Olaf

This. Do it tomorrow, and you can fit in bonus BMW Club pub night with Bimmersport ?

An interesting puzzle you're looking to solve, Pete. 130i leaves you plenty of cash in pocket to cover the extra fuel over that 116i for years; and you'll still be 50% better off than using the glorious M5 for the commute. Yes, the logic will sound familiar. I'm still completely chuffed with your old 545i, and am still ahead of that 535D ///M that I was going to buy.

yep, serpentine belt tensioner most likely suspect!

@GorGasm I’d previously used generic product from Repcacheap, and they seemed kinda citrus. And I had to do it more than once. The Auto Glym, by contrast, seems to have sorted it with just one application, strictly following the instructions. Ive changed over to Auto Glym from Meguiars, it’s better in value (goes further), and looks better. The two cars I washed yesterday were *filthy*. After Auto Glym shampoo, rinse, and Rapid Dry towel they looked nearly as good as last time I waxed them. And in today’s heavy rain, they're beading beautifully. @Young Thrash Driver product is fairly neutral, and airing the car out for ten minutes after the procedure it’s largely gone. Drove it yesterday arvo. This morning, no smell before or after aircon use. Result!

31 February 2019. 172???kms 1. Washed and dried, vacuumed interior. 2. Cleaned and deodorised A/C with Auto Glym Air-Con Cleaner. Ahhh, less stinky!

there are coffee meets, cruises, road trips, visits, and overnighters... the Thursday thing is just part of the programme. You even have a theme song! Buddy X by Neneh Cherry ? yes it's true, it's Olaf's cheese hour...

Welcome, Alan! There's a lot of enthusiasm here for the e9x 335i, and a good deal of experience too. Not looking at anyone in particular Mr @Herbmiester ? Suggest you take a look at the Wellington meetups room and subscribe, we join up with any most of the BMW Car Club NZ events run around the lower north, including a mobthly pub social night first thursday of every month in Johnsonville. cheers Olaf

jeez, if they're worth 50k USD, what's my original dealer brochure worth these days?! ?

pics or it didn't happen!

I use a Garmin GPS in my ex-Japan e60. I can get by with Google Maps on my phone, but the Garmin is better and gives me more notice for turns.

Welcome, Kevin! Nice M4 ?

Agree, lose the wing. Not my style, but pretty well-executed. a Singapore Special.

Your grammar game just isn’t up to it. Your BOT game seems reasonable, though. Paying *after* the vehicle has gone? You’re having a laugh.

was about to say the same. zsensible Porsche instrumentation from Zuffenhausen. ? here's a 1970 917... image from Classic Driver via google search

I'll take them. IM'd.

Today’s adventure with the e46. Went to put fuel into it, as you do... do you think I could release the gas cap? No f#*king way! It was ‘in’, ratcheting to clockwise. But could not get it to budge a anticlockwise. Even using two hands and a wide grip (as you do). Gave up and drove home. Later this afternoon, I gathered up a rag, my trick Knipex Cobra sliding jaw multigrips, penetrating oil, screwdrivers, and parts. I sprayed some penetrating oil around the gas cap, and left it to soak. It was still stuck. 1. Replaced the hood struts. They were getting a bit dubious on cold days. Re-seated some of the seals under the hood. 2. Went to check the state of the fuel cap. It came open easily! Inspecting the seal, it’s compressed, hardened, and cracked. Time for a new gas cap, or at least a sealif it’s available separately. I cleaned around the flange of the fuel filler, and cleaned the cap sealing surfaces thoroughly. here’s a pic for reference A world-weary e46 fuel cap, this afternoon.

Good save, Jon!

? yeah, the air was craning for the best view! Imapct? I think so. The first one (last year), I know I hit a pot hole on SH2 that was a fair impact on the front left. This one (right rear) I have no memory of. I don't drive up or down kerbs, don't recall a pot hole on right rear... could have happened years ago and slowly weakened. Recently Jon Mechaniker remarked some of the rims seemed a little our of round, as did Kelvin when he first mounted the 003's. Yesterday when we were inspecting, there was a slight flat-spot on the inner rim bead on one section. Overall these wheels/tyres have needed balancing more regularly as the tyres wear (around 6000kms), as I'm sensitive to them going out of balance. I think the car driving so smoothly and with all the suspension work, it really shows up the state of the wheels/tyres. In reality it's an old car despite the care and maintenance I lavish on it; it's coming up for 15 years old! I'll figure out the best condition rims and take them to the wheel specialists in Porirua, or perhaps Rim Rite in Palmy. This work is a bit beyond the cosmetics from Wheel Magician.

Today’s episode: ... at least it was only flat on the bottom? The outcome is that the alloy rim from this corner also has a crack on the inside at the bead. Time to dig myself a path through my workshop to the wheel stash. New tyres next month... Yeah, two years and twenty-something thousand kms. I'm happy, I live at the top of a twisty hill so the tyres don't get warmed up before they're into a series of corners. It'll be RE003's again on the basis of great grip, excellent wet weather performance... and any extra budget I had will now have to be spent on wheels.

maaaate, with this car, *everything* works! ...except for the remote mirrors. I'll get to them.

Saw this the other day and thought ‘good buying. Wonder if it’s been cared for, or is it like most of them?’.

And in today’s news, this: ... which indicates I may have driven even as many as 1500km since acquiring Grey Thunder. $ per km based on the large expenditure on parts and labour ?, rather than cents/km. I expect the smiles/km factor to chip away at the balance sheet ??

wasn't that a Pink Floyd album? ?

well congrats!

throw earthing in there.... why not get it back in to Auto38? You've probably enough to contend with planning a wedding.