MartyB
Well-Known Member
Last year, I was on the point of getting an M for a daily. Saner heads on this forum (thanks, Duke5A et al), urged me to rethink. Well, likely that save me some trouble, given my commute then was 50 miles round trip. Happily, I am now semi-retired, can walk to my part-time retirement job and use a car only for errands and groceries a couple of times a week. In fact, I'm currently sans car and surviving borrowing my son's car occasionally.
Now, I can get (a little) crazy. Looking hard at an '89 Dip that is clean looking and runs without issues, per owner. But even so, I'd like to avoid getting stranded overmuch. Keeping in mind that I have to farm out all my mechanicals to my local guy (I'm a good nurse, but not much with tools), what ought I do first with it to make sure it's road ready? I can guess an inspection of all belts, hoses, plugs and wires is in order. Anything else that immediately comes to mind? Thanks for the input!
PS: I've seen the suggested upgrades on dippy.org. I'm not looking to build a street machine or retro rod, just getting reliable and safe as budget allows.
Now, I can get (a little) crazy. Looking hard at an '89 Dip that is clean looking and runs without issues, per owner. But even so, I'd like to avoid getting stranded overmuch. Keeping in mind that I have to farm out all my mechanicals to my local guy (I'm a good nurse, but not much with tools), what ought I do first with it to make sure it's road ready? I can guess an inspection of all belts, hoses, plugs and wires is in order. Anything else that immediately comes to mind? Thanks for the input!
PS: I've seen the suggested upgrades on dippy.org. I'm not looking to build a street machine or retro rod, just getting reliable and safe as budget allows.
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