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      08-25-2018, 10:55 PM   #1
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Finally got myself an F10 550

[IMG][/IMG] I've waited about 6 years to own one, I've been turned down countless times due to poor credit and even poorer choices maintaining a healthy credit score ; but I came across a bmw that was repossessed and got it for a good price. Had 116k miles on it and I've always been in love with the F10 body style and interior. I hope that I can turn this thing into something nice, being that an M5 is my dream car and this is something close to it as I've heard.
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      08-25-2018, 11:20 PM   #2
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[IMG][/IMG] I've waited about 6 years to own one, I've been turned down countless times due to poor credit and even poorer choices maintaining a healthy credit score ; but I came across a bmw that was repossessed and got it for a good price. Had 116k miles on it and I've always been in love with the F10 body style and interior. I hope that I can turn this thing into something nice, being that an M5 is my dream car and this is something close to it as I've heard.
congrats on the car, looks real nice. Welcome to F10 ownership. The 550 is a really fun car to drive.
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      08-25-2018, 11:24 PM   #3
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[IMG][/IMG] I've waited about 6 years to own one, I've been turned down countless times due to poor credit and even poorer choices maintaining a healthy credit score ; but I came across a bmw that was repossessed and got it for a good price. Had 116k miles on it and I've always been in love with the F10 body style and interior. I hope that I can turn this thing into something nice, being that an M5 is my dream car and this is something close to it as I've heard.
congrats on the car, looks real nice. Welcome to F10 ownership. The 550 is a really fun car to drive.
Thanks, got into a little trouble with the wife for speeding through the complex... It's lovely. Thank you for the welcome.
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Congrats! What year is the car? You may want to read up a bit on the engine if its an early model.
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      09-01-2018, 02:33 PM   #5
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Congrats! What year is the car? You may want to read up a bit on the engine if its an early model.
It's a 2011 first gen I believe.
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      09-01-2018, 06:07 PM   #6
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Congrats but you posted in wrong section...
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      09-01-2018, 07:06 PM   #7
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Congrats but you posted in wrong section...
Sorry, kind of new here
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      09-12-2018, 02:50 AM   #8
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Congrats on the car man! What color is that? Looks kinda like Cashmere Silver...
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      09-12-2018, 02:52 AM   #9
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Congrats on the car man! What color is that? Looks kinda like Cashmere Silver...
I think it's titanium or metallic
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Sweet color! i have the grey one which is nice that it doesn't get dirty but doesn't look as sexy as the silver.

Yup speeding is second nature for all 550i drivers. Make sure you also learn about coding and unlock more features on this car. I can walk you through some of the cool stuff I have been doing on my car.
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      09-15-2018, 12:40 PM   #11
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Sweet color! i have the grey one which is nice that it doesn't get dirty but doesn't look as sexy as the silver.

Yup speeding is second nature for all 550i drivers. Make sure you also learn about coding and unlock more features on this car. I can walk you through some of the cool stuff I have been doing on my car.
I'm all ears bro.
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I'm all ears bro.
While all these are basic, you can get Carly or Veepeak OBD and plug it in your OBD on the car and follow the onscreen instructions on the app.

Some things that I unlocked for the car are
- trunk open close with key
- mirror folding and unfolding with key
- windows roll up and down with key
- welcome logo of Msport
- Backup camera zoom
- change your chimes
- seat heat memory
- mirror dip strong on reversing car
- once you park car, can have all lights on for a few minutes to keep the area illuminated till you walk home. Same when you unlock the car.
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      09-15-2018, 04:55 PM   #13
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I'm all ears bro.
While all these are basic, you can get Carly or Veepeak OBD and plug it in your OBD on the car and follow the onscreen instructions on the app.

Some things that I unlocked for the car are
- trunk open close with key
- mirror folding and unfolding with key
- windows roll up and down with key
- welcome logo of Msport
- Backup camera zoom
- change your chimes
- seat heat memory
- mirror dip strong on reversing car
- once you park car, can have all lights on for a few minutes to keep the area illuminated till you walk home. Same when you unlock the car.
I've heard about carly but not veepeak. I just haven't gotten around to buying it. Sounds pretty cool
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      09-25-2018, 05:21 AM   #14
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Installed my illuminated door sills
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Installed my illuminated door sills
More info, please!

Installation instructions and where you got them for starters...
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It was pretty easy to install being that I already had illuminated door sills.
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Hmmmmm...... I wonder how hard it would be to retrofit these...
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Hmmmmm...... I wonder how hard it would be to retrofit these...
What car do you have?
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Thinking of smoking the taillights next
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What car do you have?
535i m-sport.
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Welcome and Congratz!

As for smoking the tail lights, don't go too hard. I think my little brother used 35%


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As for smoking the tail lights, don't go too hard. I think my little brother used 35%


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