BMWLand
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Happy birthday to me (silly post alert)
I am ten today, woohoo !
My current owner Simon has looked after me for almost six years, Before that I was cared for by an old man who died during Covid and I was sold back to the garage where I was born.
I was thought to be the ideal car to drive to Northumberland and back regularly, to this house where his elderly mother-in-law lived, but she's died now too.
He has been fixing my broken bits to celebrate my milestone, hopefully he will keep me for a few more years and keep me polished.
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Silly jobs now mounting up...
So having had the car for over five years now, the list of jobs to do won't reduce unless I get on with them of course.
The main one causing minor inconvenience with the car was a broken door mirror, caused about a long time ago by a courier driver opening his door about ten feet away and even with the best avoiding skill I could, still clipped him slightly. Managed to tape and glue it together, as I thought I'll just replace it without going through the insurance.
Yeah ok then, £1k plus..... hmm maybe not. Anyway it took three years (honestly) to find a non-Msport folding mirror on eBay, (needed a matt, not gloss black surround) so snapped it up at £188 inc postage. Amazingly in the same colour too, but not important as my cover was undamaged, least I have a spare anyway now (and a glass)
With help from YouTube to find the two hidden screws, I had the door card off and had a go last weekend, unbelievably nothing broke and it went back together ok using my trim kit set....

