E61 BMW 550i Touring

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leglessAlex

5,384 posts

140 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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YES!!

What an ace car, full PH points. Does anyone know how many were ordered in the UK? Is it actually rarer than the E61 M5?!

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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leglessAlex said:
YES!!

What an ace car, full PH points. Does anyone know how many were ordered in the UK? Is it actually rarer than the E61 M5?!
I believe circa 200 M5 Tourings.

550i Tourings = 22!

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&...

leglessAlex

5,384 posts

140 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Holy hell. Knew they would be rare, didn't know they'd be that rare!

ATM

18,089 posts

218 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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alistair267 said:
leglessAlex said:
YES!!

What an ace car, full PH points. Does anyone know how many were ordered in the UK? Is it actually rarer than the E61 M5?!
I believe circa 200 M5 Tourings.

550i Tourings = 22!

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&...
I dont read it that way.

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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ATM said:
I dont read it that way.
Actually you might be right, I think I ran away with myself a bit. Having scrolled down further - I didn't notice there was a "550i M Sport Touring A" row as well as a "550i M Sport Touring Auto" row.

If you add in that and the SEs then the number is higher

ATM

18,089 posts

218 months

Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Quite a lot of SE's it seems

Also if you look at the year you can almost assume which ones are e61 and which are f11.

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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Small update

The previous owner obviously was not one for a spacesaver - the recess for that was part filled with the tow bar attachment and the solution to a flat tyre was this:



Not terribly useful for when you have a big load to carry. Spacesaver purchased, although sadly could not find any available with the official BMW jack etc for a reasonable price.

I had to remove the felt lining under the boot floor to allow the spacesaver to fit but voila



Full size spare safely stored at home, helpful if I ever crack an alloy

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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First tank of petrol exhausted. Per the OBC:

227 miles
19 mpg
Average speed 25 mph

Mainly town driving plus a trip from south London to Northampton

ATM

18,089 posts

218 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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alistair267 said:
First tank of petrol exhausted. Per the OBC:

227 miles
19 mpg
Average speed 25 mph

Mainly town driving plus a trip from south London to Northampton
Have you noticed the little lines on the rev counter moving yet as the engine warms up?

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Tuesday 5th November 2019
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ATM said:
Have you noticed the little lines on the rev counter moving yet as the engine warms up?
No, not yet. I'll look out for them, I thought that was reserved for the M models.

ATM

18,089 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th November 2019
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alistair267 said:
ATM said:
Have you noticed the little lines on the rev counter moving yet as the engine warms up?
No, not yet. I'll look out for them, I thought that was reserved for the M models.
Think again.

Took me 3 years to notice them.

Spuffington

1,203 posts

167 months

Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Wow, I never noticed that on mine either!

My mpg was around 22mpg during the 10k miles or so I had mine. Slightly better than the MacanS I’m running now.

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Thursday 5th December 2019
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Small update

A minor but quite pleasing improvement! The driver's seat thigh support is meant to move electrically but was not working when I bought the car. Some internet searching revealed this to be a common fault, caused by a small plastic cog in the motor falling apart.

New cog thing bought from internet:



With the assistance of a more mechanically-minded mate, thigh support off:





Mechanism removed from under the seat:



And broken plastic cog seen here:



Then put it all back together again and it is all functioning nicely! Took about 45 minutes.

Otherwise little else to report. Trip computer says fuel consumption on current tank (all in town) is about 10.5 mpg eek

ATM

18,089 posts

218 months

Thursday 5th December 2019
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I just leave the obd on range left and dont touch it. I think my 996 uses half as much fuel compared to the big old bus.

BigMacDaddy

963 posts

180 months

Thursday 5th December 2019
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My long-term average always seems to settle around 19.5mpg. I'm clearly not driving it properly laugh

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Thursday 6th February 2020
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ATM said:
Have you noticed the little lines on the rev counter moving yet as the engine warms up?
I have learned a new fact - they removed this from the LCI models for some reason, no idea why.

On Boxing Day I had this gift from iDrive:



Flashing light on the PDC button and none of the sensors appeared to be picking anything up. Strangely every so often it would fix itself and work perfectly, so I thought perhaps a loose wire/connection. Finally took it to my local garage yesterday - turned out to be one faulty sensor so all fixed and working properly again.

Otherwise not much else to report, a couple of trips to Northampton recently, the adaptive cruise control is brilliant in the endless average speed camera zones on the M1.

I did park the other day next to a neighbour and his 520d badged E61 M5, I've been trying to bump into him for ages to have a chat but I never seem to be able to catch him.

markirl

318 posts

136 months

Thursday 6th February 2020
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Fantastic choice for a daily!

alistair267

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218 posts

147 months

Friday 7th February 2020
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markirl said:
Fantastic choice for a daily!
Thank you! It's not quite a daily though, more of a weekend car. My wife uses her Fiat 500 during the week and I cycle to work, leaving the 550 for weekend duty with the family!

Manmoths

87 posts

84 months

Friday 7th February 2020
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That really is superb! Full PH marks.

Court_S

12,764 posts

176 months

Friday 7th February 2020
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That’s very cool; I love a fast estate.

The e6x has aged really.