JJ0063’s current steed - Life of an impulsive car owner -[Cant keep away from N47 + BARGAIN Z3 IS FIXED]

[yes oui si]

I'd only go for it if I knew I'd be keeping it for yeeaaaars. 

At 150k, I'd avoid. 

[JJ0063]

Audi 2.0 TDI with the CVT box, are these boxes a ticking timebomb or fairly safe anyone know?

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Audi 2.0 TDI with the CVT box, are these boxes a ticking timebomb or fairly safe anyone know?

You really have to ask??

What about a Tesla Model 3? you can get a post '21 LR for £12k if you look carefully.

[JJ0063]

44 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

You really have to ask??

What about a Tesla Model 3? you can get a post '21 LR for £12k if you look carefully.

I’m assuming that’s a yes? 😂 I don’t know anything about them. Seem common.

Nah budget is 5k and im going to stick to it, I did consider going up to 7 but I don’t need to.  Plenty of cars within budget 👍

[Gaffer]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Audi 2.0 TDI with the CVT box, are these boxes a ticking timebomb or fairly safe anyone know?

Did some work on a 2010 so assume it was the previous model? It had the 2.0tdi and the CVT and I was actually very impressed at how it drove. Had heard they were a bit troublesome but no idea if it’s truth or one of them old wives tales based on some that were genuinely shit yonks ago? 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

I’m assuming that’s a yes? 😂 I don’t know anything about them. Seem common.

Nah budget is 5k and im going to stick to it, I did consider going up to 7 but I don’t need to.  Plenty of cars within budget 👍

Didn't buy the Q5 @ Anglia Car Auctions tonight then? 🤷‍♀️
Didn't sell at £3,250 or somewhere around that price ............. 
 

[JJ0063]

5 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Didn't buy the Q5 @ Anglia Car Auctions tonight then? 🤷‍♀️
Didn't sell at £3,250 or somewhere around that price ............. 
 

I emailed to ask whether it was a private entry or a dealer part ex (private entry would put me off more tbh) but they didn’t reply and I forgot!

[JJ0063]

I’ve got the frighteners about CVT boxes now. 
 

I might just wait it out for another F11, at least I know what I’m dealing with there. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

12 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I emailed to ask whether it was a private entry or a dealer part ex (private entry would put me off more tbh) but they didn’t reply and I forgot!

I was lurking online - no real money for anything older than 2015 other than a couple of BMW things. AS type stuff was proving hard to shift - the auctioneers were working hard for their pay tbh.

[Supernaut]

12 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

I’m assuming that’s a yes? 😂 I don’t know anything about them. Seem common.

Nah budget is 5k and im going to stick to it, I did consider going up to 7 but I don’t need to.  Plenty of cars within budget 👍

7k would get you a Kiltox special EV like a Leaf or a Zoe, plus enough left over for a scabby old Volvo estate or something.

[JJ0063]

I’ve left a deposit, got £5280 in cash in an envelope, and a train booked for 17:10 today. 
 

I wonder what it is, let’s just say I’ve stuck to what I know.

[S2000]

MX5 to pull the ERDE trailer/Dog transportation system?

[JJ0063]

So some of you will have seen the collection thread but I thought I’d try something different and buy a diesel BMW for a change 

 

2011 F11 520 D M sport touring 

140k on the clock 

April 2024 it had timing chain, egr delete, swirl flap delete, gearbox service and a remap by the same place I had the chain done on my 3 series and previous 5 series. Witter detachable tow bar, front and rear dash cam, wireless apple CarPlay / Android auto, pilot sport 5’s all round. 

Such a difference in quality from the F31 to F11, the 5 series feels so much better built, seats like armchairs. 
 

Happy for another couple of months at least…

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, JJ0063 said:

Happy for another couple of months weeks at least…

FTFY

Be interested how you find it compared to the stepped on Range Rover? The BMW certainly appeals to my eye more than the RR.

