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Great car, looking like it`s a new one! Just perfect.
Your white and my calypsored vert would both look good on one picture. Equal cars but both different in colour and very rare equiped.

Thanks!

Don't recall you had a cabrio?

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I do not have a story here so it is not obvious. But in the Syndikat there is one.

Well your name sounds familiar.

Weather forecast for last weekend was sunny and dry, finally. So I took the M3 out of winter storage to do a few little things. To-do list is already growing.

A while ago I noticed that after aprox 7 years of hand sweat/moisture/grime, had worn of a little of the coating of the MFL button pod.

Unacceptable in my concours M , so it had to go. A while ago I bought a NOS button pod for very little money, which also has the horn symbol, instead of the later speech symbol. While I wanted to retrofit the E38 system with speecg control, there is no way the ejectbox can be nicely installed into the E36 console, so I skipped on the idea. Maybe one day in my 328i. I have all the parts. But since it's such a gimmick, I'm not gonna bother in my M.

I also like the horn symbol just better. More old school if you want to.

So out with the airbag and do the swap.

Worn coating

both pods. Notice how much gloss the old one has gattered over these years.

The rears of the OEM blanks and MFL versions have a different locating pin. You could drill it into the very tough rubber of the steering wheel, or simply swap over the covers. I did the last.

And in place

Then I also hooked it up to my GT1 to check for faults. Nothing found.
Then I did a readaption of the SMG sensors/throttle/shifter/accelerometers

And condition of clutch "The clutch is okay"

And since it was such nice weather, of course I took it for a spin.

Still an absolute joy to drive and loving the SMG.

Last Sunday it was exactly 3 years ago I drove to Germany and took one of your M3's and exported it.

Driving through the Ruhrgebiet. Stupid BMW driver's always too close on your bumper

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Import inspection

And at home, where the 328i met its bigger and younger brother

It's been a good 3 years, with only Vanos problems, which has been fully rebuilt with new seals and E39 M5 solenoid seals.

SMG has been fine as well and I really enjoy it.

Up to the next 3 years.

In full camo outfit

Z8 dust covers for Motorsport Domstrebe.

Jetzt mit Schaltwippen

Few pics taken on my German holliday last month, by a new German acquaintence.

And last of 'season' pic.

Emma ist Heute 20 Jahre alt geworden.