Is BMW a better car than a Mercedes? - Page 4 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Capt. Mike · #46 06-29-2021, 08:57 AM

BMWs turbo V8 had lots of problems.

Whose idea was it to put a heat bomb in the Vee of the V8?

Autoputzer · #47 06-29-2021, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt. Mike

BMWs turbo V8 had lots of problems.

Whose idea was it to put a heat bomb in the Vee of the V8?

Yep. Anything plastic or rubber in or on the engine eventually gets hard and cracks. But, they're amazingly powerful and fuel efficient engines... and sort of a jobs program for BMW mechanics.

engatwork · #48 06-30-2021, 05:34 PM

Best ownership experience for the N55 is to get rid of it by no later than 150k if you make it that far.

tbomachines · #49 06-30-2021, 05:42 PM

I had mibe for about 20k. Amazing car to drive, N55 was a fantastic engine but dumped it when the warranty was up.

Meticulously maintained, and throwing VANOS codes at 50k. Not to mention a full i drive failure that took 4-5 weeks for the shop to repair. I shudder to think how much it would have cost.

Other BMWs I have driven or ridden in are pretty meh on the inside. If that M135 wasnt so damn fun to drive i doubt id have even bought it. I replaced it with the saturn, which is an absolute blast.

davidmash · #50 06-30-2021, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

The question of “how can we make cars lighter“ has been asked for some time.

And safer.

davidmash · #51 06-30-2021, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Autoputzer

I write down everything I spend on a spreadsheet, including the places I buy/spend. Yesterday was my first trip to Walmart in 2021. I've stuck pretty much to Publix, Winn-Dixie, Sam's Club, Autozone, and Lowe's this year, especially pre-vaccination.

The hottie's back was to me when I was heading into the garden shop. But, coming out, she was on the other side of the two lane isle. She moved over to my side and and was less than a foot from me when we passed each other. She wanted to show me those whoppers. Maybe she caught me checking her out on my way to the garden department.

My Walmart run today was for "blue ice" bricks and some spikes to hold the weed control mat down in my shrub beds. Walmart's garden department is small, but luckily they had the spikes. Lowe's and HD didn't have blue ice bricks. Walmart's almost across from the BBQ place, so it was a two-for-one trip.... four-for-one if you count the whoppers.

I never leave the house without an ice chest full of cold water, hence the blue ice bricks.

I got a smile from a middle-age Hispanic mommy in Olive Garden when I was there for dinner. It must be the beard I'm growing. When I smiled back, her hubby gave me a dirty look.

Same dam thing.

Autoputzer · #52 07-01-2021, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by davidmash

Same dam thing.

Same company, different customers.

Using Sam's Club requires somebody to have a plan for bulk buying and storage, and have the ability to come up with money or credit for bulk buying and the annual membership fee.

My top four items from Sam's Club are: canned cat food (60 5.5 oz. cans/box), cat treats (3 one-pound bags/box), lightweight cat litter (19.5 lb. box), and spring water (40 0.5l bottles/case and six one-gallon bottles/box).

I'm hooked on their dark chocolate, almonds, and sea salt "thins." (broken up sheets of candy).

https://www.samsclub.com/p/members-mark-dark-chocolate-thins-almonds-sea-salt-20oz/prod23030856?pid=_Aff_LS&siteID=msYS1Nvjv4c-WwbHWR6iVBRfJXPkBQVgMQ&ranMID=38733&ranEAID=msYS1Nvjv4c&ranSiteID=msYS1Nvjv4c-WwbHWR6iVBRfJXPkBQVgMQ&pubNAME=Bing+Rebates+-+Core

We call it "Crystal Brown Persuasion," a play on the AMC cable TV series "Breaking Bad."

https://youtu.be/YsO3MMJNHZQ

NW Floriduh has awesome spring water. When I go on road trips, I take a case of local water with me. It's better than what's locally available in TX, TN, NC, VA, etc. White people settled in Bubba County because of the springs, despite the poisonous snake infestation and lousy soil, on their way back to the east coast from New Orleans after the War of 1812..

The cheapest spring water available is from Sam's Club. The supply gets disrupted and diverted during natural disasters. So, my "inventory minimum and maximum objectives" are six to twelve cases. Six cases fit in the back of an X3, X5, or X7. We go through about two 20-liter cases per week. Luckily, I was close to twelve cases on hand when the hurricane flattened half of Bubba County in 2018, and at the start of the 2020 lockdown-smackdown.

Humping that water to and around our current house is a PIA. I designed our next house with a short SUV-case storage area-bottle storage area-refrigerator path, with the pantry having a door opening out to the driveway going down the side of the house, and pantry-kitchen pass-thru shelves between the pantry and kitchen. I'll slide a case onto the pass-thru shelves and then cut the shrink wrap off. ... Lean Six Sigma!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_Six_Sigma

Most of our ~75 cubic feet/year of compacted recycled #1 and #2 plastic is spring water bottles. The pantry floor will be 19.5" lower than the kitchen floor. The empty bottles will go into a laundry basket sitting below the pass-thru shelves. The top of the basket will be at about the same level as the kitchen floor. I'll toss the empty bottles in the basket from the kitchen. ... more Lean Six Sigma.

