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05-03-2010, 09:46 PM
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Bye bye 325I
My wife took my car to the dealer today to get a noise in the front end looked at, ended up being a tie rod end that was going to cost over 1k to fix and they also noticed it's water pump starting to leak. I just hit 173,000 miles (53k in the last year) so I decided it was time to upgrade a little. I'll probably shoot myself in the morning, but for tonight, i'm in love...
  
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05-03-2010, 10:37 PM
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ONE GRAND FOR A TIE ROD!?
It's one nut at each end, a new rod, and an alignment. I swear, Bimmers are made of unobtainium. On the other hand, props for sticking with the classy body style Bimmer!
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05-03-2010, 10:50 PM
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wait a sec dosnt that x mean awd?
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05-03-2010, 11:10 PM
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Yes, X is AWD, and the tie rod was an inner, which made it part of the steering rack or some BS, had to get the whole rod and bla bla bla. Basically I was looking for a good excuse to trade it in and that one did it for me.
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05-08-2010, 05:08 AM
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05-08-2010, 07:59 AM
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yeah its true the inners are not serviceable on those.
But you need a to upgrade to a least a 5 series if not up to a 7
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05-09-2010, 07:28 PM
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 Fellow 330xi owners  The XI's are a different machine in their own. They have a ton more problems/issues than the RWD counterparts and certainly drive differently but with snow tires they are monsters in the snow. Good luck with the new car!
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05-10-2010, 12:49 AM
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sheesh I'm with the 1k TIE ROD!!
 then again you took it to the dealer, they charge scandalously for stuff like that, better off taking it to a shop that specializes on European cars. But the again maybe its time for the upgrade hehe. 330 looks nice 
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