01-19-2011, 12:54 PM
400+ miles now in the last few days (and 1800+ miles since purchase) and the car is working fine. Cobetto drove it yesterday and said it felt "pretty good" :lol:
Cobetto also thinks the roaring noise from the back of the car is a wheel bearing. So I'll probably handle that in Feb/Mar when it gets the swaybars and an oil change and RTABs and whatever else. I can borrow the special BMW tool which supposedly makes the job much easier.
Random no-start concern has pretty much disappeared since I took the key off a heavy keychain and use it by itself. I'll probably play that one by ear instead of throwing an $80 ignition switch at the problem anytime soon. Haven't seen the "BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT" message despite all lights working fine... in several days, guess I should order a brake light switch to have around for when the message comes back. Intermittent problems are annoying :finger:
Cobetto also thinks the roaring noise from the back of the car is a wheel bearing. So I'll probably handle that in Feb/Mar when it gets the swaybars and an oil change and RTABs and whatever else. I can borrow the special BMW tool which supposedly makes the job much easier.
Random no-start concern has pretty much disappeared since I took the key off a heavy keychain and use it by itself. I'll probably play that one by ear instead of throwing an $80 ignition switch at the problem anytime soon. Haven't seen the "BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT" message despite all lights working fine... in several days, guess I should order a brake light switch to have around for when the message comes back. Intermittent problems are annoying :finger:
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