Walmart Corporation is the fourth largest employer in Bubba County after: DoD, the Bubba School District, and the Catholic Medical Center.

INSIDIOUS · #53 07-01-2021, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Autoputzer

A few years ago, BMW NA announced they'd stop selling BMW LL-01 5W-30, replacing it with BMW LL-01FE 0W-30. In addition to having a low "W" SAE viscosity index, the LL-01FE has a lower high-temperature viscosity than LL-01. But, BMW NA changed their minds and kept selling LL-01.

I have to "smuggle" my #1 and #2 plastics, and magazines over into the next county's recycling bins, 21 miles from my house. It'd be environmentally stupid to make a special trip, so I wait until I'm heading that way. I've only seen two people there in about two years. But, the recycling trailers are in a paved parking lot of the county complex. Recycling trailers on pavement is a rare thing in NF Floriduh. So, I can drop off recycling and not get my cars' carpets dirty!

The county complex has a library. That's now my go-to place for pissing and crapping on my way home from P'cola. Once I get out of the car for recycling, that starts the... well... "flow from below" and I don't want to have to hold it in for 21 miles.

The courthouse is closer to the recycling bins, but is crowded if it's court day. Some woman there once was asking me where traffic court was. I couldn't resist saying "I don't know, I just stopped by to take a crap."

Cats like to run a "victory lap" around the house after taking a crap. I've pick up a lot of cat mannerisms over the decades, including that one. I really don't run. I just sort of run in place and say "meow, meow, meow..." Frau Putzer finds that disgusting.

TMI

INSIDIOUS · #54 07-01-2021, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Autoputzer

Same company, different customers.

you are the same customer at both

Quote:

Using Sam's Club requires somebody to have a plan for bulk buying and storage, and have the ability to come up with money or credit for bulk buying and the annual membership fee.

My top four items from Sam's Club are: canned cat food (60 5.5 oz. cans/box), cat treats (3 one-pound bags/box), lightweight cat litter (19.5 lb. box), and spring water (40 0.5l bottles/case and six one-gallon bottles/box).

I'm hooked on their dark chocolate, almonds, and sea salt "thins." (broken up sheets of candy).

https://www.samsclub.com/p/members-mark-dark-chocolate-thins-almonds-sea-salt-20oz/prod23030856?pid=_Aff_LS&siteID=msYS1Nvjv4c-WwbHWR6iVBRfJXPkBQVgMQ&ranMID=38733&ranEAID=msYS1Nvjv4c&ranSiteID=msYS1Nvjv4c-WwbHWR6iVBRfJXPkBQVgMQ&pubNAME=Bing+Rebates+-+Core

We call it "Crystal Brown Persuasion," a play on the AMC cable TV series "Breaking Bad."

https://youtu.be/YsO3MMJNHZQ

NW Floriduh has awesome spring water. When I go on road trips, I take a case of local water with me. It's better than what's locally available in TX, TN, NC, VA, etc. White people settled in Bubba County because of the springs, despite the poisonous snake infestation and lousy soil, on their way back to the east coast from New Orleans after the War of 1812..

The cheapest spring water available is from Sam's Club. The supply gets disrupted and diverted during natural disasters. So, my "inventory minimum and maximum objectives" are six to twelve cases. Six cases fit in the back of an X3, X5, or X7. We go through about two 20-liter cases per week. Luckily, I was close to twelve cases on hand when the hurricane flattened half of Bubba County in 2018, and at the start of the 2020 lockdown-smackdown.

Humping that water to and around our current house is a PIA. I designed our next house with a short SUV-case storage area-bottle storage area-refrigerator path, with the pantry having a door opening out to the driveway going down the side of the house, and pantry-kitchen pass-thru shelves between the pantry and kitchen. I'll slide a case onto the pass-thru shelves and then cut the shrink wrap off. ... Lean Six Sigma!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_Six_Sigma

Most of our ~75 cubic feet/year of compacted recycled #1 and #2 plastic is spring water bottles. The pantry floor will be 19.5" lower than the kitchen floor. The empty bottles will go into a laundry basket sitting below the pass-thru shelves. The top of the basket will be at about the same level as the kitchen floor. I'll toss the empty bottles in the basket from the kitchen. ... more Lean Six Sigma.

Walmart Corporation is the fourth largest employer in Bubba County after: DoD, the Bubba School District, and the Catholic Medical Center.

Capt. Mike · #55 07-03-2021, 08:09 PM

We use Brita in the house.

Tastes great.

Less filling.

Hell of a lot lighter to lug around. Environmentally friendly compared to bottles of Poland Spring, which tastes better than that florider crap.

davidmash · #56 07-03-2021, 09:45 PM

We use an RO I installed when we moved here.

Autoputzer · #57 07-03-2021, 11:29 PM

I used to go to sea for two weeks at a time. I'd take a case of water with me. But, it was done in a couple of days. The ship made water from RO and it was pretty good.

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