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My 2008 e92 335i Monaco Blue...and a few previous cars
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01-05-2013, 11:48 PM | #1 |
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My 2008 e92 335i Monaco Blue...and a few previous cars
Hi All. I purchased a 2008 335i with Manual trans and iDrive from Carmax over Thanksgiving. I just installed the M3 trunk spoiler from Tischer, washed it and finally took some pics. It has just over 48K. Nothing too impressive - there are probably 100 pics of cars that look exactly the same, so I'll post up a couple of my former cars to mix it up a little. I have the OEM front lip and rear window spoilers in my garage waiting to get painted and installed, but that will come at tax return time.
Previous Car - 2004 Acura TL Manual Trans w/ Navi (was a GREAT CAR) Had to trade it it to get an Odyssey for the wife. is there a motor in there somewhere? And here is my baby from years ago. I learned A LOT from this car. I would buy this car back if I could find where it was. 1997 Honda Prelude w/ Manual Trans Thanks for looking! Last edited by NCGermerican; 01-06-2013 at 08:54 AM.. |
01-05-2013, 11:52 PM | #2 |
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congrats on your new MB E92-she looks great! your previous rides looked very nice as well, thanks for sharing!
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01-05-2013, 11:54 PM | #3 |
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Nice!! Any performance mods planned??
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01-05-2013, 11:54 PM | #4 |
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Nice Prelude,
And nice 335i
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01-05-2013, 11:54 PM | #5 |
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Alen you beat me to it again lol! 2nd I guess haha
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01-06-2013, 12:06 AM | #6 |
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Well, unfortunately my wife is giving me the heisman pose when it comes to too many performance upgrades. She was not a fan of the ride in the Prelude with the H&R sport springs and KYB AGX suspension. Plus, I paid an additional 2.5K for the Carmax bumper to bumper warranty that will last through 5 years or 125k miles. I don't want to do anything that could jeopardize the warranty.
HOWEVER, I'm really toying around with getting the JB4 and SSK. There are a few maintenance issues I need to get checked out - namely the intermittent steering column whine and walnut shell blasting. I would normally get an aftermarket exhaust, but I'm pretty impressed with the sound of the stock exhaust with the vacuum hose disconnected. |
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01-06-2013, 12:25 AM | #7 |
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Congrats on the new car.your previous cars looked nice! Do the jb4 you won't regret it!
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01-06-2013, 10:28 AM | #9 |
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Jb4/procede/cobb you won't be disappointed with either! And you can set them all to stock so the Mrs won't notice lol
I did the walnut shell blasting at around 68k miles.. I did not have that much carbon buildup (it's really only an issue if you idle the car a lot). I definitely recommend it for smooth idle and smooth acceleration
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The problem with the walnut blasting is that I really don't know what the intake valves look like - meaning would I just be throwing money out the window. I have no idea how the previous owner drove the car, so it's really just a gamble. I plan on taking advantage of a group buy at a local dealership. I see you're from Northern NJ - I lived in Hackensack for 3 years before moving down to NC back in 2005. My wife is from Ridgefield Park and my brother currently lives in Teaneck. I had my Prelude all over the back roads around the Franklin Lakes. |
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01-07-2013, 01:27 AM | #11 |
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That's funny, I came from a 2007 Acura TL-S to a Monaco blue e92 as well.
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01-07-2013, 08:45 AM | #14 |
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Great color choice! Very hard to keep clean though
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01-07-2013, 03:45 PM | #21 |
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NICE! i have the exact same color combo and i love it. That interior is a bitch to keep clean though. Mine was just like yours when new, but now the interior is more like your TL's interior color. LOL
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