I took my HHR Panel to the November inspection (late, but within the grace period), and the same inspection guy (that I've used for years)asked how was my BMW. I told him that he killed it, hahaha, and please don't kill my HHR.

I told him that I don't (publicly/officially) believe in coincidences, but he triggered (exposed) a series of three things (it's always three bads) wrong that I need to fix before he sees my X5 again.

On the same note, when at the tax & registration office,
I asked the clerk what the new procedure was to get a temporary registration tag or waiver, so I could drive the X when I resume the repairs. I had to get two 10-day temporary tags so I could test drive my HHR Panel, in 2016, after it had taken me 10 months to find & repair the problems (wasn't trying very hard, since I parked it during my last few weeks before retirement).


The clerk said that if it took me until next October to repair the X5, then I could just skip the process, since the X5 would no longer require inspection. Funny, but I had sorta thought of the same thing...time spent saving my money up to buy NEW OEM parts (instead of getting cheap ones, Vine parts, or ones donated to me by friends on the forum), that would surely work as designed, and that even I wouldn't mess up.

The countdown begins, at 304 days to go....

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01 BMW X5 E53,3.0i-5L40E, 7/13/01
topas-blau,Leder-grau,"resto-project car"

Here:
14 Lexus ES350,3.5L-U660E
09 HHR Panel,2.2L-4T45E
04 Chevy 2500HD,6.0L-4L80E
98 GMC Sierra 1500,5.7L-4L60E

Gone:
66 Chevelle Malibu 2dr ht.,327>441c.i.-TH350>PGlide/transbrake
08 Cobalt Coupe,2.2L-4T45E
69 & 75 C10s,350c.i.-TH350
86 S10,2.8L-700R4
73 Volvo 142,2.0L-MT4
72 & 73 VW SuperBeetles,1.6l-MT4
64 VW,1.2l-MT4
67 Dodge Monaco 500 2dr ht.,383c.i.-A727
56 Chevy 210 4dr,265c.i.-PGlide