So what have you done to your car today?

[countrywoman]

Moved my next hot rod build to my workshop yesterday with the help of friends from hot rod club ,the Last of the Summer Wine car transport!! well Nick is same age as me 70 and Brian is in his 80s (still drag racing) . Treated them to a brew in the pub opposite after as well as an 1/2 for me ,we all earned it. Bumper and o/s front wing removed by 4.30 with the aid of a grinder as all the fixings are rusted solid. Today everything aches!!!!

[Andy B]

just ordered an expansion tank cap for my ML. It told me the level was low last week & it took a pint of water to fill it. There was a blue coolant trace above the 'O' ring in the old cap so I've gone for the cheapest/easiest fix first!
It's the first time in the 6 years I've owned the car that it's needed a top up!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

just ordered an expansion tank cap for my ML. It told me the level was low last week & it took a pint of water to fill it. There was a blue coolant trace above the 'O' ring in the old cap so I've gone for the cheapest/easiest fix first!
It's the first time in the 6 years I've owned the car that it's needed a top up!

Air suspension must be due for another expensive replacement.

[Andy B]

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Air suspension must be due for another expensive replacement.

Shhhhhh! 

[countrywoman]

Ah, the sound of an air leak!!!

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

 

[Andy B]

Ah, the sound of an air leak!!!

[Doctor Gollum]

No such frivalry on mine. Thank goodness. No DPF or Adblue either

[TheBoy]

Ah, the sound of an air leak!!!

I suffered a lot of that following a curry the other night....

[ronnyd]

Driving home from Newmarket this afternoon and overtook a Manchetts recovery truck with what looked like a huge skip on the back. Seems it was a EV Cool Tub for dumping them in there to transport them safely and contain any thermal runaway whilst in transit. Googled it and some wag reckons that all EV's should end up in there. 

[Auto Addict]

Brushed the spiders webs off my side mirrors.

[Andy B]

..... No DPF or Adblue either

show off! 

[Raeturbo]

Driving home from Newmarket this afternoon and overtook a Manchetts recovery truck with what looked like a huge skip on the back. Seems it was a EV Cool Tub for dumping them in there to transport them safely and contain any thermal runaway whilst in transit. Googled it and some wag reckons that all EV's should end up in there. 

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[Sir Tigger KC]

Stuffed a few 6x3 fence panels in the back. 

A couple of observations though, and how the design has changed from my old 1999 E39 530d Touring.

Firstly, the back seats don't fold so you get a flat load bed. On my old E39 the back seat pulled up and the seat backs then folded down into the hole giving a flat bed, as is the case with most estate cars. With the F11 the back seat is fixed and the seat backs fold over the seat and so the load bed angles up where the back seats are. 

Secondly, the E39 had a really clever storage solution for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge*. There were two brackets in the back seat footwell and the cartridge easily slotted in and it was secure and out of the way when the back seats were down.    On the F11, the brackets for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge are on the back of the rear seat backs. So if you need to use the whole of the space in the back when the seats are down, not only do the back seats not fold flat but the cartridge is in the way.   

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

* Don't know what it's called, but it's the housing for the boot cover and dog guard which are like roller blinds. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Stuffed a few 6x3 fence panels in the back. 

A couple of observations though, and how the design has changed from my old 1999 E39 530d Touring.

Firstly, the back seats don't fold so you get a flat load bed. On my old E39 the back seat pulled up and the seat backs then folded down into the hole giving a flat bed, as is the case with most estate cars. With the F11 the back seat is fixed and the seat backs fold over the seat and so the load bed angles up where the back seats are. 

Secondly, the E39 had a really clever storage solution for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge*. There were two brackets in the back seat footwell and the cartridge easily slotted in and it was secure and out of the way when the back seats were down.    On the F11, the brackets for the boot cover/dog guard cartridge are on the back of the rear seat backs. So if you need to use the whole of the space in the back when the seats are down, not only do the back seats not fold flat but the cartridge is in the way.   

Progress!    I'm sure TB would be saying that the designer should be taken out and shot in front of his family or something! 

* Don't know what it's called, but it's the housing for the boot cover and dog guard which are like roller blinds. 

Does the seat base lift out easily enough?

You might find that you can hook it out and rest it on its front edge with the backrests folded more flatly

It's possible that fold flat was part of an option pack, or if it has built in child seats that it deleted the ability to fold the base up...