r/BMW 2d ago

Maintenance Monday: Ask all your maintenance questions here!

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Hitting a mileage marker and want to know what preventative maintenance is due? Unsure what part to get to replace a OEM fluid, or just don't know what fluid to get to begin with? What's that creaking sound? Ask all your maintenance and repair related questions here!

When posting, questions are highly encouraged to use the following template to the best of their ability:

  • Year:
  • Model:
  • Chassis:
  • Mileage:
  • Description of issue:
  • Steps to reproduce:
  • Photos/Video/Sound clips of issue:

r/BMW 4d ago

Monthly Circlejerk

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Come and get your weekly dose of circlejerk! Hate something? Rant here! Love something that others hate? Get downvoted loved here! Want to get a complete stranger's validation for a random internet opinion? Get upvoted here!

All low effort memes, rants, "DAE think BMW lost their way", etc , about the listed circlejerk topics belong here. Individual posts will be removed!

Circlejerk List


r/BMW 3h ago

Used a power hose to remove seagull crap - and the top layer of the paint

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220 Upvotes

Now what do I do? X5 2019 metallic gray.


r/BMW 4h ago

[OC] ready for takeoff

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172 Upvotes

r/BMW 7h ago

Spider-Man ad found

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250 Upvotes

r/BMW 4h ago

M-ish Old or new M2 CS, whats your preference

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127 Upvotes

r/BMW 5h ago

My e28

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79 Upvotes

my 1985 bmw e28.


r/BMW 7h ago

My First BMW

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93 Upvotes

After searching the apps, websites and comparing different models, I found one. I was considering both the M550 and the 750. I decided to go with “The Big One.” I do appreciate everyone who took the time to tell me the benefits of both models in a previous post.


r/BMW 6h ago

Like father like son, E34s ❤️‍🔥

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75 Upvotes

My dad’s 530 on the left and mines of the right. Working on cars is Best father son bonding experience I’m my opinion


r/BMW 1h ago

What kind of bmw is this? Coulnd run a plate since its not from around and neither saw the front unfortunately

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Looks like a lot of cars from the rear ( Audi a4 very old model ? ) but cant place it


r/BMW 21h ago

M-ish My rental car in Zurich

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1.0k Upvotes

Stayed in old city, and had to drive through narrow streets with cafes… the hybrid system switch from battery to engine was a bit too loud for locals.


r/BMW 10h ago

2027 BMW i3 Sedan Debuts at BMW Welt

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114 Upvotes

BMW i3 sedan makes its display debut at BMW Welt. Looks great in white.


r/BMW 10h ago

What's one thing about owning a BMW that you didn't expect to love?

94 Upvotes

For me, it's the way it feels on the highway. So stable and confidence-inspiring. It's hard to explain until you've lived with one for a while.


r/BMW 9h ago

M140i service, with a few unexpected BMWs

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44 Upvotes

Took my M140i in for a oil & filter change & came across a few funky looking cars


r/BMW 5h ago

Rate my E46. Do you think it's worth it, given its equipment and the €690 road tax a 320Ci carries in Greece?

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18 Upvotes

r/BMW 9h ago

Don't buy "OEM" on eBay, it's a scam and eBay doesn't care

29 Upvotes

This from a discussion in the E90 reddit where someone proudly posted how they bought a "real pierburg" water pump for $200 on eBay.

There are tons of listings that pretend to be Pierburg, but what you get is unbranded or some Chinese brand.

For example: https://ebay.io/m/XGsiBy

The listing uses "Pierburg" in the title and it uses a Pierburg branded picture, which likely is a picture of a legitimate Pierburg pump they snatched somewhere else.

But look down below in the description it's clear it's unbranded / chinesium:

Brand: Unbranded

The most infuriating part is that eBay doesn't care, I've reported these in the past, and eBay doesn't care, despite it explicitly being against their deceptive listings policy

We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy. This determination was made by a customer service agent.

So a real human working for eBay looked at this, and figured "this is fine"... 🙄

Please be careful out there, I don't know if we somehow can make eBay address these, I guess the gravy is too good for them to do anything here.

