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Wanna be roommates? You can live in the garage with the Porsche? It's getting a new roof in August!
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Yeah I don't know what the issue is with that other than it doesn't look cool. Sticker ain't gonna hurt glass and you can remove any residue with a razor after you leave.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
Or you could put it on the inside with painters tape, but you're still more likely to hurt the tint than the outside glass.
Yeah I could put it outside on the glass, it just looks shitty to me. For those of you who can relate, imagine not needing to run a front plate if you didn't have to. I wanna be one of the cool kids and not have to look at photos of the car later and be reminded that I ever lived here.
I'm leaving it inside the glass tonight with a few stickies with "Right here you fuck" written by the sticker.
Justin, dibs on the garage carpet
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I hate that crap too! Before I relocated to Tennessee, I had to put a baseball size parking sticker on the drivers side windshield for work!
The place was in a rough area of
Cleveland, OH and had a maned guard shack you had to pass through to he in. Because of that I just put up with it.
What about mountings it in a small picture frame that would stand on the back deck
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Kristen had a sticker on the back window the whole time she owned it. We scraped it off right before you drove the car home :)
This is a really good idea Guy thank you. Unfortunately for me this is a pure money grab contract. I live walking distance to the metro, and the purpose of towing is to prevent people from parking along the street or in lots, and then walking to the metro. They towed my car overnight, meaning they just want money and don't care who they grab.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3ZHPGUY
Shit man really? Maybe I'll just suck it up and deal with the sticker on the rear windshield...... There has to be a way to tuck in in there real low so it really isn't visible unless you walk up on it to check. If this weren't a money grab scheme they would have the option for mirror placards you could just put up when you park, but noooo they need more of our fucking money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
Here's a pic of the undercarriage while I was having it checked out on the lift. They had to have grabbed it from the rear and thank God everything appears to be ok.
https://i.imgur.com/ANgtiMo.jpg
Glad all is ok. That car is drool worthy
I hate it already.... :crying
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Well I think the sticky note is subtle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Newjack
Obviously it’s annoying you have to do that, but I think it’s probably a little bit less annoying than coming out to find your car not there in the morning?
I had friends in school whose apartment complex did the same thing. It was a block away from campus, so they had a “towing enforcement” policy to prevent people from using the complex as a means of not buying campus parking passes. Buuuut they only towed overnight, so it was a complete scam. Getting a new visitor pass every single day I was there was a huge PITA, but I preferred being drunk on their patio and knowing my car would be there in the morning vs. being drunk on their patio and watching my car get towed away.
Awe come on Rob, you didn't even notice the sticker Kpro had on it. That's right where she had it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Newjack
thats really not that bad. But if it really annoys you, how about one of those flat magnets.If you attach the sticker to one side, could you just put the other side of the magnet on the trunk or something? Keep it in you glove box and put it on when you get home and then just remove it when you leave. Not sure if it would leave marks tho. I did that in college with my mazda6. it was a red close to imola and worked perfectly.
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something like this....
https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Magn...s=flat+magnets
You can put a piece of paper between the magnet and the paint to help prevent scratches and it will still stick.
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Yeah leaving sticky tape on the tints over time wasn't my intention. It's on for now so I'll just leave it be.
Thanks for the good suggestions guys. Just need to get motivated on getting a new job so I can buy a house and not have to deal with any of this silly stuff.
Alright so I'm driving to my parents house tonight, and the seat belt light keeps coming on. I unplug my seat belt while Im driving and plug it back in, nothing changes and the chime keeps dinging at me like I'm doing something wrong. I'm getting pissed, its raining and the person in front of me is driving 10mph under the speed limit because its raining and they are over a thousand years old.
I finally get to my parents house and start looking up stuff on my phone, apparently this is a common problem with the e9x platform. Starting to look up prices of new seat belt tensioners and they are like $70. Not a big deal but not something I wanted to spend money on.
I'm sitting at the dinner table, and suddenly I realize. I had a case of beer in the passenger seat. The sensor wasn't going off because my seat belt wasn't plugged in. It was going off because it thought there was a passenger in the passenger seat.
