The BMW 320d Fanboy Thread

ijacobs3 said:
My last trip was Jhb to toti to drakensburg to Jhb and a bit of driving on one tank , 1500km on 50L of diesel

That car is a beauty
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As an ex owner of multiple BMW diesels, I'm going to say 1500km on 50L of diesel is not possible.
 
ijacobs3 said:
My last trip was Jhb to toti to drakensburg to Jhb and a bit of driving on one tank , 1500km on 50L of diesel

That car is a beauty
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30km/l. What we're you driving, 50km/h the whole time up and down the mountain? I am lucky to reach 16 to 17 per trip with what I believe to be a very economic Ford Figo and then I'm nursing it, not impeding traffic but absolutely no erratic engine action. Consider yourself lucky, I'm guessing you were praying at the end driving thst in one filling.

If you did add fuel, did you consider that what you thought is a 3/4 tank and calculated it linearly is not an exact science as the tank does not have a uniform shape throughout. Fuel pumps also does not stop at the exact point when filling up, and some attendants think fill her up means they must ride this stupid clicker till he sees the fuel and some stop on the click

Cars really ought to have a calibrated fuel measurement (yes most give you a good guesstimate fuel usage by tank level and odo). Maybe one day. Yes the guess is probably have a margin of about 5% but exact hard data would be nice.

I'm not trying to argue with you, 30km on one milkjug of fuel just sounds almost too good especially over such a long trip.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I live in dirtbin, can't have a sports car anymore, need a 4x4 to go anywhere nowadays...


Oh and I've been missing my old bakkie like crazy so it was time to go all Dutchman boer again.
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An amarok is no 4x4, it has no low range, Its just a glorified Jetta.;):p
 
epah said:
An amarok is no 4x4, it has no low range, Its just a glorified Jetta.;):p
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Its a 4x4 enough for the potholes I have to deal with...

Though in all fairness, an Amarok roundly beat my previous skedonk 4x4 with low range and all those toys many years ago.... case of electronics properly schooled the old mechanical solution.
 
My dad is having an issue with the steering wheel lock warning light turning on and then his car won’t start until somebody with a code reader clears it, which works for a while and then it’s back on. He’s looking for a good auto electrician in JHB, but in the meantime I was wondering, I’ve seen somebody with a cable that plugs into a laptop that enables the laptop to do the same job as the diagnostic tool, can I get one of those somewhere? And the software?
 
Nike7 said:
My dad is having an issue with the steering wheel lock warning light turning on and then his car won’t start until somebody with a code reader clears it, which works for a while and then it’s back on. He’s looking for a good auto electrician in JHB, but in the meantime I was wondering, I’ve seen somebody with a cable that plugs into a laptop that enables the laptop to do the same job as the diagnostic tool, can I get one of those somewhere? And the software?
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Takealot sells scan tools for around R400 that work with bmw

Enet is what you are specially looking for, there are a few for sale on bob
 
gertvanjoe said:
30km/l. What we're you driving, 50km/h the whole time up and down the mountain? I am lucky to reach 16 to 17 per trip with what I believe to be a very economic Ford Figo and then I'm nursing it, not impeding traffic but absolutely no erratic engine action. Consider yourself lucky, I'm guessing you were praying at the end driving thst in one filling.

If you did add fuel, did you consider that what you thought is a 3/4 tank and calculated it linearly is not an exact science as the tank does not have a uniform shape throughout. Fuel pumps also does not stop at the exact point when filling up, and some attendants think fill her up means they must ride this stupid clicker till he sees the fuel and some stop on the click

Cars really ought to have a calibrated fuel measurement (yes most give you a good guesstimate fuel usage by tank level and odo). Maybe one day. Yes the guess is probably have a margin of about 5% but exact hard data would be nice.

I'm not trying to argue with you, 30km on one milkjug of fuel just sounds almost too good especially over such a long trip.
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thats just what it did with cruise control at 120, but i drove it until there was 0km left, so possibly a few more liters of diesel, the on board computer calculated 25. something
 
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