Mrs SiC told me to stop whining like the Primary School teachers at her work and just get on with fixing my 3-series. After all, I've bought a BMW and what do I expect not to have to fix it.  So I bought a cheap wheel speed sensor from Amazon and lobbed it on. Not much to say as it's an easy enough ...

Just ordered 4× Goodyear Eagle F1 for the 330i - 225/45/17Y XL Tyresonthedrive came in at £313.67 with them fully fitted at home on Friday evening. Really can't sniff at that for premium tyres imo.  Autogreens were £264.50 for four with a lower speed rating than recommended). So just £50 more for a ...

Last Thursday there was a BBQ car meet at a local village hall. I should have taken the Spitfire out but I still need to pull it out of storage. Anyway I took the Zed down.  Here are a few pictures. Some nice tin on show there and something for everyone. I uploaded these in order but I suspect they ...

This E90 is really fighting me. I bought some fresh liquid flux and reflowed the PCB on the BGA packages. This era stuff is when they moved to lead free solder and had varying levels of success. Inadequate cooling in these things and vibration really kills them. My CCC (iDrive) is hw 9.8 and apparen...

Just went out for a quick drive. ABS pinged up again. Rear left wheel speed sensor this time. Front right looks to be working perfectly fine after disconnecting/reconnecting it. Maybe that rear left might come alive if I disconnect and reconnect it too? Debating whether to just replace that front ri...

Bought one of these to keep in the glovebox when going on longer journeys. Old BMWs... I have had the older version (creator 110) but I sold that to a mate a few years ago when he bought an R53. This one was £35 delivered off eBay. Apart from code reading and live data like the older version, it can...

Honestly, how long is left that you can pick up a relatively lightweight, small straight-6 convertible that makes a great sound for that sort of money? I don't think it will be much longer left we can bask in this sort of shite. E85's will be around for years yet. Like Z3's, they are still too nume...

So far I've bought:  - Rear left caliper  - Rear pads  - Both handbrake shoe backplates  - Replacement Airbag ECU  - Air conditioning panel (which I didn't end up needing as I miss diagnosed) That works out as £192.62 (£20 of which is that air con panel). Not bad for a 20yr old BMW. Basically mostly...

That was quick!

Nearly 5k miles in a year since last MOT. Not bad effort from all the recent previous owners on here/AS.

MOT day

Emissions are my biggest concern. Handbrake might need further adjustment but I think it'll pass.