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Sedans BMW 5-Series BMW 5-Series Maintenance and Repair
2416 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2009 at 8:41 AM
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I have a BMW 528 with nearly 180K on it. It has recently started to make funny noises when turning. The noise only happens when it's cold, once the car worms up it stops. There are some vibrations along with the noise, but the car steers OK. Could this be a belt? I've had the car serviced, and the mechanic could not repeat the problem - but said every checked out fine. Any ideas what this might be?
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When I got my brand new BMW 535 2006 model from a dealer, the "front" car didn't have a place to hang the license plate. The dealer told me "if the front car doesn't have the place to hold the license plate, then it doesn't require by law. If the car does have the place to hold the license plate in the front, then the law requires to have the front license plate." Recently I got a ticket at SFO, I told the policeman the same thing, however he still gave me the ticket because missing the front license plate. At that time, I pointed out many luxury cars (mercedes, BMW and more) at SFO and they didn't have the front license plate because no front license plate holder. The policeman got confused but he doesn't want to recall the ticket. What is a CA law about the front license plate requirement? If there is no exception, then how can I contact BMW to handle this issue? because their design. If the BMW dealer told me about the front license plate for my car is true, then where should I get the statement or something to show it to the police in case the policeman stop me again in the future. Thanks in advances. |
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Replying to: pham (Jul 21, 2009 10:31 am) If the cop had been in a good mood, he would have given you a "fix-it" ticket rather than a traffic violation. Maybe your dealer should pay the fine for bad advice. I suspect this is just part of the revenue-gathering going on now. This type of ticket has long been the "sucker punch" for motorists parked in public places. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 21, 2009 5:14 pm) Or.. move to Kentucky! No front plates! 
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jul 22, 2009 3:20 am) No need to go that far, Arizona has no front plates either. 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 21, 2009 5:14 pm) I once got one of those in NH because my plate mount had been knocked off by a careless parker.
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Replying to: andys120 (Jul 22, 2009 7:30 am) 
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No end to the political correctness. Plus a revenue stream for already bloated budgets and bennies. Never seen so many cops looking to give tickets since this recession started. |
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.....in my constant quest to find a beater that is not an Escort or Corsica, I'm going to look at a 528e tomorrow ('88, automatic, 151k miles, allegedly owned by a mechanic, new brakes and battery). Yeah, I already know they're slow; this is basically going to be a 'run around town and possibly visit mom once in a while' (second car). This one looks OK for the price, and supposedly runs great. Anything endemic to these I need to know about? Owner supposedly has all books and records, which I like a lot. Thanks!!
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Replying to: ghulet (Jul 24, 2009 12:01 am) Not that it matters... An '88 BMW is pretty maintenance intensive.. that's what all your money is going to go for... Even for a second car, figure $100/mo, if nothing big breaks.... Personally, I wouldn't get an automatic in an old BMW.. |
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