* What did you do to/for your E46 today? *

Originally Posted by RKiepper

Just got $2,300.. Do I pay off the car and have an extra $140/mo.. Or..

Pay off whatever the highest interest debt is you have.

Most people will blow the cash anyway, so you might as well blow it on your car loan and not have your payment. Makes it alot easier to sell too.

Ordered new fender liners, new VCG and got my fan clutch tool in the mail.

Long time awaited CCV and OFHG are going to be handled soon now.

Looks like I'll be needing new front control arms. Outer ball joints are shot.

Any other recommendations besides the Meyle HD?

Originally Posted by jgold47

There is this finance concept I always butcher but its basically the time value of money, or something like, a dollar is worth more in my pocket than yours. I imagine your interest rate is pretty low, so in a sense you are borrowing the banks money for pretty cheap. you could pay it off, but why? Conversely, if you could take that money and invest it could you make more?

however, there are these amortization and payoff tables you can find online that tell you when it makes more sense to pay something off than to keep making payments. You would be surprised.

This is very true.. I won't save any money by paying it off early, as the interest is already set.

It would just depend on whether I can profit $140 a month on an investment until the loan is finished.

Doing an oil change on the M3, first time. Went to local bmw dealer and got the castrol tws motorsport oil 10w-60. $15/bottle aint bad at all, total 110 with taxes. Asked for oil filter 30 somethng dollars. Got one from pelican parts was just curious. Saw some badas s bimmers.

The girl at the counter some cougar, said that it needs 6.5l and sold me on 7 bottles. I remember reading that it needs 5.5l but just paid for it. I was like i can go check the manual.

Originally Posted by Bemwe_03i

Doing an oil change on the M3, first time. Went to local bmw dealer and got the castrol tws motorsport oil 10w-60. $15/bottle aint bad at all, total 110 with taxes. Asked for oil filter 30 somethng dollars. Got one from pelican parts was just curious. Saw some badas s bimmers.

The girl at the counter some cougar, said that it needs 6.5l and sold me on 7 bottles. I remember reading that it needs 5.5l but just paid for it. I was like i can go check the manual.

It's 6 qts or around 5.5 litres for the M3, but it doesn't hurt to have an extra bottle in the trunk.

Battery light started flashing on me on the way to the store. Would go away if went over 3500rpm. Made it to Advance Auto which confirmed my suspicion. Alternator took a dump. Think it was the original (168k miles). Changed it there with their highly disorganized tools. 75 minute job including fighting the bottom bolt.

Originally Posted by Bemwe_03i

Doing an oil change on the M3, first time. Went to local bmw dealer and got the castrol tws motorsport oil 10w-60. $15/bottle aint bad at all, total 110 with taxes. Asked for oil filter 30 somethng dollars. Got one from pelican parts was just curious. Saw some badas s bimmers.

The girl at the counter some cougar, said that it needs 6.5l and sold me on 7 bottles. I remember reading that it needs 5.5l but just paid for it. I was like i can go check the manual.

Powerflex RTAB's

Just put new serenity plus tires on my 2006 325cic Amazing tires. Quiet, hugs the road while cornering. Smooth ride

Oil change went well, 5.5l maybe 5.6 filled her right up. The mahle filter looked much fancier than my mann filter that I put in. Mahle made in austria, mann made in germany! I took the plastic cover underneath even tho you dont need to when u change the oil and discovered some sweaty lines! How bad are these lines? I believe when i did my ppi it showed that the 'vanos line' slightly sweating. pic

I bought and received more than $600 in parts today. Turner subframe kit, new shocks, RTABs, and full set of AKG black subframe and diff bushings. The car goes off to my mechanic tomorrow to get them installed

Then it's off to Mid Ohio and Octoberfest in two weeks!

Still trying to figure out why angel eyes are not working.

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Full detail! So shiny now.

About to redo my vcg with an OE gasket this time...last one leaking from rt. rear corner as so many do. Hopefully it's only a gasket issue--read the Reinz seems to have had issues in days past...probably in the days when I got mine from it!

Originally Posted by RKiepper

This is very true.. I won't save any money by paying it off early, as the interest is already set.

It would just depend on whether I can profit $140 a month on an investment until the loan is finished.

If you need more cashflow, then you should eliminate any debt possible. An extra $140/mo will be nice, but if you put that money into something else and don't pay anything off completely, then you still have the same cashflow as before. I realize that if you just kept the 2300 you can afford to pay $140 for 16 more months assuming you dont use it on anything else. You have a lot of options haha.

Finally started my two-tone & CF wrapped trim project. Just have to stretch it out because I don't have much time. Teaser!

brought some angel eyes for it

Originally Posted by Blueandwhite85

Finally started my two-tone & CF wrapped trim project. Just have to stretch it out because I don't have much time. Teaser!

Nice, i want to do this so bad. What type of cf did u use the fabrick or the tape type idk. How do u get it smooth around the bends?

Originally Posted by love hoes

brought some angel eyes for it

Me too, since i bought new headlight cover lenses i thought why not do 2 things at once. I got the cheap leds from ddm! Had them on my 330 before they'r bright as hell.

///Motoluxe w/ Bimmer

I only brought a hong kong set but its a start i guess. Wanted to get red ones so they match thw colour of the car but that would lead to defects oh well itll still make it look awesome