Newb in an aging body
Hardly a newb to the world of BMWs...
I've always said that if I can see any farther than someone else, its because I'm standing on the shoulders of people who've taught me in the past.
I've had some great mentors in the Chicagoland area, chief amoung them Al Valenzo at Patrick BMW, and a young man Ben Thongsai who runs a shop with his father... These are practically the only people I'd ever let work on my cars...(OK, well, Chris Simon too, a good friend, also at Patrick now, and Bill Arnold out in CA...he prepped my Z1 for its cross country drive home!)
None of these guys are keyboard warriers, so we don't see them posting much if ever......There is an even LONGER list of people on different message boards that have been really super helpful.... so it is with this spirit that I come to this board, to teach and to learn at the same time.
Alex.