Really Boring Stuff Only III: Resurrection

[William Lemmerhirt]

Not so boring ... the way to work in the morning

That is just spectacular.

 

[haraldo]

That is just spectacular.

Thanks, yeah love it

 

[adk highlander]

I had better days than last Friday

Oh no. What happened?

 

[Verdinut]

I had better days than last Friday

What happened with I assume your car?

 

[haraldo]

Oh no. What happened?

What happened with I assume your car?

I had a full breakdown last Tuesday, suddenly I felt steering was troubled..... servo stopped working, I got warnings on engine overheating, so I stopped to try to make it cool down, I had to try to rescue the day by somehow getting home, I got a red light on the battery not charging .... I had then a full stop, flat battery and engine not able to start again as battery was flat ..... This happened in the middle of the longest underwater tunnel we do have here

Fortunately I do have a full insurance where hauling is included ... i called the rescue guys and I had the car hauled back to my garage.... I chose not to take it to any of the repair workshops here because I don´t trust any of them. no way they just rip me off !!!!!

I called a Ukrainian car mechanic friend.... even on the phone he was 100% sure that this was a drive belt issue
he came to me, looked at the car and in 3 minutes told me exact what parts to book from an Internet site autodoc.co.no, only top parts quality and they resell for about 1/3 of the price of what you got to pay in the repair workshop = COMPLETE RIPOFF

In addition I had some significant issues with the auto transmission and the car going into emergency mode and it has been shifting up and down the gears as crazy .....earlier on, I had the car to some transmission specialists and they say they can check out but they want $600 just to give me a quito ..... gear oil change is $2500 ..... silently I am thinking F$%$ off .... lost about what to do

Now I got the parts and that Ukrainian mechanic came last Friday to pick up the car and fix whatever he could do, he was not 100% sure about transmission but was confident there was an issue with the oil in the gearbox.

so he changed the drive belt (for generator, water pump, ++), ran a full service, changed motor oil and filter, changed air filter, changed ac filter, flushed the auto transmission, changed auto transmission oil and filter ...... THAT IS A BIG JOB ON A BMW730D ..... now that´s about $1500 in parts (from a brand shop that would probably be $4500) and about $800 in labor for the mechanic.

now the mechanic recently called me and said that transmission works beautifully, car drives like a dream and it is in excellent condition .....

So ending up with a grand total of $1900, and that guy doing this I trust more than any mechanic now
The brand workshops I have zero trust in anymore ......I saved many many thousand dollars here!

So what was really bad turns out .... great now I hope

EDIT: Only things left I have to change brake dics in the front due to some slight vibration issues, and I need to re-change oil and filter in the transmission after 10.000 miles from now

Not sure how this works in US; but the brand repair workshops in Norway completely rip you off with several 100% margins on parts and not doing what I need but what they need .....

 

[haraldo]

I got the car back and I am completely dumbfounded .... insane

Everything is different, the steering is smooth as butter, The car now drives like a dream, the engine is so gentle until I want power and it comes exactly as requested, smooth or powerful, transmission is way smooth, but still some small "kicks" when doing high torque on low-revs, probably and hopefully disappearing when I re-flush the gearbox and change oil after around 6000 miles from now.

I am so happy the car broke down because it made me go to that Ukrainian mechanic, he is a genius.

So this is a 2008 model but it is better and drives better than the current models; ix1, ix3, i4 M5, ix idrive 50 ..... I know because I tried them all and that car I have I like just more than the current BMW models. There is no car I tried that makes me wanna change car, from Lexus, Toyota, Ford, MG, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Renault ....

if I set mode to Sport+ it transforms into a gocart with insane direct steering and all traction control turned off, it begs me to go faster

Where is the car industry going when my 2008 model BMW 730d IMHO to me is simply bettering everything BMW does today

I can go a 10 hour drive Bergen to Oslo almost without breaks .... like it´s a walk in the park, because that car is that good, gentle, cool, good to dive ..... also it has combination of hydraulic and electric servo..... simply better than the electric servo BMW does now

The one car I would liket hough is the Dodge Challenger Hellcat ... but the economy of such a car in Norway with crazy high fuel prices

So now I am gonna fix-up and clean the car, polish it so it looks lie a dream, clean inside and out and make my wife say: Harald we are never gonna change this car

Total cost, around $2100, I would expect this to be around $8000+ if I was going to the BMW certified workshop and I think they would not be able to do this good job, not even close!

