330Ci ZHP

[— kung fu jesus —]

Bought this car 1 year ago today. I still look over my shoulder at it after parking. It is still a handsome car to me.

[HarryB]

E39 & E46 are peak BMW design for me

[— kung fu jesus —]

I won’t disagree.

[— kung fu jesus —]

Small break in the heat wave we have been experiencing. It was a mild 90 degrees instead of 100. It is supposed to be worse this coming week so I changed the oil early. 2500 miles down and the car barely consumed any oil.

I ran over some car trim on the freeway about 6 weeks ago that tore up one of the splash guards on the passenger side. Normally not a big deal, but it protects some electronics and helps guide air to the front right brake rotor.

I had ziptied it into position because it had flipped into the wheel and the tire ate it up.






Splash guard removed:







I bought an aftermarket replacement. It has been rolled up in a box for about a month, so I laid it in the sun to relax and re-shape itself.



I reinstalled it while the oil was draining. Not terrible.





While I was already acclimated to the heat, I changed the oil on my wife’s Toyota RAV4 and rotated the tires. According to my notes, it has been 13 months since I did that and she only drove 2000 miles. She is back to seeing her clients in person so I wanted to get it up to date.