after sitting in the garage for like a year, bimmer had layer of dust on it.
There should be a law opposite of the street racing one for people who don't drive their car(s).
haha.
i think i finally love the merc after driving it around for 2 years.
bimmers more a garage ornament nowdays.
hood is up for battery tender on the bimmer.
oh, by the way, finally got the rear tires replaced on the merc last month or so. local trail tire finally got the stock of pirelli pzero ASP(all season plus) in 255/35/18 i needed. 10 bucks more than kal-tire, but it's closer to me, and it's in the same mall as little asian supermarket, so i got it put on there and shopped at the supermarket while waiting.
cost=$670 or so all in
new rears are great. feels like as much grip as the previous pirelli pzeros summer only tire (would make sense since old ones were 10 years old now).
even though new tires are technically wider, i think the contact patch is probably the same size, as it looks like the new tires taper in more toward contact patch.
side benefit to having new rear tire i think, is that it reduced the wandering over crown of the road when changing lanes or vagueness when changing direction on bumpy road.
thanks to gurgie for confirming this size works!!!. i'm totally satisfied with this setup.