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

[davintosh]

Drove it home from the in-laws' house in a snowstorm, and stopped to help pull some stranded kids out of a ditch. The driver had lost control, spun around on the road, went through a ditch and a fence, and ended up in a muddy field. They were able to drive to an approach to get back on the highway, but weren't able to get past one last bump that kept them stuck. I had a tow rope in the back, and was able to get them most of the way out, but ended up breaking an end off the tow rope. Very nearly got stuck myself; it had been raining pretty steadily for the last ~20 hours, so the little bit of sloppy, slushy snow there was sat on top of mud. It was like driving on grease. The local law enforcement had shown up and was able to get a tow truck out there.

The X5 was covered in mud; it was fairly dry when we got home, so took it through a car wash; all better!

[TonyinEngland]

Originally Posted by tmv

I hope you mean drain and refill. You would do more harm than good if you really flush the auto tranny. Many horror stories from E39 owners.

Yes I drained and refilled it twice over a couple of weeks.

[sapleas001]

i drove home from a friends house last night and instead of taking the interstate i took her on some back roads. It was alot of fun on curvy hilly roads with no one on them and a 55 mph speed limit at midnight. Of course with the number of rednecks it seems who were standing outside their houses at that hour didnt make me wanna drive any slower.

[DTMdan]

Just ordered some new sway bar end links and a fuel filter.

[kbxm]

Installed and working. VERY easy. Took about 30 mins. General cleanup, and now looking for a solution to the MID pixel issue which just cropped up.

[ake53]

4 step heavy wash.
Mothers synthetic Wax.
dressed the trim and tires.
Detailed interior using pledge lemon for the plastics and dash. (less dust)
Vacuumed and carpeted floors with blue magic cleaner.
cleaned windows with invisible glass.

DEBADGED the fender 3.0i on both sides.
Took of the Kidney Grills and Plastidipped to black.
took her for a night cruise.

[mikeinmn]

Transfer case and both diffs oil drain/fill. 75k miles on the clock.

[mikeinmn]

Transfer case and both diffs oil drain/fill. 75k miles on the clock.

[Ricky Bobby]

Installed my rear footwell lights today as a retrofit (car did not come with them but the cutouts are under the carpet and wiring connector is already there, literally just cut out a small piece of carpet and plug in housings, and affix to floor with 2 m6 nuts)

Total cost $27 for 2 light housings and 4 plastic nuts from the dealer

promptly removed the halogen bulbs in the housing and used white LED festoon bulbs that match the rest already in there, my interior is a little brighter today

[TerminatorX5]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Installed my rear footwell lights today as a retrofit (car did not come with them but the cutouts are under the carpet and wiring connector is already there, literally just cut out a small piece of carpet and plug in housings, and affix to floor with 2 m6 nuts)

Total cost $27 for 2 light housings and 4 plastic nuts from the dealer

promptly removed the halogen bulbs in the housing and used white LED festoon bulbs that match the rest already in there, my interior is a little brighter today

excellent!!!