February 28, 2013 11:14AM
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After the huge dump of snow that we got last night, I had to get up a little earlier this morning to shovel out the driveway. Mission accomplished, and all sweaty from the hard work, I moved the car back into the newly cleaned driveway and intended to go back into the house to have a shower before heading off to the office.
Except, I discovered I had locked myself out of the house! On the way out I must have bumped up against the button that locks the screen door on our front entrance. It's locked tight now. #$%! If this was summer there would only be a screen in the door and I could easily push that out. But in the winter the door has a glass window in it and I really don't want to break that. My wife had already left for work earlier. My neighbour, who keeps a spare set of keys to our house, had also already left. What to do? What to do? No house keys, but I do have my car keys. I could just drive to the office for the day in my sweat-soaked snow-shoveling clothes. Nah. Hmmm, car keys. There are tools in the trunk! Eureka! Grabbed the pliers, pulled the pins out of the screen door hinges, lifted the entire door out of the frame, and presto, I'm in! First time I ever used any of those tools in the trunk. I'm amazed I remembered they were there. |
February 28, 2013 03:17PM
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Good work! I always forget they're there, too, but then since I always keep a "real" (albeit small) toolbox in the trunk, that toy set in the trunk lid doesn't really serve much purpose for me. But it's still kinda cool that BMW thought enough of their customers to give them a set of tools to work on the car. __________ Dave '91 325iX |
February 28, 2013 03:20PM
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March 05, 2013 10:03PM
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This is so funny, but nice going Ferdinand. I think those silly tools have come in handy a few times also |
March 27, 2013 09:37AM
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Over here, on a clean model e30, a complete original tool kit is very sought after and a big bargining point during the sale, a car with a complete, original tool kit will easily fetch 2000 - 3000 ZAR more than the identical car without.
Even better if it also has the original, portable flashlight in the glovebox. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E30'S AREN'T BUILT, THEY'RE CAUGHT IN THE WILD!!! When in doubt, use full throttle, it may not improve the situation, but it will end the suspence. |
March 28, 2013 02:32PM
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I think you can still buy those flash lights from Bmw, about 30 bucks if I remember correctly. Rick |
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I still have one of those tape cleaning kits. Mine came with a 6 disk cd changer in the trunk too but the moisture condensation inside it finally took its toll and the mechanism no longer works correctly. Wish I could find a replacement that just plugs in directly. I like the simplicity of the stock radio.
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