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  1. 05-19-2015, 04:10 PM #1
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    What Went Wrong With Your E34 Today?

    Given the problems our car gets might as well start this up/

    today my car developed a worse clunking noise once i press and release my clutch pedal...diff is as tight as a virgin...time for a new drive shaft

    what went wrong with your guys e34 today?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpine 318is View Post
    I put a note on an M Sport in my office complex to email me if he wanted to sell it and he didn't email me.
    . I did that to an E30 on alpina a few years ago at my job. Also got no reply :sad
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redfive View Post
    I've got a replacement, but Redfive just keeps sitting there.
    Poor thing.
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    Well I also have a 3.5 year old and a 6 week old.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redfive View Post
    Well I also have a 3.5 year old and a 6 week old.
    Hey now, that's great news. Congratulations!
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    Hey now, that's great news. Congratulations!
    Thanks! It can be exhausting.
    I'm not sure how I will get anything done on my car this year. I get about 2 hours a month to play with it. Seriously right now I'm having a hard time justify holding on to it. And when it sits, more things go bad. Even the new stuff goes bad. Started the car up this year and found that my 3 year old, barely used 5 channel amp had become a 1 channel amp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredrik 90 View Post
    Nothing went wrong with my E34 today. As usual it works great

    Lies all of it. Deliver us some truth lol
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