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November 15th, 2007 06:12 PM #11Galactus, my '96 Accord came w/ a keyless entry key, 1 spare regular key, 1 valet key & 2 car alarm remote. The keyless entry key has a large squarish handle w/ a single button. It only operates the car's locking system only, not the alarm & yes, the receiver is in the maplight. The built-in battery charges when you slot the key when driving. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that you bring your bimmer for a well baby check-up every 10k kms, not 10k kms or 6 months w/chever comes first. That will take me about 10 months use or P50.00/day [15K / 300 days] excluding parts.
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November 15th, 2007 07:32 PM #12
Here are two of my prospects:
Model 2003
Model 2004
My choice for the 5 series are more personal than technical. It's a great mid-sized executive sedan which means more space/legroom for me since I am over 6 feet. The styling, like the rims as I mentioned, are enough to swoon me hehe especially for the 2004 variant. Available in manual and RWD, it must be a joy to throw around some bends and I can live with its 6 cylinder engine.
I bet that the 3 series is also good but I guess I fell in love with the 530i
because it's the only one I got to ride in more frequently (belongs to an uncle of mine) and I haven't been lucky enough to ride in any 3 series.
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November 15th, 2007 08:36 PM #13
More electronics means more problems as these gadgets ages faster in our hot & humid climate.
I can accept that the problems on Userfriendly's 318 can happen on a few & I mean a few of it's kind. Even at 50K kms it's already 5 years old. What's puzzling is the 2 year old 5 seires w/ 15K on the odo & it's missing 1 liter of oil. If there are no visible leaks around the engine, then, suspect are the valve seals or the turbo if it has one. But that's really prematureLast edited by 17M; November 15th, 2007 at 08:49 PM. Reason: Reply embedded in quote portion.
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November 15th, 2007 08:38 PM #14Originally Posted by userfriendly
As for other malfunctions from the remote, there's another set of procedures to re-initialize the remote.
These steps should fix most remote key problems, other than parts failure. I had to bite the price of spare key once but said goodbye to the dealer when they quoted the price for the programming and did it myself.
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November 15th, 2007 08:59 PM #15
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November 15th, 2007 09:00 PM #16
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November 15th, 2007 09:14 PM #17
Indeed the '04 has always been, well, controversial which all started with those headlights. The '03 will definitely be a keeper aside from the fact that it may come out cheaper than the '04 because to some it looks dated. I wonder if the '03 has that headlight feature that enables it to "look around corners" whatever that feature is called.
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edit: my earlier post indicated "531i" when I actually meant "530i", my bad. Can't edit it na.
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November 15th, 2007 09:27 PM #18The intervals are based on the on-board computer and depends on your driving distance on each trip. Frequent short trips will mean shorter intervals. Some people do an intermediate oil change in-between. In a tropical setting I guess it would help to do more.[/quote]
StraightSix, then my figures are off. I only do 25-30 kms/day from home to office in makati & nearby places. We use the van on weekends & out of town trips.
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November 16th, 2007 01:33 AM #19
I like the 2004+ (E60) BMWs because of the out-of-the-box design. It's radical and free of social pressure on what an exec sedan should be. I don't like the 7-series because it's design is kinda off (or i just don't get it). 3-series (esp the diesels) is good but 5-series is a big car.
The technical stuff i like about it is the engine (I'm interested with the diesels than the petrols though) because of the tremendous torque you can use in overtaking and high speed runs.Last edited by Horsepower; November 16th, 2007 at 02:06 AM.
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November 16th, 2007 03:50 AM #20
5 (540, 545), 6, 7 series are the true BMW. The rest of the lesser bimmer are made in whatever country. So make sure that 5 series start w/ 540(older model) 545 (newer model) if is not, think hard of your buck. Like they said, your paying for an ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE and what youve got is not an ULTIMATE at all. GO HONDA.
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