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Old 05-30-2024, 08:32 AM
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I was driving to work and hit 295295

Horrible picture, but I was driving at the time...

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Old 05-30-2024, 04:48 PM
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A quick shot up the road a piece to see the hip doc and boom.. Yet another meaningless error in my money shot.

Oh- and just cause it was a really good day in the E30...



Just crossed 210000 in the E61 wagon on a day trip to Houston last weekend. Didn't grab a pic though. Drove great after rebuilding the entire front end. Feels like a fresh Bimmer and turned in 25.25mpg.

Side note: I finally started working on my E30. And man... does it hurt finally looking at an acquired vehicle closely. Already put about $1000 in orders between FCP, ECS, Ebay, and all the other parts sources. Including new odometers gears for the cluster so I can take cool pictures like you Prop.


Feel a bit like Sisyphus owning all these old BMW's...
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Feel a bit like Sisyphus owning all these old BMW's...
Take some time with Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. My daughter's senior speech centered on the point at which Sisyphus reached the top. Camus argues it was then that his work was realized. His mission complete. His reason of being fulfilled.

And so it is. When the great stone of the E53 rolls back to the valley. We know one thing: The hilltop, however brief, is in front of us.
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Old 05-31-2024, 02:00 AM
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And man... does it hurt

Getting into trouble, always hurts! LoL.. I should know, my little mechanized girl friend has put me to the test!

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And so it is. When the great stone of the E53 rolls back to the valley. We know one thing:
I know one thing, I’m gonna keep banging dem gears mang!


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Fresh oil change and backed into the garage to avoid a thunderstorm.
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Old 05-31-2024, 10:07 AM
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When I first saw backed into three garage I was anticipating a photo with bumper damage. Glad that I realized you meant option 1 not 2:



Keep those miles coming. Avoid deer.
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Old 06-01-2024, 01:34 AM
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Keep those miles coming. Avoid deer.
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Up next, either a fuel pump or valve cover gasket. I keep topping it off every 500+ miles. It doesn't burn oil. I see oil residue on the valve cover and intake areas. Will oil leaks ever stop?
Miles definitely going on. Next, a hitch for Austin tailgaters to hit "into".
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rear-end defenses against tailgaters

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... Next, a hitch for Austin tailgaters hit "into".
I agree with your desire for a barrier defense mounted to your X5, in Austin traffic (it was already bad even in the 60-70's, when I'd go down to party on 6th street, occasionally). And, as a 58-year veteran of the DFW traffic wars (I had a long daily commute of 120+ miles, round-trip, from SW to NE across seven cities in three counties...Tarrant, Dallas,Collin...for over thirty of those years), I consider myself fortunate to never have been rear-ended in the chaos of the particularly bad Dallas traffic. I've had many vehicles nearly get me, but noticed that they were actually more respectful of my rear bumper, when I commuted with a truck, bearing a receiver hitch, shank, and ball.

I have a large Weight-Distributing hitch mounted to the receiver hitch on the back of my '04 Chevy 2500HD, that I use mostly for camping, pulling my home-built 4'x8' squareback trailer. I leave it on there (secured with a locking device) year-round, since I hardly ever get tailgaters willing to come too close.

I also had another WD hitch on my wife's '98 GMC, but she sold her 20' trailer, and didn't need the hitch anymore (and she kept hitting her shins on it, when loading or unloading her gardening supplies from the truck bed), so I removed it. I could put it on the X5, but it weighs a ton, but I might, if I ever tow with the X5 (already have a receiver, a regular ball & shank, and 4-way wiring, but no wiring for the 7-way and trailer brakes I'd need, to use with my 4x8 camping trailer). She seldom drives her truck, anyway.

As we're both retired (me, now nearing 74, then at 65.5, after 50.5 years of work...and the wife, then at 51, after a fraction of my time, retiring just because I did!), we hardly ever need to brave the insane rush-hour traffic we? once did, but even in the afternoon traffic in our once-semi-rural area. The population of the six main communities we most frequently drive through...Mansfield, Rendon, Kennedale, Crowley, Burleson, & Arlington (south of I-30), is probably now approaching 300K, 2-3x what it was 31 years ago, when we moved here. And the number of cars, and cars with idiot drivers behind the wheel, has grown proportionately. Only some of us old-timers try to "drive friendly":
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  • 1) like pulling to the side on two lane highways, to let a faster driver pass
  • 2) only using the left lane to pass,on four lane highways
  • 3) leaving the proper space between cars at stoplights "You should stop at a distance from the car in front of you where you can still see where their rear tires touch the pavement", etc.

So, X5chemist, I'd suggest putting on your X5, either
  • 1) a WD hitch,
  • 2) a single-spear carrier for round hay bales...my father-in-law was pulled over by DPS in Hood County, for driving through Granbury with his hay spear still attached to his truck (I guarantee no-one was tailgating him),
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Old 06-02-2024, 03:57 PM
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I used to leave my tail rack on my X5 but on the new one it makes parking sensor go mad every time I reverse.

That said I leave my tow hook in the front when parking in Chicago no new dents in my license plate since!


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