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You will have to bring it round one day tunnie , looks a decent enough car and at a good price - had you bought with your own money, depreciation would be wiping out a fair chunk of that monthly cost, and general wear/tear items the rest.

I've found all beemers a little too stiff for around the last 15+ years, and that tends to aggravate by back issues, but not sat in a milk float version. So would be good to flatten your battery give it a go.

We must be due a curry, if you can arrange an overnight pass away.   Hmmm, curry, beer, pissing around with cars... ...just like the old days

Probably not any benefit in going away from the wasted spark setup.

Why doesn't the ECU and you get along?  Just interested, and certainly not knocking the idea of replacing it, but it's quite a large task with lots of learning needed.

I would agree, use the yellow lever under the gaitor cover for this

Normally, a stuck open stat would cause slow heat up, but you say yours is normal?  ie, will reach normal temp within about 2 or 3 miles of gentle driving?

The video certainly does look like it's suddenly getting a load of cooler coolant to the sensor after revving.  No fans stuck on?

Clucking bell.....sounds like a good deal.

They are currently an extremely good deal for those of us who Ms Reeves currently likes to ream out via PAYE. The 'trick' is that the net cost is low because we would otherwise be giving the money away in Tax. My car for example has a scary gross lease cost of something like £1150 per month, but because there's no way I could get to keep all of that, the net cost of having it as a company car is much lower.

Arguably you could put the gross amount into a pension and run a cheaper car - but where's the fun in that 

I thought you were an accountant? 

Clucking bell.....sounds like a good deal.

They are currently an extremely good deal for those of us who Ms Reeves currently likes to ream out via PAYE. The 'trick' is that the net cost is low because we would otherwise be giving the money away in Tax. My car for example has a scary gross lease cost of something like £1150 per month, but because there's no way I could get to keep all of that, the net cost of having it as a company car is much lower.

Arguably you could put the gross amount into a pension and run a cheaper car - but where's the fun in that 

That's really cheap, that is! 

£450 PCM for a brand new 600 BHP all wheel drive BMW sounds pretty cheap to me.

I would have thought a figure closer to £800.

Did you pay a large deposit?

Nope

£0 deposit on work scheme 

Clucking bell.....sounds like a good deal.

In this scenario, ALWAYS use the manual override. It's what it's there for.

When you removed/cleaned/replaced the throttle body did you do any of the following:

In no particular order...

1. Replace the gasket between the TB and inlet manifold?
2. Replace the associated vacuum and breather hoses?
3. Clean through the breathers from the sump to the throttle body?
4. Clean ALL the orifices in the throttle body, including the 1mm one and not just the main breather one?

If the answer to any of these is no, start there

1. The gasket was replaced.
2. Only one hose has been replaced, a few years ago, the rest seems fine.
3. If that is the black pipe with a 90-degreee hose on top, then yes it was cleaned last year.
4. I cleaned the throttle body and all the associated hoses quite carefully two times last year, and replaced the gasket the second time. I never noticed any difference however.

As I didn't really know what to do I just replaced the whole throttle body and gasket (again), with brand new parts. After that everything just went way worse. Now it is somewhat hard to start, and the orange light goes on right from the start. Then it has audible erratic idle and jittery/stuttering RPMs when driving. Sometimes the throttle just stops responding completely. This can't possibly be related to throttle body now? Fuel issue?

(yes, I waited nearly a minute before first start)

What is the small round part that is connected to the throttle body by a very thin pipe? is that something that needs attention?

(not my photo)