"Tripper" (tripe46)
01/04/2019 at 22:05 • Filed to: None
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
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I was happy when the car arrived, but now that we are starting to bond it’s just fantastic. My wife and daughter are away for the weekend so it’s just me the dogs and the cars. After work I went over to my parents place to get my battery charger out of the M3, so naturally I drove the M3, which is always great. When I pulled back into the garage I saw my moms C5 looking jealous all hooked up to its battery tender, so I drove it too. Then I came home and took apart the 1502's loose ignition cylinder and tightened it up while I waited for the battery to charge. I got it started, let it warm up and took a couple of laps around the local closed, non public course. Here is a quick video which is terrible and short because I was focused on driving.
That’s all for tonight. I’m getting ready to open Troges Perpetual IPA #3 and replace the 2002 badge with the 1502 badge that I bought.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Tripper
01/04/2019 at 22:08 |
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I am extremely jealous! :)
Congrats on finally getting the 1502.
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Tripper
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
01/04/2019 at 22:17 |
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Thank you! It has been an experience. An anxiety ridden st o ry that I’m happy to be able to tell with a smile because it ended with one.
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Tripper
01/10/2019 at 13:56 |
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What’s the reason for the badge swap? I’m not up on my BMW history so I don’t know the significance of 1502 vs 2002.
Nice to hear it going through a few gears !
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Tripper
> Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
01/10/2019 at 14:20 |
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So the 1502, 1602, 1802, and 2002 are all pretty much the same with different engines (1.5L, 1.6L, 1.8L, and 2L variants of the M10). The US only got the 1602 and 2002, to the best of my knowledge.
My car is a 1502, with the engine from an 1802 all modded up. It came with a 2002 badge but I wanted proper representation of the chassis, so I bought a 1502 badge.
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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Tripper
01/10/2019 at 14:23 |
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Ah, gotcha. I think you went with the right badge.