Current Car
JakeT's
BMW
330i
SE Touring| Servicing/Repairs @ 238,426 miles. | Sunday 21st December 2025 |
| New Pierburg water pump, de-pin and replacement of +12v wire, BMW coolant. What an annoying job just before Christmas.
£450
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 236,826 miles. | Sunday 16th November 2025 |
| Oil service, air filter and pollen filter. ANOTHER puncture repair.
£175
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 227,204 miles. | Thursday 1st May 2025 |
| Oil service, Microfilter, brake fluid change and a repair to a puncture I found while the wheels were off.
£192
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 223,400 miles. | Saturday 18th January 2025 |
| New sidelight bulb. £13! Better than replacing the whole little housing they come in and will be sold to you, for a mere £63.
£13
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 222,962 miles. | Monday 6th January 2025 |
| Airbag recall at Lovett's in Hungerford. New airbag fitted, and the usual health check. Last time it went to a BMW dealer was in 2020 for a recall, too. | |
| Servicing/Repairs @ 222,962 miles. | Monday 6th January 2025 |
| Airbag recall at Lovett's in Hungerford. New airbag fitted, and the usual health check. Last time it went to a BMW dealer was in 2020 for a recall, too. | |
| Servicing/Repairs @ 217,426 miles. | Sunday 1st September 2024 |
| Inspection 2 consisting of Oil and filter, microfilter, engine air filter, and spark plugs.
£223
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 216,236 miles. | Saturday 3rd August 2024 |
| Nearside rear wheel bearing. New rear Michelin PS5 (screw in the shoulder)
£244
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 207,757 miles. | Saturday 24th February 2024 |
| Oil, filter, microfilter, and 5l of BMW screenwash.
£121
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 198,336 miles. | Saturday 1st July 2023 |
| Oil, Filter, Microfilter, air filter, Valvetronic Motor gasket, and 5l of BMW screenwash
£169
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| Tyres @ 194,700 miles. | Monday 3rd April 2023 |
| 2x Michelin Pilot Sport 5 - 255/35/18
£395
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 194,200 miles. | Saturday 11th March 2023 |
| Front Number plate
£30
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 188,530 miles. | Sunday 4th December 2022 |
| Oil service and microfilter. Castrol C3 5w-30 oil, a MANN HU-816x Oil filter, and MANN CUK8430 for the microfilter.
£103
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 186,960 miles. | Saturday 29th October 2022 |
| ANOTHER headlight washer. The one fitted on the 8th of October leaked. NoS one from a BMW dealer fitted.
£30
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 186,766 miles. | Monday 24th October 2022 |
| More BMW screenwash.
£19
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 185,960 miles. | Saturday 8th October 2022 |
| New (used) O/S headlight washer, and number plate light.
£30
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 181,200 miles. | Monday 4th April 2022 |
| New rear wiper pivot. Old one was seized for the last time.
£104
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 179,200 miles. | Wednesday 23rd February 2022 |
| Genuine BMW wiper blades.
£26
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 178,889 miles. | Saturday 5th February 2022 |
| Oil Service, Microfilter and air filter. Thermostat and coolant change.
£258
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 177,500 miles. | Friday 24th December 2021 |
| N/S rear caliper (ATE reman). Old one was sticking.
£133
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| Tyres @ 173,891 miles. | Tuesday 9th November 2021 |
| 2x Goodyear Ultragrip + winter tyres in 225/45/17.
£252
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| Upgrades @ 171,000 miles. | Monday 23rd August 2021 |
| BMW rubber floor mats.
£70
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 168,990 miles. | Saturday 12th June 2021 |
| Oil, oil filter, and microfilter changed. Front anti-roll bar links and bushes. VANOS solenoids. Oil cooler gasket and repair to the top-most threads after the fasteners were over-tightened after a previous repair.
£503
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 166,850 miles. | Friday 9th April 2021 |
| New Birds B3 suspension kit, and all associated hardware, including Gen BMW top mounts. Fitted myself.
£1,482
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 164,800 miles. | Thursday 17th December 2020 |
| Wiper blades, front and rear.
