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Hadlock posted:Talked my wife into a Z8 as a daily driver Not at all, it sounds wonderfully A E S T H E T I C Please post pics
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Jan 23, 2022 08:56
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Hadlock posted:Talked my wife into a Z8 as a daily driver A Z8? As a daily driver? For your wife? Shine on you crazy diamond.
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Jan 23, 2022 14:49
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Daily driving a z8 in SF is even more wild. Nothing but respect to you for pulling that off
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Jan 23, 2022 18:03
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i know way too much about Hadlock's life based on posts; pretty sure their family is moving to Wilmington, NC AI/BFC
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Jan 23, 2022 18:23
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i know way too much about Hadlock's life based on posts; pretty sure their family is moving to Wilmington, NC We should get a gang tag.
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Jan 23, 2022 18:26
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i know way too much about Hadlock's life based on posts; pretty sure their family is moving to Wilmington, NC WELP that matches with remote positions at company post I saw. I clearly only follow the *wrong* non AI threads they post in!
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Jan 23, 2022 19:44
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M2s are cool cars but they don't weigh a whole lot less than the F8X M3/4. You are basically only getting a smaller wheelbase. That being said I'd love to drive a M2 CS
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Jan 23, 2022 20:35
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EvilBlackRailgun posted:M2s are cool cars but they don't weigh a whole lot less than the F8X M3/4. You are basically only getting a smaller wheelbase. That being said I'd love to drive a M2 CS I'm pretty sure the M2C actually weighs more than my F80.
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Jan 23, 2022 21:44
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2010-bmw-535i-xdrive-sport-wagon-2/ Another reminder that one of the best purchases I ever made was buying a new wagon in August of 2020.
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Jan 23, 2022 23:00
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Residency Evil posted:https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2010-bmw-535i-xdrive-sport-wagon-2/
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Jan 23, 2022 23:42
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Don't dox me
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Jan 24, 2022 00:00
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:That's not a horrific price, it's high but I was expecting much worse On the one hand, you're right, looking at recent BAT auctions that seems pretty much on par. On the other hand, lol gently caress that I'm not going to normalize paying $30k for a run of the mill, 12 year old luxury wagon in my mind.
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Jan 24, 2022 01:50
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Residency Evil posted:On the one hand, you're right, looking at recent BAT auctions that seems pretty much on par. Basically wagons by definition are not run of the mill with how few they ever sell here. If it were a manual it would be even more ridiculous money!
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Jan 24, 2022 02:00
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TheBacon posted:Basically wagons by definition are not run of the mill with how few they ever sell here. If it were a manual it would be even more ridiculous money! That sounds like a guy propping up his future auction! 
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Jan 24, 2022 03:08
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Alarbus posted:That sounds like a guy propping up his future auction! Lmao there is no way they can appreciate enough yo offset how much money I am lighting on fire with mine
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Jan 24, 2022 05:21
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Hadlock posted:Talked my wife into a Z8 as a daily driver  TheBacon posted:Lmao there is no way they can appreciate enough yo offset how much money I am lighting on fire with mine Rolled the E30 out of storage position, drained the old gas then refilled with fresh and it fired right up. Gave each injector a couple taps and it settled into a nice smooth, as smooth as a S14 can be, idle. Guy is coming to look at it Thursday.
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Jan 24, 2022 10:58
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I looked at the price of the Z8 after making that post, was approximately 100% higher than I had expected Looking into this still, looking like a 2023 decision, something else popped up in the last week demanding my lotto winnings In other news bmw dealer wanted $950 to replace the 6 spark plugs on my car, not injectors or cables, only the plugs; bought the 14mm or whatever thin wall socket on amazon, doing it myself because gently caress pouring $800 down the drain, I will pay a lot of money for some things but that's just outrageous Paid them through the nose to do all the fluids though, my dad made me drain too much oil on the cold garage floor as a child, can't do it anymore, loving gets everywhere, have to draw the line somewhere Dealership hosed up my rim driving it onto the lift, they're gonna "refinish" it, whatever the gently caress that means
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Jan 24, 2022 11:51
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NitroSpazzz posted:Rolled the E30 out of storage position, drained the old gas then refilled with fresh and it fired right up. Gave each injector a couple taps and it settled into a nice smooth, as smooth as a S14 can be, idle. Owns NitroSpazzz posted:Guy is coming to look at it Thursday. Does not own
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Jan 24, 2022 13:13
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Hadlock posted:I looked at the price of the Z8 after making that post, was approximately 100% higher than I had expected at least on the S65 just getting to the plugs is like an hour and a half of work, maybe two
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Jan 24, 2022 14:37
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Hadlock posted:I looked at the price of the Z8 after making that post, was approximately 100% higher than I had expected
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Jan 24, 2022 14:40
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:at least on the S65 just getting to the plugs is like an hour and a half of work, maybe two Same on the S55. You have to pull off a ton of stuff to get to them.
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Jan 24, 2022 15:41
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N55 as well. And I had to do it twice because one of the coils wasn't seated perfectly. Getting to the one all the way near the firewall was such a pain in the rear end. There was a screw that was a awful too because of it's location. At least when I changed my valve cover gasket I already knew what I was in for and was able to get it to that stage like 20x faster.
