Running Scared in Richmond?? Funny Story!!

[SHADYM5]

Okay, here is a great story, looking at buying a 510 to autocross, driving the M5 to Santa Rosa to see a 4 door, before I leave the office I see a 74 peanut corolla in Richmond worth stopping to have a look at which is on the way. I see the corolla, he want to much money $$$, car in great shape....I am already in a bad area, leaving I am heading south to get back on free way. The shifter comes completely loose. I am in the worst neighbhorhood in Richmond, in my M5....looking completely white in a Hawaii shirt and jeans!! Call tripple AAA crying get your [Oops!] here!! Call the guy who's car I just saw, asking him to come sit with me till the truck get there. AAA got there in twenty minutes...which was a long time..........Car towed home on flatbed. laughing all the way.

What is the problem and how long should it take to fix??

Couple days later I bought the 510, great car.

Shady

[scottiesharpe]

It is the same shifter setup as nearly all BMWs from that era. The clip probably fell out and the pin came loose. Scottie Sharpe
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[docdave]

Mine did the same thing. My wife freaked when it happend to he in traffic - told her just to put it back on like I always did. She did NOT laugh. I fixed it. She has no sense of humor.