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How can BMW justify charging $80/year/car for anyone past the first year? Because it saves the lessee $140 vs. the (ridiculous) $300 upcharge that BMW already charges for CarPlay, but screws over the next owners.
I hope someone will figure out how to override this with software. This is just stupid.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/b...ghway-robbery/
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
Race Car Driver -loading
BMW is way too $$$ obsessed. Had better experience at a porsche dealer than bmw
05 330i Alpine White
Past:
02 330i Titanium Silver
R56 MCS
00 540i6
Swagon
Nice head, Leo! Damn that thing is going to be a beast!
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LOL, probably sounds better than using a few nuts to space the exhaust pipes apart.Originally Posted by auaq
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Pretty cool Flughafen Snotty.
Scotty don't!
Super excited man.
Was just playing around today. Still need to set up push rod guides and order rockers and lifters.
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Current
2005 E55 AMG
1998 Silverado K1500
1964 Impala
1964 Chevelle 496ci
Past
2000 Avus M5
1988 Suburban K1500
1987 Suburban K2500
2007 Suburban
1999 K2500 Suburban
2000 MGM
1999 K2500 Suburban
2001 Stratus 740i Msport
1990 750iL
1995 540i/6
1996 MGM
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So you turned it into a 4cyl.
V8 connoisseur
This place is a rabbit hole. Sold off Caddy DTS and got some E39 goodies/maintenance money, and have been up late every night reading stuff on this forum
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Almost crashed badly today in my beater. Front Brake hose ruptured an I lost all braking. Some quick reflexes and some luck saved my ass. Vehicle is 02 Mazda tribute. Same as a ford Escape. I use is for taking the dog places and home Depot crap hauling.
Check your hoses! Freaking scary.
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Last edited by philly98540; 01-23-2018 at 07:05 PM.
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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Dude, Glad yer ok!
Loosing the brakes is no joke! Same thing happened to me last year. I have an old beater '99 Dodge 3500, 4x4 dually truck. It runs like a top, but the brake lines got very rusted out over the years, and I never really paid attention. About a year ago, I was pulling my 16ft double axle enclosed trailer to go pick up some stuff at a friends place, I was living in Lovettsville at the time, her place is in Front Royal, the long way, all highway, was about 20 miles longer than if I took the cool zigzag route over Weather Mountain.
There is actually an underground super top secret gooberment facility up there, and I had just passed it, then the downhill section of the drive began, as I was coming up to, or should I say down to, a big curve, I hit the brakes, POP goes the brakes, and the pedal goes to the floor!!! While my brain screamed "OH SHEEEIT"!!!! I threw the tranny into 2nd gear, and started using the parking brake.
I was a good 3 miles before I got down the mountain, kept going and just took it real easy. I still did have some braking left, when I got to the bottom and pulled over, checked the brake fluid, I still had slightly less than half of the container, I limped it to her place. The line to the rear brakes blew, next to the gas tank. I cut it, pinched it with a pair of long nosed visegrips, and wound it up as if it were a can of corned beef with the key, lol. A zip tie held the pliers to the frame, I filled the trailer up, limped the truck home via the highway. Kinda glad the trailer had the electric brakes!!! But man, that "Oh sheeeit" moment sucks when it strikes!
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Set the controls for the heart of the sun
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Philly, when I first started to read the post I thought you were talking about the 540. Good that it wasn't and all was OK.
Had the same problem with my old Sable winter beater about 8 years ago on the expressway out of Beantown, the back brake line rusted thru. Had to keep pumping the brakes to get them to work, lots of down shifting.
Need to start talking smack about the SB sometime soon. Should be a good game. The Eagles looked damn tough.
I have to pick the Pat's cuz I lived near Gillette Statium before we moved. Pat's by 3.
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@Snotty. Damn. That's sketchy! Nice save. Nothing worse than the pedal hitting the floor!
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Jim. Yeah, glad it was not the 540. Thats got newer braided lines and has had fluid flushes every few years. The beater I never really care or look at. I may be looking closer now. Scary.
Eagles looked really good and Foles was on fire. If he shows up on SB Sunday, it's going to be a good fight.
Last edited by philly98540; 01-23-2018 at 09:16 PM.
