{"id":1702,"date":"2010-03-07T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mukerji.co.uk\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2010-03-07T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T11:48:45","slug":"m5-spring-loving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mukerji.co.uk\/m5-spring-loving\/","title":{"rendered":"M5 spring loving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having suffered some criticism last weekend<\/a> for daring to permit my topic to stray from cars, here’s a long overdue update on the M5. It has had relatively little use over winter – a notable exception being a trip to Wales for the Wyedean rally.<\/p>\n

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I actually forgot to blog about that. Fortunately, Brenden did so<\/a>. Anyway, the M5 still had the Michelin Pilot Sports on the front that were fairly worn when I got it.<\/p>\n

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Legal, but tired, if you’ll forgive the pun. I therefore nipped out and got a pair of Good Year Eagle F1s – a quick \u00a3270 for 245\/40R18s.<\/p>\n

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After a brief pit-stop at Vines BMW to pick up some bits for the tractor (more on that next weekend I imagine), I decided to pay to have the car cleaned.<\/p>\n

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With a new set of boots and a bath, the super saloon was once again restored to its former glory!<\/p>\n

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There were a couple of other niggles I resolved too. Firstly, as ever, it needed a dash of oil (E39 M5s use oil at a rate comparable to petrol it seems). Also, regular readers may recall I mentioned the windscreen washer jets were broken. I bought the replacements before Christmas, and this weekend I finally got around to fitting them!<\/p>\n

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In the above photo the old ones are on the left – note that one of the inputs is completely missing!<\/p>\n

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The new items were really easy to fit, and now they’re aligned I’m pleased to once again be able to say that everything works on my M5 – not bad for a 10 year old car with all the bells and whistles! Next weekend: tractor time. Until then, I shall admire my lovely new boots.<\/p>\n

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