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Jan 25, 2022 00:50
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the good news with the S65 is that the firewall/cowl clearance isn't such a pain in the rear end, so once you get everything out of the way it's pretty straight up. the bad news is that you have the entire intake plenum and ITBs perched atop the engine that all need to come off in addition to the usual coils and injectors
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Jan 25, 2022 03:04
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the good news with the S65 is that the firewall/cowl clearance isn't such a pain in the rear end, so once you get everything out of the way it's pretty straight up. I thought you had an S62 not S65? But I am also realizing they might be very closely related, I had thought S65 was based on the S85 though in terms of design.
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Jan 25, 2022 03:56
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fknlo posted:I had planned to do my plugs this weekend and I'm still doing that. Don't have to look at the back of the car, so that's nice. There are the pics from when I did mine. If you didn't have to remove the hidden part of the strut brace it wouldn't be as bad.
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Jan 25, 2022 04:00
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Someone do the needful and create a brown manual wagon gangtag.
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Jan 25, 2022 12:35
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TheBacon posted:I thought you had an S62 not S65? But I am also realizing they might be very closely related, I had thought S65 was based on the S85 though in terms of design. lol yes, that is true, i have made typos. S62
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Jan 25, 2022 13:23
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ThirstyBuck posted:Someone do the needful and create a brown manual wagon gangtag. I need this real bad, someone do it KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:lol yes, that is true, i have made typos. S62 Lmao well what’s the difference between one temperamental high strung BMW V8 and another really?
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Jan 25, 2022 15:52
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fknlo posted:There are the pics from when I did mine. If you didn't have to remove the hidden part of the strut brace it wouldn't be as bad. Turbo life. Here is the N52 during a VCG replacement.  And some shameless wagon whoring. 
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Jan 25, 2022 17:24
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Plug/coil change on the E90 was pretty easy, I thought. I don't recall the F30 N55 being bad, but I'm due for it soon, so once it's warm(er) again I'll find out. I really don't remember removing the strut bar, just using a wobble or two. Maybe I'm hallucinating?
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Jan 25, 2022 17:32
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ThirstyBuck posted:Someone do the needful and create a brown manual wagon gangtag. Butbutbut, mine isn't brown.  I have yet to dive into the e91s engine bay, but after a while I could get to the coils on my N54 e61 in about 5 minutes. E: ThirstyBuck posted:Here is the N52 during a VCG replacement. Whoa whoa whoa, time the gently caress out, do you need to remove the wipers, cowl and strut tower brace to get at the VCG on e9x n52s? Because holy poo poo, that changes my ambitions a bit. E2: my e91 is the first manual car I've ever had that doesn't cancel the cruise control when the clutch goes in. Is that a bug or a feature? Because it's killing me- there's a part of my commuter where the road drops from a 45mph section to a 30mph and my other cars would just cancel CC at the downshift. This one? Newp, just holds the speed, and now it's in a lower gear, so even more aggressively. glyph fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jan 26, 2022 |
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Jan 26, 2022 00:17
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I mean, you’ve needed to remove the cowl to do plugs since the e46, poo poo, did I have to on the 36s’ too?
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Jan 26, 2022 04:05
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glyph posted:Butbutbut, mine isn't brown. I don’t think anyone here has a brown manual wagon. The VCG on the N52 is a PITA. The manual nor most websites do not tell you that you need to glue glue glue the gasket to the cover or you will never get it on. It eventually will look like this. Also you should probably just replace the entire the entire cover ($400!) because the PCV valve is integrated. 
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Jan 26, 2022 04:13
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ThirstyBuck posted:I don’t think anyone here has a brown manual wagon. So the cowl gets to stay, but the strut brace comes off. Better than I'd thought, but JFC. Mercifully, I have a metal valve cover and a remote PCV (and it's been done- I have records for this 325xi with 95k to date), but yeesh. Can you weigh in on the cruise control thing? I've never had a manual bmw before this, it strikes me as odd that it doesn't cancel when the clutch pedal hits the firewall.
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Jan 26, 2022 04:30
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Oops the new BMW electrics already outperform their ICE counterparts https://www.bmwblog.com/2022/01/23/bmw-i4-m50-drag-race-m3-xdrive/
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Jan 26, 2022 04:51
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glyph posted:
I can test mine if you just want to know if it’s an all of them thing or just yours
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Jan 26, 2022 05:28
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glyph posted:Can you weigh in on the cruise control thing? I've never had a manual bmw before this, it strikes me as odd that it doesn't cancel when the clutch pedal hits the firewall. I'm pretty sure that's how it works.
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Jan 26, 2022 05:34
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I don't think I've ever used the cruise control in a manual car, TBH.
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Jan 26, 2022 05:41
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KillHour posted:I don't think I've ever used the cruise control in a manual car, TBH. I use it all the time.  I drive down a lakeside boulevard that’s well patrolled, and looks faster than the speed limit daily. Cruise keeps me more honest than if I’d left it to my right foot alone.TheBacon posted:I can test mine if you just want to know if it’s an all of them thing or just yours At this point, I’m pretty sure this is a feature, but good lookin’ out.
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KillHour posted:I don't think I've ever used the cruise control in a manual car, TBH. There are a lot of small towns around me that are tied to some amazing backroads with a speed limit of 55, I pretty much have to use my cruise control or I get a ticket.
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