What have you done to your car today?
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Ordered 2 new tyres as wife has, inevitably, curbed an alloy and managed to shred half the tyre as well. 
Only 3k miles on the car/tyres. 
Only 3k miles on the car/tyres. 
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Paid for a mobile 2-stage/wax machine polish on my Jag. He cleaned, clay-barred, 2-stage and wax on each panel and the car looks great for a six-year-old car.
Would look a bit weird having a screen centre of dash pointing at driver? Don't think I've seen anything like that. The size of old one made this an issue I'd agree, new one is fine to use positioned centrally due to size.
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I sold my motor some time back, but I had a project (Mk.III Capri) locked away in a garage that I never got around to working on past stripping it down and cleaning it. As of today, that is gone too and I'm completely sans car.
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Every BMW with a screen has it aimed towards the driver.
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Who was first, BMW or SAAB? I guess SAAB went properly OTT on the angling a la fighter jet.
One of the things I really don't like about Mercs - the screen looks like someone slapped a tablet in last minute - not what I expect from a prestigious car - more acceptable on something like a Kia or Hyundai or something.
I think they both go way back - even an E21 had the centre console aimed at the driver. So in guess in that respect the screen being aimed at the driver was a consequence of their tradition of aiming the centre console at drivers.
Do you have more info on the screen swap, I have GLA with the smaller screen and interested in this.
Interesting, never seen such blatant removal of the logo on 3rd party parts!Did the pulley's on the 204 C63 a while ago. Fairly easy job to do, the only annoying bit was removing the fan, but apart from that, easy as pie. You've got loads of space to work once you get rid of the fan and the OEM parts are dirt cheap. The genuine ones are all made by Gates, INA or Febi and if you buy them from MB, they're about 4x the price of just buying them from Gates, INA or Febi.
Pulley on the left, Genuine Mercedes at a cost of £140inc VAT. Pulley on the right was an OEM Gates pulley at a cost of £35. Note the tactical grinding off of the AMG logo and MB part number. So the extra £105 for the MB part gets you an MB branded cardboard box that it comes in. Well played Mercedes, well played.
Yeh i've seen it numerous times now from working on my various cars! So blatant and there is *such* a mark up on Genuine parts
On my old R53 Cooper S engine mount:
Lemforder Part - £44
MINI part - £84
MINI Boot struts:
Top one - Stabilus part £26 (pair)
Bottom one - MINI at £65 (pair)
E46 Indicators:
Right - Genuine BMW: £60
Left - Magneti Marelli Part - £10
E92 M3 Suspension parts:
Top - Genuine BMW parts £120 each or so IIRC
Bottom - TRW parts with the ///M logo scratched out £32 each
Sure, what info would you like?
Wouldn't know as never sat in one
Not a fan of BMW interiors, have looked pretty meh and samey for many years now imo.Looking at photos it's pretty subtle isn't it? I was imagining my screen at quite a large angle when answering original question which it definitely isn't, but does favour pointing towards the driver more than passenger slightly
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Yeh i've seen it numerous times now from working on my various cars! So blatant and there is *such* a mark up on Genuine parts
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E92 M3 Suspension parts:
Top - Genuine BMW parts £120 each or so IIRC
Bottom - TRW parts with the ///M logo scratched out £32 each
Where are you buying the e92 M3 arms from?, i have to do this upgrade on my e82 coupe in the next few months before hitting the track.
Yes and that makes a huge difference.Wouldn't know as never sat in one
Looking at photos it's pretty subtle isn't it? I was imagining my screen at quite a large angle when answering original question which it definitely isn't, but does favour pointing towards the driver more than passenger slightly
You looking for the fronts or rears or both?