R50/53 The everything was OK today thread.
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Bought my mini a month ago yesterday! 2003 R50 with 160k miles. Everything has been "ok" since I got it except some minor things. Had a few headaches as I started doing some tunes ups, but now everything is GREAT!
-Had the initial learning curve about the oil filter cage. Got that figured out now!
-DO NOT LET JUST BRAKES WORK ON YOUR CAR! $470 rear brake service from them, and then $570 service from my local shop to finally find and fix what Just Brakes did wrong. (Your name is JUST BRAKES and you install my brakes improperly?) Basically, I ended up getting a new master cylinder, which probably wasn't a bad thing, when all that needed to be done was actually install the rear pads properly. Whatever, not mad at my shop, I'm mad at just brakes.
-Other services: Replaced valve cover gasket, fixed locks, rotated tires, drive belt replaced, CV boot replaced.
-In total, with the purchase price AND all the tune-up costs, I'm only $5200 into the car! And now it runs awesome! Couldn't be happier!
-Had the initial learning curve about the oil filter cage. Got that figured out now!
-DO NOT LET JUST BRAKES WORK ON YOUR CAR! $470 rear brake service from them, and then $570 service from my local shop to finally find and fix what Just Brakes did wrong. (Your name is JUST BRAKES and you install my brakes improperly?) Basically, I ended up getting a new master cylinder, which probably wasn't a bad thing, when all that needed to be done was actually install the rear pads properly. Whatever, not mad at my shop, I'm mad at just brakes.
-Other services: Replaced valve cover gasket, fixed locks, rotated tires, drive belt replaced, CV boot replaced.
-In total, with the purchase price AND all the tune-up costs, I'm only $5200 into the car! And now it runs awesome! Couldn't be happier!
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Picked him up from the shop yesterday.
He got (at 160,700 miles) . . .
new drive belt
Oil & filter change
New Oil filter housing gasket & stand gasket
Coolant flush
Replaced P/S suction hose
Replaced driver front wheel speed sensor
Replaced front and rear brake pad sensors
4 wheel alignment
No more "trifecta" of warning lights!
Everything is OK!
He got (at 160,700 miles) . . .
new drive belt
Oil & filter change
New Oil filter housing gasket & stand gasket
Coolant flush
Replaced P/S suction hose
Replaced driver front wheel speed sensor
Replaced front and rear brake pad sensors
4 wheel alignment
No more "trifecta" of warning lights!
Everything is OK!
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Volunteered for an extra shift at work, was supposed to be off at 3, was given the chance for an extra 4 hours of overtime. Sun was down going in, sun was down coming out. But I made 12 hours of overtime, car ran fine going in, ran just as good coming out. Plus it was finally warm enough to drive with the windows down and the sunroof open since i bought the car a few months ago. So I'd have to say everything was OKAY today.
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Still have piles of snow around the driveway as tall as the Mini but took the time in a 50° day to swap out the studded snows back to the RFs. Took it for a drive just to make shure I put all 4 on. Going in for shoulder replacement surgery in 2 weeks so trying to get stuff done while I can.
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Oil change drama (sort of)
I have changed a lot of oil in my time. So when I thought I stripped the threads in the oil filter block, I was a little nervous. The replacement part is over $500 and they are backordered till June. Oh and I have a track event this weekend, so I really wanted to get the threads turning in the right direction
Anyway with a bit of coaxing, the oil filter did thread back in. But it was touch and go there for many minutes.
Now if only I can get my 6 year old power bleeder to not spew brake fluid all over everything in the garage once again....crap! it did it again. Time to get a new power bleeder!
Anyway with a bit of coaxing, the oil filter did thread back in. But it was touch and go there for many minutes.
Now if only I can get my 6 year old power bleeder to not spew brake fluid all over everything in the garage once again....crap! it did it again. Time to get a new power bleeder!
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So not specifically today but recent...
I was leaving a stores parking lot backing out and as i do i see this cute little toddler about 4 or 5 with her older sister about 8 or 9 and their mom walking towards me.
The 9 year old points at my car and yells "Mom, that's the car from Pixels! "
The smile on my face as I met her mom's eyes was contagious. She looked so embarrassed but i just waved as i drove by. Was a great moment.
I was leaving a stores parking lot backing out and as i do i see this cute little toddler about 4 or 5 with her older sister about 8 or 9 and their mom walking towards me.
The 9 year old points at my car and yells "Mom, that's the car from Pixels! "
The smile on my face as I met her mom's eyes was contagious. She looked so embarrassed but i just waved as i drove by. Was a great moment.
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So not specifically today but recent...
I was leaving a stores parking lot backing out and as i do i see this cute little toddler about 4 or 5 with her older sister about 8 or 9 and their mom walking towards me.
The 9 year old points at my car and yells "Mom, that's the car from Pixels! "
The smile on my face as I met her mom's eyes was contagious. She looked so embarrassed but i just waved as i drove by. Was a great moment.
I was leaving a stores parking lot backing out and as i do i see this cute little toddler about 4 or 5 with her older sister about 8 or 9 and their mom walking towards me.
The 9 year old points at my car and yells "Mom, that's the car from Pixels! "
The smile on my face as I met her mom's eyes was contagious. She looked so embarrassed but i just waved as i drove by. Was a great moment.
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