 

[Alex2507]

In about 30 minutes I gotta be on the road.

There's a subwoofer on my passenger seat that I gotta bring inside so my hand truck can go for the ride.

I started taking Chantix a few days ago. It takes the fun out of smoking tobacco and it's too early for weed ...

Adios

 

[haraldo]

In about 30 minutes I gotta be on the road.

There's a subwoofer on my passenger seat that I gotta bring inside so my hand truck can go for the ride.

I started taking Chantix a few days ago. It takes the fun out of smoking tobacco and it's too early for weed ...

Adios

There are never too many subwoofers in the room

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I got the car back and I am completely dumbfounded .... insane

Everything is different, the steering is smooth as butter, The car now drives like a dream, the engine is so gentle until I want power and it comes exactly as requested, smooth or powerful, transmission is way smooth, but still some small "kicks" when doing high torque on low-revs, probably and hopefully disappearing when I re-flush the gearbox and change oil after around 6000 miles from now.

I am so happy the car broke down because it made me go to that Ukrainian mechanic, he is a genius.

So this is a 2008 model but it is better and drives better than the current models; ix1, ix3, i4 M5, ix idrive 50 ..... I know because I tried them all and that car I have I like just more than the current BMW models. There is no car I tried that makes me wanna change car, from Lexus, Toyota, Ford, MG, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Volvo, Renault ....

if I set mode to Sport+ it transforms into a gocart with insane direct steering and all traction control turned off, it begs me to go faster

Where is the car industry going when my 2008 model BMW 730d IMHO to me is simply bettering everything BMW does today

I can go a 10 hour drive Bergen to Oslo almost without breaks .... like it´s a walk in the park, because that car is that good, gentle, cool, good to dive ..... also it has combination of hydraulic and electric servo..... simply better than the electric servo BMW does now

The one car I would liket hough is the Dodge Challenger Hellcat ... but the economy of such a car in Norway with crazy high fuel prices

So now I am gonna fix-up and clean the car, polish it so it looks lie a dream, clean inside and out and make my wife say: Harald we are never gonna change this car

Total cost, around $2100, I would expect this to be around $8000+ if I was going to the BMW certified workshop and I think they would not be able to do this good job, not even close!

Speaking of beemers, which I'm generally not the biggest fan of, but recently I saw Haggery's YT video on 850CSi. That particular model didn't get the justice it deserved. That model delivered on mixing crazy good looks of 850i and having great performance. Observe the closing credits, the test run looks insane.

 

[Alex2507]

Speaking of beemers,

I didn't watch the video.
I identify as a pauper albeit a happy one, not plagued by envy(watching the video would change that).
But I'm still just a little curious about the price.

And I wanted to say hi.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I didn't watch the video.
I identify as a pauper albeit a happy one, not plagued by envy(watching the video would change that).
But I'm still just a little curious about the price.

And I wanted to say hi.

Hi Alex and about the price - This one is expensive for 90s car, but not crazy so: only 80k for a cheap one, with the catch that you'd have to add ocean shipping (about $3k) from Dubai+Import and registration fees:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/bmw/850csi/2772079.html

And of course for a classic European luxury car - prepare to pay another $80k then the cupholder breaks

p.s: Here's a pricier US-spec model from '94 in better condition and already in States:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1994-bmw-850csi-los-alamitos-ca-2759050

Honestly, maybe it's not a bad long-term investment opportunity either. And why not - it's pretty, powerful (M tuned v12 engine), drives excellent, is highly sought after, and rare as hens' teeth - Only 1500 of these were ever made.

