New BMW quality

[freeride53]

bmw stopped doing dip sticks like 2 years ago. bc no one that buys them, checks that and there is an idiot light on the dash if it gets low anyways. heard this all from Steve Dinan.

thats fucking hilarious

[bmwstephen]

bmw stopped doing dip sticks like 2 years ago. bc no one that buys them, checks that and there is an idiot light on the dash if it gets low anyways. heard this all from Steve Dinan.

heard this during the Dinan open house. Because people don't chck their oil, Bmw decided to save $20 per vehicle by having those things removed

[Edev]

How are you supposed to work on this thing? This is worse than an e46 engine bay!

That engine bay is a piece of cake compaired to the say, new F01's or the F10's. The 750 and 550 use the same engines, obviously.

F01 750i/Li

http://paultan.org/2008/07/05/new-bmw-7-series-f01-specifications-and-photos/

[lonestar22]

Seriously?

no joke look it up.

and incase you guys didnt know, on the new 750/550. the turbos are mounted in the middle of the engine, the intake manifolds whbere the exhaust manifolds usually go, and a whole lot more confusing shit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_N63

[tjts1]

no joke look it up.

No seriously Homestar, hit the link in #1 and all your questions shall be answered.

[quickervicar]

thats fucking hilarious

I'm not laughing.

[mkcman17]

Is it bad that I still kind of want to see one swapped into a 318?

[CleanAzzE30z]

where the fuck is the dip stick??????

long gone, brother!!

Makes me love my E30 more and more every day.

True story..... Im glad Im not alone.

And how do you know when the idiot light breaks?

You dont..... Dont look for logic here, people.

thats fucking hilarious

Im surprised this is still news to people who are up-to-date on all things "BMW" and participate in BMW related forums. Even in my drugged out fog, I knew this happened a couple years back. There was an endlessly continuing chain of shocked-sounding letters to the Roundel about this.

[Nairb]

The car runs a diagnostic check when the car starts up.. if the CHECK ENGINE light doesn't flash before the car idles normally, you should realize there is a problem.. it happens in my e46, but I still have a dipstick..

Same thing in the e30. I always check my panel before I start it up..

[CorvallisBMW]

I'm glad BMW is bringing back 4-cyl models to the US. Hell that thing makes almost as much power and torque as the N54/N55 but weighs 30% less and gets much better fuel economy. Long live turbo 4-bangers. Can you imagine how much fun that shit would be in an e30 :woowoo:

[bmw325csi]

^Do It!!!!
How bout you make an small motor, small car thread.