[748adam]

£2500 after I stacked it into a hedge

my own fault though

[Chappers 71]

Originally Posted by 748adam

£2500 after I stacked it into a hedge

my own fault though

How'd you manage to do that? If you have any pics of the damage post them up

[748adam]

I was been an idiot and put my foot down when I shouldn’t of, pretty much did a 270 degree spin and ended up in a hedge backward, list of damage is
1 passenger side wing
1 bottom arm snapped (so I’m upgrading to m3 arms all round)
2 smashed wheels (so I’m upgrading to style 763s)
Rear bumper (upgrading to sport bumper)
Exhaust tips are gone (I had a back box delet anyway)
I’m changing the track rods to make sure they aren’t bent
Passenger side inner wing
Drivers side rear inner wing
Carbon spoiler is cracked

So quite a list but it could of been so much worse, 5meters from where I ended up was a big ass steel sign, luckily no other cars or people were involved and the air bags never went off.
Lesson learnt and credit card has taken a hell of a beating (genuine parts are expensive), funnily enough the upside of this (besides the upgrade in parts) is the mrs isn’t taking to me so I’ve got a quiet life and more time to fix my baby! Should be back on the road in a week.
I do have pictures but photobucket is crap!

[Dann]

Originally Posted by 748adam

I was been an idiot and put my foot down when I shouldn’t of, pretty much did a 270 degree spin and ended up in a hedge backward, list of damage is
1 passenger side wing
1 bottom arm snapped (so I’m upgrading to m3 arms all round)
2 smashed wheels (so I’m upgrading to style 763s)
Rear bumper (upgrading to sport bumper)
Exhaust tips are gone (I had a back box delet anyway)
I’m changing the track rods to make sure they aren’t bent
Passenger side inner wing
Drivers side rear inner wing
Carbon spoiler is cracked

So quite a list but it could of been so much worse, 5meters from where I ended up was a big ass steel sign, luckily no other cars or people were involved and the air bags never went off.
Lesson learnt and credit card has taken a hell of a beating (genuine parts are expensive), funnily enough the upside of this (besides the upgrade in parts) is the mrs isn’t taking to me so I’ve got a quiet life and more time to fix my baby! Should be back on the road in a week.
I do have pictures but photobucket is crap!

Sounds like you got the best of a bad situation then with the sign.

Get the photobucket hotlink fixer if you use chrome. That way it still shows everything.

[mjn77]

New tyre - £113
Alloy refurb - £45
ConnectedDrive sub - £96
Can of BG245 - £23
10 litres of 5-30w oil - £62
Austrian / Slovenian / Swiss tags - £55

[Chappers 71]

No expenses other than fuel for January & a lot of extra interior cleaning product, who'd have thought my little puppy would make such a mess being in the back of the 35i

[sleepysnake]

2x 255 35 R18 Pilot Sport 4s - £290
MOT - £40
2x tanks of Momentum 99 - £140

[Dann]

This month

£27.49 for a MOT

Covered a massive 2100 miles this year.

[Laskasasha]

January - £260 for levelling sensor and wiring loom repairs

February - after trying to fit two Bridgestones 255 35's discovered both aalloy wheels (193 style) were cracked on inner wall. Now welding, straighting and refurb (hopefully and not news alloys!) is required at c. £140 each alloy...

Still wouldn't be without it...

[Laskasasha]

£280 for both the rear wheels - welding, straightening and refurbishment. MyAlloys in Basingstoke did a very good job and I'll be using them again!

[mjn77]

Gearbox service - £384
Oil/filter change / front wheel balancing / mini service - £86.40
And another 12 months ConnectedDrive for free new expiry is 6th Jan 2020!

But March is gonna be expensive.......VED / 4 x new 19" tyres /

[Chappers 71]

Another month with no dramas & no expenses other than fuel. I do wanna get some all weather bmw mats though.

[russ9898]

Not a 335, a 325d but ill share my costs with you for this month...

• Oil service, pollen filter and brake fluid change - £144
  
• Renew both front shock absorbers inc alignment - £336.60
  
• Rebuild the differential due to a whine developing - £900
  
• New propshaft bolts - £9.60
  
• 4 new Uniroyal Rainsports - £517.68
  
• Renew glow plug including calling a specialist in to extract the plug as it snapped in the engine - £216.48

Total - £2124.36

In addition, I also chose to fit a new battery last month due to the original showing early signs of failure in cold weather - £140

Total inc fuel and insurance etc will be approaching £2.5k this month.

Overall, I cant complain. Ive had the car 3.5 years and for the most part its wanted for very little and has been a brilliant motor.

When you break the costs down for this month I don't think they are completely unreasonable. Tyres and the service are just general vehicle running costs. The shocks are 80k old now so are a wear and tear item. The glow plug was just a twat, they were last replaced by BMW and I suspect overnighted. The only thing that annoys me failing is the diff, a car that has done 80,000miles shouldn't require a diff rebuild but by all accounts BMW diff's are prone to failure.

I was planning on selling the car once repaired but it drives absolutely beautifully again now and I dont see myself parting with it anytime soon. Once the weather starts to warm up I might replace the rear shocks myself just so they're fresh all round.

[Smokey33]

4x Michelin PS4S= 715quid + fitting at 50quid.
4x wheel alignment= £75
4x 19" CSL Reps £510

[Chappers 71]

March, a set of all weather floor mats £40 & £20 for a front brake caliper lower slider pin. Other than that just fuel.
All seems to be running fine, just a bit of brake judder, which I suspect changing the seized slider pin should cure.
Outer edges on the front Michelins are looking a little worn, with around 4mm left across the rest of the tyre. So far they have done 18,215 fairly hard miles , I suspect there's another two or three thousand miles left in them. My previous set of super sports lasted for 21,967 miles. I may try PS4s next.
I still haven't gotten around to getting the leaking sump gasket replaced yet

[mjn77]

VED - £220
4 x 19” Goodyear Eagles - £542
4 x 19” alloy refurb - £288

And as Chappers, have a slight brake judder at 40-50mph. Not sure what mine my problem is as all bushes are 12 months / 20k miles old, discs in good condition. So will probably pick up a couple of caliper rebuilds kits for when the pads are replaced soon.

[Chappers 71]

Originally Posted by mjn77

VED - £220
4 x 19” Goodyear Eagles - £542
4 x 19” alloy refurb - £288

And as Chappers, have a slight brake judder at 40-50mph. Not sure what mine my problem is as all bushes are 12 months / 20k miles old, discs in good condition. So will probably pick up a couple of caliper rebuilds kits for when the pads are replaced soon.

Try taking out the bottom caliper bolts/slider pins & make sure the outer sleeve moves freely. It'll only take half hour or so to check them.

[Dann]

£210 - Oil Service and Microfilter change
£8 - 8 new wheel centre caps (they tend to last about 12/18months before they go horrible)

[Chappers 71]

A set of new front caliper sliderpins/bolts at £72, stripped front brakes down cleaned and torqued every thing up, brake judders gone.
Still haven't had the sump gasket replaced yet.
£12 for 1 litre of castrol edge 0W30. Last 1 litre top up was 2186 miles ago, oil consumption on mine varies from around 1700 to 3200 miles, depends how I drive it
On 108300 miles now, bit of waste gate rattle but still running nicely

[Laskasasha]

Waste gate rattle - on original turbos?

[Chappers 71]

Originally Posted by Laskasasha

Waste gate rattle - on original turbos?

Yeah, to be expected at 108k

[MattOz]

Running costs only this month. And £60 to BMW for the Comprehensive warranty. Happy with that.