[moehoward]

Keyless start could have been added, but it doesn’t appear to be standard. Converters for that 2008 BMW X5 model appear to be the regular garden variety.

Whenever someone who has worked with the sorts she has, then dies in a curious way.............

[muawiyah]

I found a listing yesterday that said keyless start was standard with that model. Somebody else posted a listing that didn't show it as standard. A dealer added option perhaps?

If added later you need to open up the interior of the doors to do stuff ~ which might explained how all that antifreeze spray could end up INSIDE the passenger compartment.

A simple little thing about not being properly resealed? Who knows. I'm sure somebody's lawyer is going to find out.

[muawiyah]

Still, BMW is the ONLY manufacturer using a different sort of higher efficiency converter.

I researched to see what BMW had to say about it ~ like does it have a special part number ~ and didn't find any information about that sort of thing.

I had a Chevy Van. My starter went out. I had it changed.

It didn't work. Had it shimmed. Didn't work. Finally, looked at my parts book and it said "FOOTNOTE X ~ for Corvette Engines use starter model specific for that engine"

GM, which had only two sizes of starters (ask any mechanic in the mid-70s) actually had a third size of starter for its V-8 engines ~ for the Corvettes!

It was lower profile so it wouldn't drag the ground.

My van had a Corvette engine.

Last thing in the world any mechanic expected at that time was a van would have a Corvette engine ~ maybe a light truck engine, but not that one ~ but that's what mine had.

[Gabrial]

“Whenever someone who has worked with the sorts she has, then dies in a curious way.............”

Suppose there was a 37 old living in a million dollar home and driving a BMW who used to work for Nancy Pelosi, arranged for Rahm Emmanual to live in a rent-free apartment, and had a husband that was a close adviser to President Obama. Suppose this 37 year old was in the inner circle of a merger that was creating the nation's largest publicly traded utility company, a company that had received hundreds of millions of Obama stimulus funds. Suppose it was widely known she liked to drink wine out of coffee cups and trade juicy gossip over lunch. Suppose she was very close to a brother who was having his insurance benefits maxed out due to requiring permanent care due to a brain injury from a motorcycle accident.

Suppose she had 1) a very high need for money and 2) information that was very sensitive to some very powerful people.

In a town where information is power, this can be a volatile mix.