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Plugged in the carbon fiber seat belt clip and I didn't have any issues on the way home. What a relief
Lol oh man, I’m not sure if the degree to which I can relate to your entire post is either comical or concerning.
The X3’s seat occupancy sensor was ridiculously sensitive. I had the passenger seatbelt clipped in the entire time I was back in school, because even just my laptop would set it off. I’m not sure if the E46 seats are that sensitive because now I’m conditioned to buckle up the passenger seat if I have anything in it.
This! Rob, that used to go off when I had my lunch on the passenger seat... Kristen had these fake buckles she used to clip into the seatbelt to bypass it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
Yeah I'm using one of those fake buckles now. I had no idea the sensors were that sensitive. I don't even think they existed in the ZHP so I had no idea what was going on at first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
The ZHP has an occupancy sensor but there is no indication of when it detects a passenger. It doesn't care about a passenger being buckled, only the driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Newjack
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The passenger occupancy sensor is only for airbag deployment, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Yessir. If it fails, it'll trigger an airbag light on the instrument cluster, and will deploy the airbag in a collision regardless of whether someone's sitting there or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
Gave the car a thorough wash yesterday. I've been using the touchless car wash to keep it clean(ish) but that only gets so much dirt off. Got all the wheels nice and shiny again and finished the paint with a spray on wax that will hopefully hold for a week or two.
While I was at the car wash the touchless wand peeled off my trunk roundel completely. It was already fading was on my list of things to replace, but not having one at all made me get one shipped out asap. I went ahead and replaced the third brake light as well since the previous one had a crack right down the middle. Apparently that's a common issue on the E82 and BMW even had a recall for it at one point.
So on the ZHP the rear roundel was held in by just two rubber grommets and the metal prongs on the roundel. The E82 has the same thing, except the grommets are a harder plastic and there is a circular adhesive backing to the roundel making sure it doesn't come off. I wasn't expecting this at all so it was a real pita to get off and then scrape off the rest of the adhesive. New one went on fine though and the adhesive will hold it tight. OEM or bust
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Before
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After (Pic sucks I know but the roundel is there at least)
https://i.imgur.com/meA3LKt.jpg
Another reason not to use a car wash (I’m one to talk—I do too periodically...)
https://jalopnik.com/heres-why-you-s...ash-1821475097
I used the sprayer self wash stuff. No bristles or brushes. I never use the auto car wash. Never took the ZHP through an auto car wash and I don't plan to ever take the 135 through one either.Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
Good call.Quote:
Originally Posted by Newjack
I was happy with just using the high-pressure rinse (water only). Then I realized that the black residue on the car was from whenever the hose made contact with the car.
Lmao yeah you gotta be careful and not bump the hose into the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by holyc0w
I like using the touchless between washes because it gets the big 3d stuff off the car if there is anything. Makes a simple wash that much easier when you do it
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Clean and shiny, yes!
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12/2/18
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Did my first oil change on the car. BMW definitely did the last one since the oil pan drain plug was set to 1 million foot pounds of torque. Used a 17mm socket first and rounded one of the corners just a hair so I switched to a wrench to get it off. Will be replacing the oil drain plug with a new OEM one next oil change.
Right now I'm sticking with BMW 5w-30 oil since it isn't too expensive. Since I'm changing the oil out every 5k miles I don't really think the oil choice is going to matter that much. I hear good things about Motul and keeping oil temps down, but I would only run that in the summer if I did and even then the stuff is extremely expensive.
I'm surprised how tiny the oil filter is on the N54 motor. Its maybe 70% the size of the ZHP oil filter. Takes the same amount of oil. Threw in 6.5 quarts, got the car up to temp and checked the oil level in the car on a level road while idle. Its on the high side with 6.5 quarts but its kinda hard to tell. Looks like I have room for one more "block" on the iDrive screen. Not used to not having a dipstick. Either way the car says the oil level is good so I'll just leave it and only add in 6 quarts next time to see what that looks like on the screen.