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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There's no fluid level indicator or separate systems on the diagonal in your beater? I had to replace the brake hoses in my 95 Camry last year, and when onehose failed, there was a red "brake" dummy light, and lots of pedal travel, but I still had brake pressure.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
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Beater has a fluid level indicator and system is set up diagonal. Pedal still went to floor on initial burst. Must not be well designed. After pulling over and pumping brakes a few times I had a just a bit of braking action at the very bottom of pedal travel. I limped it home like that.
98 540i 6, 525 whp, 120 mph 1/4, V3 Si S/C'er @16 psi, W/A I/C, Water/Meth, Supersprint Headers, HJS Cats, 3" Custom Exhaust, UUC Twin Disc, Wavetrac LSD, GC Coil Overs, Monoball TA, AEM FP, Aeromotive FPR, AEM Failsafe AFR/Boost, Style 65's w/275's, M5 Steering Box, Eibach Sways, M3 Shifter, Evans Coolant, 85 Deg Stat, PWM Fan, 10" Subs, B.A. speakers, Grom Aux/BT, Still Rolling as my DD!
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Yeah, it's scary when it first goes. Thankfully, I was just in a parking lot, but still... eek.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
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Holy Crap! The Laemmle boys are goin' all in on this build! Looks awesome man. Gotta make it down and check that ishtar out! My dads places are uninhabitable at the movement though, water off in one, and the other is in renovation-money-pit mode, so can't cruise down for a weekend w the wife like we'd like to. Next year should be good, the place with an actual boiler that's 4-seasonable should be all finished and will be empty in the off-season.
Dayum Chris... Glad it worked out OK...
Some o' you might recall exact same thing happenin' to me w/ our beater Jeep a few years back. Threaded the needle between the dumb ____ that jammed her brakes on at the last minute for reasons unknown, and a tree, and rolled up across a sidestreet luckly with no cars coming.
Its clear to me from personal experience that, at least on cheap cars, the "diagonal" idea - which I always figured sounded like a brilliant idea - don't mean crap. Would it be different w/ a German car that has separate reservoir bins for the diagonals so they are more separate? I dunno. But at least in my case, pedal went all the way to the floor, there was a tiny tiny bit of brakes there but nowhere close to "still have half the brakes". Sounds like happened to all you guys too. I also wonder about the quality of the brake lines. I've cut open ancient BMW OE rubber wheel-well lines and they have steel braid inside and are beefy as hell. Even when they were cracked and rusted etc. it'd be nearly impossible to assplode catastrophic loss from them I think... spring a big leak? Sure, but man I can't see - even if the braid was super rusty and deteriorated - that it could blow out completely like my Jeep one did.
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
Scotty don't!
@GG- thank you sir. Hope you come on down and check it out!
Still a lot more time and $$ to go until it runs but we’re getting there. It sure is nice to look at though.
Looks like we movin’ too! I had been looking for a place (for me) but parents found a 4 acre property in Brewster with all sorts of houses/garages/barns/guest house and are moving forward with it. Gonna rent the guest house for a bit.
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Current
2005 E55 AMG
1998 Silverado K1500
1964 Impala
1964 Chevelle 496ci
Past
2000 Avus M5
1988 Suburban K1500
1987 Suburban K2500
2007 Suburban
1999 K2500 Suburban
2000 MGM
1999 K2500 Suburban
2001 Stratus 740i Msport
1990 750iL
1995 540i/6
1996 MGM
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So no move to Santa Fe any time soon?
Sunny and 55 here today.
Scotty don't!
Not for the folks, but I’m certainly open to it.
Would like to have a little place to visit.
Sunny and 31 here.
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Current
2005 E55 AMG
1998 Silverado K1500
1964 Impala
1964 Chevelle 496ci
Past
2000 Avus M5
1988 Suburban K1500
1987 Suburban K2500
2007 Suburban
1999 K2500 Suburban
2000 MGM
1999 K2500 Suburban
2001 Stratus 740i Msport
1990 750iL
1995 540i/6
1996 MGM
Re-membered?
Killed my radio today trying to install my ULF system. I’d appreciate any help anyone can offer me here:
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...luetooth-help!
My next step is to check fuses and try the spare DSP amp I have.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
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Next step..... Checking the fuses should be the first step.
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
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Fuse 58 was popped. Fixed.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
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Any idea what made it pop?
Last edited by JimLev; 01-25-2018 at 08:36 AM.
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I've been thinking for a while about selling my M5. It currently has 204k miles on it.
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and then ?
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