You might consider: http://www.safehomeproducts.com/SHP2/shpsearch.asp?ovraw=car+deer+whistles&ovkey=deer+whistle&ovmtc=advanced&b=ns8c&w=1022&h=540&f=N&tp=155&frompg=94&topg=94&menupage=0 You can buy cheap "airflow" ones too, but from what I've read, they are ineffective.
I checked the trunk first thing! Nothing in it but tool kit and manuals. Besides, it's too small to take anyone on a one-way ride to the Meadowlands... As to deer repellers, I don't know if any really work. The deer seemed to like the Ford Taurus that I used as a station car, coming from miles around to jump in front of it, run into it, chase it down the road and do generally anything to cause an accident. Eyes wide open seems to be the best defense!
Check out: http://americanhornet.com/ The discussion here, along with the testimonials, seems to be positive. Of course they want to sell you one, but even if it's only 50% effective, methinks that's better than zero. In northern California, away from the parks, we mostly have to worry about skunks (who, unsurprisingly, grow up thinking everything else will move out of their way).
Never realized how much more modern the interior looks in this car. My 89 328 does not look as MODERN as the Modial--in my opinion...
Congrats! Black and tan looks great on the t. I drove a bunch of BMWs in the '90s but none gave the same visceral response I received from a Fiat Spider I drove in college. Hence I went back to the pininfarina ragtop at the earliest opportunity. The Mondial t won't dissapoint you. What she lacks in cold start performance is more than compensated when you operate the car beyond the 30 minute mark. If your car sat around like mine did before I purchased it in April 2004 then you can expect the Check Engine Lights (CEL) to come on. I'm about 3 years and 3000 miles from the major service (May 2002) and the lights only recently became rare in the last 500 miles. They really used to scare me such that I was logging their occurence in my pilot's logbook last summer. Now I just follow my mechanics advice,... "If the lights come on then it needs an Italian tune-up....drive it." Enjoy Paul
I'll check out the deer repellers! In the part of NJ where I live, drivers need any edge they can get. The car did sit for a while but had a complete service before I got it. There were no engine light issues at all. Of course, I decided that once I got it I would reset the system and began having check engine light issues after I reset everything by disconnecting the battery for a time and then idling for 10-15 minutes. Did someone say "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" I finanlly got it out on the road and really drove it for a good hour and that seems to have cured the problem. I've also ordered the appropriate booster seat so Junior can sit in back and come with me, now that I feel reasonable confident we won't blow up along the way!
