Distracting Toys...

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

... but I've always enjoyed trying to keep it pegged at 30+mpg during road trips ...

The diesels have a sweeping "MPG" gauge as standard but it works in reverse from this - the lower the needle reading, the better the "mileage". This is because it's reading fuel used for a fixed distance (l/100km), so our game is to keep the needle as far to the left (reading lower) as possible.

*edit* Just Googled the OEM dash image - looks like the MPG gauge is similar to the diesel version, with the better consumption being on the left. I assumed the reverse from your use of the term "pegged" (usually meaning hard to the max value. - and usually this is to the right)

[PropellerHead]

The E38 is officially mechanically sound. Aluminum radiator, KW coil overs, and Turner solid core suspension parts. Here she sits in the upholstery shop lot. Black suede headliner will join the black interior bits that I purchased with this in mind ab a year ago.

I do like that stance.

[Fifty150hs]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

The E38 is officially mechanically sound. Aluminum radiator, KW coil overs, and Turner solid core suspension parts. Here she sits in the upholstery shop lot. Black suede headliner will join the black interior bits that I purchased with this in mind ab a year ago.

I do like that stance.

Very nice! Those are my favorite BMW wheels

[PropellerHead]

Headliner day for the '01 E38. Oh. Hell. Yes.





This was also a chance to get a shot of the Zionsville Aluminum radiator and electric fan. Pair this with a similar M60 intake I used for nearly 2 decades in the SC'd E39 540, and we have a V8 that will get out out of its own way.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Headliner day for the '01 E38. Oh. Hell. Yes.

Where's the "Like" button?

Red is getting it's suede headliner soon. Small section starting to droop in the back. Love the E61 wagon after having it done. Hopefully the costs haven't escalated too much post-pandemic. The shop that did it WAS very reasonable.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

Red is getting it's suede headliner soon.

Word of warning, *or* my experience. Take it as the latter:

After 4 years, I barely notice the suede headliner in the E53. It just.. doesn't exist. That's not what anyone envisions with a mod, but it is what this one brought. If the $ was the same, I'd go heated steering wheel.

I am hopeful that the effort to find the black interior bits like sun visors, ambient lights, and grab handles will keep me remembering how cool the suede headliner really is. I will confess to nothing if not being a man in search of a muse.