DOTStreet View: an E60 M5 in its natural state

"DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back" (karsonkinja)
03/31/2020 at 13:29 • Filed to: Street View

DISCUSSION (13)

E90M3 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 13:34

That’s just an M-Sport E60; if it was an E60 M5 he’d need a lift to get to the rod bearings.

Tripper > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 13:34

No way. T he owner working on it himself is not natural

3point8isgreat > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 13:35

I see one of these at work once and a while. Maybe once a week or two? I assume those are just the days they were able to get it running.

Buckner > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 13:36

On the street in front of rental townhouses?

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Tripper
03/31/2020 at 13:42

What’s not natural is his standing position. I feel for his back lol

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 14:03

Looks like a street full of rental properties. Highly competitive street parking and little driveways.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 14:30

Kinja'd!!!

Was spying on the old neighborhood and found this across the street from the house I lived in in the 90s. TR3 isn’t it?

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 15:18

The new rod bearings I just put in my E60 M5 last Fall were not swapped out on the street. Same with the ECU, voltage regaulators, ABS seat sensors, or my $900 battery cable. Meanwhile, I am just now heading out to swap out the failing air/oil separator in my Boxster as that is a *car I can actually work on myself* which is why I know that picture is not one with a happy ending. Without the special BMW diagnotic tool you can’t do shit on these cars. You can’t even change the battery out without a $700 charge to reset the electronics so that it doesn’t fry the replacement trying to charge it like the dying one you just pulled. Ask me how I know.

I almost replaced the thermostat myself but it’s five hours of labor to get to it to do the thirty minute job.

I still l ove this car and would give a kidney for it though. No question at all.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Tripper
03/31/2020 at 15:24

EXACTLY THIS.

The new rod bearings I just put in my E60 M5 last Fall (at 90k) were not swapped out on the street. Same with the ECU, voltage reg ulators, ABS seat sensors, or my $900 battery cable. Meanwhile, I am just now heading out to swap out the failing air/oil separator in my Boxster as that is a *car I can actually work on myself* which is why I know that picture is not one with a happy ending. Without the special BMW diagnos tic tool you can’t do shit on these cars. You can’t even change the battery out without a $700 charge to reset the electronics -- so that it doesn’t fry the replacement trying to charge it like the dying one you just pulled. Ask me how I know.

I almost replaced the thermostat myself but it’s five hours of labor to get to it to do the thirty minute job. There’s a video on youtube of a guy in his garage running out of room from all the shit he had to pull out, laughing about it. That’s why it was done with the rod bearings and power steering reservoir. Still don’t have enough money to do the VANOS solenoids yet though, and nobody is going to make aftermarket S85 solenoids so they won’t be getting any cheaper than $2,000 each anytime soon. Fortunately, those who don’t swap the rod bearings will be supplying me soon enough.

I still love this car and would give a kidney for it though. No question at all.

PartyPooper2012 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 15:32

3 poloski kicks. Check

Track suit pants. Check

. Check

Now the question is... Moscow or Peter?

Tripper > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
03/31/2020 at 15:42

Glad you mentioned the $700 battery change. That was the kicker on my E90. I remember having the conversation with my inde after I just sunk $3500 into it.

“Dealer said $700 for a FUCKING battery!”

Him: “Yeah...I can do it for $480...)

Me: “Ok man, this car is actively telling me to go fuck myself now.”

He laughs, I laugh, I pay him, I trade the car.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief
03/31/2020 at 15:46

Good freaking night dude. I mean...just $900 for the battery cable alone. There should be some kind of award for that level of masochism.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/31/2020 at 18:51

There is. V10 through a Dinan exhaust while going through a tunn el.