E46 Things

[B C]

Woohoo! The horn works!

some previous owner must have needed a 15A fuse in a pinch and never replaced it. I may need to comb through the fuse list and make sure there isnt a 15A in a 5 or 10A spot though. Never hurts to check.

I found the tow hook bumper plug in the glovebox and snapped that in place.

I still need headlight washer nozzles, they have been deleted. I also need a factory lug wrench, jack, and tow hook to complete the trunk kit. Im guessing the E46 only ever came with a can of tire foam instead of a spare. I would like to buy a spare kit eventually.

[Rekpoint]

I should have a lug wrench laying around

[B C]

Did some more driving. Onramps can be taken a little faster than is possible in my van

[i_love_cars]

I love knowing the car is being driven

EDIT: i think I have the tow hook for you still it's in my garage I'm pretty sure

[B C]

Quick car wash. Checked wheel lug torque. I got to try out the newly replaced horn fuse on someone drunk on Culvers Butterburgers

[B C]

The S54 sounds like a chainsaw cutting through a pile of beer cans.

That’s all

[B C]

LEDs installed

[B C]

[B C]

INPA cable and CD ordered

PS reservoir siphoned and filled with fresh ATF. The steering actually feels a lot easier since regular (and dirty) PS fluid was in there. I will siphon and refill again soon just get more old fluid out to help preserve the pump and rack seals.

Tires inflated to 35psi. Winter storage and previous track time had them down around 27psi.

Reset throttle adaptations for the fun of it/to see if it would make any sort of difference. It may have flattened out the cold idle a bit

next on the list is to order a factory aux input cable and new cabin filter.

Adjusted door handle for easier opening (4mm wrench through hole shown here after removing the rubber plug)

[B C]

Found a love note stuck under the seat

[Rekpoint]

Couldn't even be bothered to add "M3" Smh

[B C]

License plates arrived today.

picked up a vent mounted phone mount since there are no good places for a phone  here esp. on days like today where I needed to use navigation.

[straight6pwr]

Did you find a vent mount that actually works? Every one I've bought has been garbage

[B C]

https://www.iottie.com/Product/Detail/5044/Easy-One-Touch-4-Air-Vent-Mount

Did not fall off while driving this morning. I did have to spend some time finding a good location that worked well though

[Boris3]

straight6pwr said:

Did you find a vent mount that actually works? Every one I've bought has been garbage 

This, especially if you hook up the power cord.

[DrLeadFoot]

You have to wire in the abs emergency outer brake light banks so they go on with the regular brake lights.  

Can't wait to see you drive that thing!!

[B C]

DrLeadFoot said:

You have to wire in the abs emergency outer brake light banks so they go on with the regular brake lights.  

Can't wait to see you drive that thing!!

[Tkuhn]

Happy to have stumbled upon this love how much different Ms look from non Ms

[DrLeadFoot]

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[straight6pwr]

that's a cool bit of programming, but lets not encourage auto manufacturers to venture down that rabbit hole.

can you imagine 100 cars ahead of you in rush hour traffic with fricken strobe lights.