BMW Owner
I purchased my first BMW last month - 2005 545i manual, sport and premium packages, black-on-black.
I had originally purchased a 2004 545i automatic, sport and premium packages, with heads-up display (very cool!), but learned within a day or two that the tranny was giving out (the famous intermittent hesitation at 1500rpms indiciative of a failing mechatronics). Luckily I convinced the car lot to take it back and put me in the '05 manual.
As this was an upgrade from the 4 cylinder Honda Accord I was driving all last year (and a 1995 VW Golf that I drove while in the UK for a while), what used to be a permanent scowl during my daily commute has turned into a permanent ear-to-ear grin!!
While this is my first personal BMW purchase, my family has a long history with BMW's:
1977 530i (my dad's first car out of law school)
1977 630CSi (my mom's car when I was a teenager - late 90's)
1978 320i (2 of them) - kid cars in high school in the early to late 90's (me and a few of my older brothers drove them)
1988 318i - my dad's (then my sister's once my dad got his 540i in '95) car in the early 90's
1995 540i sport (my father still drives it - only 126k miles)
1997 540i manual (my brother still drives it - 236k miles!)
2004 X3 (was my sister-in-laws, but she just crossed over to the dark side and traded it for a Mercedes GLK 350...)
2006 530i sport (my other brother still drives this one)
I'm excited to be part of the forum with the first of what I hope will be many BMW's in my future!
I had originally purchased a 2004 545i automatic, sport and premium packages, with heads-up display (very cool!), but learned within a day or two that the tranny was giving out (the famous intermittent hesitation at 1500rpms indiciative of a failing mechatronics). Luckily I convinced the car lot to take it back and put me in the '05 manual.
As this was an upgrade from the 4 cylinder Honda Accord I was driving all last year (and a 1995 VW Golf that I drove while in the UK for a while), what used to be a permanent scowl during my daily commute has turned into a permanent ear-to-ear grin!!
While this is my first personal BMW purchase, my family has a long history with BMW's:
1977 530i (my dad's first car out of law school)
1977 630CSi (my mom's car when I was a teenager - late 90's)
1978 320i (2 of them) - kid cars in high school in the early to late 90's (me and a few of my older brothers drove them)
1988 318i - my dad's (then my sister's once my dad got his 540i in '95) car in the early 90's
1995 540i sport (my father still drives it - only 126k miles)
1997 540i manual (my brother still drives it - 236k miles!)
2004 X3 (was my sister-in-laws, but she just crossed over to the dark side and traded it for a Mercedes GLK 350...)
2006 530i sport (my other brother still drives this one)
I'm excited to be part of the forum with the first of what I hope will be many BMW's in my future!
01-10-2013, 04:12 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Congrats on the new (to you) car, enjoy it. Also, welcome to the forum, good to see more SoCal members. There is a TON of info on the care and feeding of your 545 here.
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