What have you done to your car today?

Alpina 98 · Post by **Alpina 98** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:13 pm

damok666 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:29 pm Fitted the passenger side e46 seat. The drivers side is at the upholsterers. The S2000 seats don’t have up and down movement. They’re a perfect height for me but too low for the wife and the e46 seats seem a lot more comfy.

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Don't tell your wife about reducing tyre pressures on her side will make things more comfy!

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:41 pm

Swapped over to my winter 17’s with Michelin cross climates, gave the hubs a clean & repaint at the same time to keep them looking fresh

Rob

damok666 · Post by **damok666** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:45 pm

Alpina 98 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:13 pm
damok666 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:29 pm Fitted the passenger side e46 seat. The drivers side is at the upholsterers. The S2000 seats don’t have up and down movement. They’re a perfect height for me but too low for the wife and the e46 seats seem a lot more comfy.

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Don't tell your wife about reducing tyre pressures on her side will make things more comfy!

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:10 am

Rocket wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:51 pm
MACK wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:52 am
Rocket wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:02 pm I fitted a DISA valve repair kit a few days ago but was unhappy that I could not get the valve to swing freely, even with backing of the screw a great deal. I ran the car and it seemed not quite as it should be. So I bought a new unit from BMW and fitted it today. I went for a 15 mile drive with the roof down at 7.5 C. It goes great now
Hi.
Can I just ask which brand of kit did you use? I had a similar problem with an i6automotive kit when I fitted it years ago. When you say the car ran it was not quite as it should be can you elobarate on the this and difference the proper bmw part made. Thanks
It was the X8R kit. I know many people have had good results but even with the screw slackened back a turn or two the valve sometimes slightly stuck instead of turning freely. The performance was just not quite as good as it should be. Mainly in lower revs when putting your foot down. It was not a tremendous difference but just took the edge off the acceleration. The bmw new part sorted it out. I am sure the repair kits are fine as long as you can nip up the screw and still have a freely moving valve. I have read of others having the same issue when fitting the kit. I have also read of many people having no issue.

Thanks Rocket

Gjm91 · Post by **Gjm91** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:33 pm

Quick wash and spray wax

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Then fitted solar charger to keep battery topped up

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Phoenixboy · Post by **Phoenixboy** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 5:07 pm

Washed, hoovered, tyre pressures done.

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parabolica · Post by **parabolica** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:14 pm

1) Finally got my carly adaptor and coded out the annoying beep it makes locking and unlocking
2) Coded a few other things and cleared the stored engine codes - made sure none came back
3) Attempted to drive to the shops only to find an inch of stanley knife blade in my rear o/s
4) Local mech plugged the tyre and it seems to be holding up fine; car is off the road for at least a week so I'll see if it holds up
5) Took each wheel off, flushed the arches and gave each wheel a good clean. Winter tyres and wheels go on next week so I'll be bagging up my 107s until the spring.

On a side note, I had to use my z for the 40-mile each way commute this week in very icy conditions; lowest temp I saw was Wednesday at -7c when I left home. Car never put a foot wrong; even on icy and slushy roads it was planted, although I was obviously taking care. But it never once slid or under steered. Not bad for a semi-automatic with fat summer tyres on the rear!

nhartgolfer · Post by **nhartgolfer** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 7:50 pm

Replaced the driver’s side wing mirror glass which fell out this week. Quite a common thing so I’ve read.
Bit of a bugger to get it off even after turning the release notch and ended up ripping the old one to pieces but new one is in!
Can’t say I was happy to spend so much money on a piece of glass though!!

Tinker15 · Post by **Tinker15** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:38 pm

Had cruise control fitted. Many thanks to AnubisZed who did a great job and in no time at all. Tried it out on the drive back home and all is good. Very chuffed!

Jl-c · Post by **Jl-c** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:46 pm

Winter wheels/tyres fitted then off to Dorset from Shropshire to see my aged Mother who at 98 has just gone into a wonderful home to be cared for and pampered a bit. Got back today and looked at my consumption...... motorway at a steady 70 (ish!) set on the cruise. For a 3.0 litre petrol engine, that is amazing!

Johnr32 · Post by **Johnr32** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:56 pm

Jl-c wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:46 pm Winter wheels/tyres fitted then off to Dorset from Shropshire to see my aged Mother who at 98 has just gone into a wonderful home to be cared for and pampered a bit. Got back today and looked at my consumption...... motorway at a steady 70 (ish!) set on the cruise. For a 3.0 litre petrol engine, that is amazing!

The 3.0 Z4 are pretty good on fuel on motorway journeys, Ive seen the trip computer indicate 41+mpg if you drop your speed to 55-60mph

LittleZ4 · Post by **LittleZ4** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:35 pm

43 is the best I've done......felt like driving miss daisy though!

Silverstar · Post by **Silverstar** » Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:57 pm

My E89 achieved 40.3 MPG on trip from London to Malaga Spain doing around 70 to 80 MPH which included being stuck in almost standstill traffic in Paris for 2 hours! I believe the figure would have been higher probably around 43 to 45 MPG had it not been for the traffic in Paris. Truly remarkable economy for 6 cylinder 3 litre. To put it into a perspective my F20 118d doesn't achieve much more then 50 MPG on a long run doing similar speeds and that's a 4 cylinder diesel!

scootr · Post by **scootr** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:33 am

I'm a lead foot.

I blame it on the Remus

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:41 am

Ordered CSF stepped FMIC. Chargepipe next, then will look at an MHD tune.

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