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Today’s cars and coffee meet-

A pic of my grandson and a pumpkin.
Better than a teething ring.

Had to buy new shoes for the wife's X3, this week. 19" runflats.

The best tire/deal was at Discount Tire. 245/45-19 102W XL. Bridgestone Driveguard.
$1284 installed. plus sales tax. Made an appointment, and done in 50 minutes.

Our new car dealer, which is surprisingly competitive on OEM tires, wanted $1560+tax to replace the Pirellis that were on it (but, I didn't love those tires)

@breld said:
We did a few things this weekend to prep for winter…got the winter tires put on both Mercedes. With the staggered set up on the GLC, it was pretty much impossible to find snow tires to fit on the OEM wheels, so I had found a set of 19” GLC wheels on eBay that turned out to work pretty well.

The next owner this winter will appreciate you going through the effort

I mentioned over in the C&C that my wife and I had lunch with some friends today. The husband was the same guy who sold his E46 Dinan M3 without telling me. He now has a Hockenheim Silver F87 M2 Competition with three pedals, Exec Package, no hole in the roof, and only 5,500 miles on it. Today, he mentioned that he thought the car might be "too much" for him so I told him this time to let me know if he wants to sell it. I can only hope that he decides sooner than later.

Got the Q5 a bit dirty on the way to a hiking trail today. Took a back road which turned out to be a few miles of gravel (on top of the National Forest road to the trail, which is also gravel). Perfect weather, though.

Had a bit of a tense moment today; the remote for the Club Sport wasn't working- due to a dead battery. I was very disappointed that the battery only lasted 27 years and 149,700 miles, but I had no choice but to replace it. I know it was extremely irresponsible, but I changed the battery without donning safety goggles or having a fire extinguisher nearby.
I'm still trembling a little.

I’m pleasantly surprised at how the new M2 rear end looks in alpine white

I couldn't resist. Knew I'd wind up with one of these at some point. Its just so darned cute. A little higher miles than I wanted (85k), and I purposely got an automatic to appeal to a broader audience, but I think I should be able to make a few bucks and get it out of my system.