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Some links on BMW E61/E60 side mirror repair

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/10

While avoiding someone colliding in me, I damaged the cap of the passenger side mirror.

Some links I used to get it off and replaced/repaired:

Video links (full videos below the post signature):

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Monitor Brandstofprijzen ACM: lichte daling brandstofprijzen gehele keten, diesel weer goedkoper dan benzine | ACM

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/15

[Wayback/Archive] Monitor Brandstofprijzen ACM: lichte daling brandstofprijzen gehele keten, diesel weer goedkoper dan benzine | ACM

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Autoriteit Consument & Markt: “⛽Brandstofprijzen over de gehe…” – social.overheid.nl (Mastodon)

⛽Brandstofprijzen over de gehele brandstofketen zijn licht gedaald ten opzichte van een maand. Diesel is aan de pomp weer goedkoper dan benzine. Het beeld dat gemiddelde winstmarges niet bij tankstations, maar bovenin in de keten zijn gestegen blijft onveranderd. Dat blijkt uit onze Monitor Brandstofprijzen.

--jeroen

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Elektronik-Idee – CP740BMW – USB wireless MP3 Player (with Bluetooth and Audio/Video in support)

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/01

Cool: MOST bus based [Wayback/Archive] Elektronik-Idee – CP740BMW – USB wireless MP3 Player for various BMW models which also does Bluetooth, and Audio/Video in (English link: [Wayback/Archive] Elektronik-Idee – CP740BMW – USB wireless MP3 Player). Via:

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Ein Blick zurück – das beste Auto der 70er Jahre – YouTube – W116 450SEL 6.9 aus der Schweiz

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/05/15

As a memory to our almost identical Swiss W116 450SEL 6.9 a video in Swiss German about it: [Wayback/Archive] Ein Blick zurück – das beste Auto der 70er Jahre – YouTube.

This one with fabric, white headlights and ABS, ours with leather, yellow headlights plus headlight wipers, and no ABS (it took around chassis numbers ending around 750 until ABS was available: ours was slightly earlier)

--jeroen

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Stil one of the best set of Dutch speed-trap sites: Flitsservice Mobiel and Flitsservice

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/20

They have existed since early this century, and manage to continuously feature up to date Dutch speed trap information on the interwebz:

I wish they had linked to a site like [Wayback/Archive] HMpaal.nl to quickly access location information, for instance [Wayback/Archive] HMpaal.nl: A4/R/36.6:

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Strooikaart | Rijkswaterstaat

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/22

Voor wanneer de R van Rijkswaterstaat in de maand zit: [Wayback/Archive] Strooikaart | Rijkswaterstaat

Augustus 2025 had de eerste nachtvorst: een maand dan september wat een normale maand is voor die gebeurtenis

Inzoomen op de kaart laat zien:

  • Waar de strooiwagens nu actief zijn
  • Wat de temperaturen van het wegdek zijn

Voorbeeld:

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de BouwApp – A44 – Onderliggend wegennet bij Lisserwegviaduct gestremd vanaf 14 oktober 2025 tot ongeveer april 2026

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/04

Altijd handig wanneer er geen beschrijvende titels in web-pagina’s zijn, of jaartallen bij planningen.

Daarom deze toevoeging: [Wayback/Archive] de BouwApp gaat over de A44

Onderliggend wegennet bij Lisserwegviaduct A44 gestremd vanaf 14 oktober 2025

Dit duurt tot ongeveer april 2026 volgens [Wayback/Archive] Vervanging eerste A44-viaduct start in oktober 2025

In de tussentijd geldt dit:

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Resetting the iDrive on a BMW E61 and E61 LCI

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/08

I drive an E61 and a friend an E61 LCI, so:

Oh, the channel also has this very useful video: [Wayback/Archive] BMW E60/E61 tips: how to manually shift the gear selector to Neutral (completely dead💀 car) – YouTube

--jeroen

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BMW E61 rear light water fix damage – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/04

One of my BMW E61 rear light fixtures leaked: [Wayback/Archive] BMW E61 rear light water fix damage – YouTube

[Wayback/Archive] Tail Light Leak…? | BMW M5 Forum and M6 Forums

Personally I’d start with new gaskets.

In my case, it was the light fixture itself leaking, not the gaskets, so either the work in the video is needed, or a second hand tail light.

Queries:

--jeroen

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Mercedes R171 SLK 2006 fuse box locations

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/18

Needed to check some of the fuses on the Mercedes-Benz R171 SLK of my better half.

Found them with [Wayback PDF View/PDF View] [Wayback/Archive] SLK R171 Fusebox layout.pdf through [Wayback/Archive] R171 Fuse Allocation Chart | Mercedes SLK World.

That forum thread also referred to [Wayback/Archive] Fuse box location and diagrams: Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class (2005-2011) – YouTube, but I found the PDF more clear than the video.

Query: [Wayback/Archive] r171 fuses – Google Suche

--jeroen

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