The Blue Phoenix - E46 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

I figured out that the weird pull to the right that I thought was an alignment issue can be attributed to the shot RTABS, so I have OEM RTAB's ordered. Decided against splurging on Powerflex ones. I'm going to see if a shop will put them in since I need to have someone mount and balance these new tires and do a 4 wheel alignment, but I've been told no shops around here will install bushings you supply yourself. I figured they can't gouge me too much to add one hour labor to throw the bushings on before they do anything.

I've gotten a few people inquiring about the car, but none have come to look. I've decided I'm going to drive and enjoy it until someone comes to scoop it up. I got tired of getting in my uncomfortable truck while the blue beauty sat at the end of the street calling to me. I've been looking at prices for new belts/pulleys. I figure if no one buys the car soon, I'll go ahead and replace all of those and see how the water pump pulley sounds while I have everything off. The water pumps on E46s don't really suddenly break like E36's did, so if the belts and pulleys are good, I've got no worries. If the car isn't sold after all of that, I'll tackle the CCV in the summer and had a problem free E46.

It's weird how your perceptions of a car change after driving a wagon... I mean truck for a week.

Also, does anyone have a RTAB tool I can borrow? Hopefully before the car show so I can put these tires on and pass the auto-x inspection.