What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by c-bass

Thanks for rubbing it in everybody

This is one of the many "perks" of living in Ontario. Our insurance industry is out of control in this country and rates can vary wildly.

For example to insure a car in Quebec it costs on average about $600-800 A YEAR!!!

I have a "5 star rating" (whatever that's good for) and I'm currently paying $209 a month. 2 years ago I was paying $129.

Realistically nothing has changed other than my cars are worth about as much as a half lit cigarette and I'm barely driving.

I feel for you brother. I get up there once or twice a year to run Mosport and the fees on the 407 hurt. Holy crap, is was nearly a hundred bucks US for running back and forth from CN Tower to Bowmanville and back for 3 days.

Don't get me started on Trudeau...

[LVP]

Ya, that 407 is a treat . Tax-payers built it, government sold it to a foreign company for pennies on the dollar and we get hefty fees now to use it. But, it's still a nice road for trailering to Mosport, so I take it too.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by Overboost

State Farm insurance gave me a rebate because of COVID. No one is driving here as much so our insurance companies gave us a break.

AAA did the same. And I live in "commie" California.

[Happy]

Originally Posted by Fifty150hs

"commie" California.

I heard that!

[Happy]

I replaced a dead chemical cooling pump, with a new one. The system is again operational.

Changed the supercharger oil.

Everything is operational and up to date. I’ve been waiting 8 months to get ole’ girl back. More than half of 2020 I was without her. I am ready to ride!

[andrewwynn]

@happy: that's awesome.

I'm hoping that I can scrape up enough to get a new daily driver so I can play with FI on one of my M54s.

There are new electric turbos that are pretty awesome for first generation I would be more than thrilled if I can get 25% boost in HP without having to change to a different car.

On the other hand, if I can find a 4.6 that somebody JUST blew the chain guides I could pick that up and for $1200 and a week I can have it up and running for a steal.

[Nolimite39]

I've decided to go all in and placed an order for all of the timing service bits and GAS timing tools so shortly (in the next month or so) I will have new:
- Timing chains, guides, tensioners, and associated seals
- Front suspension arms and tie-rods
- Front CV axles
- Cooling piping/hoses
- Griptech pulley for the SC
- Headlights (old ones were so badly beaten that they barely produced light)
- Maybe Michelin Pilot Sport AS4s if the mood strikes, and the wife agrees.

[Happy]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

@happy: that's awesome.

I'm hoping that I can scrape up enough to get a new daily driver so I can play with FI on one of my M54s.

There are new electric turbos that are pretty awesome for first generation I would be more than thrilled if I can get 25% boost in HP without having to change to a different car.

On the other hand, if I can find a 4.6 that somebody JUST blew the chain guides I could pick that up and for $1200 and a week I can have it up and running for a steal.

If I recall your E53 is automatic? FI is probably doable, but in my opinion someone with your skill set, would probably be better off with a 4.6.

I would have purchased a V8 powered E53, but I am a manual junkie. LoL... (Although as I’ve gotten older, gained a lot more respect for an auto.) Bummer, no manual V8s were manufactured. I wouldn’t have thought twice. Mods for me on a V8 would have been; cold air intake, headers, exhaust, and a tune. Simple and effective.

The supercharger has been fun, but the maintenance has been brutal! For instance, this last stint in the garage was insane! To change my OFHG... Ahhh... Required pulling the entire supercharger kit. Sooo... It was one of those while the kit is out moments. OFHG, alternator, starter, all new gaskets for the intake manifold, all new vacuum lines, power steering reservoir, entire cooling system, and whatever else is on that side of the engine.

Not to mention, the rod bearings, vanos upgrade, MAF, and DISA that I had to do recently as well. When you add all of the above to the drivetrain upgrades/refresh that I did when the flywheel failed, it has been a journey to say the least.

I just had to have the manual. LoL... Would I own this vehicle in auto, yes. They are fantastic machines! But IMHO, V8, filter, headers, exhaust, and a tune. If I had a do over. I think I’ve said it before but, out of 10 years of ownership, 2-2 1/2 years of that time the beast has been out of commission.

She’s at 96,000 on the clock and nearly 20 years old (02/2002 the last month they were made at that plant). But when I ask myself what other suv/sav can I drive, that will perform like an E53? Nothing comes to mind. And the few that do, I cannot afford.

I would cheat on her though, with a 2002 Ferrari CS.

[xbimma]

Bidding farewell to y’all. The beast found a new home. Moving on to F15 and hope it will be as fun.
Build: 2006-03-28
Model: 4.8iS
Mileage: 111,xxx

[Happy]

Originally Posted by xbimma

Bidding farewell to y’all. The beast found a new home. Moving on to F15 and hope it will be as fun.
Build: 2006-03-28
Model: 4.8iS
Mileage: 111,xxx

Fine specimen! Best of luck on your new endeavor.