After much debate on the forum, I decided to bite the bullet and fork out a small fortune on TWS 10W60, the very expensive oil that E39 M5s seem to need to thrive. Big thanks to Olly Bloxham for oiling the wheels of the transaction, and ultimately sourcing 10 litres of this stuff plus a […] Read more »
Minor update: the car came with a fairly depleted tool kit. Ben Smith has kindly donated the tools from his now deceased 328i. It hasn’t filled all the gaps, but we’re a lot closer now, especially given the screwdriver from my old Vauxhall Vectra! I’ve also got a warning triangle, but it’s a big one […] Read more »
Not as much progress as yesterday, but the car is still better than it was this morning and so today is worthy of a note. Very dull to start – the headlamps had residue of beam blockers for European travel stuck on them which looked quite minging. Quite why this was done, given that it’s […] Read more »
The weather and a hangover have meant that today hasn’t yielded huge results, but there have been positive steps forward. This morning I collected some goodies from Vines BMW, and then headed down to Southampton to see a man called Rudi. Rudi charges ยฃ80 to fix knackered dashboards where the pixels don’t work. I tried […] Read more »
I really like this car. It’s brilliant! Not since my M3 Evolution Saloon (5 cars ago in 2005) have I owned a car that’s felt so vastly competent on the road. In any case, I’ll stop dribbling about it and tell you what’s new. Tyre pressures were a bit down, so that’s been sorted. Here […] Read more »
Tonight wasn’t quite as planned. Ben Smith arrived to see the car – but our main job was to get the 106 Rallye back on the road. So the M5’s first task was to tow the 106 to our workshop: The M5 is a pretty competent towing car! The whole episode amused me – the […] Read more »
Olly Bloxham (a man who is at least partially to blame for this project’s existence!) kindly offered to take me to collect the car today. This is a little earlier than planned, mainly due to my wife’s 106 Rallye twanging its clutch cable yesterday morning, which hastened our need for an additional vehicle! I was […] Read more »
As I edge closer to collecting the car I’ve started a discussion thread on matters here. Due to some kind people reading that, I’ve received some offers to help me on my way. First of all my friend James O’Sullivan has offered to swap the lights for the facelift efforts on his now knackered E39. […] Read more »
Having made the fund transfer for the car and generally inspected the financial situation I’ve now turned to consider the first moves in the project. Initially I’ll just need to get to know the car to see if there’s anything lurking under the skin that requires attention. As it’s been bought from a reputable dealer […] Read more »
I’d decided I needed (yes, needed!) a V8 M5, so having sold my E30 M3 this morning I began trawling Autotrader. I found a couple of relatively local examples, one at ยฃ9K and one 50% more at ยฃ13.5K, and trundled off to view them. Ben Smith accompanied me in the 330d, and we made a […] Read more »