What have you done to your car today?

Pondrew said:
Usel said:
I have changed it so that the left paddle will only change down when you pull it, pushing does nothing. The right paddle will only change up a gear when you pull it, pushing does nothing.
How did it operate before? I thought pull on left for down, pull on right for up was universal, no? :?

Both sides pull for up and both sides push for down I believe. I never actually installed them in the car with the oem setup, I figured out the wiring on the work bench before installing them in the car.
 
jenniferlouise said:
But that’s just conformist! It’s against the motorsport set up that bmw applied originally; push for down, pull for up

If we didn't conform we'd be driving some cars with a brake pedal on the right and throttle pedal in the middle.
 
Usel said:
Both sides pull for up and both sides push for down I believe.

That`s correct . It has never felt intuitive to me . The reason is so that you can change up or down with one hand on the wheel I believe .
 
1536Z4 said:
Usel said:
Both sides pull for up and both sides push for down I believe.

That`s correct . It has never felt intuitive to me . The reason is so that you can change up or down with one hand on the wheel I believe .
Spot on - how are you supposed to apply makeup and drink coffee if two hands are required?
 
Did battle with the hateful headlamp washers! :evil:

They're pointless things, I've never had issues seeing due to dirty headlamps. The only time I used them on an unlit road I had more of a problem seeing when they were working. :headbang:

Passenger side was leaking when I got the car so I bought a used pair on here complete with hoses luckily.

Ross at RBM swapped the leaking one for me and I sold the drivers' side to another forum member then pulled Fuse 40 to stop the covers or jets flying off!

Then last week I took the car out and low washer fluid warning light came on. When I got home I stuck a litre of water in the reservoir and the next day there was a puddle under the passenger side headlamp washer.

Had a root in the garage and found those used hoses. Disconnected the hose from the headlamp washer pump and attached one of the spares after winding a bolt into the other end. Put a litre of water in and 3 hours later the level hadn't dropped so it looks like I've cracked it. :D

Just in time because I didn't fancy driving up to do Northumbria and the Scottish Lowlands run next weekend without screen washers.
 
jenniferlouise said:
Am I the only person looking at this as a scar to the back of a minor???

Not sure what you mean :? Just for confirmation the reason I posted the photo was to show anyone else that is going to use a cheese wire to cut through sealant to be more careful than I was . In a moment of excitement to get the final bit finished I twisted my hand round to go through a tricky corner and stupidly caught my wrist on the wire .
 
1536Z4 said:
jenniferlouise said:
Am I the only person looking at this as a scar to the back of a minor???

Not sure what you mean :? Just for confirmation the reason I posted the photo was to show anyone else that is going to use a cheese wire to cut through sealant to be more careful than I was . In a moment of excitement to get the final bit finished I twisted my hand round to go through a tricky corner and stupidly caught my wrist on the wire .

It's an unfortunate spot too. I have a cat and had light scratch marks all on my wrist from her cute aggression..

A religious colleague noticed it and offered me Jesus' services for my demons. That was an interesting conversation.. :P
 
Picked up a Supersprint X-pipe and pair or rear race silencers from @louie on here.

Finally got round to fitting it. Looking forward to hearing it paired with the csl box 👂 💥
The Old
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Also changed the gearbox oil to another up the shifting in time for some summer road trips.

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FunkyGBrown said:
1536Z4 said:
jenniferlouise said:
Am I the only person looking at this as a scar to the back of a minor???

Not sure what you mean :? Just for confirmation the reason I posted the photo was to show anyone else that is going to use a cheese wire to cut through sealant to be more careful than I was . In a moment of excitement to get the final bit finished I twisted my hand round to go through a tricky corner and stupidly caught my wrist on the wire .

It's an unfortunate spot too. I have a cat and had light scratch marks all on my wrist from her cute aggression..

A religious colleague noticed it and offered me Jesus' services for my demons. That was an interesting conversation.. :P
When we first got our German Shepherd puppy, god he was soooo cute, he used to bite everything including my sons wrists, one day at school a teacher asked him why he had all these scratches on his wrists, thought he was self harming. :rofl: :rofl:
 
Had to bring the old hardtop to the storage. Doesn't even look that bad. 8)
 

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Installed new intake camshaft position sensor (bad) and an exhaust camshaft sensor, oil was leaking from the pins and filling up the connector, very odd.
 
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