Well a bit of an update is due.
Perhaps most notably, a week or so back, a nice chap decided to reverse into me in the works car park. I was queuing to get out, he was to my right in a parking space and the bloke basically just backed out without bothering to look my way. Leant on the horn for a good couple of seconds but he kept going.
Upshot was relatively minor thankfully. The bump ripped the front plate holder clean off its mountings obviously taking my pressed plate with it.
Leaving me with this for the time being:
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A few days later the chap responsible gave me £150 to sort it out based on the cost of a new plate holder from bmw and a lick of paint. So one of todays jobs was sorting that out:
That should be going on in a couple of days when its had chance to harden off and i can cut it back and buff it up.
By way of a present to the car for going through the wars I crossed something off my 'to buy' list - A Storm Motorwerks V1 weighted gear knob. Unbelievably chuffed with it so far. Would never have believed that a gearknob could change the feel of the shift so much. The extra weight and shorter height is just perfect. Makes it a joy to swap cogs. The engraving was a few pounds more but a really nice touch.
In other news, finally got 2 new front tyres that the M so desperately needed. Went for Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's. Very impressed with them from what i have felt so far. I'll most probably replace the rears with them when the current Hankook's die.
And finally decided to change something that has been niggling away at me for a little while. Now winter is over and i'm no longer driving everywhere in the dark, the HID's are no longer so neccessary, this meant the aftermarket projector lights can take a back seat for a while.
Just for you Christopher:
Inspection 1 service is due very shortly, so its been an expensive couple of months recently. Insurance renewal for £700 in march, £230 of front tyres, £120 for 6 months of tax and £350 for the service.
I'm dieing to do something about the quiet exhausts but funds are dictating thats going to have to wait for now. Something to look forward to i suppose.
For now I'm just loving driving it. Getting the windows down and very slightly sideways out of junctions isnt really loosing its appeal.
Cheers
Tom