The Blue Phoenix - E46 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Ordered some new sun visor clips to fix the broken one on the driver side. Chan says he already replaced them once, so I'm guessing these are made out of porcelain or brownie brittle with how often they break.

I turned on my hazards for the lolz the other day and I couldn't get them to turn off until I eventually hit the button as hard as a I could without snapping my fingers in half. I guess it was good timing, because that was the last breath from my door lock/hazards switch. Pried it out with lots of breaking of plastic and taped the bottom of the switch back to the rest of it with some American flag tape.

USA 2 - Germany 0



I've had a few people contact me from Craigslist asking about cooling system maintenance, so I've promptly ignored them. The cooling system as far as Chan and I know has been ignored for the most part.

So, on the to-do list for the future:

- CDV delete (Man, I hate that thing)
- Attempt an oil change (I've never seen a filter like this, and I spent way too much money on oil the other day)
- Take a look at the rear subframe (Or maybe just ignore it. Low chance of it being broken, but I feel a weird clunk sometimes when I clutch in to shift when driven hard. What could that be?)
- Use Sam's super hardcore cleaner to clean the leather some more
- Look into fixing the rattle in the rear speakers with high bass
- Re-glue ceiling fabric
- Look into this oil leak. I smell stuff burning very faintly after driving it hard, so I'm fairly positive there is a leak
- investigate rattle/vibe at 2100 RPM

Things I should do, but don't really care to:
- Rear bushings
- Replace pulleys and belts on the front (Have only made noise on one very very cold morning)
- Get it aligned (Pulls to the right)
- Investigate weird noise when AC is on
- Replace wood trim and shifter knob with ones that aren't cracked all to hell.
- Short throw shifter
- Cooling system maintenance (Just drive her till she 'splodes)

ALSO, there is a BMW dealership in Lynchburg. Totally forgot about that because it's in the rich part of town, and I'm just a dirty peasant. I'll get the recalls done when I go home for the summer.