Took the M3 to work today and parked next to the financial mistake. Today started on a good note because I took the M3 to work. That was not dampened when I got to work today as the meeting I didn’t make a power point for got canceled.

First I had to get the actual VIN, I remembered the last 7, but not the whole VIN. Off to bimmer.work it was:

I took my 328i into BMW for an oil change; yes I know I could do it myself, but at $90 it’s worth it to drop the car off and pickup it with freshly changed oil. While it was there, I got a call telling me that my front brakes were completely worn out and needed to be replaced. Normally, I’m not one to skimp on…

Took my car to BMW this morning for an oil change and got a call saying I needed new front brakes. The car should tell me if it needs brakes or not with the wear sensor, which I know just completes a circuit. Anyways that never went off and they told me that there was no more wear material on the pads. I asked for a…

Not sure that’s the plate I would put on that car, it’s not even an M car. Thinking a new M5 would be a much better fit, or the S62 swapped E38 running around near me. It at least had some Dinan wheels on it:

Albeit, not a full size one. I got myself a 1:18 E90 to sit on my desk next to my M3.

I also try to get my dad to buy them.

Well, when I say green car, I mean E9X.

To be more specific, the last American car my parents bought. My granddad was a Ford man, throughout his whole life he bought nothing but Fords, other than a Chevrolet Corvair. I believe my grandmother spun it or something and that was the end of Chevrolet for him. My dad, on the other hand, had no brand loyalty. The…

However, this is the first time I’ve seen a Cetane rating on a diesel pump.

Went with a coworker who is trying to make and sell 3D printed phone mounts for cars. Before he can make them, he needs to know what they need to mount to or go in. So we pulled two center consoles from E90, one pre-LCI and one LCI, since the pre-LCI has the smokers package and the LCI may or may not. While we were…

How Russian is this limo?

I woke up at 4 and couldn't fall back asleep, so I'm now having coffee and browsing the internets. 

I went and drove this diesel 3 series in early 2016. To be fair, I was already bored with my 128i and was thinking about replacing it with something else. Since the 335d was automatic only, I wouldn’t feel bad about driving an automatic since there was no other option. Had I stayed in oil a 335d might very well have…

E90 - BlueMazda2 2020

I’ve had several vivid dreams about going back to the oilfield. I don’t know if it’s my mind subliminally saying I want to back to the oilfield or if it’s something else.