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Just under 50,000 km

Dealer has ordered both cats and O2 sensors. I asked if the cats tested bad, and the tech looked at me like i had two heads and said "they tested bad when the light came on". So I guess they're just using the parts cannon and the OBDII logic. Parts will take about 10 days to arrive. I looked...

Happened three times now. Going in to dealer tomorrow. Will update ...

about 20 years ago, I was driving about 150 miles home in the evening from a site visit. Turns out it was peak grasshopper time and I ran through all my windsheild washer fluid trying to get home. It was almost midnight and I parked in the garage and went to bed. Next morning the garage...

My 5V BW with 30k miles has some annoying noises. My wife commented three weeks ago "for an expensive car it sure sounds like a beater". Ouch. Locations I've identified: - passenger door card has persistent high speed squeeks on the highway. Sometimes giving it a firm shove toward the door...

I wrapped my Raven Black (not my choice, only option) with Expel Stealth PPF. Same result I think. Cost me $6k CDN

I can't wait to hear how Americans are going to pronounce these names in future. Also: Translate pataud to English 1. lumpish So... small lump?

Sure sounds like a noisy pilot bearing. As soon as the clutch is out, the fore/aft load is gone and the squeel goes away. I noticed this on my 5BW 6MT as soon as I got it, but almost never hear it and it doesn't bug me when I do.

Official diagnosis from the dealer is "bad gas" ::rollseyes:: The CEL was a cat efficiency code. No misfires. Hmmm. Explain how "bad gas" doesn't throw misfires or knock codes, doesn't plug the fuel filter(s) but manages to make the drive train vibrate? Service writer couldn't. But they...

Update on mine. Just got a text from the dealer saying "diag on your car has been escalated to the engineering dept now as the tech assistance line was unsure how to proceed". Hmmm

I noticed a vibration that felt like trans or diff in my 5BW 6Speed during steady state cruising at about 120 km/h in sixth gear. At first I thought it might have been "washboard" or texture on the road. I tried accel / decel and it didn't change much. I was able to reproduce the vibration in...

Ahhhh. You must not be Canadian. In Canada, dealers re-print window stickers and they look like they come from the manufacturer. So they make the price look how they want it etc. This is apparently not illegal. Not all dealers do it of course. And since I couldn’t factory order….

Thanks. I’d like to believe the dealer but they are so sketchy

So my BW5 came spec’d with performance buckets with carbon shells and semi aniline leather (a $9,300 CAD option here). I was expecting the v-logo waffle pattern on the seats but this is what I got. Maybe I don’t understand the option list and configuration but this doesn’t seem right. Did I get...

Day after I took delivery