PRIORITY BOX EXCHANGE -- SANTA EDITION

[ahab]

Well, in the interest of getting in a full report before the holidays (and to satisfy my undying curiosity), I've gone ahead and opened the PBE I received from RoyW. Overwhelmed, to say the least.

Here's a recap, zoom in for better detail.

A Christmas CD of '40s tunes (my favorite era for that BTW), and a copy of Roy's Road Trip Tunes
Ass't auto stickers
Windshield sunshade (or snowshade)
Car detailing kit - No.7 wash, Griot's Paint Sealant, Sonax Wheel Cleaner, Microfiber towel
Plasticoated Master locks
Shawshank. 5 out of 5 stars in my house, and I didn't yet own a copy.
A pair of Motorola walkie-talkies (I've already picked up some juicy cross-talk in my G/F's condoplex)
Leather key-fob, tire pressure gauge, coin holder
Baggie of E28 necessities - lamps, fuses, door card clips, grille clips, etc
Seiko Pulsar Sport Watch, cellphone holster, pair of golf balls
BMW Art Car book, Racing Driver Development book, May 1979 Roundel, Bentley Factoid book
2002 shift knob, OctoberFest tie clip, Canadian bottle opener/key chain, headphone cable wrap
BMW of Watertown flashlight (ironically, a dealership I worked for in the 80s...)
BMW oil caddy w/funnels
A most generous 20% discount for auto detailing services. The M5 will definitely put that to good use.
Finally, the nicest part of the whole box, a handwritten Christmas card from Roy himself.



This will be be hard to beat next year. Hell, it will be hard to beat by anyone else in my own family THIS year for that matter. Thanks for your generosity Roy, this is a fantastic gift box and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I tried to keep the list objective but suffice it to say that some of this stuff is so well "gifted" that I could've rambled on for paragraphs about how thrilled I am about particular items. Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to everyone here and a special thanks to davintosh for undertaking this.

Aaron

[Rich in Tupelo]

Pics of my box from Ray.











Assorted mcnugget sauces.
M5 ad
Patches
Stickers
Emblems
badges
Car care stuff

Very cool

Thanks Ray!

[nik77356]

Working until noon today, I hope USPS has a box waiting for me on my porch when I get home!

I hope so too. Sent that bugger out on the morning of the 17th.

Oh. Im working til noon as well. Yay. NOT.

Yeah, I was surprised my box made it to Washington before yours made it here. PO can be pretty unpredictable sometimes, oh well.

The good side to working from 4am to noon today is the double pay!

[alijonny]

still nothing

[nik77356]

No mail at all yet, so there's still hope!

[nik77356]

Got my box earlier! Tore it open to find a bunch of pretty freaking awesome stuff! Pictures to come soon. Thanks Brian, so much awesome in that box!

[funfunfer]

Can't wait til morning to open my box.

[davintosh]

As I mentioned earlier, I forgot my box at work on Friday and intended to go get it today, but things got busy and that didn't work out... Tomorrow morning we're leaving town for the in-laws' house and won't be back until late. Going to have to wait until I get to work on Wednesday to open mine. Rats.

[lv600]

I just open my box from Paul. Incredible! Great stuff! Best xmas gift ever! Great score!



Contents:

Surfer mags
Mechanical and lead pencil
4x6 speaker (with loose staples stuck to the magnet)
water bottle
seat belt relay
idle valve
tail light bulbs
rubber ball
usb flexlight (love it!)
rear defroster button
hazard button
speaker fader
olympus digital camera (I'm still working on this!)
1/2 red binder clip
HDD ribbon cable
Windows 7 bootleg
DVD of Brian Regan (Still need to watch this)
Self retracting yo-yo (I had 1 of these years ago, and I don't know the real name. No worries, since the kids took this as their own!)
Silly Straw (kids also claimed this!)

I think that's about it. Great box, Paul! Thanks for everything. It will keep me busy! Love it!

Thanks again!

[funfunfer]

Love my priority exchange box.

Nothing in there that I did not need! (Might not have realized that I had to have the Burl Ives CD, but will listen to it after Pete Seeger. Everyting else fills a gap in my garage. Thank you Mr. M.




Jim

[1st 5er]

Bah humbug...

[slimdevil27]

Love my priority exchange box.

Nothing in there that I did not need! (Might not have realized that I had to have the Burl Ives CD, but will listen to it after Pete Seeger. Everything else fills a gap in my garage. Thank you Mr. M.




Jim

Glad you liked it. All those things in the plastic bag are a full set of fuel and A/C line disconnect tools and the red tube marked Thexton is for getting spark plugs started. I love 6-in-1 screwdrivers, remove the bits and you have a 1/4 nut driver for small hose clamps and a 5/16 nut driver for large hose clamps. Give the panel tool a few wraps of electrical tape at the bend in the shank, that way you don't scratch the paint when you are popping door panels.

