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[scat19]

Originally posted by Pollywog
I always laugh when things like "I got the tires on my BMW changed today" turn into "So I took in my mom's BMW for an appointment to get her tires changed today".

Reminds me of the guy I called out a while back. He drove a sunfire, and was asking questions about it, but had an Infiniti FX35 listed in his "what I drive".

Yeah, I sat in my mothers drivers seat for 2 minutes, so can I list that?!?!?!

[cr-xbrian]

Originally posted by rage2
Lazy fucker.

hahahaha

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by scat19


Reminds me of the guy I called out a while back. He drove a sunfire, and was asking questions about it, but had an Infiniti FX35 listed in his "what I drive".

Yeah, I sat in my mothers drivers seat for 2 minutes, so can I list that?!?!?!

Yeah, except I do drive a 328i

[scat19]

Originally posted by Hakkola


Yeah, except I do drive a 328i

Except I was relating a story.. not talking about you matt

[dibbz]

Speaking of changing tires on a BMW. What do you guys use if you change them yourself? Just a hydraulic jack with a rubber pad? Can you get a proper trolley jack that fits into the jacking points on the newer BMWs?

[benyl]

I put this jack on the rear jack on each side until both front and rear wheels lift off the ground:

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...ift%2BJack.jsp

You can get machined jack adaptors online.

[dibbz]

Thanks Benyl I'll take a look. Bought my first car (2010 328xi) and I gotta get some winters for it. Planning to change 'em myself, I'm just a little paranoid about damaging the plastic at the jack points (new car paranoia).

[blinkme_210]

Originally posted by dibbz
Thanks Benyl I'll take a look. Bought my first car (2010 328xi) and I gotta get some winters for it. Planning to change 'em myself, I'm just a little paranoid about damaging the plastic at the jack points (new car paranoia).

You can use a regular jack to prop up the car on the pads even though they don't "fit". It actually makes for a better fit, because the rubber deforms slightly under the pressure and is less likely to slip out.

If you do manage to really mess up the rubber pads, they cost only ~$5 each at the stealership.