£40
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 163,750 miles. | Tuesday 17th November 2020 |
| New starter, CCV, and DISA valve when the old one came out broken. Big job. Not a fun job.
£584
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 163,600 miles. | Saturday 7th November 2020 |
| New rear upper suspension arms. Genuine BMW 'value line' kit comprising of the arms, and all fastening hardware.
£194
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 162,500 miles. | Thursday 10th September 2020 |
| New little flap in the wheel arch since mine's fallen off at some point. £15 for a new one.
£15
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 159,451 miles. | Saturday 4th July 2020 |
| Major service. Oil & Filter, Air filter, microfilter, spark plugs and a minor coolant drain (to make sure all of the pink stuff is out of there).
£190
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 158,658 miles. | Friday 12th June 2020 |
| A big one consisting of jobs that need doing. New rear hard brake lines and flexy hoses front and rear. Sump gasket and engine mounts. Coolant change too. Didn't want to tackle this safety critical stuff myself, so CPC in Amersham did the work. These items are now done for the life of the car, and done at a time it's not being used all that much.
£1,441
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| Tyres @ 157,900 miles. | Friday 10th April 2020 |
| Pair of fronts for the 'summer set'. 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sport 4.
£165
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| Upgrades @ 157,800 miles. | Tuesday 31st March 2020 |
| New interior trims, CIC controller and bracket for fitting.
£190
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| Upgrades @ 157,520 miles. | Wednesday 18th March 2020 |
| Combox fitted, 2020 maps update with lifetime FSC code and BMW apps coded in. This now takes my 2005 car to have the same functionality of a late 2013 car. The retrofit market is great.
£400
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| Tyres @ 154,200 miles. | Thursday 6th February 2020 |
| 1 Goodyear Ultragrip Performance Gen 1 in 225/45/17 to replace a rear tyre that had a sidewall failure causing vibration at motorway speeds. In addition to this, straightening of the associated wheel, and a new locking wheel nut key after I lost mine.
£135
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 154,000 miles. | Tuesday 4th February 2020 |
| Yet more overpriced BMW screenwash. Shame it's so expensive, as it's actually quite good.
£19
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 149,610 miles. | Saturday 30th November 2019 |
| Oil service, microfilter and 'Vehicle check'. Namely me looking around suspension and brake components.
£73
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 147,550 miles. | Thursday 7th November 2019 |
| New A/C Compressor, tensioner, belt, and bolts to mount the tensioner and compressor after the compressor bearing failed. Price includes parts, labour and A/C gas.
£510
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 147,500 miles. | Friday 25th October 2019 |
| New rear pads and a Caliper after the O/S one didn't do it's job properly. Gen BMW Value Line pad kit which includes pads and a wear sensor, and an ATE reman caliper from ECP.
£210
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 145,500 miles. | Thursday 26th September 2019 |
| BMW screenwash. 5 litres of the concentrate. These cars like to block the strainer in the washer bottle if BMW stuff isn't used. I've never paid so much for screenwash.
£16
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 144,900 miles. | Monday 16th September 2019 |
| New Pierburg waterpump, BEHR thermostat, G48 coolant, and a brake fluid change. I bought the parts, and then had them fitted this time around.
£400
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 144,500 miles. | Sunday 15th September 2019 |
| Pair of Stabilus boot struts. eBay had a voucher code for me.
£25
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| Tyres @ 143,900 miles. | Saturday 31st August 2019 |
| A set of BMW Style 158 winter wheels, wrapped in Goodyear Ultragrip winter tyres. Tyres all at 7MM+.
£400
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| Minor Breakdown @ 143,720 miles. | Thursday 29th August 2019 |
| New battery. Old one suddenly died. New Bosch one from Euro Car Parts.
£99
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| Upgrades @ 142,500 miles. | Saturday 17th August 2019 |
| New Bosh AeroTwin wiper blades.
£20
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 140,997 miles. | Saturday 20th July 2019 |
| Service items. 7l of Fuchs Titan 5w-30 oil, a MANN oil filter and microfilter, and a BOSCH engine air filter. Easier to re-set the service lights than the old E46, and the oil drain points downwards versus sideways on the old M52/54.
£94
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