Young Thrash Driver

I guess it takes quite a bit to raise an eyebrow with an E36 these days... 1hp/kg should go ok.

Get your kids to draw a cock and balls and attach it as a .pdf, chances are it is never even looked at

Considering the total cost to maintain one of these like it ought to won't be trivial, do you think you will keep the X5 for much longer now the MBI has gone?

Well in true German style, tonight the big bugger took the opportunity to munch it's water pump and dump coolant everywhere. There I was loading up some silage and *sniff sniff* waaait a minute, I recognise that smell...

John Deere suits the BMW owner demographic quite well, you will get comprehensively screwed come servicing time ? the twin cylinder Kawasaki engined ones seem to be the ones to get, I got mine (not a Kawasaki engine type) as it was cheap, low hours and local

John Deere is where it's at. Not that I'm biased at all...

You've got it, Kelvin- the studs are heavily corroded at the break and the other holes are out of round, indicating plenty of oportunity for someone to notice something before it happened. Jon, no sign of a vehicle or any debris... Or I'd have painted them a C&B on the windscreen

Found this beauty in the roadside paddock. Bet that woke them up when it exited stage left...

6 minutes ago, Gabe79 said:

Thank you for your non-denominational answer. I appreciate it. I'll stay happy with my HPR5 supply and habits (of buying more when at half price.)

What kind of oil service interval are you running on the Leaf?

Did this just turn into another unresolved secondary air pump thread?? ??

1 hour ago, EurolessNoMore said:

Hmm, I can't see a price, maybe it's just the mobile browser 

"Enquiry, price coming soon." And then, "from $135 per week", if you care to do the maths.

Technique and the right tools is key.  I find if you carefully ballance a cold chisel on top of the helicoil- don't use a jig, it will compress and pull out later- you can use a club hammer to tap it in.

21 hours ago, Rob HB1 said:

Nothing unless someone wants an e3 325 se then i might buy an e39 530 motorsport if there are any decent ones.

Have you seen @hqstu 530? it is in very decent condition and he has been quite unreasonable in how much he has poured into it. The level of care makes the km irrelevant in this case, I believe.

@Rob HB1 whats replacing it?

On 12/2/2019 at 10:19 PM, BozzaFC said:

One satisfying (albeit eye-wateringly expensive) upgrade last weekend. 

Thanks @str8_6 for the help! This was actually quite an involved process - first the airbag must come out in what is a very finicky process (after disconnecting the battery), then after removing a few screws the two pieces of plastic trim (controls and lower trim) can be removed. These two pieces are attached with more screws, so they too need to be unscrewed before doing all the steps in reverse to put the new trim in.

This bugged me every time I got in the car. Looks really nice now.

Don't start down that route... My replacement airbag means my dashboard now needs replacing as it looks too aged? 

On 11/1/2019 at 7:20 AM, Allanw said:

 @Young Thrash Driver ... ...adopted it. Common problem.

Yeah I solved that problem by not adopting any more BMWs ? @Arata get this thing compression checked. The symptoms are not convincing for HG failure. Also listen to B.M.W LTD, he's a grumpy old bastard ? but that's because he's been fixing these things since forever.

Two styles of photo taking on the dealers listings, probably two people taking pics.

Would it be fair to speculate the pipe next to the turbo has become weakened by the heat? Also... BMW and no warning when coolant low has been a recurring theme for quite some years now. I'd have thought they would have sorted a more robust monitoring system by now.

28 minutes ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

 

Also took the ‘vert for a spin around the block to keep everything moving and loose while she’s sidelined for winter.

What is this winter you speak of, I got sunburnt today

10 hours ago, Olaf said:

 

• - 5 litres of IPA.  

Jeepers... Thirsty work, is it?

5 hours ago, gjm said:

Can't quickly address all details, but some Councils do offer the kind of transparency you describe. 

And individual accountability is covered but perhaps, again, only by some Councils. 

For less co-operative councils, there are LGOIMA requests. And the public can attend any council meeting. 

Excepting the meetings when they want to push through something controversial in a hurry... Those ones are closed.

Nice work, Stu. You'll have to get a bigger shed!

Rich will go on a diet.

It's brilliant. Such skinny wheels and uglier than any other BMW to date, also featuring odd coloured body panels...  Good choice I reckon ? it's one of those cars that makes me laugh whenever I see one, like a Multipla or Vel Satis.

I didnt think that cheap nasty MOMO brand did RFT tires?