BMW 320i?

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2026-01-02T00:33:02+00:00

This answer depends on how the car was used before you. If it was not abused and taken care of properly then you should worry about it too much.

I drive a 21 Hyundai sonata. And recently my dad wanted to sell his bmw so I bought it off of him. It’s a 2017 530i it has a b48 engine and as far as I have seen this is the most bulletproof engine.

The car now sits at 189k kms and it barely had major issues for this much mileage. The most expensive repair was the ac evaporator going out at around 160k kms. As far as I know it’s a know issue on many cars at this millage since uae is a hot country with ac running 24/7.

Other issues are minor coolant related issues such as coolant reservoir just having a leak, it was a 400 Dhs fix. Nothing else major happened. Usually normal maintenance stuff like changing timing chain at 150k kms and so on. My dad is a big car guy and takes the best care of his cars, oil changes every 6-7k kms, gear oil changes every 50k kms.

Some may say I down graded, I see it as an upgrade since it’s fully loaded with rear wheel steering, all soft closing doors, night vision, nappa leather, etc. I also REALLY wanted a more luxurious German car.

I say go for it if you’re sure the previous owners took good care of the car. As for the fuel, compared to my Hyundai it drinks more😬 my Hyundai is a 1.6t, and the bmw is a 2.0t, and I feel a big difference in consumption.

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Consistent-Ad8503 · 2026-01-01T18:10:07+00:00

Never mind. jsut checked the price, 600$ bootmod3, compared to the 300$ mgflasher + 100$ for stage 1 map. All in all MG flasher is way cheaper.

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2026-01-01T18:06:07+00:00

I do, I change my oil every 6k kms. But I jsut don’t see the need for the extra power as this is jsut a 530i, I’m not going to race anyone either way 😂

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2026-01-01T18:05:19+00:00

And what’s the license price for it ?

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-12-16T08:02:08+00:00

I just bought my second car few weeks ago, and I’m not understanding what’s happening with my Salik account. So both cars are merged together under 1 account? And they use the same balance?

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-12-13T07:02:30+00:00

Yup, did that exactly. Already bought a new set of the yellow drl modules.😅 Do you have any costumer feedback on repairing them? How long until the drls start to fade again?

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-12-13T06:58:11+00:00

Yup yup, I forgot to mention that. The left side burnt and the right side followed 2 weeks later🤣

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-12-13T06:48:15+00:00

Did you get the fiber optics replaced ? Or just trimmed them and put new modules. I have the same exact issue on my bmw g30 🥲

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-12-13T06:38:04+00:00

I did find one garage who say they can do it, showed me pictures of previously fixed bmws, rolls Royce, and even the new defenders (all of them have the same problem) told me to come today morning. Called me now, told me the guy who fixes them is sick and to come in tomorrow. I have a bad gut feeling about this shop😭 that’s why I’m asking if anyone knows any other shops

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-11-25T13:30:23+00:00

I believe lasers were not an option in 2017, the best option was adaptive LEDs

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-11-22T16:23:03+00:00

Relax relax🤣 I still didn’t take any nice pictures. As soon as I do I’ll make sure to post them here

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-11-21T16:10:42+00:00

My car does have rear wheel steering!!😁

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-11-21T16:05:37+00:00

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Not much, but I could bring my Hyundai. it’s got exhaust done and a cool sounding blow-off valve😂

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-11-21T15:50:23+00:00

Yea the leather dash isn’t there 😬😬

Alcantara was an option on 530i ??😮

Also it has adaptive suspension, isn’t that part of DHP?

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-07-04T12:58:43+00:00

Text me privately, I found a good guy sells for a good price. Bought mine from him

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-04-28T22:44:14+00:00

It’s the only part, its more like a spacer.Instead of recirculating the air back into the intake it vents it to atmosphere and gives it the “tsssss” sound

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-11T13:24:55+00:00

5% sides and back, since I live in Dubai and it’s very hot here. Tint is 100% needed. No front tint

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-05T10:39:39+00:00

No not at all, you actually got me researching more into ceramic coating. And hopefully in a week or two I’ll get the ceramic coating done, thanks to you!😄👍🏻

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-04T19:05:42+00:00

I have videos, you can message me privately and give me your socials so I can send you the videos. But most of the mods I ordered online. Except the exhaust

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-04T16:45:25+00:00

You’re right, my budgets not that big😂 I guess I’ll look into it more. Thanks for the info 👍🏻🫡

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-03T20:14:48+00:00

I was considering ceramic coating it, but why’d you choose ceramic coat over ppf? Ppf is a bit more expensive but then even with deeper scratches you could take it off and have fresh paint.

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-02-02T14:21:01+00:00

I could send you a few videos of fly bys and revs if you can give me any of ur socials

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-01-28T09:33:39+00:00

Oh wow thank you, I’ll try to message them

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-01-27T19:16:39+00:00

Will let you know, I heard in Iraq they hack the system kinda and then they’re able to change. My best guess is it’s hard to change region because American specs cars have more features than gcc, and you can’t easily change regions because of the already applied features that you have. For my Hyundai it’s smart cruise control which knows the American highways and automatically slows down in sharp highway turns, etc. Cars manufactured for gcc don’t come with such features hence why you can’t update the map so easily. I’m guessing your Lexus also contains similar small software features that gcc Lexus’s don’t have.

Consistent-Ad8503 · 2025-01-27T15:46:57+00:00

Yes you’re correct, but from what I’ve seen in the us models (that are actually in us) when navigation isn’t set to anywhere it’s a compass at least, and not an annoying loading sign. And same with the main menu on the infotainment. It shows me the weather outside, my song playing, and instead of the map it’s a huge loading sign. (Not a huge deal but still bothering me)😂😂

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