[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by 3PedalJake

Yikes. I used to tell my bro when we were out cruising you could build an entire car with the pieces you find along the road, we found a chevy turbo 400 tranny once. Mebbe not that battery tho lol. Good luck w/ the tire

when I saw it on the road when I drove past it a second time I could have sworn it was a transfer case lol. Whipped a U to get it out of the road and low and behold..

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by JonOhh

Managed to wash it inside and out in 15 minutes... and then went on a date in it. And by in it I mean the entirety of the evening was spent in it. Really was hoping the "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" light would magically go out beforehand but no dice.

Admittedly, eating Chinese food out of a damp styrofoam container with plastic utensils in a car that intermittently goes BRRRR when it idles because the passenger side engine mount is toast isn't all that romantic. Using a credit card to retrieve the driver side cupholder from the depths of the dash panel probably wasn't either. LOL

I guess dating is weird in the covid era.

I'm pretty sure I had a date exactly like this pre covid. It was awkward to say the least

[Hoody007]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

I'm pretty sure I had a date exactly like this pre covid. It was awkward to say the least

With 2 black E90s it looked like you were responding to yourself
Hopefully she/he appreciated it - it’s the “charm” of an old BMW. Reminds me of my E31...


Wrt tires: do you have road-hazard? You can always go to Discount Tires and buy a replacement tire certificate for them - they don’t have to be purchased from them either!

[TH868Civils]

Nothing really, just watched the beauty from a distance

[JonOhh]

Originally Posted by Hoody007

With 2 black E90s it looked like you were responding to yourself
Hopefully she/he appreciated it - it’s the “charm” of an old BMW. Reminds me of my E31...

He was definitely not a car person, and the car related thoughts of non car people are incomprehensible to us so I'm not sure! .

I think charm is a good way to put it. Although that amber alert on the dash is getting really annoying considering the issue was fixed long ago, just haven't reset it yet.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by Hoody007

With 2 black E90s it looked like you were responding to yourself
Hopefully she/he appreciated it - it's the "charm" of an old BMW. Reminds me of my E31...


Wrt tires: do you have road-hazard? You can always go to Discount Tires and buy a replacement tire certificate for them - they don't have to be purchased from them either!

I can see the confusion

And my friends work at a shop so I should be okay for a repair as long as its not too damaged. I really dont want to replace the tire at all just because of the xdrive system

[E92William]

An engine making vibration every once in a while because of a motor mount failing I'd say is probably better than virtually no backseat room in an E92 in that situation lol

[JonOhh]

Originally Posted by E92William

An engine making vibration every once in a while because of a motor mount failing I'd say is probably better than virtually no backseat room in an E92 in that situation lol

Cannot confirm or deny, however e91 dudes must have it MADE.

Honestly, having an e91 just for the ability to put an air mattress in the back would be so worth it. Especially now. Everyone who lives in my apartment except me has covid at the moment, so I've been living out of the car and on a friend's couch for 5 days. In an e91 it'd be quite entertaining!

Too bad the bmw gods decided we wouldn't get a e91 330i here in the states, otherwise I'd have one.

[colorado.e9x]

Well boys, I parked in a dirt lot this morning. That was a mistake, the mud is no longer frozen to say the least. Unfortunately for me I have no way of turning on xdrive, its at home

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Well boys, I parked in a dirt lot this morning. That was a mistake, the mud is no longer frozen to say the least. Unfortunately for me I have no way of turning on my xdrive, its at home

Well it could be worse. It could have sunk out of sight. As it is it looks like you'll be able to drive out on your own.

[unixnerd]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Well boys, I parked in a dirt lot this morning. That was a mistake, the mud is no longer frozen to say the least. Unfortunately for me I have no way of turning on xdrive, its at home

Did something similar in my E46 once, grassy field at a Highland Games in the next village. It rained and the field got churned up. I was picking lumps of grass and mud out of the car for weeks.

[colorado.e9x]

Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

Well it could be worse. It could have sunk out of sight. As it is it looks like you'll be able to drive out on your own.

McLovin1 was on the scene with his Jeep, we're good

[E92William]

Originally Posted by colorado.e9x

Well boys, I parked in a dirt lot this morning. That was a mistake, the mud is no longer frozen to say the least. Unfortunately for me I have no way of turning on xdrive, its at home

Where is xdrive when you need it lol

[E92William]

Finally got my car aligned and can drive it around now. A lot less vibration at higher speeds, now I can cruise over 80 fine.

It was basically squatting like a dog being dragged with those toe out settings. Tiny bit of toe in in the front now which is said to help highway driving which is all this car does

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by JonOhh

Cannot confirm or deny, however e91 dudes must have it MADE.

