Recent content by martinsin

Re: WTS: BMW Roof Rails Bars Rack with 3 BMW Cycle Attachment It is sold.

As new condition. Lockable with keys. With original Manual. Price when new: $930. Price now at PML: $1042 $400 firm, sorry not the bargaining type, but less than half should be good enough deal. 2 BMW Base Bars: Mfg Part #82710403104 3 BMW Cycle Attachments Will fit 3 Mountainbikes...

Re: 216d Grand Tourer Sorry, you are correct - Sportsvan only has the 5 seats - maybe the better comparison is with the Touran. German press also pitches the two: BMW 2er Gran Tourer und VW Touran: Die neuen Siebensitzer im ersten Vergleich - Auto Motor und Sport Sportsvan is more like Active...

Re: 216d Grand Tourer You'll be better off with the diesel engine - in Europe 90% of all cars in this segment are diesel. Less maintenance, less problems, less hassle. Apart from the better torque and lower figure at the pump you won't see any difference to a petrol. But why pay more than 40k...

Re: SONY Xperia 5 - 4K technology Just saw the Z5 Compact at the airport - $775 at the Sony store Term 3. Looks great but the difference to the Z3 is not large enough to make me want to upgrade.

Re: Petrol Leaking upon Full Tank Could be pushed out from expanding in the heat if you fill up all the way. Try going 3/4 full and check if it still happening.

Re: 10 Worst Carparks in Singapore I agree with this one - the one below Millennial Walk also has a stupid crazy mile high hump that's impossible to get over without scraping the bottom of the car.

Re: does Castrol Edge 5w-40 (ll-01) cause engine sludge? Absolute rubbish. There are a number of engine oil comparison tests on the net and Castrol compares well with the rest.

Re: Case of My E90 (320i) Disappearing Oil - 1 liter every 2000++km!! we had the same replacements on ours when it was leaking. But internal consumption could be CCV or valves/head gasket. CCV replacement is not so expensive but for the "engine overhaul" Mr. Teh from BVO quoted around $2000...

Re: Case of My E90 (320i) Disappearing Oil - 1 liter every 2000++km!! Best to do the maths: you can spend $10-20 on engine oil for the next x months or spend north of $1000 for a new headgasket (if it is not the CCV.

Re: Case of My E90 (320i) Disappearing Oil - 1 liter every 2000++km!! Everyone is having the same problems, you will find lots of posts here. E90 320i engine is a PoS and will leak oil from every possible cavity and start burning oil internally. There are two reasons why it could be burning...

Re: Valve Seals & Valve Cover Gasket change – white smoke problem solved – BMW E90 I spent many thousands of dollars with PML over 3 years fixing the same 2 problems - water and engine oil leakage with the receipts to prove. The car was in and out of the workshop all the time. When the car...

Re: [you], how did you choose / get your nickname? martin was taken...

Re: Buying a used BMW - what to check for ? Not worse than BVO whom I used for the last 2 years. Got ticked off when I had to go back to them 3 times to fix an oil leak. Of course different part needed to be changed each time. Very happy with them initially after years of PML crap service...

Re: I got my 08 320i last week! No....not so fast - there were 5 very painful years between those two days