Stolen M5 tail pipe trim?

[steakandchips]

Hi,

I've just noticed that my week old M5 is missing one of its chrome tail pipe trims. I'm sure it was there last night, or at least I didn't notice it not being there, and last night my car was relatively safely parked in a hotel car park in the middle of a sleepy little country village.

Has anyone experienced one of these falling off or is it vandalism or thievery?

S&C

[M3CS]

steakandchips said:

Hi,
is it vandalism or thievery?
S&C

Probably some idiot who refers to his buddies as 'blud' or 'fam', who thought it'd be a good idea to nick it for his single tailpiped-318i...."coz it adds like 50 horse powa, innit man".

I feel your pain.

[MarkwG]

How are the others fixed on? Would have thought they'd have taken as many as they could get, rather than just one, sounds more like it was loose & fell off to me.

[steakandchips]

MarkwG said:

How are the others fixed on? Would have thought they'd have taken as many as they could get, rather than just one, sounds more like it was loose & fell off to me.

The other three are snugly fixed. Anyone else with an F10 M5 found that one of their trims has fallen off?

[MarkwG]

Push fit or a locking screw anywhere? Any damage on the remaining pipework?

[steakandchips]

MarkwG said:

Push fit or a locking screw anywhere? Any damage on the remaining pipework?

No locking screw that I can see and the rest look fine, which as I imagine you are leading me to, Mr. Holmes, would suggest that it fell off.

[Neil McRae]

yes its possible they could fall off if not installed right, no screws a spring clamp.

[MarkwG]

steakandchips said:

No locking screw that I can see and the rest look fine, which as I imagine you are leading me to, Mr. Holmes, would suggest that it fell off.

indeed Dr Watson! Might I suggest a chat with your dealer may be in order?

[Schermerhorn]

Held on with some sort of jubilee clip?

[steakandchips]

MarkwG said:

indeed Dr Watson! Might I suggest a chat with your dealer may be in order?

There was a loud rattle as I was travelling along an A road at about 60mph over the weekend. I thought that I'd driven over something as it stopped about after about five seconds. I now assume that was the trim working its way off the pipe.

Anyway, the dealer looks like they'll fix a new one and check the rest. And you'd hope so on a week old car with list price of £80,000. Not German engineering at its finest, what with bits literally falling off as you drive down the road. And I haven't even started thrashing it yet!

[scarecrow]

Sounds like all the evidence you need to persude the Mrs you need to go Akropovitch!

[shadow1964]

scarecrow said:

Sounds like all the evidence you need to persude the Mrs you need to go Akropovitch!

Sounds like all the evidence the Mrs needs to tell you that you should not have got one in the first place

I may be unfairly stereotyping her in that with nearly every post one reads regarding a potential purchase or lease of one of these fine machines the biggest obstacle is nearly always 'her indoors' if I am stereotyping I apologise.

[scarecrow]

I am very lucky in that my wife is a total petrol head.
She can also pedal well with a very natural judgement of braking zones and corner speed.