Alpina B8 #64 of 93 Limo

[Scooter]

Working on the wheels....Soooo much work to get the hardened crap off these things. I've only managed to finish one rear wheel and it took me over an hour and it's not even super clean. I can tell you this though....I'm definitely taking the other ones off the car to clean them. It should make it a bit easier.

A couple of pics from when I was part way done. You can definitely see the difference in where I've cleaned. I'm not looking forward to the fronts....they have more stuff caked on

[Scooter]

I did a drive up to Duffey Lake the other day and this drive is nothing short of f***ing amazing!!!!! Pretty much from Whistler onwards is full of lots of twisty roads and not a lot of traffic. I'm sure the weekends have more, but I was able to do the drive on a week day. I think it might have been the best day I've had all summer

[admin]

Wonderful pics Scooter. Looks like you're having an extended summer as are we.

[jrsmitchell]

Awesome pics, what a great location!

[Scooter]

Got one last wash and wax in before the rain started. The Porter Cable made the hood, roof and trunk much easier to wax, but there was lots of bumps and stuff to go around on the sides, so I might just wax by hand in the future.

[roadster-s]

Nice

You may want to try 4" pads for the sides, front and back, much easier to spread around curves and creases.

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by roadster-s

You may want to try 4" pads for the sides, front and back, much easier to spread around curves and creases.

Good thinking! I'll have to see if I can pick some up.

Took a couple of Fall photos today.

[Scooter]

Fresh oil change today Looking forward to nicer spring summer weather....I hope.

The car developed a misfire a few weeks back. It seems to be intermittent with it misfiring most of the time. I'm not sure if it's from the older gas in the tank or maybe a coil pack issue. I disconnected the MAF and the car was surging on idle, so i don't think the MAF is the issue.

I have new valve cover gaskets coming in a few weeks, so I'll give it a better diagnosis when I replace those. And after I run through the gas that's in the tank.