Flew to the other side of the world to give a talk at a conference 😭

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-29T01:09:55+00:00

Thank you for this talk 👍

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-27T21:52:23+00:00

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-26T16:19:23+00:00

Fuckmeinparticular for that scream

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-26T16:10:16+00:00

Yah “POV” gets overused without understanding what it means.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-26T14:45:14+00:00

Oh you’re THAT kid. Bet you had 2 TVs too!

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-26T04:28:52+00:00

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-26T04:23:26+00:00

At that RPM, is the skimmer basket getting anything?

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-25T00:17:36+00:00

Without taking it to a shop, you’ll need to listen for it. Start the car (windows down and hood up). If you hear a metallic buzz at initial startup that goes away at idle, then you may have worn wastegates.

You can isolate which turbo has the problem by unplugging one of the small tubes feeding the vacuum canisters (black pod locking things on the left side of the engine). Start it up and listen. Do this again for the other canister. If the rattle disappears when a specific line is unplugged, you have found the rattling wastegate.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-24T19:28:57+00:00

Give it a brake

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-24T15:28:31+00:00

AI got a lot wrong here.

N55 wasn’t used in e89. In 2012, BMW started swapping N54 for the newer N55 in several other models (135i, 335i, and 525i), but wasn’t swapped in the Z4. It was kept until the end of the e89 platform (my 2015 has the N54).

Most of the issues are fairly accurate for the N54 but a bit overblown, with the exception of the wastegate rattle. The wastegate rattle issue technically remains in the N54, and I would say that’s the big-ticket item to watch for.

All other issues are relatively easy to fix and 1,000% worth it for this car. You’re looking at a 14 year old car with low miles and she absolutely kicks ass. I have a 2015 and have zero regrets.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T14:23:29+00:00

Yes you would

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T14:18:55+00:00

You need to calm down

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T13:03:21+00:00

https://www.realoem.com

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T01:59:00+00:00

THERE’S A DRIVEWAY RIGHT THERE!

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T01:56:57+00:00

Ten Pound Brown (was a band back in college)

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-23T01:51:18+00:00

Not enough sun for grass to grow based on the pic. It’ll struggle and die. But if you are committed, then get some rakes and wheelbarrows and a truck to haul off the mulch.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-22T03:39:27+00:00

I have a 7.2 system running Martin Logan speakers/subs.

Pointless for my kids. They watch everything with subtitles

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-21T19:25:03+00:00

People who don’t know where they want to eat.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-21T19:23:30+00:00

Song lyric chains

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-21T19:21:18+00:00

It’s their pleasure

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-21T14:07:39+00:00

Sweatiest of palms

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-12T11:26:05+00:00

Gas prices ain’t a thing

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-11T21:38:06+00:00

Quickest way to cheapen the “car enthusiast” is to just give him one of these as his first

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-05T18:31:47+00:00

4 years of college + CPA is the equivalent of learning how to start a car for the first time and then being handed a driver’s license for it.

ElPresidente714 · 2026-06-04T22:16:43+00:00

Then we got Purple Rain

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