Yank in your neck of the woods

[m3dragon]

Evening Gents,

Heading your way Friday. Looking forward to exploring your neck of the woods and hopefully meeting up with fellow enthusiasts.

Thank you again for all the suggestion of where to go.

[m3dragon]

Work was slow so I made a rough idea for the Ireland leg of the trip

Link to rough map route

Is there anything towards Castlebar that I am missing? I used Google to find the "top" sights to see in Ireland. The stops listed are what came up to see when visiting.

We are starting in Dublin and ending in Belfast. From Belfast head over to Scotland.

[northernjim]

Hence why I couldn't believe they just didn't do what you did - seems a bit lazy on BMW's behalf :moan:!

saves a few grams tho' :smokin::clown:

[Mike R]

Wow, well that was not very German now was it :119:

Hence why I couldn't believe they just didn't do what you did - seems a bit lazy on BMW's behalf :moan:!

[m3dragon]

Yes, you have remove most of the air box to access it - stupid design LOL.

Wow, well that was not very German now was it :119:

[Mike R]

Thanks Steve.

Where is the dipstick on your guys OE cars? Is it just a short tube under the air box which is my guess based on the posts. If you want to do it buy a OE standard M3 dip stick and put two bends in in to clear the air box.

Yes, you have remove most of the air box to access it - stupid design LOL.

[m3dragon]

Excellent build write up..... and I'd like to do that dipstick mod.


Steve

Thanks Steve.

Where is the dipstick on your guys OE cars? Is it just a short tube under the air box which is my guess based on the posts. If you want to do it buy a OE standard M3 dip stick and put two bends in in to clear the air box.

[m3dragon]

Wow thanks gang for all the info and friendliness.

I will post the map of our planned route and dates in a week so. Any input on it would be great in case we missed something we should see. Just don't hate on my rental car if I we meet up LOL :hahaha:

In case any of you want a holiday out west, I am leading a road trip to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons at the end of June when we get back from this trip. Anyone here is welcome to come out west and join. Thread is here

If you want to fly into Sacramento, you are welcome to stay in one of our rooms to join us on our caravan there. Or I can try to put you in touch with a east cost caravan.

Cheers

[Jon8710]

give me a shout when you in london and id be happy to take you out

[Steve B]

Excellent build write up..... and I'd like to do that dipstick mod.


Steve

[LeinsCSL]

Drop me a PM when you know if/when you're in Dublin, and will try and meet up if I'm about. There might be a few of us messing about with cars on the bank holiday weekend when we get back from Munich (first weekend of June)

Welcome along btw!

[Mike R]

HAHA so you were either bored or just curious about my car. The Dipstick was bent using a tube bender. Probably about a 10 task. Just make sure to take your time and don't rush it.

All us US guys who do the conversion have to do that as it is not cost effective to do all the CSL parts. Example are my door panels, same look as yours with Oe handles, but I did them in alcentra. Stole the idea from my 1M.

I did something similar to my track car .

[m3dragon]

Wow thanks for the info.

Rough Idea is 4-5 days in Ireland to see the sites. Then cross over to Scotland and then work south and end in London.

As the distances are short for us, I am sure we will get to see a lot. Mrs and I organize fun drives that cover more than 321 kilometers on average.

[streightsix]

If you are in Scotland Edinburgh is a very nice city
Also you should try and visit Pitlochry in Perth-shire its beautiful and some fantastic roads. :supz:

http://www.pitlochry.org/

+1
I do the run up from down south fairly regularly *Pitlochry* :thumbs:
West coast is awesome too, a long trek but worth it, one of my favourite roads B9007 past Lochindorb a couple of weeks back, obviously not as picturesque as the west coast - Muir of Ord and up to Ullapool :smokin:

[m3dragon]

HAHA so you were either bored or just curious about my car. The Dipstick was bent using a tube bender. Probably about a 10 task. Just make sure to take your time and don't rush it.

All us US guys who do the conversion have to do that as it is not cost effective to do all the CSL parts. Example are my door panels, same look as yours with Oe handles, but I did them in alcentra. Stole the idea from my 1M.