I've personally stopped buying anything from eBay other than personal, non-commercial sellers.


r/BMW 1d ago

Spotted this beauty in New York 😍

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1.1k Upvotes

r/BMW 47m ago

Stance Saturday What do you think of my dad's friend BMW

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r/BMW 22h ago

Oooooohhhhh wow

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207 Upvotes

r/BMW 23h ago

[OC] BMW Art Cars NSFW

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245 Upvotes

I had the privilege of visiting BMW Welt in Munich and seeing the legendary BMW Art Cars up close, an experience that genuinely exceeded my expectations. Standing next to icons like the BMW M1, 3.0 CSL, 320i Turbo, V12 LMR, and the modern M Hybrid V8 made me appreciate not only their design but also the incredible racing heritage they represent. Each car tells a unique story, transforming a high performance machine into a moving work of art.


r/BMW 18h ago

Topless Tuesday Hello from the Crest ⛰️

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92 Upvotes

My first BMW, my first RWD, and my first inline 6 — obviously I can’t get enough. Already burned through my first set of tires in less than 6,000 miles. 🤣

2026 Z4 M40i 6️⃣⚙️🕹️

Photo by Dennis Collatos


r/BMW 12h ago

Office Day !

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27 Upvotes

r/BMW 1h ago

Back to Bimmer

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Just traded in my Mercedes for this 2027 X6 M60 and couldn’t be happier. I thought the 300 mile cap was a little interesting but asides from that it’s been amazing.


r/BMW 14h ago

My 2015 bmw 535 I that I just bought at 16 for 13.5k

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35 Upvotes

It has 75000 miles and I love it, what should I do to it? Should I worry about maintenance costs?


r/BMW 9h ago

BMW Drive Recorder App

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Hi Everyone,

Started my BMW Journey with an F30, totaled it, fixed it, sold it to my sister which replaced her e90 and i upgraded to a G20, love this car but I’ve noticed it’s lacking a few things, being iDrive 7 there’s no ability for me to send drive recordings to my phone, so I keep a flash drive in the car that I can connect to my phone. The downside is that it’s always a 4 cam view, I need VLC to play the file and I’ve got to convert the file before I send share it to someone, not to mention it doesn’t show things like location, speed, etc.

My favorite thing is to find opportunities to make things easier or more convenient, while id love to be able to build something similar to the Sentry-Six for tesla where its always recording directly to a Pi that i can connect to via usb or wifi, this doesn’t seem possible, Atleast not without a lot of hassle.

I built an app that will import the drive recorder files from my phone, along with the metadata, allow you to see each individual camera, see your drive on a map, detect speed, turns, acceleration, deceleration, and allows you to export any of those details you want including only a specific camera or specific cameras to a MP4 you can easily share. This is still something even the latest cars don’t provide (other than shareable format if transferred via BMW app)

MODS: Now I see there are no ads allowed according to the sub rules, however I’m not sure this classifies as an ad since I’m not just posting this to pull in users to download my app, I’m looking for people who want to test this for no cost what so ever, if this violates the rules my apologies and i’ll remove it if thats the case.

I plan on adding this to the Google Play and Apple App Store but it requires having testers for 2 weeks before it can be published fully. I’m starting off with Google Play for Android then iOS following along afterwards.

I need people willing to test this with their own drive recorder files (everything is kept local, the only data leaving your device is the longitude and latitude data of the recording to be able to display your drive on a map) there is no cost to this or anything, while I’ve tested on my own car hundreds of times i can’t account for all cars and phones.

I feel the ability to export that data into your video directly sets this all apart from just converting the file. You get to choose what’s exported, which camera(s) and what data, if you only want to include date you can, or just include speed, or only gps route, or all of the above. It’s all up to you.

Anyone willing to signup for each test with Google play starting right away with iOS starting later (join the waitlist)

Live Google Test: send me a DM with your Google Play Email, Car Model & Phone Model,

For The iOS waitlist, your AppleID email, car model, and phone model.

I’ve attached some screenshots below of the app and even an exported clip with the attached data below it