Merry Christmas everyone. I'm down with the flu, but I will try to post pics of my box from Nick here shortly.......I'm wearing the jammy bottoms now

[funfunfer]

Love my priority exchange box.

Nothing in there that I did not need! (Might not have realized that I had to have the Burl Ives CD, but will listen to it after Pete Seeger. Everything else fills a gap in my garage. Thank you Mr. M.




Jim

Glad you liked it. All those things in the plastic bag are a full set of fuel and A/C line disconnect tools and the red tube marked Thexton is for getting spark plugs started. I love 6-in-1 screwdrivers, remove the bits and you have a 1/4 nut driver for small hose clamps and a 5/16 nut driver for large hose clamps. Give the panel tool a few wraps of electrical tape at the bend in the shank, that way you don't scratch the paint when you are popping door panels.

Merry Christmas everyone. I'm down with the flu, but I will try to post pics of my box from Nick here shortly.......I'm wearing the jammy bottoms now

Old tools are the best! Today's learning...S-K Tools are Sherman-Klove Co. I still have a Coleman stove. Always envied the guys with speed wrenches. Now I are one!

[davintosh]

Bah humbug...

Christmas envy? Your wife says you have enough stuff.

Merry Christmas anyway, Sherman!

[RoyW]

Well, in the interest of getting in a full report before the holidays (and to satisfy my undying curiosity), I've gone ahead and opened the PBE I received from RoyW. Overwhelmed, to say the least.

Here's a recap, zoom in for better detail.

A Christmas CD of '40s tunes (my favorite era for that BTW), and a copy of Roy's Road Trip Tunes
Ass't auto stickers
Windshield sunshade (or snowshade)
Car detailing kit - No.7 wash, Griot's Paint Sealant, Sonax Wheel Cleaner, Microfiber towel
Plasticoated Master locks
Shawshank. 5 out of 5 stars in my house, and I didn't yet own a copy.
A pair of Motorola walkie-talkies (I've already picked up some juicy cross-talk in my G/F's condoplex)
Leather key-fob, tire pressure gauge, coin holder
Baggie of E28 necessities - lamps, fuses, door card clips, grille clips, etc
Seiko Pulsar Sport Watch, cellphone holster, pair of golf balls
BMW Art Car book, Racing Driver Development book, May 1979 Roundel, Bentley Factoid book
2002 shift knob, OctoberFest tie clip, Canadian bottle opener/key chain, headphone cable wrap
BMW of Watertown flashlight (ironically, a dealership I worked for in the 80s...)
BMW oil caddy w/funnels
A most generous 20% discount for auto detailing services. The M5 will definitely put that to good use.
Finally, the nicest part of the whole box, a handwritten Christmas card from Roy himself.



This will be be hard to beat next year. Hell, it will be hard to beat by anyone else in my own family THIS year for that matter. Thanks for your generosity Roy, this is a fantastic gift box and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I tried to keep the list objective but suffice it to say that some of this stuff is so well "gifted" that I could've rambled on for paragraphs about how thrilled I am about particular items. Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays to everyone here and a special thanks to davintosh for undertaking this.

Aaron

Your very welcome Aaron.... glad you did/will enjoy the items. It was fun to put together

And, thanks Dave for spearheading what has become a little MyE28 tradition.... very enjoyable to give and receive within the e28 family

-RoyW

[wkohler]

Here's my box from Hunter:



Contents included:
2011 PVGP/5erFest poster
2012 Vintage poster
A Nascar model - only turns left
A 90° bracket I initially used to display the car
Kumho Tires lanyard
VIR lanyard
Ticket from the Sharpie 500 at Bristol with a lanyard
Road & Track "2013 New Car Issue"
February 2012 issue of Playboy
October 2011 issue of Playboy
June 2012 issue of Playboy - interestingly enough with a topical article on the gun culture in the US
July/August 2009 issue of Playboy - super-sizzling double issue
50 Hottest Nudes - a supplement to Playboy - no articles
Tanned and Topless - a supplement to Playboy - no articles
September 6, 2012 issue of The Onion
A set of what I'm assuming are auxiliary lights as they're not fluted for fog and associated wiring
A pin with a badger on it that says Hufflepuff
A LG ('Lectric Gangsta) bluetooth headset
USB car charger
A flexi-flashlight with a pocked clip on it - works!
A pocket copy of "The Constitution of the United States."
A Winchester-brand knife with a sheath
A rubber-stamp that says "AEROSPACE" - Lots of documents will somehow be categorized this way
An SD card - 512MB!! - It's my first SD card, so whoopee!
Two heavy-duty zip ties, black
A set of Rayovac rechargeable batteries (both AA and AAA, with charger)
A Ralph Lauren "Polo" leather wallet
"Scrubs" Season One on DVD
"Scrubs" Season Two on DVD
"The Hire" on DVD - the first five films, the good ones

Not pictured:

Kroger shopping bag
Giant condom that the posters came in.
The box
Love

Thanks Hunter! Some cool stuff in there for sure.

