What have you done to your car today?

Jez said:
^^ this is the exact issue with these old complex cars (ive had quite a few of them :p) - you get sucked into them as its never worth getting rid when its working correctly, and the next fix is never very expensive.

The problem is that you end up chasing your tail :(

I dread to think what these newer gen (F-series BMW, W2*2 Mercs etc) cars will be like when they are the same age!
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Sucked well & truly in,yes.

On the one hand, I've not (yet!) broken a grand in repairs / servicing in the ~year I've had it, and I imagine I'll easily get £1550 back on it (what it cost me) so compared to depreciation of a newer car I'm probably about evens in what I've spent if you follow my logic.

This e39 is 15years old and yes, I shudder to think what an f10 530i would be like to run at a similar age.

I was put off the e65 (other than by its looks) by its complexity as I thought one would be a nightmare, I guess no matter what the marque this issue will only get worse as even the basic stuff these days have complex electronics a plenty.

I know I'm chasing my tail and to be fair it's the same problem I've been chasing, I don't mind stuff breaking (drop links at the rear recently) that's fair enough, what erks me is chasing a problem with apparently no success.

I'm hoping and praying its back to health on Monday, but am well aware Sod's law dictates something will fail on Tuesday......
 
F355 said:
Replaced front pads and discs. Need to take it easy for the next 100 miles or so.

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This is not a good idea. You want to get a even coating on them as soon as possible. As soon as I replace a set of discs and pads it is down to my local country roads with several 60-5mph stops till I can smell the tyres :cool:.
 
Put the STi into the bodyshop to get all the little nicks, scratches & dings sorted out. Also getting the wheels refurbed and generally having the entire bodywork spruced up.
 
mrk said:
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Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn, dropping the car off down the road to have the famously corrosive stock exhaust flange clamps replaced with new aftermarket stainless steel ones. The little pic shows how they should look afterwards.

It's either this for £25, or £700+ for a new centre exhaust upon BMW's "recommendation"... which will then corrode again in years to come. No thanks.

Also going to replace the exhaust hanger rubbery bits, there's some metal on metal rubbing due to some perishing.

Old cars... such fun.
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Viewing on phone... With that picture so small... It looked like you had neatly arrange a few condoms in your boot...
 
Fail! One pair of clamps were too small, looks like I bought a set for the centre section, not the rear section of the exhaust. Doh. Will have to get that pair swapped. As it stands, the car can be driven no probs, as it's all secure, just need to fit them once they arrive now that the tedious job has been done by the garage.

Exhaust hanger bolts were also "left hanging" - So they replaced those and tightened the sucker up. Slowly but surely, all the original cast iron parts are ageing away and being replaced by stainless steel ones :p

Cost £55 labour. Neat.
 
Had a couple of keys cut for my boot lock, then re-fitted the boot lock after looking up what the retaining mechanism is supposed to look like and making one up. There was nothing holding it in before (well, there was a cable tie on there when I bought the car but it instantly fell off, surprise) and none of the keys supplied with the car worked. Now works!

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Now no one can.. steal my boot carpet, I guess.
 
Took the two front wheels of the Golf the other day to send them off for refurbishment and new tyres. After struggling yet again with overly tight wheel bolts I finally bought a breaker bar today. At least next time should be easier.
 
shauncr91 said:
What do you think of the Wheel Woolies now you've had them a while? I remember you being hesitant over the price :)
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I bought these recently. They are brilliant with the bilberry cleaner in a 1:2 dilution. The cleanest my wheels have ever been and with minimal effort. Mostly used the large and medium - needed the medium and small around the callipers. Also came with a mini brush that was handy around the wheel nuts. My only concern is that the large brush is already looking damaged and I am not sure how many more uses I will get out of it. That would be frustrating given the price. No other brush (and I have tried most available) has come close to these.

An hour on the wheels seems excessive. Unless you cleaned, polished and sealed them, then I would expect it to take that long. Mine are circa 15 spoke and don't take that long! Saying that, they get washed like this most weeks and are already sealed, so the grime comes straight off.
 
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Drifted it, had big fun.

You'll have to excuse the crappy driving, my first time drifting a full circuit. There are more videos but that's all I got on my phone.
 
They're good, but the large one does lose some hair as it brushes against the heat shields on my car.

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Mint.

I don't believe in the word "excessive". Is it even real?
 
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The cow that made up that shoe was obviously not being fed to a high standard :(
 
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