I also swapped out the summer tires and threw on the stock 135 wheels with blizzaks. Funny that I bought the original wheels for the car before I bought the car. When they were on the ZHP I was getting some moderate steering wheel jitter at 30mph +/- I don't really notice much of anything with the exact same wheels on the 135i. No idea why the 135 can tolerate it better but its a nice perk. I will eventually have all 4 of the winter wheels rebalanced when I put new blizzaks on them but I think I'll save that for next year.
I have no idea how the car is aware, but it knows there are a different set of wheels and the tire pressure monitoring system is giving me some feedback on the iDrive system. Gonna have to look into this and figure out how to make it go away.
While the hood was popped I cleaned out all of the stupid leaves that gather in the windshield cowl area. This car has some really deep pockets by the hood struts where a ton of crap can get in. I was literally pulling out handfuls of leaves.
Sooner than later I need to get some air filter cleaning solution to clean out the Injen dual cone intakes. I was planning on doing this today since they are super easy to pop off, but I didn't have anything to clean them with and you can't use soap and water. If anyone has any suggestions for a cleaning solution let me know.
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I'm pretty sure those are dry filters on there. We got them from Injen. We did have an Injen cleaning kit for the oiled filters... I though Kristen gave that to you?
That car wasn't bad at all on dry roads with the blizzacks on it. I was always surprised with that...
I forgot that you bought those wheels... isn't that funny how things turned out :)
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who uses a hilariously small space heater while working in the garage.
Those splitters looks really good. Perfect balance of subtle yet aggressive.
Ah I can check the box of parts again to double check for cleaning solution. The intakes are definitely dry and I don't ever plan on running an oiled filter. I haven't really gotten a chance to see how it handles the smaller tread in the rear. I did push 2nd a tiny bit and DSC threw a fit (it always does anyway) but it was still super quick. I think the LSD in this car its absolutely amazing and severely underrated as an upgrade on any performance car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sockethead
lmao there was another heater in the corner tooQuote:
Originally Posted by 704sw
I really like the splitters too. Kristen has great taste in car mods
Those are real BMW performance splitters. The PO bought them but never put them on.
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5/30/20
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Long time no see!
Did another oil change on the car yesterday. I haven't driven it much since the last oil change but it was definitely long enough. In the last few years it seems BMW switched from 5W-30 oil to a 0W-30 oil. I'm not exactly sure the reasoning but the 5W I used prior I can't find anymore so I just got a kit from FCP Euro that included the newer version. I'm sure the lighter weight would be nice in a cold climate but down here in Florida it doesn't mean much to me. (Did I mention I moved to Florida?)
My third brake light cracked again so I ordered another one from FCP and plan on using the lifetime warranty since this is the second one I've had to buy. I guess its just a bad design by BMW that puts to much tension on the middle section of the brake light and makes it crack after a year or so. Easy part to swap in and out so no big deal.
I went ahead and washed the car today (planned on doing it yesterday but it started pouring rain) - It was a bit shameful how dirty the car was but it sits now cleaner than it ever has been under my ownership. I got a good wash, used a claybar kit from Chemical Guys, washed again and then put two coats of Natty's paste wax on the car to keep it nice and clean for as long as I can. The paint has always been in good condition - the clearcoat still strong and beading water whenever it rains. But I could always feel the paint had a sandpapery feeling to it. The claybar removed maybe 80-90% of that rough feeling on the paint and putting the wax overtop makes it really really smooth. One of these days I'm going to prep for a full detail with polish and sealant but this should hold me over for a little bit. I even got to polish the exhaust tips!
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Sup OG!? Good to see you around.
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Lads,
Still around. Car is pulling better than ever and has recently been washed. Oil change coming up soon. She's proudly sitting in MY garage. Not a condo parking lot, or a rented home. MY garage. Oil change soon along with some minor maintenance. Paint correction and a brake sensor replacement. I promise she doesn't need new brakes its just a bad sensor. Probably going for a coolant refresh soon as preventative maintenance because why not. The valve cover gasket started leaking about 6 months ago and your boy here made the repair solo. Whole valve cover off, looking dialed in and light gold as it should with 70k miles. Attachment 40566Attachment 40567
Congrats on home ownership
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