 

[haraldo]

There is one here:

Bruktbil til salgs: BMW M8 - 1991 - Svart - 299 Hk - Annet

eu ok men antagelig en gåen topp pakning, bobler i ekspansjontanken,, selges derfor rimelig, da eg ikke har tid eller kunnskap til å ordne dette.. fin bil for sin alder, nye felger og dekk.. ++ selges som rep objekt tlf90040703

www-finn-no.translate.goog

$21.000 but a lot of work I reckon ..... (read: expensive to fix)
Economy with Norwegian fuel prices will be out of this world

 

[haraldo]

Fuel prices around here is averaging around $10 per gallon, currently it is $9.81 per gallon for 95 octane ....
Diesel is now $9.11 per gallon, which is below average .... A full tank of diesel will cost me $150

 

[Alex2507]

maybe it's not a bad long-term investment

Damn, those cars are sexy.

Anything that old has got to be a bitch to work on due to corrosion. I'm sure these are not the cars we call winter beaters but even with their low mileage, that first brake job or rusted out brake lines would take like a really good mechanic. Maybe Harald's Ukrainian genius is willing to travel.

I hate being at the mercy of mechanics. It's prejudice for sure and there I know there are some good ones out there. Hell, I'm even friends with one ...

It's time for me to get into my 'short term investment' 2012 Ford Fusion w/ 200k miles and drive like a raped ape while looking for cops. The only thing worse than working is not working.

 

[haraldo]

Damn, those cars are sexy.

Anything that old has got to be a bitch to work on due to corrosion. I'm sure these are not the cars we call winter beaters but even with their low mileage, that first brake job or rusted out brake lines would take like a really good mechanic. Maybe Harald's Ukrainian genius is willing to travel.

I hate being at the mercy of mechanics. It's prejudice for sure and there I know there are some good ones out there. Hell, I'm even friends with one ...

It's time for me to get into my 'short term investment' 2012 Ford Fusion w/ 200k miles and drive like a raped ape while looking for cops. The only thing worse than working is not working.

Finding a great mechanic is like finding the gold at the end of the rainbow .... BMW parts prices are insane also if we go to the normal brand shops....not sustainable

These are price-beaters Autodoc
but it´s only for Europe .....

 

[haraldo]

Maybe Harald's Ukrainian genius is willing to travel.

I can check with him, LOL
His speciality is BMW

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

There is one here:

Bruktbil til salgs: BMW M8 - 1991 - Svart - 299 Hk - Annet

eu ok men antagelig en gåen topp pakning, bobler i ekspansjontanken,, selges derfor rimelig, da eg ikke har tid eller kunnskap til å ordne dette.. fin bil for sin alder, nye felger og dekk.. ++ selges som rep objekt tlf90040703

www-finn-no.translate.goog

$21.000 but a lot of work I reckon ..... (read: expensive to fix)
Economy with Norwegian fuel prices will be out of this world

As mentioned it's in poor condition and second, this isn't M8 at all. Like the video I linked earlier said, M8 was technically never made. According to the listing the VIN decodes to a 1991 BMW 850Ci, which means it's nearly the same as a plain vanilla 850i. and secondly, 850CSi was only introduced in 1992 with 380hp, not 299 as base model.

 

[haraldo]

As mentioned it's in poor condition and second, this isn't M8 at all. Like the video I linked earlier said, M8 was technically never made. According to the listing the VIN decodes to a 1991 BMW 850Ci, which means it's nearly the same as a plain vanilla 850i. and secondly, 850CSi was only introduced in 1992 with 380hp, not 299 as base model.

He´s cheater then ... 850Ci is very much NOT M8 ...... buying this car in such condition is at best .... questionable I reckon

 

[Alex2507]

There must be a dozen port a pots on the job I'm on. Not one word of graffiti to be seen. Construction is changing faster than I can imagine. I'm thinking about writing something derogatory about myself ... so that nobody suspects me.

 

[haraldo]

I came across this Maserati MC20 recently when I was i Paris
This car was parked outside Hotel Ritz Paris.
I never seen this car anywhere and .... even with Norwegian Plates