ashley
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Life with my E34's
Since buying the 540I in Sept 2010 we have being just coughing up $$$ to bring it up to my standard.
A damn good service, replaced all gaskets, seals etc... And flushed all the oils including the auto box, new tyres and shocks, replaced break disc's and pads - Previous owner was a uncaring b1tch.
Upgraded ICE (OMG - more wires and boxes for the BMW radio than the space shuttle had to be removed - 2 day for the pros) and fitted some personal touches like louder hooters for local taxi: argh::argh:
Still to do list - paintwork is fading etc.
Last weekend - road trip to Potchefstroom 950Km x 2
Picked the 540I from Keith (the Mech) on Friday and drove to Potchefstroom in 11 hours, damn road works at Smithfield 1:30 hour delay and -1.5c
Thank goodness for heated seats.
Return trip on Sunday afternoon
Stopped at Stop and go 40km north of Smithfield -2C, driver's window decides to fail and drop into the doors
Hmmm! Sunday night middle of nowhere and 600km to go - thank you -540 B1tch!!!!
Lucky my friends had given me a beanie earlier in the day. Oh well turned up the radio and up my foot down - the sound of that V8 helped to forget about the cold and the window
I'm not admitting to anything about the speeeeeeeeeeeeeeed I was not looking at the dash board , apart from the temp readout – 4.5C, brrr
The heater system and heated seats worked well
Monday morning – Floods in East London, Dad returned the 525i so the 540 could go to Keith to be fix the window, hmm
The 525i has been driving on dirt roads and sitting next the brick works, so it is full of clay dust. :argh:
Back to weather, I was glad I was in a heavy car, with the bad wind etc. on Monday
It was nice to have the old girl back again, since enough driving the crap out of her.
Friday 11:30am returning to office, pulled up lights, in front of us is a blue E39 with a very very nice sound , with MP plate and German tech or something in the back window. As E39 pulls away the sound only got better, oh how I miss my 540i and I want that exhaust on my V8!
(Mod Edit : Fixed your pic for you)
Since buying the 540I in Sept 2010 we have being just coughing up $$$ to bring it up to my standard.
A damn good service, replaced all gaskets, seals etc... And flushed all the oils including the auto box, new tyres and shocks, replaced break disc's and pads - Previous owner was a uncaring b1tch.
Upgraded ICE (OMG - more wires and boxes for the BMW radio than the space shuttle had to be removed - 2 day for the pros) and fitted some personal touches like louder hooters for local taxi: argh::argh:
Still to do list - paintwork is fading etc.
Last weekend - road trip to Potchefstroom 950Km x 2
Picked the 540I from Keith (the Mech) on Friday and drove to Potchefstroom in 11 hours, damn road works at Smithfield 1:30 hour delay and -1.5c
Thank goodness for heated seats.
Return trip on Sunday afternoon
Stopped at Stop and go 40km north of Smithfield -2C, driver's window decides to fail and drop into the doors
Hmmm! Sunday night middle of nowhere and 600km to go - thank you -540 B1tch!!!!
Lucky my friends had given me a beanie earlier in the day. Oh well turned up the radio and up my foot down - the sound of that V8 helped to forget about the cold and the window
I'm not admitting to anything about the speeeeeeeeeeeeeeed I was not looking at the dash board , apart from the temp readout – 4.5C, brrr
The heater system and heated seats worked well
Monday morning – Floods in East London, Dad returned the 525i so the 540 could go to Keith to be fix the window, hmm
The 525i has been driving on dirt roads and sitting next the brick works, so it is full of clay dust. :argh:
Back to weather, I was glad I was in a heavy car, with the bad wind etc. on Monday
It was nice to have the old girl back again, since enough driving the crap out of her.
Friday 11:30am returning to office, pulled up lights, in front of us is a blue E39 with a very very nice sound , with MP plate and German tech or something in the back window. As E39 pulls away the sound only got better, oh how I miss my 540i and I want that exhaust on my V8!
(Mod Edit : Fixed your pic for you)
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