Thanksgiving weekend - with temps in the low 60s here in Western New York - has been an opportunity to get some maintenance done. Front brakes on the 750Li were down to the warning light so they got new pads and rotors - driver's side was worn noticeably more than passenger, and both sides had a good bit of meat left on the pads but (a) better to replace too soon than too late and (b) the warning every time I started the car was driving me nuts. I also took the opportunity to replace the auto transmission pan (with integrated filter and magnets) and fluid - at least the 5.5 quarts that drained from the pan. 116k on the car, 56k on the fluid, original pan. The fluid wasn't very nasty but there was a decent coating of thick black sediment on the inside of the pan. After a quick test drive the transmission seems to shift a bit more smoothly; the test will be after a long (1+ hour) highway drive to see if it shifts hard right after that.
Snows got swapped over onto the 750Li as well as the wife's XC90.
And I had sinus surgery the Friday before Thanksgiving to clear my upper sinuses. For the first time in over 2 years I can actually smell 
Food tastes so different when you can smell. Keeping it car related, I knew it was a problem when I was tracking my departed beater 951 and my instructor asked about the gas smell, I said "What gas smell?" - the tank overflow as leaking into the cabin and I couldn't smell it 
Not being able to smell gas, burning oil, etc. on track probably isn't real safe, right?
Anyone else do car maintenance this weekend?
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