[JJ0063]

1 minute ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

FTFY

Be interested how you find it compared to the stepped on Range Rover? The BMW certainly appeals to my eye more than the RR.

Chalk and cheese

I was a big fan of the RR and now I’ve owned one I’ll defend them all day long as a lovely car but if you’ve owned/driven BMW’s they just drive so good. I can’t really explain it. The F11 feels like it’s got feeling in the steering, even though it’s a big car with a slightly underpowered engine you can still actually drive them. The steering is that bit heavier with more feel, you’re sat more ‘in’ the car than on it. 
 

Im an estate lover, the RR boot was way smaller than I imagined it would be, not a very big car at all. 

[JJ0063]

I fucking deal 

 

When I accelerate under load, say from a 30 to a NSL, fairly hard, it pings the drivetrain warning then after a few seconds clears itself. 
 

These 3 codes stored 

 

Weird as it looks like one is the turbo actuator, one is DPF related and one is boost pressure. 
 

No idea what it could be, can’t really be arsed to start chasing!

[Bren]

My warning was EGR related.

[JJ0063]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

My warning was EGR related.

This has been blanked and mapped out!

[Bren]

2 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

This has been blanked and mapped out!

I didn't think you could do that on a car with a dpf?

[JJ0063]

19 minutes ago, Bren said:

I didn't think you could do that on a car with a dpf?

God knows, I have the invoice for it so I hope so 😂

 

[Bren]

Unless the dpf has been gutted?

[JJ0063]

16 minutes ago, Bren said:

Unless the dpf has been gutted?

Doesn’t look like it, it’s a mystery!

[Jazoli]

The joys of changing cars, sometimes it’s best to stick with what you have, that would royally piss me off if I’d just sold a reliable ‘daily’ to buy it.

[JJ0063]

11 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

The joys of changing cars, sometimes it’s best to stick with what you have, that would royally piss me off if I’d just sold a reliable ‘daily’ to buy it.

You win some you lose some, I’ll sort it, I’ve had a good run so far!

The guy I bought it from is mortified and has said he’ll pay to get it sorted. I’m going to book it in with BMW Mini Tech in Colchester who did the chain and map as I know them and they know the car 

[Bren]

On 09/08/2025 at 23:19, JJ0063 said:

You win some you lose some, I’ll sort it, I’ve had a good run so far!

The guy I bought it from is mortified and has said he’ll pay to get it sorted. I’m going to book it in with BMW Mini Tech in Colchester who did the chain and map as I know them and they know the car 

I hope it gets sorted.

I don't think the quality is as good as the e60. I have had to replace the rear console vents on mine as they were broken - the main ones in the dash also need replacing- they are very flimsy.

[mercedade]

On 09/08/2025 at 20:41, JJ0063 said:

God knows, I have the invoice for it so I hope so 😂

 

I no less than nuffin about these, but I'd read that invoice entry as "we deleted the swirl flaps and the EGR" and "we've also remapped it", rather than "we've coded out the EGR".

[JJ0063]

1 minute ago, mercedade said:

I no less than nuffin about these, but I'd read that invoice entry as "we deleted the swirl flaps and the EGR" and "we've also remapped it", rather than "we've coded out the EGR".

You’d have to code the EGR out to prevent EML for an EGR fault, I know 100% that part is done as I know the place that did it 👍

[JJ0063]

So my plates are on but I need to order a set of full size ones as someone’s been handy with self tappers in the front bumper. 
 

Also have put the detachable towbar in place to make sure it’s all there and functioning as I’m all being well collecting a Z3 on a trailer this weekend as I mentioned in the news 24 thread. 
 

Lucky really as the electrics are 13 pin which I’ve never had before so have time to order a 7 pin converter for the trailer.

 

 

[JJ0063]

Full size plate secured 

 

[Matty]

4 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

all being well collecting a Z3 on a trailer this weekend as I mentioned in the news 24 thread

What?? (Too lazy to go to aforementioned thread. You've bought a Z3 JJ?)