v_therussian

My odo read 66,666 miles




AND (Roy, you're gonna wanna see this ) I saw some purple bird sh1t on my car



Omenous, to say the least

so I decided to do a little service.


Now, I've already done the following service in the past 3-5k miles:

-spark plugs (OEM Bosch)
-air filter (BMC+RPI Scoop)
-cabin filters
-new battery (OEM)
-AC cleaning (klima cleaner)
-MAF sensor cleaned
-new brakes (Centric drilled+slotted rotors + Hawk HPS Pads all around)
-replaced floor mats

Not too shabby, methinks

and with all the above already done, I was basically reduced to not much more than just an oil change.

Drove out to a dealership and scored myself 8 qts of BMW 5w30 (at wholesale discount, mind you, thank you very much )


FYI: N52 in the 530Xi takes 7.2 qts - yes, 7.2! The guy at the dealership wanted to just give me 7 bottles, but I bought 8. Why? To have some extra - for when I need to add some. Besides, I actually put in exactly 7.2 qts in LOL

Also picked up the OEM oil filter and for kicker, broke out the Blackstone Labs jar, that I had ordered and received a few days back:



the Blackstone kit comes with the instructions and special packaging for mailing the sample back:




Went to my favorite local indie and ordered up the oil change along with the filling of the ceremonial Blackstone Labs vile. There's my girl right after getting her oil:




After that, I went home and whipped myself up some peasant food:



and chilled


ahhh, the simple life



Here's a parting shot of my baby taking it easy in the shade:



Gonna send in that Blackstone labs sample and wait for results now

Thanks for looking

beamlord

You can always convert that to KM's and quit being superstituous

And, you've got how many remote controls there???

protams

Bird sh1t on car is for money to come

v_therussian

From your mouth to God's ears, bro! Papa's Bimmer needs summer shoes and Bilsteins

NYC530XI

Nice write up, lol. Thats a lot of maintenance work, so I presume you have dropped the idea of getting rid of her

Krozi

Good day

And that purple bird sh!t was me

v_therussian

Seem like a lot looking back at it. I did all of it one-by-one, getting the parts at discount and trying to save everywhere I could. All in all, save for the thermostat and the belt (which means also pulleys and tensioners and whatnot), I think its pretty much done with the "scheduled maintenance".

Dang, bro! That's some repugnant ish

It took me a while to convert to miles when I came to the States, reverse conversion is just going to confuse me at this point

And that's a total of five remotes, thank you Its all because my PS3 has a Bluetooth remote and there isn't a universal remote that would control it. Yet. At least that's what I tell myself

sdg1871

Vlad needs a universal remote.

So when's the supercharger going on the 530xi?

aretardedorange

What were you eating?

melimel

lol I see 4 remotes and a playstation one too.lol..