I took out AA breakdown cover with the breakdown repair cover which will pay upto £500 for repairs.  Think all in with breakdown etc it was £150ish.

http://p38spares.co.uk/commerce/product ... 13_x1.html

A mechanic should easily be able to do it in an hour

Self Leveling suspension air bag has gone.  common problem.  Just done my osr one.  Replaced with an arnott one from p38spares.

Easy for a mechanic to change.

digital diesel electronics

http://www.bmw.com/com/en/insights/tech ... onics.html

just bought the arnott from p38 spares with next day delivery.  getting the garage to fit it on tuesday

Hi All.......warranty time again and BMW have now quoted £1066 for named component and £1350 for fully comp. Considering the car is now nearly 7 years old and on 63,000miles is it worth it or will BMW use the wear and tear argument for failures. Im only concerned as the car has the electronic damper...

From memory the e53 had a lever to change the direction of the lights but it was a bugger.....  you need to weigh up how much night driving you actually think youll be doing on motorways.

[quote="cooa99"] Hi Guys, We are going to France in 2 days via eurotunnel This thread comes in handy. I have not been out there since they dropped the french franc! I have a couple  questions :- 1) Light conversion - Does the E53 (2008) need a sticker for the headlights or it has a lever t...

Have been using saneftolling for a couple of years now.  Works really well as lots of the French still use cash and cards at the tolls and there are now more 30km/h drive through lanes

You get billed after the event and the rate isnt too bad either

Friends 40d went in on Wednesday and is still broken 

will definitely keep this as my offside one is now on its way out too

interesting that is the sd's  anyone else had problems?

Camberwell here

Check the USB charger amperage.  Iphones wont charge properly with less than 1a.

quite a few usb chargers are only 500ma

ipad needs a higher amperage than a iphone.  Probably only half to 1 amp on the usb in the car

Could be worth a try 
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-a ... wwodXooANg