'88 BMW E24 635CSi Highline

[NeilP]

saw the pics on flickr mate, not even re-furbed them properly!

have you tried claiming under house insurance for the wheels?

[Bent6]

I may want to reconsider mounting my compressor and tank in the spare well. Sorry to hear such a bitch maiden voyage.

[Jorge]

Plates on the back. Just didn't want to post it openly.

Post up any pics you've got !

[MadMax]

shit, just noticed that!

I know that it was Ziptied to the lower grill but I also know that the one annoying german guy that turned up yesterday has a picture where you can see the Plate and the Wheels

[stinkinrich]

..or did they take it off ??

shit, just noticed that!

[MadMax]

I somewhere got Pictures of the marks it left on the Grass

Those stealing Scumbags, did you Photoshop the Plate of that Bora away or did they take it off ??

[gionni]

Really nice 635....

[Anonymoose]

What do you do, call cops with a picture of their car and hope they investigate? Do they have serial numbers you can reference Jorge?

Why did you guys not leave the car wheel less at the show eh!?!

[stinkinrich]

They looked like dodgy fucks, car full of em.

[Anonymoose]

What's the plan for the stolen wheels now, did you talk to the guy that owns the car? Knew they'd be there

[Jorge]

It was a redrill. New bolts. And touch up.

[Jorge]

It was a redrill. New bolts. And touch up.

[stinkinrich]

I dont think they were refurbed, bolts looked less than a week old though, easy.

[sCrapp]

that was a very short amount of time to redrill and refurbish. Sorry to hear about the bag too.

Must have been a shit long afternoon.

[Jorge]

Update:

Players show yesterday, the first outing for the BMW. I taxed it this week, cleaned it, polished it and tidied the car up.



Woke at 5.30am to start the 2 1/2 hour drive down. Met my friend in the red S2K at the petrol station. Ignore the sidelight bulb.




Arrived at Players, North Weald Airfield at 8.30am, noticed a flat in the large queue to entrance. Didn't think much of it, met a couple of others and headed to the 'StanceWorks' stand... (there was no stand areas, just park where you are told...)

Got the banner out, at least the flat made it sit lower in the grass?




Had a look around, caught up with some people then decided to sort the spare which is where problems began.

Blagged a can of tyreweld off BenKoflach, filled the tyre... foam just spewed out the otherside and got a compressor off one of Dips friends on their stand, still couldn't get enough pressure to hold air.

Next was to find a spare, I stupidly left mine in the garage. Never again. I bought all I thought I'd need, tools, water, jump leads and a jerry can.

Dips again sorted us out with a spare, unfortunately the E36 spare caught the bag. I then found a spare from an E38... it was a monster tyre but fit. Just. Fag paper clearance. Took a slight test drive and smelt some burning rubber. The tyre was catching on the very base of the bag. It had worn a groove and thought this would be sufficient enough to drive. I was wrong, very wrong. Pulled out of the airfield, still going sub 20mph and all of a sudden a huge BANG and the front corner dropped.

I popped the bag.









Decided it was time to call it quits and did what I should have to start. Call my breakdown cover. Rang at 4pm, and at 5 a trailer came out. I told them it would need a low loader but no, they sent a standard tilt one. Another hour later, a second guy arrives. Same truck kind. Another 2 hours later, he comes back with a tri-fold flat loader.

The lowest car they have ever loaded apparently. Took a lot of pissing around with wooden blocks to get it on. The chassis rails are literally 5mm off the ground, and the flat tyre didn't help. Ended up being jammed on a piece of wood and dragged up with the winch.

It was gone 9pm now. I was getting tired and very hungry. (The recovery company asked me to take a few photos for them)











An hour later I arrived at Toddington services and was told I had to swap trailers to another company to take me the rest of the way home.

The next driver arrived 15minutes later giving me time to get a much needed BK. He was an old boy who had 20 years experience unlike the first foreigner who didn't have a clue. Within 10 minutes we had loaded it off one and on to the other, only using two pieces of wood.











At 12.34am I finally arrived home. The second guy flew down the M1 to get us back. Had a good chat talking about some drunk girl he picked up yesterday who had run down a flat tyre to past the edge of the steel wheel, loosing about an inch of metal. Got it off the trailer fine. Getting it onto the driveway... not a chance. Camber in the road, chassis rails and sump dragging. So here it sits now.



A sad end to a very long day.

Plus points:
- No fuel used
- I learnt to always take a spare
- Always call breakdown if in doubt

I will find out the full extent of the damage tomorrow when I try to get it onto a driveway.