[jkoljo]

Yup I think the 30 000 km (or two years) only applies to Europe. The US fuel quality/sulfur content has something to do with it if I remember right. I think it's also a matter of adapting to the market and what people are used to.

[Ron Jeffries]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

We talking Wendys chicken sandwich, Chic Filet, or somewhere else?? Love me some spicy chicken sandwiches but i'm too fussy with my car and food never makes an appearance in it....

Wendy's. Brought it home to eat. Not in the car. Certainly not.

[freakystyly]

Originally Posted by F22leo

I work at a shop where vinyl is removed on vehicles everyday, it's really not worth it to pay money to do, and if you do it correctly there won't any adhesive residue left behind. (And in the off chance that there is adhevis left behind it can be easily cleaned up with a little adhesive remover than iso alcohol). Don't want to see anyone waste money that could be used on fun stuff for their car!

I've removed the previous owner's black vinyl roof. With 0 previous experience but I was able to borrow a heat gun. The residue is real but comes off eventually. Took it to my favourite tint shop and they were like, "Yeah we could do it but you would be wasting money" too.




Today was nice enough and they're predicting about a week long without rain here. I pulled out the products and went to town polishing. I noticed a lot of rusty freckles in the alpine white but they were no match for the polisher. It's also a white car so w/e with swirls. Hopeful to ceramic coat after a dinner break.

[leftoverture]

Cleaned up the interior and UV protectant applied. Ready for top down fun. Also ordered a new set of floor mats from Weathertech.

[leftoverture]

Originally Posted by Ron Jeffries

Put the top down at 52 degrees. Put nearly $50 in gas in it. Picked up Covid vacc card. Got a spicy chicken sandwich. Life is good.

Too bad it costs that much to fill out puny gas tanks, but top down in cool weather with a spicy chicken sandwich sure helps!

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by leftoverture

Too bad it costs that much to fill out puny gas tanks, but top down in cool weather with a spicy chicken sandwich sure helps!

Gas is $4.80 at my local Shell station, up from $4.65 a month ago. I guess it could be worse.

[leftoverture]

Originally Posted by dradernh

Gas is $4.80 at my local Shell station, up from $4.65 a month ago. I guess it could be worse.

It was $1.89 just 18 months ago. It very well may get worse, but it is pretty freakin bad already.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by leftoverture

It was $1.89 just 18 months ago. It very well may get worse, but it is pretty freakin bad already.

Eighteen months ago, I paid $2.86 here. The lowest I've paid since I got my car is $2.40; the average has been $3.444. I suspect the days of moderately priced fuel are behind us.

I remember paying $0.239 for regular at what is now Twin Peaks Petroleum in San Francisco in 1972. That was the year before 1973's first oil crisis. Inflation-adjusted, that would be $1.65 today. Those were the days.

On a more positive note, I crossed 15K today. That's 5,200 miles since the pandemic started; not much, but still something. I'm really desperate for road trips again and hope to make at least one this year.

[Ajowhan]

Originally Posted by bthomas518

Yo, thanks for the tip, there is a Holdaak in Highland Park which isn't too far from where I live. Going to check it out! Love Korean fried chicken.

Oh hell yeah, now we talking! Korean fried chicken are definitely on another level lol. Share with us some of your favorite!

[Gregoryb01]

Put new ties on it: ExtremeContact DWS06 Plus, all seasons, the highest rated all season tire on Tirerack.com. They are many times better than the Pirelli Cinturato P7 run flat all seasons that I had. It drives like a completely different car, and I’m loving it!

[Sportstick]

Annual oil, bi-annual brake fluid (including clutch line), coolant flush/replace, and total car once-over at our very good dealer. Coming up on 8 years, with the mods made, feels as good or better than new!

Sat (or tried to) in an i4 at the dealer and failed the “sit behind myself” test. Couldn’t even get my legs in the back during ingress to sit…butt never made it to the cushion. Oh, well…

[bthomas518]

Originally Posted by Ajowhan

Oh hell yeah, now we talking! Korean fried chicken are definitely on another level lol. Share with us some of your favorite!

