09-16-2019, 04:11 PM
Hot damn it's been a year and a half.
I think it got struck by lightning or something at the last karting event because nav stopped working (can't read disc) and the key fob stopped working the same day. I also noticed the display has a small area of dead pixels but that can kinda easily be mistaken for a finger mark, so I dunno how long it's actually been there.
The key fob was an easy fix - just re-sync with the car. Apparently the nav drive in the trunk needs to be rebuilt or replaced, but I've somehow managed to live without a 15+ year old navigation system. As for the pixels, meh.
Probably 8 years or so ago, I had the windshield replaced by a local mom and pop (in Norfolk), figuring I'd get better service. Nah. After recently noticing a tiny spot of rust on one A-pillar, I reached out to the local auto glass place that advertises themselves as doing things correctly and preventing/fixing this type of thing. The lead tech spent like 30 min explaining how it would be fixed and so I left it with them to get new OE glass. After the repair they said that there was some rust underneath but not much and I definitely won't have to worry about it from here on out. They were nice enough to toss in the A-pillar interior trims pieces and windshield cowl that I left in the passenger seat, too.
Other than that, I replaced the worn ZHP knob with the illuminated/nappa leather version from the F10 M5. It's nice that a few decades after illuminating their shift knobs, BMW finally figured out how to do it evenly. It also sorta bugged me that all the leather in the car is nappa and the old shift boot was whatever regular full grain stuff is called. Between the knob, steering wheel, and no-longer-saggy A-pillar fabric, and spic-n-span glass, it's a nicer place to be.
Holla.
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I think it got struck by lightning or something at the last karting event because nav stopped working (can't read disc) and the key fob stopped working the same day. I also noticed the display has a small area of dead pixels but that can kinda easily be mistaken for a finger mark, so I dunno how long it's actually been there.
The key fob was an easy fix - just re-sync with the car. Apparently the nav drive in the trunk needs to be rebuilt or replaced, but I've somehow managed to live without a 15+ year old navigation system. As for the pixels, meh.
Probably 8 years or so ago, I had the windshield replaced by a local mom and pop (in Norfolk), figuring I'd get better service. Nah. After recently noticing a tiny spot of rust on one A-pillar, I reached out to the local auto glass place that advertises themselves as doing things correctly and preventing/fixing this type of thing. The lead tech spent like 30 min explaining how it would be fixed and so I left it with them to get new OE glass. After the repair they said that there was some rust underneath but not much and I definitely won't have to worry about it from here on out. They were nice enough to toss in the A-pillar interior trims pieces and windshield cowl that I left in the passenger seat, too.
Other than that, I replaced the worn ZHP knob with the illuminated/nappa leather version from the F10 M5. It's nice that a few decades after illuminating their shift knobs, BMW finally figured out how to do it evenly. It also sorta bugged me that all the leather in the car is nappa and the old shift boot was whatever regular full grain stuff is called. Between the knob, steering wheel, and no-longer-saggy A-pillar fabric, and spic-n-span glass, it's a nicer place to be.
Holla.
2001 M5
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3