The E39 thread
Discussion
tobinen said:
Gents, my CD changer has stopped reading discs. Oddly it recognises that I have 6 in there, but it won't read any tracks. Thoughts?
Remove it and give it a good blast with compressed air... Could be full of cack/dust etc...However, could be that the laser mech has given up the ghost too unfortunately...
Time to fit a Grom Audio BT3 kit
tobinen said:
Gents, my CD changer has stopped reading discs. Oddly it recognises that I have 6 in there, but it won't read any tracks. Thoughts?
I have a spare changer if you want it, Tobinen. I believe you're in Newbury, and I'm between Newbury and Reading. It's sitting doing nothing in my garage. Came out of my old 530d, and worked before I removed it I believe. 
tobinen said:
Gents, my CD changer has stopped reading discs. Oddly it recognises that I have 6 in there, but it won't read any tracks. Thoughts?
If you have a later car you can get a £10 aux cable that plugs into the loom behind the head unit so you can plug in an ipod etc. with a 3.5mm jackhttps://www.i6automotive.co.uk/vehicle-parts/bmw/b...
If you can find a >September 2005 cd changer out of a E60 that should work and give you mp3 playback too (might need a firmware update on the BM54 amp if that's what you have)
Edited by lufbramatt on Tuesday 28th July 15:36
[quote=lufbramatt]
If you can find a >September 2005 cd changer out of a E60 that should work and give you mp3 playback too (might need a firmware update on the BM54 amp if that's what you have)
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Correct except not from an E60! The E60 uses a different bus type and will not work. You need one from a late X5 (E53), X3 (E83) or Z4 (E85/E86).
If you can find a >September 2005 cd changer out of a E60 that should work and give you mp3 playback too (might need a firmware update on the BM54 amp if that's what you have)
[footnote]
Correct except not from an E60! The E60 uses a different bus type and will not work. You need one from a late X5 (E53), X3 (E83) or Z4 (E85/E86).
Really good to see an e39 thread. I bought a 330 sport champagne edition (M-Sport or no such thing whichever you prefer) in 2009, came off the road for repairs in 2016, now finally almost done.
Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
wsn03 said:
Really good to see an e39 thread. I bought a 330 sport champagne edition (M-Sport or no such thing whichever you prefer) in 2009, came off the road for repairs in 2016, now finally almost done.
Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
Unfortunately now; the 'cheap' ones will need quite a bit of work to get them right; sort the rust out...Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
The decent ones, now, are going back up in price and rightly so
They're still a sought after car and the ones that are looked after and maintained properly are no fetching premiums that a few years back; everyone would have baulked at...
There are still some knobbers out there that think all E39s (bar the M5s) should be £2k max 'coz that's all there wurf innit bruv' and it's them you need to avoid like the plague when it comes to look to buy one!
wsn03 said:
Really good to see an e39 thread. I bought a 330 sport champagne edition (M-Sport or no such thing whichever you prefer) in 2009, came off the road for repairs in 2016, now finally almost done.
Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
Photos please!!Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
Max M4X WW said:
wsn03 said:
Really good to see an e39 thread. I bought a 330 sport champagne edition (M-Sport or no such thing whichever you prefer) in 2009, came off the road for repairs in 2016, now finally almost done.
Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
Photos please!!Its no longer my main car but I have decided to keep it, just love the way it drives.
The e39s were a case of everything just right. Im surprised they are still so cheap.
d_a_n1979 said:
Unfortunately now; the 'cheap' ones will need quite a bit of work to get them right; sort the rust out...
The decent ones, now, are going back up in price and rightly so
They're still a sought after car and the ones that are looked after and maintained properly are no fetching premiums that a few years back; everyone would have baulked at...
There are still some knobbers out there that think all E39s (bar the M5s) should be £2k max 'coz that's all there wurf innit bruv' and it's them you need to avoid like the plague when it comes to look to buy one!
I thought it was just me, but I'm finding quite a few people have the same opinion.The decent ones, now, are going back up in price and rightly so
They're still a sought after car and the ones that are looked after and maintained properly are no fetching premiums that a few years back; everyone would have baulked at...
There are still some knobbers out there that think all E39s (bar the M5s) should be £2k max 'coz that's all there wurf innit bruv' and it's them you need to avoid like the plague when it comes to look to buy one!
I'm not a car man by any stretch, though I do have a sports car really because its something I liked at the right price - my main love is motorbikes. The e39 was just a car for business. Spent years of not replacing it because nothing else drove as nicely so while it looked good I didn't see the point. It was only the sudden need for an estate (2 babies in a row) that changed things, and the need to commute longer distance at the same
Having moved house I'm happy that our set up allows me to keep the car, and I fancy actually using it too on a sort of weekly basis (when the salt isn't on the road). My friend's cousin in Sweden buys a new 5 series every 3 years I think it is, chopping in the last one each time. Apparently she kept her 530 Sport ever since, housed in a garage for summer use only. My friend is a manager at JLR, I was surprised when he said of mine "this drives better than any of our Jaguars".
Edited by wsn03 on Monday 10th August 10:23
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