Getting alignment done. Well worth the 3 year/$180 program I signed up when I got the X.

That is awesome. Good call


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Repaired the alternator for 26 dollars

And went for a drive after 2 years of the X5 sitting in the workshop

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

hot dog and great you proved "they" wrong about DIY repair of water cooled alternator


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$26 dollars!? I can't repair my hunger for under $26 bucks sometimes. :mmm:

Gonna show some before and after of sanding my inner tail lights as well.....wish they were made of same plastic the outer tail lights were made from. :tantrum:

Just "cleaned" my window trim and b and c pillars.(sport pckg) Got tired of looking at rainbow purple haze.

Need to wash my 3.0d after 2,500kms of hard road trip, including two ferry crossings of NZ's Cook Straight. It never missed a beat in the whole trip and returned some stunning economy results...

https://i.ibb.co/jRJnX04/20200303-115611.jpg

(*edit* - that's 35.6mpg (US) or 42.8mpg (UK) for those of you not familiar with L/100km.)

I always reset the consumption #1 calculation and the trip counter when I refuel (to a full tank), so if you add the trip to the range calculation, you get an idea of just how far these things can go on a tank at highway speeds...

https://i.ibb.co/PDCfsvc/20200303-115626.jpg

I reckon 1,400km on a full tank is just about possible!! ;)

Must have been downhill all the way. :thumbup:

haha.. yeah, you'd think so, eh?

That reading was from the Picton to Kaikoura leg....

https://goo.gl/maps/U12CjhTo3T7U8BhMA

I'd get better mileage from here to there. Of course the X would be on a RORO and not running [emoji1787][emoji1787]

I don't even care about my mileage over here anymore just as long as I go fast and don't use the Middle Eastern "instant stop" feature (aka immovable object) that seems to be a favorite option....[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]

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They pack 'em tight on the RORO... You can't even barely open the door!

https://i.ibb.co/qkBs7jx/20200302-162325.jpg

I wish that fuel was cheap here - we are paying near NZ$10 per US gallon for premium grade petrol - hence owning a 3.0d!! ;)