Recently, I haven’t had better luck when it comes to Pathin. He promised that I am not a car fought – at least I hope not. But after she spent c. £ 1500 has changed the presence of the clutch and the load on the mini last year, as it was cooking the head of the head after weeks. I sold this to a third of the cost of changing the clutch, which is still painful.
Now I spent the same again in doing an identical work on the compact. Sometimes, it seems that I will be able to withstand the costs of a new nice car, all the money spent on keeping the Crud old. The truth is said, it was always something that was included in the car’s task list; Even by rubber, mysterious manual standards BMW, the shift was dirty and the sting was high. There was no male or record of change, so it could have been the original element. Or at least one witnessed better days. With normal use, there could be a few other miles – there was no slide, or failed to involve the gears – but with the deer a trip to Nurburgring 24 hours, I wasn’t panic. Thinking about the matter abandons somewhere in Europe, after it clouded in the forest to spend the weekend and despair to return home, filled me with dread.
Although my credit card is not happy, I am very happy because the work has now been done. Along with a large service, the built -in transformation feels: the clutch bite is due to where it should be, and the straight six feels stronger, and the transformation is only bad like modern BMW. So a noticeable improvement. Perhaps I should have access to the links and were not sorted while such a large job was done, but frankly, thinking about spending more money in a wedding year was not.
In fact, for the near future, I say that Ti has been sorted – from the perspective of driving, at least. There is a little cosmetic and pop that can be done (make your jokes now about the main unimaginable cosmetic issues), but certainly nothing is crucial. Currently, I can focus on leading it at every specific opportunity, because it fully feels: there is no jacket, bells, ears or fears. If the same thing can be said to the driver.
I am going to a car for this week, and frankly, I am looking for any excuse to drive a BMW now. I will take the long road to the nursery, capture ready -made meals, or only go out for fun. In particular with the clutch that has been accomplished, I am less worried than ever, which means that there is a great opportunity to continue to simply enjoy a natural inhaled engine and guidance of hydraulic and a hand -hidden box. When a lot of new cars feel, a little compressed is always the perfect plate cleaner.
Certainly the built-in running that is sorting means that I have paid my attention for a short time through ridiculous ideas such as RX-8 or later, and like an ugly BMW. I would really like to leave it at least another few years before having to conduct the clutch again, thank you very much. In fact, the fingers have crossed that this is the last part of the old Fettling for a period of time. I will make a report after I went to Germany …
Fact paper
car: 2003 BMW 325ti Compact
It runs: Matt Bird
On the fleet since: July 2024
Buy for: 2,999 pounds sterling
Miles: 156,285
Last month at a glance: Change the compact classic clutch