its a shame my first post ( http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e52-z8-discussion/172265-hello-codes-ponder-ses.html ) wasn't more of your typical first post with pics and specs but, oh well...the nature of "the beast"
hihi
, i guess...anyways, glad to be here; super stoked to be a proud new owner of one of these cars. the car has ~62k well-maintained and documented miles that were presided over by 3 previous owners (two in colorado, one in texas, i believe). i made the trip up to enthusiast auto group (carrboro, nc ---> cincinnati, oh), traded in my '99 estoril m3, and made the trip back down (~430 miles), without a hiccup.
(please ignore the painted calipers...ugh...too fast and furious for me. soon to be remedied)
(not a huge fan of the m-technic from bumper [insert]...)
(plenty of CF bits about the car...starting to grow on me...slightly...maybe)
(becker's (sp?) headers instead of Dinan headers...)
...while thoroughly into my honeymoon period, only a few days home from picking it up, the SES light popped on (+ engine failsafe mode) along with the codes discussed in the previously mentioned thread. i have since started some surgery to replace the TPS's:
*picasa album link: https://picasaweb.google.com/105320819255851931921 (please ignore my wife's rental car (HHR
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. i promise--its not ours!
hoping you guys can chime in on the post i pasted up at the top--confused about the torquing sequence of the lower plenum cover to the "throttle body housings". also, my dipstick tube wiggles around quite a bit. is that normal for these cars or is mine just not seated in the oilpan, correctly? thinking the latter.
anyways, once again, pumped to be here and to be the new owner of this car. i was a fairly active member over at m3forum and hope to be here as well. hopefully, my contributing to questioning ratio will be improving shortly
:M5launch:
(please ignore the painted calipers...ugh...too fast and furious for me. soon to be remedied)


(not a huge fan of the m-technic from bumper [insert]...)


(plenty of CF bits about the car...starting to grow on me...slightly...maybe)

(becker's (sp?) headers instead of Dinan headers...)

...while thoroughly into my honeymoon period, only a few days home from picking it up, the SES light popped on (+ engine failsafe mode) along with the codes discussed in the previously mentioned thread. i have since started some surgery to replace the TPS's:



*picasa album link: https://picasaweb.google.com/105320819255851931921 (please ignore my wife's rental car (HHR
hoping you guys can chime in on the post i pasted up at the top--confused about the torquing sequence of the lower plenum cover to the "throttle body housings". also, my dipstick tube wiggles around quite a bit. is that normal for these cars or is mine just not seated in the oilpan, correctly? thinking the latter.
anyways, once again, pumped to be here and to be the new owner of this car. i was a fairly active member over at m3forum and hope to be here as well. hopefully, my contributing to questioning ratio will be improving shortly
:M5launch: