24 here as well, and I do the same exact thing. Only I live in NJ, so it happens more often. And I swap out the Opera for Mussorgsky's Pictures in an Exhibition and pretend to conduct.

 

car's back in.

i've had a problem with it stalling out occasionally on start up. it starts, is crazy rough, then stalls. Start up, still rough, I rev it up, and let it drop back to idle, no problems. It did it this morning but threw a check engine light, so I've got them fixing that.

Have the cold start rattle at around 1.5k rpms, but not at idle, which they say is a completely different rattle then the cold start at idle. Getting that work taken care of too.

I've also noticed a weird noise when warmed up, in second gear at abou 2.5k rpms... got them looking at that...


jeeze i'm starting to get really annoyed now. my car has ALL of the symptoms that I've read about on here... sunroof, windows, rattle, clutch noises, etc. I love the thing, but this is a brand new car.

 

Keep us posted! I'm at 14,500 miles and getting my oil changed on Friday. My dealer agreed to let it sit for an hour to drain it all out since I've had an extra 1/2 quart since my break in oil change at 1200.

 

I'm not THAT old yet, but yeah, it annoys me and there's many many of those rolling around. But it's funny when it's a 1970s beater and it's pushing out 2000w and 4 15" drivers.

 

btw, i got a just-a-cooper auto as a loaner.

still a nice car, as it's got great styling and all, but yikes, it's a snail!

no offense to anyone who has a just-a-cooper, it's just that I'm used to driving around in my S, though to drop that much hp.

 

i tested a justa after the S and yeah... i wasn't going to get a loaded justa.

 

Oh boy here we go again.

 

and i decided, more mods are on serious hold right now. if these issues don't get taken care of, i may be moving on from my S to the volvo C30.

 

nothing wrong with the coop, i just love the turbo kicking me in the pants. different strokes for different folks.
i may never get another NA car again.

 

yeah I love my S.... couldn't see myself owning a Justacoop, that being said however... I had an auto justacoop as a loaner during my last service.... I ragged pretty hard on it to see what it could do.... Given enough pressing that little thing is fun.

 

You should try the manual. I had a Justa auto and couldn't stand it.

 

i had an s auto last week, i hated it.

 

well, the dealership got back to me, the check engine light was a missfire on all four cylinders.
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my guess is the fuel pump, but from what I've seen posted up, BMW blames that on "bad gas", even though I haven't put anything but Chevron in for the past 4k or so miles, and the only other brand I've put in is 76.

 

Just a little driving report. I drove around the hilly twisted back roads near the office on the way home and I can say that the springs are FAB. Cornering is relatively flat, i'd say 70-80 of the body roll is gone. Asphalt repair spots were soaked up firmly and smoothly, not abrupt like OEM.

Also took a 270 degree banked ascending highway interchange @ 2x posted limit with ease, including a 20' ruffled asphalt repair section near the middle. Steering upset was decreased during that section compared to OEM @ 1.5x posted limit I drove at previously. I could probably do 2.5x but there's a semi-blind at the top where the deceleration lane merges to descend back down the clover. I think if the ruffles aren't there and there highway was closed to all but myself, I could the ascent @ 3-3.25x posted. I haven't tried the descent though, I think there would still be some steering issues w/ all the weight up front and focused on the front left tire.

 

miss fires are always fun..... gotta love it when that happens.

Krim, i'm glad you are enjoying the suspension....now swing by Delaware and give me a spin haha

 

good to hear Krim, I want to get suspension stuff too.... assuming my car's okay.

I don't even know how to handle this, a 9 month old car shouldn't have misfires, I don't care if it's just at start up or not.

 

Maybe it had something to do w/ the update and tensioner... *shrug* hopefully it's nothing serious.

DC - Don't tempt me, i need a long vacation and a cross country drive for spring foliage would be nice.

 

New Rims!

 

Just wanted to defend the "Justacoops"- as long as it's manual and you know how to drive it, the power is there when you need it, just not as readily available as the "S." And I do enjoy engaging the "sport mode" when I am first in line at stop lights

 

looks great spidrz, i love those OZ's...

 

BTW nice rims SpidrzQ! They look sharp!!!! Woot woot!

 

NICE! Love that all black look! Joey mod next then?

 

That's the plan!!

 

Nice! I was looking at those in gunmetal. Hey, quick ? Do the spokes protrude past the rim? I haven't seen one from the side profile yet and I can't tell. I had Volk Challenges on my acura and they stuck out, so they got beat up by rocks hitting it and such.

 

nice wheels.