Honestly, having an e91 just for the ability to put an air mattress in the back would be so worth it. Especially now. Everyone who lives in my apartment except me has covid at the moment, so I've been living out of the car and on a friend's couch for 5 days. In an e91 it'd be quite entertaining!

Too bad the bmw gods decided we wouldn't get a e91 330i here in the states, otherwise I'd have one.

It wouldn't take much effort to convert an E91 328i into a 330i.

As for the back seats, my 330i has the fold down rear seats and while fixing some rattles in the back I realized I could fit a small air mattress back there and lay down. It's not perfectly level but would work if I had to camp overnight.

[lowrydr310]

Originally Posted by E92William

Finally got my car aligned and can drive it around now. A lot less vibration at higher speeds, now I can cruise over 80 fine.

It was basically squatting like a dog being dragged with those toe out settings. Tiny bit of toe in in the front now which is said to help highway driving which is all this car does

What's with the right side caster being slightly less? I had the exact same issue with my car. It's close enough, but the alignment tech told me he couldn't get it perfect and that I *might* experience a slight pull to the right on perfectly flat roads. I haven't experience any pulling on any roads, I can let go of the wheel and it tracks straight no matter where I'm driving.

After I bought my car I learned the previous owner must have hit a curb with the front passenger wheel because the strut and thrust arm had been replaced and that was the wheel that was bent and I had to replace. That's the side of my car with less caster. Subframe and mounts look OK, not sure if they're bent or shifted but I can't see anything. I believe the rear/lower arms haven't been replaced so I'm thinking that may be slightly bent. Perfect time to swap to M3 arms.

[JonOhh]

Originally Posted by E92William

Where is xdrive when you need it lol

Keeping the CG nice and low.

[JonOhh]

Originally Posted by lowrydr310

It wouldn't take much effort to convert an E91 328i into a 330i.

As for the back seats, my 330i has the fold down rear seats and while fixing some rattles in the back I realized I could fit a small air mattress back there and lay down. It's not perfectly level but would work if I had to camp overnight.

I've tried sleeping on blankets with the back seats down but haven't tried an air mattress. I love camping so that might be a good thing to try!


As far as a conversion, maybe one day. I'd want to do it properly and swap all different 330i bits like the gearbox and such, just for the sake of it being correct.

[E92William]

Originally Posted by lowrydr310

What's with the right side caster being slightly less? I had the exact same issue with my car. It's close enough, but the alignment tech told me he couldn't get it perfect and that I *might* experience a slight pull to the right on perfectly flat roads. I haven't experience any pulling on any roads, I can let go of the wheel and it tracks straight no matter where I'm driving.

After I bought my car I learned the previous owner must have hit a curb with the front passenger wheel because the strut and thrust arm had been replaced and that was the wheel that was bent and I had to replace. That's the side of my car with less caster. Subframe and mounts look OK, not sure if they're bent or shifted but I can't see anything. I believe the rear/lower arms haven't been replaced so I'm thinking that may be slightly bent. Perfect time to swap to M3 arms.

As a matter of fact we talked a bit about that. He said it was no big deal as the difference between them both was so small. I believe you are fine as long as it's under 0.3 degrees difference. One of my headlights is foggier than the other so I assume at some time this car had a bit of a fender bender though must not have been much at all. He told me if it was like 8 degrees one side and the other 2, he would tell me to get out of there lol. My car tracks straight so far. Caster is not adjustable in these cars at least not mine, so I don't know what your tech might have been trying to adjust. Also I have new control arms in the front

This guy aligns race cars for teams here in homestead speedway so he seemed quite knowledgeable

[tcphoto]

[QUOTE=Well boys, I parked in a dirt lot this morning. That was a mistake, the mud is no longer frozen to say the least. Unfortunately for me I have no way of turning on xdrive, its at home [/QUOTE]

Find a car wash and take a lot of quarters...

[colorado.e9x]

I work at a car wash they're free

[K9Leader]

Originally Posted by JonOhh

Cannot confirm or deny, however e91 dudes must have it MADE.

Honestly, having an e91 just for the ability to put an air mattress in the back would be so worth it. Especially now. Everyone who lives in my apartment except me has covid at the moment, so I've been living out of the car and on a friend's couch for 5 days. In an e91 it'd be quite entertaining!

Too bad the bmw gods decided we wouldn't get a e91 330i here in the states, otherwise I'd have one.

Not too hard to create an E91 330i - just need the 3-stage intake manifold with working DISA valves and a tune. Here is my E91 "330i":