Greetings from Washington State

[estgray]

Hello! I'm new to the forum, but have been avidly reading all the technical and how-to information I can for the last few months.

My wife and I picked up our titanium silver 2.5i in May. A buddy of mine was selling as he only has space and need for a single car, and my wife and I both wanted a manual fun car/weekend car. It has some cosmetic scrapes and door dings but mechanically has been well looked after. We turned over 80k miles driving it home.

So far all I've done to it is add 20mm spacers and longer studs to the rear wheels to bring them out more even with the fenders (the sticker, pictured, came with the car). But I've got lots of plans for what comes next.

 

[andyglym]

to the Forum from West Cumbria, England.

 

[Shelly]

 

[colb]

Welcome aboard the Forum, you have arrived at the best Z Forum on the Web, help and advice always available here.
As our membership is Worldwide its a good idea to update your user details with your location and model of your car, it assists us in answering your questions.
You could also add a signature to show these detail so they appear in all your future posts, saves typing them in on new posts.
If you don't already have a code reader in your toolbox best invest in one, I can reccomend a Creator 310+ or their later 410 model but you will need a BMW 20pin to 16pin OBD2 cable changer to plug it in to the round Pac-man diagnostic socket in the engine bay. If you have the 16pin OBD2 socket under the steering wheel ythat will only read engine and transmission modules, the round socket will read all modules on the car hence the need for the cable changer. Scanner and cable available on ebay and Amazon.

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[Mint]

Hi and to the forum from me too in Stafford, England.

 

[estgray]

If you don't already have a code reader in your toolbox best invest in one, I can reccomend a Creator 310+ or their later 410 model but you will need a BMW 20pin to 16pin OBD2 cable changer to plug it in to the round Pac-man diagnostic socket in the engine bay. If you have the 16pin OBD2 socket under the steering wheel ythat will only read engine and transmission modules, the round socket will read all modules on the car hence the need for the cable changer. Scanner and cable available on ebay and Amazon.

Creator 310 for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for Creator 310. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.co.uk

Cable here

BMW 20 to 16 Pin Diagnostic Cable for sale | eBay

Find great deals on eBay for BMW 20 to 16 Pin Diagnostic Cable. Shop with confidence.

www.ebay.co.uk

Thanks for the suggestions. Definitely don't have one of those yet, just a generic OBD2 reader that connects to a phone app that I've used on other cars. I'll look into it!

 

[Paul&Di]

 

[Delk]

Welcome. I grew up in souther Puget sound but have lived in the UK for many years now.

 

[estgray]

Welcome. I grew up in souther Puget sound but have lived in the UK for many years now.

Cool! I'm an East Coast kid originally, but now in my second year living in Tacoma and really loving the Sound.

 

[Jack Ratt]

Hello welcome to the forum

 

[Mus Musculus]

Welcome to the forum from Cambridgeshire, UK.

 

[PHILIP BAXTER]

Hi, and welcome from me in Cardiff.

 

[Delk]

Cool! I'm an East Coast kid originally, but now in my second year living in Tacoma and really loving the Sound.

I grew us south of there in Steilacoom and later worked at Tacoma Boat building in the port but that closed down over thirty years ago now.

 

[hard top]

to the Forum.

 

[Shoejohn]

Welcome!

 

[PhilH67]

Cool! I'm an East Coast kid originally, but now in my second year living in Tacoma and really loving the Sound.

what does it sound like?

 

[estgray]

what does it sound like?

Well, that would be the Puget Sound. So mostly diesel engined boats and seagulls.

 

[Althulas]

Hi and welcome from me.