Yosemite with a dog?
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We were there a couple of years ago (no dogs) with extended family and rented two houses via Air BNB or VRBO, they were up the hill from the valley.
It looks like the Awahnee will take small dogs and the back patio is a great place to sit in the evening and have a couple of drinks!
It looks like the Awahnee will take small dogs and the back patio is a great place to sit in the evening and have a couple of drinks!
jmackro
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Well, from the picture he posted, it looks like Arde's dog does drink!
Thanks!!
We are there, beautiful place. E39 window regulator failed so the bears may sleep in my car. BMW window regulator designed by somebody not as smart as the average bear. Cannot remove the door trim with the regular screwdrivers in the tool box…. Oh well.
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As long as you didn’t leave food in the car you might be lucky and only have a marmot visit.
Cute!!!
I survived two nights with no bear intrusions and now have to repair the regulator. Tricky from the videos I watched.
Mike Goble
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Is it a dog party?
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Very brave to travel that far from home in an E39. Gremlins have been awoken and officially released in about 2019. All downhill from here. Ask me how I know, no scratch that. Too many expensive memories. Safe travels. Nice scenery, and any story with dogs and especially Marmots usually gets my attention. 
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Oh the E39 M5 performed great and it is fully sorted. Here is a pictorial racconto I hope you enjoy.Very brave to travel that far from home in an E39. Gremlins have been awoken and officially released in about 2019. All downhill from here. Ask me how I know, no scratch that. Too many expensive memories. Safe travels. Nice scenery, and any story with dogs and especially Marmots usually gets my attention.
There was a long planned wedding in Yosemite and my son had arranged a baby sitter for his daughter at the hotel, the baby sitter got Covid so I was offered the job on 24 hr notice. Off we go! That is what I own the M5 for! (and to one day escape justice into Tijuana
.)Great drive, arrived at the Ahwahnee in style but they only have Valet parking. Asked the valet if he can drive stickshiift, he said yes. The Valet wanted to keep the car cool so he lowered all windows, and the rear regulator quit...Other than the sparse E39 toolbox I only had one tool to fend against men, nature, bears, and BMW flaws. Second picture. The ladies pretended to drive the M5 while I pretended to fix the window in the day lot. I am sure other campers had plenty of tools and perhaps some of them were BMW mechanics, but we men do not ask for directions nor help. Self reliance.
No bears entered the car for three days and two nights. At the town of Mariposa inside the M5 I found something better than gold, my lost Lancia keys (picture 4), including the only copy I have for the gas tank! I tried to make a copy at the hardware store, surprisingly they do not carry 1974 blank Italian keys...but they sold me a tarp to deal with the air resonance of open rear windows. Picture 5.
With 100 degrees and dry air, nothing like an Ice Cream in Mariposa, where I discovered the ice cream has been patented. Pay up you infringing deadbeats!
Then I went to check a Delta Integrale that could also be fun to drive next time, and perhaps even less reliable. Picture 7. But then again the 330 in picture 8 would fit better at the Ahwahnee, just do not let the Valet guys near it.
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As the owner of another silver E39 M5 since 2001 I can attest to the fact that it is rock solid reliable. Only issues in almost 25 years of ownership have been:
- Cam angle sensor
- Rearview mirror leak
- Climate control module
- Front thrust arm bushings
- Fuel pump
- Thermostat
- Nav display controller fix
Fuel pump is the only one that prevented the car from getting to its destination. I'd drive it across country in a heartbeat.
To me it is a modern digital, OBD2, throttle by wire, etc car but to some, such as Malcom Gladwell, it is the last best sport sedan, largely because it is still analog (steering, diff, trans, etc). You might enjoy his podcast on the model: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/car...the-last-best-sport-sedan-ft-malcolm-gladwell
- Cam angle sensor
- Rearview mirror leak
- Climate control module
- Front thrust arm bushings
- Fuel pump
- Thermostat
- Nav display controller fix
Fuel pump is the only one that prevented the car from getting to its destination. I'd drive it across country in a heartbeat.
To me it is a modern digital, OBD2, throttle by wire, etc car but to some, such as Malcom Gladwell, it is the last best sport sedan, largely because it is still analog (steering, diff, trans, etc). You might enjoy his podcast on the model: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/car...the-last-best-sport-sedan-ft-malcolm-gladwell
The rearview mirror leak should have been a free recall or a lawsuit. That leak can lead to toxic and caustic fluid falling on other interior parts or people. Designing a mirror that self adjusts to light conditions is being too smart for your own good, there is nothing wrong with a simple two position mirror adjusted by the driver when needed.