What have you done to your car today?
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Running on ethanol!
Should be making 460wheelhp... which is crazy to think of!
Gas mileage has gone out the window... smells nice though!
Should be making 460wheelhp... which is crazy to think of!
Gas mileage has gone out the window... smells nice though!
Caporegime
Went to get my two front tyres re-seated because they were going flat over a period of a couple of weeks, so I thought the beads might be corroded.
Turns out I have two ruptured inner sidewalls and one buckled alloy...
The only consolation is that the garage felt bad for me so didn't charge me despite removing and inspecting the tyres, scrubbing up the beads, re-mounting them and re-balancing them. So that was cool of them.
Two new tyres ordered.
Turns out I have two ruptured inner sidewalls and one buckled alloy...
The only consolation is that the garage felt bad for me so didn't charge me despite removing and inspecting the tyres, scrubbing up the beads, re-mounting them and re-balancing them. So that was cool of them.
Two new tyres ordered.
Soldato
Took my car to a local garage to have my coolant leak sorted. Confirmed it was the radiator, and £285 later it's all sorted. I'm happy with that since Ford wanted about £480 for the part alone. It was also the first time I've used this garage and they seemed really good, so I'll definitely use them again.
Soldato
Got the valve cover gasket changed on the Caliber. £13 for the part and £16 for the labour, one of the few advantages of owning one
The £16 Labour is the bit that we can only dream about in England, I’ll pass on the Caliber thoughGot the valve cover gasket changed on the Caliber. £13 for the part and £16 for the labour, one of the few advantages of owning one
Soldato
The £16 Labour is the bit that we can only dream about in England, I’ll pass on the Caliber though
Don’t blame you
Sadly given the kinds of sites I visit I’ll need a shed for the foreseeable future so it isn’t going anywhere until it dies.
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Picked this up today 
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Bought a Turbo Muffler delete and open box intake for then GTi MK7. Not enough whooshy turbo noises in stock trim.
Man of Honour
Swapping in a DSG?Picked this up today
Ah so that's what I'm looking at?
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Yeah DQ500 with the transfer box
Soldato
Bit the bullet today an tried to get out and give the C63 a wash. Did the wheels but only managed a quick touchless wash with snowfoam and rinse on the body work. Too cold and windy today but weather has been horrendous recently and just wanted to get some road grime and salt off.
Booked in for MOT next week and looking at rear tyres ahead of that. Currently has Pilot Sport 4's (not 4S) and had them on the E46 but tempted to give a pair of Goodyear Eagle Assymetric 5's a go. Costco currently got an offer on too so would be less £100 a corner fitted?
Booked in for MOT next week and looking at rear tyres ahead of that. Currently has Pilot Sport 4's (not 4S) and had them on the E46 but tempted to give a pair of Goodyear Eagle Assymetric 5's a go. Costco currently got an offer on too so would be less £100 a corner fitted?
Changed the oil pressure sensor on the fabia.
Still getting an intermittent oil warning light & beep. Going to change the oil filter in the morning to eliminate it as the problem only started after its service & I've read its a known problem with the filter being overtightned
Still getting an intermittent oil warning light & beep. Going to change the oil filter in the morning to eliminate it as the problem only started after its service & I've read its a known problem with the filter being overtightned
So this past week in the E92:
- Reached 100,000 miles
- Developed a misfire on cylinder 6, ended up being an ignition coil, £70 parts and fitting from local garage and perfect now.
- Fitted a petrol cap wire as it was missing, took 6 weeks to arrive...
- Changed the drivers side cup holder as mine decided it didn't want to retract back in all the way, over engineered 2000's German design, much prefer the fixed cup holders in modern Beemers.
Man of Honour
Yeah DQ500 with the transfer box
It'll be so much better for it too. Granted it's nice having a manual but DSGs are just so much better than us mere mortals
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Soldato
Serviced my A6 yesterday.
All parts from TPS. They're barely any more expensive than pattern parts.
Found the sump was leaking a little through the flange seal, so I dropped that to clean and re-seal. Was pleased to see there was no foreign objects in there. Although surprising how much oil remains in there even after draining it, which is really quite annoying.
All done for another year. First time I'd serviced it in my ownership so gave it a thorough look over, seems to be in really good condition.
All parts from TPS. They're barely any more expensive than pattern parts.
Found the sump was leaking a little through the flange seal, so I dropped that to clean and re-seal. Was pleased to see there was no foreign objects in there. Although surprising how much oil remains in there even after draining it, which is really quite annoying.
All done for another year. First time I'd serviced it in my ownership so gave it a thorough look over, seems to be in really good condition.