A year later and the beemer is still proving to be a great daily. Did 500 miles last weekend to Manchester and back, averaging 60.8mpg on the way and 56mpg on the way back (was driving a bit quicker to get home
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Found a decent BMW independent specialist to look after it in BMR Performance, Turners Hill, who seem good guys. It's had its EGR Recall done so hopefully it won't go up in smoke, even though they checked all the parts and decided mine warranted no action.
Also had a steering knock fixed with a new bushing in the rack that BMW only released last year. £30 + fitting. Previously customers were getting told by BMW that they needed a whole new rack at over £2500 + coding. Feck that!
What else.... got another set of wheels last autumn for winters (Dunlop WinterSport 5's) which will probably be going back on in month or so.
Biggest annoyance so far is the fixed rear seats and not being able to get anything big in the car. Should have gone for the F31