Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:53 am
This is usually used in the U.S. to protect the dash from the sun, or to cover up a damaged dash.
Thanks for late welcome. Sorry for my late reply, lol...Simon wrote:Missed this thread!
A very late welcome, nice car.
Do I eyes fail me or is there carpet on yr dashboard!!
Looks like Bmw fitted it too!!!!!
Yep, that is carpet on the dash. I highly doubt BMW or even the Dealer fitted it, tho. As Nils mentioned its usually put on to cover up a cracked dash. Personally I think its tacky, but it looks like it was put on with care so I'm just going to live with it.
I think I've got the k-jet sorted out, but I might be running rich. The newest development is that the catalytic converter is completely clogged up. I was driving it at night few weeks ago and it was sputtering more than usual and had a general lack of power. When I came to a stop I noticed something smelled really hot and there was a faint steam of smoke coming from under the car. I got down and looked under the car and the cat was glowing BRIGHT orange. It's probably been ruined since I got the car, but now its totally shot. I'm not going to drive it until I get around to fixing that.
Honestly, I haven't had a lot of time to really work on it seriously. I just recently got a new Italian toy. See pics of it here: http://www.mirafiori.com/~danb/galleries/x2007/
I was planning on taking the cat off the BMW this weekend, but got sidetracked grinding rust off the Fiat. That's a never ending battle