[Cactus]

I don't know if the usb charger works, the lights came in the trunk of my 535i when I bought it. They're good for a Lemons car, or some other random use. The bracket and zip ties came with them.

Throw the SD card in a computer, I think there's a couple things on there.

Glad the love made it. I was afraid that would all leak out.

[bourkeco]

OH man Im soo bummed I missed out on this... Can we do it next year!??

[jay]

I'm home and my box is here. Will update soon with the contents.

[davintosh]

I finally got my box opened, and all I can say is THANKS, JAY! The piece de resistance is the January, 1987 edition of Car & Driver, with an article featuring an '88 735i 5-speed, my car! So far I've been too busy drooling over that magazine to pay much attention to anything else; that alone was worth the price of admission this year. Good thing it's a slow day at work.



Looking at the photos from that article makes me want to track down a non-airbag steering wheel for mine; much nicer looking than the ugly thing I've seen in most every other e32.

Other than the magazine, the box had a CD full of files (looks like most everything he had collected about these cars; I'll be sifting through it for quite some time), a tool box foam insert with spare bullet fuses, a red diagnostic port cover (that will grace my eta's engine bay until it undergoes the Motronic 1.3 upgrade later this winter!) a bag of assorted bits that I haven't gone through yet, and a Roundel magazine from November, 2008... I'm thinking there's something significant in that copy, but I haven't spent much time looking through it yet.

Thanks again, Jay! And Merry Christmas!

[alijonny]

Oh boyyyyy! Huge box holds many inspiring thoughts... Now I need to wait for a break at the shop...

[Paul in N FL]

I just open my box from Paul. Incredible! Great stuff! Best xmas gift ever! Great score!

Contents:

Surfer mags
Mechanical and lead pencil
4x6 speaker (with loose staples stuck to the magnet)
water bottle
seat belt relay
idle valve
tail light bulbs
rubber ball
usb flexlight (love it!)
rear defroster button
hazard button
speaker fader
olympus digital camera (I'm still working on this!)
1/2 red binder clip
HDD ribbon cable
Windows 7 bootleg
DVD of Brian Regan (Still need to watch this)
Self retracting yo-yo (I had 1 of these years ago, and I don't know the real name. No worries, since the kids took this as their own!)
Silly Straw (kids also claimed this!)

I think that's about it. Great box, Paul! Thanks for everything. It will keep me busy! Love it!

Thanks again!

Glad you and the kids are enjoying it! The rubber ball is a Lacrosse ball and Brian Regan is a comedian. Many laughs should be had watching that.

I'm pretty sure the camera just needs a screen, possibly a lens. You can get a parts camera on ebay for cheap.

[ElGuappo]

I finally got my box opened, and all I can say is THANKS, JAY! The piece de resistance is the January, 1987 edition of Car & Driver, with an article featuring an '88 735i 5-speed, my car! So far I've been too busy drooling over that magazine to pay much attention to anything else; that alone was worth the price of admission this year. Good thing it's a slow day at work.



Looking at the photos from that article makes me want to track down a non-airbag steering wheel for mine; much nicer looking than the ugly thing I've seen in most every other e32.

Other than the magazine, the box had a CD full of files (looks like most everything he had collected about these cars; I'll be sifting through it for quite some time), a tool box foam insert with spare bullet fuses, a red diagnostic port cover (that will grace my eta's engine bay until it undergoes the Motronic 1.3 upgrade later this winter!) a bag of assorted bits that I haven't gone through yet, and a Roundel magazine from November, 2008... I'm thinking there's something significant in that copy, but I haven't spent much time looking through it yet.

Thanks again, Jay! And Merry Christmas!

Glad you enjoyed it Dave!
I agonized over what to send, poured thru all my stacks of mags etc.
The DVD has most every electronic tech doc/file I have accumulated over the years, including PDF copies of the E28 & E34 Bentley, factory binders, and all kind of weird/cool tech docs as well as pictures & articles scanned from many sources.
Merry Christmas!

I will get some pics of the super cool box of weird stuff I got from Rich in Tupelo/Tennessee tonight.

[bhopp]

Since, Karl doesn't care I'm opening my box. Pictures to come.

WELL?!? We're waiting!!

So I deiced to wait tell Christmas to open my box from Charles Gray aka Karl Grau.


Used my trusty Benchmade to slice her right open.

Got some really great stuff,



Some of it was very interesting,



Lots of really cool stickers,



More pics as promised

[davintosh]

Some of it was very interesting,

To say the least... Do we dare ask what that is?

More pics to come

No modeling of the above pictured item I hope.