NICE! I plan to be iun Chicago with my X5 next month. Staying near Mag Mile.

Cute baby girl! Mine was the impedus for my first X5 3.0 in 2004. She was a little upset when I sold it for the current 2004. But she likes it now. She tells her friends, "Oh yeah. Hold on!" :rofl:

Thanks for the complement!

I work in downtown Chicago (near the bean). If you want ping me and we can enjoy the sunshine + view: (I;m only available at lunch time, sorry - kid pick up duties after work)

* Sweet Water
* Park Grill Millennium Park
* Tavern at the Park

100% dig the "She tells her friends, "Oh yeah. Hold on!"

I work downtown as well - right by the bean. Big red building!

My '05 is sterling gray too!


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lhordmclain, Your little girl is very pretty and stylish. Hard to notice anything other than her.

Thanks for the compliment!

BTW:
One of my to do's visit Austin, San Antonio and Dallas (maybe this year or next year)

* I will definitely stop by at Gas Monkey Grill :)

oops wrong thread

After a couple of days of a wash, polish, sealant and some Zaino Z8, I hit the glass and the wheels yesterday. The E53 sits in my garage just glowing off the florescent lights this morning, waiting to be whisked away on a ~400 mile trip over the next couple of days.

She's lookin *GOOD* and ready to take the K&N drop-in on the first road trip after the AFE.

Fan/alternator/powersteering belt broke. Jeebsus it is a pig to steer w/o PS.

Took 2 days to get belts/fan wrench.

I searched and all I get is alternator R&R that does not have too much in depth belt info. The manuals & write ups I nave found basically say R&R belts, etc anyone have any tips?

Attacking it as soon as it gets light in about an hour.

took the bm54 unit out for an amp repair and a firmware upgrade,
soon to have music streaming , and more power :)

next analogue to digital tv upgrade,

:)
suppose ill have to listen to the symphony of a v8 to keep me amused

it made me grin a little after it responded well to the transmission/drive style reset procedure this morning... (pressing in accel pedal to floor...)
It then shifted smoothly from 1 to 2...
I smiled. :)
A week ago i wanted to sell and hated driving it.. (water pump was screeching, alternator was going, trans failsafe and engine failsafe warnings, one HID fog lamp was out, tire pressure was mismatched, jerked when slowly pulling off from 1st gear to 2nd gear)

today? - all things above fixed and with a 2 hour hand washing, I had to turn back and look at her when i parked her up :)