It can’t be a road trip blog without a post speaking about the third passenger, The Car. The BMW, nameless, is not on its better conditions. We used the changing tyres moment to do some checking.
Rear Suspension: Dead. Bumper without oil, broken spring.
Rear suspension
Front suspension: Terminal prognostic. Springs are OK, bumpers are on the end of their long career. We can observe some nasty corrosion, what can show us the engine from the outside, very practical…
Front suspension and corrosion
Engine: Good. We are lucky, the engine is consuming a little bit of oil, but is an acceptable leakage, probably, it will be fine.
Electronics: Crazy. Speedometer is working randomly, we check the real speed on the GPS. Windscreen washer, when it is not frozen, they are very useful, a must on that dirty roads. Windscreen wipers, if the speedometer is not working, we had to activate the manually every time we need one wiping (part of the fun). Radio, not working, the antenna wiring is lost, but we can listen our mp3 by USB.
Interior mess
Then, we must talk about our New Blue Suede Shoes, the new winter tyres, with spikes. They are so useful on these roads full of ice and snow. And we must talk about the guy who changed the tyres: he was faster than McLaren team. He only need one lift and the tool used to remove the screws of the wheel. With one single lift, he can change two wheels, the procedure consist in elevate the car more than normal, so the car is only in the ground by one rear tyre and the lifter. Safety? Guaranteed!
F1 tyre change
