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06-21-2016, 01:26 PM | #47 |
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[QUOTE=Sergm3;20135944]I'm re-reading my post and I sound like a condescending dick - wasn't my intention. You handled it well - props. I just don't want to be the one coming in the other direction when someone is going 115 and loses steering! lol... just be fucking safe!
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06-21-2016, 02:54 PM | #49 | |
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I personally loged more than 100000 miles on these canyons and that's not bullshitting. Drive verry late at night or early mornings and still drive with awareness that at next blind corner can be anything on the road. I've seen lots of crazy stuff on the road, but never have I experienced mechanical failure this crary. After this I'll be hanging up driving this fast on the canyons. Track is more my style. When you know you cheated death don't ask for second chances. I'm verry thankful that I'm here and had couple of days to really reflect what I'm doing behind the wheel. Plus my 35th b day is coming up in couple of weeks and my family would have been devastated. I had verry good run and now at the point of my life where the fun doesn't out weight the risk. |
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06-21-2016, 05:27 PM | #50 | |
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To OP, keep it on the track. That's what I do....never saw the excitement in canyon driving, always have to be aware of cops and the possibility of injuring others and yourself. The occasional highway run is OK with me, but nothing that involves high speed sweepers. |
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06-21-2016, 07:24 PM | #51 |
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Agree with the other posters. I wouldn't post anything about speeding on streets, speeds etc... on a public forum. Seen it happen too often in Ontario Canada where cops or lawyers track the information down.
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06-21-2016, 08:38 PM | #52 | |
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I still doen't see the corrilation with how 'pissed' you are to the money you spent when you have a safety system failure- same effect whether its a $100 Buick or $1m Pagani Huayra... same potencial eitherway. I do agree the track is the place for this, everyone traveling in the same direction (unless theres a Porsche coming towards you with its blown coolant hose fittings!!), everyone concerntrating 110% (no mobile phones, txting, talking, sight seeing and other distractions etc) and normally plenty of run off. |
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06-24-2016, 05:56 PM | #53 | |
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Another valid point. And i'm still the "asshole" like i said, if this happened when he was backing out of his driveway, he probably would've never made this thread. But since he almost went off a cliff, it's BMW's fault, they suck.. omg they tried to kill me. |
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06-25-2016, 12:43 AM | #54 |
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So long story short, your power steering pump failed. You just happened to be in racecar mode on a death defying road going into a turn when it happened. Moral of the story, anything mechanical will eventually break, just pray it doesn't break when you're cruising at triple digit speeds on the edge of a cliff. ///endthread
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06-26-2016, 12:57 AM | #55 |
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Been off this forum for a while....and I come back to this. Lol
My two cents, which nobody I asked for... shit happens, was this related to your excessive speed, probably not, as you had the issue in the video at very low speed...point being, cars, like anything else, have failures and people make bad choices. In this instance, both happened at the same time. Being upset, I completely understand. Threatening to go "public" on a public forum is kind of humorous. I have had vehicles brakes lock up on the highway, my e92 blew an ecu fuse in the north woods leaving me stranded in the middle of no where, a tire with 50% tread blow out, an axle broke, etc...these instances happened in my BMW, H1, Honda, and Chevy...it's a part of life. The circumstances are disappointing and unfortunate, but looking at the big picture, people die everyday from mechanical failures... Too be honest, in your post you came off as highly entitled and "how dare" that BMW would treat you like this, as if they intentionally had a part in this.... It sucks, yes, get it fixed and move on through life. You will come across many other circumstances where you can run to lawyers or understand that life isn't fair, shit happens, and move on. (Flame suit on)
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06-26-2016, 05:23 AM | #56 |
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One positive thing that came from this thread is that I took the time to flush the power steering fluid in my M5 yesterday afternoon. Just incase some one needs more silver on their lining.
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06-26-2016, 09:11 PM | #57 |
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I still think this is unacceptable - backing out a driveway or going 150mph. For a BMW I can't agree that it isn't serious.
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06-27-2016, 05:23 AM | #58 |
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Whats to accept or not- its physics- things fail... spend as much or as little as you want, you cannot insure against it with money or anything for that matter.
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06-27-2016, 09:10 AM | #59 | |
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No car is perfect and it's normal to have something failed here or there, but certain failures like steering, braking, engine, and etc. deserves more scrutiny. I remember in a watch forum where a Patek owner complained about service time, and got flamed. Lots of Patek fanboys jumped on him, saying Patek owners should have more than one watch, or high end watches suppose to have long service time, or if one can't wait, then don't buy a Patek. I mean gee, why would Patek ever want to improve its service time if most owners will accept it as norm? |
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06-27-2016, 10:23 AM | #61 |
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I agree, but would like to add a thought. Our steering has three settings, Comfort, Sport, and SportPlus. The Comfort setting provides the most steering assist and I wonder if that would cause an earlier failure of the ZF varioserv pump because of the greater load on the pump? It would be helpful if the OP could inform us which portion of the power steering system failed, either the pump, the Servotronic valve, or the steering rack itself. He mentioned the steering rack was replaced, but did the dealer tell him what specifically failed? Does the dealer send the replaced items to BMW for post failure analysis?
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06-27-2016, 06:32 PM | #64 |
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carefull they may go "public"
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06-28-2016, 06:55 AM | #66 | |
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Its the tone and content of some of the posts here that seem to think because we bought a BMW it can never go wrong and will pull the church down if it does. Money means nothing when it comes to mechanical, electrical or eltromechanical devices- they ALL fail, same for watches. Now for you comment about Patek watches and poor customer service- thats a very differnt thing and anyone getting poor customer service has the right to go public and complain long and hard until its resolved, this just isn't the case here, the OP has already said BMW have already fixed the car when the failur was only 9 days ago, thats very quick / great response don't you think? So the customer service is good on this. Not sure what Sergm3 is expecting from a lawyer or how this issue will invoke the lemon law? |
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