Sorry, sorry, sorry
bela22,
My apology - no offence was intended - my remark was meant to be light hearted, and was made to poke some fun only.
I do understand there are purists out there who want absolutely everything to be correct. Good luck to them - the perfect, unmolested e9 is a good thing in my opinion as it lets us know from time to time how things were and could be on our cars which are not in this condition. ( like mine ) They are THE perfect reference guide.
About 14 years ago, I drove my recently restored CSi about 400 miles to a BMW show. I was there simply to visit, but the organisers and marshals very quickly had a hangar door open, and my car brought inside and put on display. I was proud.
A few minutes later, a beautiful CSL with bat kit was lovingly taken off a trailer, pushed into place next to my car. The trailer was taken off and hidden somewhere, and then husband and wife pulled their his n hers matching cleaning kits from the boot and went to town wiping, polishing everything.
My car still had some of those 130mph wasps on the front.
I spoke with the guy and he told me he had not driven his car for almost 3 years. My car is as precious to me as his is to him. I cannot fault the guy for his love and care for his vehicle, but I was not on my hands and knees with black boot polish and a tooth brush doing between the tyre treads.
Different strokes for different blokes.
I am sure you will get advice on the correct make, type, colour of battery as many on the board have this type of knowledge.
Once again, I'm sorry!
