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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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On 2024-11-08 15:27, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2024-11-08 12:06, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2024-11-08, RoadRacer <racer@nunya.biz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and here's my current road car:
>>>>
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RksO8IIHEzap0YkYbkLNReU2zKc5WhLw/view?usp=share_link>
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Is that a 1-series or a 3? What year/model?
>>
>> 2012 135i M Sport.
>>
>>>
>>> My 335i is the same color. It's been a great car (fuel pump issues got
>>> worked out under warranty). 🙂👍
>> My car had an electric water pump failure under warranty...
>>
>> ...and a failure of the o-rings on the oil filter housing...
>>
>> ...leading to oil leaking down onto the alternator...
>>
>> ...leading to a replacement of the alternator...
>>
>> ...and that wasn't under warranty.
>>
>> Moral of the story:
>>
>> If your 335i is using the same engine design, be very aware of you start
>> to smell any oil burning.
>>
>> 😖
>>
> I was window shopping Bimmers and found a 1-series online (2010-12ish) that
> was really cheap. Then after it hadn’t been bought for a month it got
> cheaper and the listing started detailing some of the issues. Hard pass.
> I’ve always been interested in an entry level older BMW. There was another
> one that was kinda cool looking but I was already in the process of dealing
> with my Civic getting rear-ended and totaled and replacing it with an HR-V.
> I also had my eye on an ILX around the same price range. Those were pretty
> much fancier Civics. I rarely see them and they were discontinued.

Well, for me, I've experienced three real problems with my 1-Series:

1. The failed water pump (warrantied).

2. The failed oil sealing leading to a failed alternator (partially bad 
design, but basically my fault for not investigating the smell of oil 
far enough).

3. A failed turbocharger charge pipe; where the plastic pipe failed 
where it was clipped to the metal intake plenum. I fixed that one myself 
with about $70 in parts and (maybe) an hour of labour.

> 
> For some reason my Youtube feed coughs up rando videos on oddball cars.
> Recently it was a 1971 Pantera being driven and I was smitten. Looks like
> the sort of car it would be too easy to die in but having too much fun with
> the demise. F’in beast.

All part of the trend to stick American V8s into European sports cars. :-)

> 
> I’m happy with the HR-V as a small crossover with a higher stance than my
> Civic had. Maybe I’ll keep looking at 1-series Bimmers online. They seem
> expensive to maintain, but cheaper to get into than a Mercedes or Porsche.
> 911s are a bit steep for me.
> 
> A tricked out 1-series would be sweet though I’d be better off with some
> Japanese platform hot rod. I seriously don’t get stance cars with weird
> camber.
It's a classic thing with faddests of all types.

Racing cars started using more camber when tire construction went from 
bias plies to radial, and if some was good for a racing car, then more 
must be even better...

....right?

😎