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    ...urge to kill... RISING...

    Ugh.

    Last couple days have seen some lousy luck for Echo an' me.

    Tuesday night my fuel pump died while we were on our way to dinner. At the time I didn't know what exactly was going wrong since the car wasn't throwing any codes, it was just acting like it wasn't getting gas... so I opted to have it towed to the BMW dealership where I bought the car. I figure their diagnostic capabilities would be better than an indy.

    So, that ended up being a non-starter (pardon the pun) for me. They wanted $900 for what youtube has convinced me is a half hour job with a $180 part... so, I opted to have the car towed back to my place, where I'll do the work myself with the new pump from Turner Motorsport that will be arriving tomorrow.

    Oh, and one more thing: Somewhere, between the location where my car was picked up and when it was delivered to the dealer four hours later, my rear bumper went from looking like this:



    to this:






    Luckily since I have these photos, the towing company and AAA are eager to handle the bumper replacement for me, no questions asked. But still, it's a lot of hoops that I wasn't too happy to jump through.

    On that note, I want to make sure I have a proper M-tech II put back in its place; is Khoalty still the best place to get a new rear bumper assembly?





    Oh, and because I can't just leave things hanging on a sour note, I'll share this minor silver lining -- while Echo's out of commission, I'm borrowing this lil' guy from my girlfriend's dad:



    It's a 2006 base model with a tiptronic transmission, which I loathe, but this car handles like a f***ing demon. A demon with velcro-made-of-super-glue hands. Yay for the bright side of things!

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    Damn. Sorry to hear all this. At least you have something to drive for free, and its not an econo box. Good luck with the repair.
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    Yay for the bright side. Either Khoalty or several other places where you could go OEM like Tischner, etc.
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    Damn that sucks. Good thing you had pictures. Is the actual bumper damaged or just the diffuser? Maybe something to check out after you get your check lol

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    John, don't you have your stock diffuser laying around somewhere?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wsmeyer View Post
    Is the actual bumper damaged or just the diffuser?
    Well, there was some minor preexisting damage to the upper part of the bumper cover, though some new damage definitely occurred up there as well, so the time really is right to just get the whole thing replaced...

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    OEM or bust. They did it, they can fix it properly.
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    I have a front bumper from umnitza. Excellent quality. Perfect fit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avetiso View Post
    I have a front bumper from umnitza. Excellent quality. Perfect fit.

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    Sucks about the bumper, id make them go oem unless you are looking to pocket a little bit? On another note that fuel pump should be no issue whatsoever once it comes in.

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