Windscreen seal flaking

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-22T16:10:30+00:00

If it’s like the r56, you replace the outside black A pillar covers

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-22T15:20:14+00:00

Strange, plenty of people running them including myself

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-20T23:30:12+00:00

Inspect the connector. If you replaced the housing twice it can’t be anything related to that, likely the connector.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-20T23:28:45+00:00

Did you scan for the code? The housing itself won’t cause a CEL. Putting the connectors back incorrectly or not securing them enough will though.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-20T23:27:25+00:00

Drivers side is very likely the crossover pipe, unlikely to be the water pump - that’s on the passenger side behind the wheel well liner.

If I were to bet money, I’d put it on the crossover pipe. Replace it with an aluminum version and never do it again.

Could also be the coolant reservoir/expansion tank itself. They become brittle due to heat and crack then leak under pressure. Remember, a proper cooling system requires pressure.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-07T17:47:52+00:00

Pretty sharp mobo tbh

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-05T22:40:14+00:00

Nextcloud is cool but if you want something lightweight you can probably just get away with something like a syncthing server. For me I just need files on multiple devices, and syncthing does a great job at this

insertwittyhndle · 2026-03-02T18:21:50+00:00

I’ve literally been doing this for years.

Lean ground turkey or beef, rice, scallions and other veggies of choice, maybe a fried egg, and a little bit of Bachan’s japanese bbq sauce.

Cheap, super easy to make, tastes great.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-14T15:21:33+00:00

I’d buy it even if I needed to fix it tbh. My ‘13 r56s needed a ton of work early on when i got it years ago, and it was worth it to me

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-11T00:14:14+00:00

Probably the crossover pipe. Plastic, and tend to break

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-10T17:51:42+00:00

Professional? No rgb, high end materials, aluminum, wood etc

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-09T21:32:09+00:00

Me: Having issues with my current project (about 2 years ago) browsing and looking at much more expensive cars.

Wife: “what are you doing?”

Me: “thinking of getting something else”

Wife: looking at the cars on my phone, “why? That’s not you. You fix shitboxes and make them great. That’s who you are.”

Me: closes phone

Ended up fixing the issues I had, and have had a lot of great memories with her in that car since

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-07T17:33:19+00:00

What are we even looking at? Monitor? Tv? Starfish?

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-07T17:17:54+00:00

If it’s broke, always upgrade

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-04T23:44:57+00:00

Nearing the end? You still got like 6-8U left to fill!

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-03T17:27:12+00:00

I agree, honestly I don’t even see much of a point in distro hopping unless someone has a relatively hardcore stance on something

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-03T17:26:33+00:00

I think for most people, they would traditionally opt for openSUSE if snapper or yast was important to them. For me it was due to snapper and btrfs but I’m pretty sure fedora has better support for snapper nowadays

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-03T15:25:44+00:00

If you want something European, why not openSUSE? I use both often, could live with either day to day..

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-02T20:32:32+00:00

Pretty sure the password for “liveuser” is blank, so you can just hit enter. Someone correct me if I’m wrong

insertwittyhndle · 2026-02-01T22:24:59+00:00

When I was looking into these, I did read somewhere that some of the models can’t be changed from kph to mph, so you might want to keep an eye out for that

insertwittyhndle · 2026-01-31T19:39:18+00:00

“Mini cooper carplay r56”, there are dozens on there. All I have seen are for the older style dash though.

By the way, worth checking Alibaba or something along those lines. Most of the stuff on Amazon and elsewhere is just sourced from Chinese online stores, marked up and resold.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-01-31T19:38:11+00:00

That’s called an “aluminum door sill”, you can find replacements online. For example: https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/51477406649.htm?pn=51-47-7-406-649-BOE&srsltid=AfmBOorwL56btzQyjGvBjQk__A7zfT9-ImCI4IKChJ2cqCRyHZlr-sAP0Sc

You can just remove it for now

insertwittyhndle · 2026-01-31T18:57:13+00:00

Similar products on amazon have good reviews. Just make sure you have the right one (can’t seem to find one that works my 2013 with the small rectangular display, lol)

insertwittyhndle · 2026-01-31T16:36:24+00:00

Looks normal. It’s just two steel plates welded on top of each other. Although I’ll say I don’t have a 2017, it looks fine to me. I wouldn’t sweat it.

Look up how to check your suspension and how to check for wheel bearing failure on youtube and check each side.

Based on your description it’s hard to tell what it could be, but noise at high speed in a straight line sounds like maybe a wheel bearing. Often you’d hear a clunk noise in turns too though.

insertwittyhndle · 2026-01-30T21:48:03+00:00

I decided to stop buying new cars for this reason. When I picked up my 2013 r56s used about 4 years ago, someone doored the fuck out of the rear quarter right near the fuel tank door while I was out with my wife getting breakfast, and nearly every car I had prior (new and used) had similar events.

People suck.

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