Back At Last.

steve69 · 2012-04-21T18:06:52+0000

evening all, just thoguht i would drop a line to say ive come back. after 6 months of driving ( dont laugh lol ) a fiesta it was time to get the beemer mot'd. well she failed it as i thought she would but not as bad as i thought. the list consisted of, broken rear spring ( about one coil had broke off and no where to be seen ), side light out, rear high brake light out, offside balljoint shot, a apparently rusted front brake pipe ( wasnt rusted at all, the only thing that was wrong was the plastic sheath had gone ), nearside handbrake not holding. so not a bad list, to be honest i thought it would of been alot more but was chuffed with that. the handbrake was just the self adjuster wasnt adjusting, all it was doing was undoing when the brake was pressed. Its so nice to be back in her after riding round in the tin of beans, so i thought i better show me face again on here. so hello again.

By steve69,
April 21, 2012 in BMW 3 Series Forum

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