Bonchon in San Gabriel, BBQ Chicken (multiple locations) are two I really like, plus there are a ton more in K-town I don't remember the names of.

[makrop]

Paid it off! Still only have 33k on the ODO. Long, payment-free road ahead that I'm looking forward to.

[SoftShoe]

Washed it.

[morphomeman]

I have never heard of such a long oil-change interval on any car.
BMW has a 'smart' system that calculates your driving style and recommends an oil change based on that, usually around 10K miles.
Additionally, as noted, if you don't hit that target in 12 months, the car will ask for an oil change then. It is pretty persistent too!
This is how it has worked on all the BMWs I have owned in the last decade and more.

[jzeiler4]

Yeah 30,000 km is 18,600 miles. Even my E46 only had a 15,000 mile interval max.

[aerobod]

European Market BMWs depending on model can have oil change intervals up to 2 years and 30,000km, any current BMW in North America with this interval has probably had the service interval incorrectly coded.

In the past higher quality European synthetic oils that have been generally available, fuel quality and less variation and dustiness of climate have allowed the longer intervals, compared with North America.

[JMcLellan]

Ordered the M performance LSD for my m240i and a wifi dongle to do the XHP Trans tune. Should get the trans tune done this weekend then 3 to 4 weeks til the LSD gets installed. Any advice on what to expect and break in stuff with the LSD feel free to chime in.

[Jeff Jordan]

M performance LSD break in....

LSD was installed in my M240i 200 miles ago.... Completely changes acceleration dynamics, especially while turning. Much improved over the open diff but not as sophisticated as the M2 electronically controlled clutches. I've driven an M2, the precise modulation of a slide while accelerating is a joy but on the street is too tempting to slide "just because"....

I was concerned at first because clutch engagement was abrupt with the mechanical LSD but the engagement "ramp up" is improving as the miles increase and hopefully will continue to grab more smoothly as it fully breaks in. It might be partly my perception due to driving for 4 years on the open diff but would still prefer abrupt engagement over the horrible electronic modulation with the open diff under heavy throttle if the LSD feel does not change from here.

I bit the $3000 LSD upgrade bullet to not be tempted to spend $20K on the new M240i. I love the look and smaller dimensions of the outgoing model and the open diff was my only real complaint. In my opinion BMW should have never offered the M240i with open diff...

[evilsaint]

I built this. Going to install this weekend.

[JMcLellan]

Originally Posted by Jeff Jordan

M performance LSD break in....

LSD was installed in my M240i 200 miles ago.... Completely changes acceleration dynamics, especially while turning. Much improved over the open diff but not as sophisticated as the M2 electronically controlled clutches. I've driven an M2, the precise modulation of a slide while accelerating is a joy but on the street is too tempting to slide "just because"....

I was concerned at first because clutch engagement was abrupt with the mechanical LSD but the engagement "ramp up" is improving as the miles increase and hopefully will continue to grab more smoothly as it fully breaks in. It might be partly my perception due to driving for 4 years on the open diff but would still prefer abrupt engagement over the horrible electronic modulation with the open diff under heavy throttle if the LSD feel does not change from here.

I bit the $3000 LSD upgrade bullet to not be tempted to spend $20K on the new M240i. I love the look and smaller dimensions of the outgoing model and the open diff was my only real complaint. In my opinion BMW should have never offered the M240i with open diff...

Completely agree. Not sure how you can throw this powerful and torquey of a motor in a RWD open-diff car. Is there anything special you need to do in terms of driving behaviors to break it in? I've read that doing a bunch of figure 8's is helpful.

[JMcLellan]

Today tried my first pulls with adding some E85 to my tank. Tried 3 gallons and ran JB4 Map 3 (+6psi). Compared to normally running Map 2 on 93 octane the car felt so much stronger. Next up is Map 4 as long as the logs look clean.