{"id":7681,"date":"2010-01-24T22:34:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T05:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2011-12-29T13:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T20:00:35","slug":"facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named &#8220;Lemon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Ffacebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F01%2Fbmw-1802-touring-1.jpg&amp;description=Facebook+and+a+Rare+BMW+1802+Touring+named+%E2%80%9CLemon%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" data-text=\"Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d\" data-desc=\"You're on Facebook right yall?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 Get with the program!\u00a0 That's how MyRideisMe.com and Pascal Hein got together, through the MyRideisMe Facebook Fanpage.\u00a0 Go check it out and join our Fanpage, right after you read this cool story of course. Pascal is from Germany and he has shared his classic\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>You&#8217;re on Facebook right yall?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 Get with the program!\u00a0 That&#8217;s how MyRideisMe.com and Pascal Hein got together, through the <a title=\"MyRideisMe.com Facebook Fanpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/MyRideisMecom\/202843462065\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #00ffff;\">MyRideisMe Facebook Fanpage<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Go check it out and join our Fanpage, right after you read this cool story of course.<\/h3>\n<h3>Pascal is from Germany and he has shared his classic bimmer he calls &#8220;Lemon&#8221;.\u00a0 A\u00a01973 1802 Touring model.\u00a0 Sit back, grab some Kugen (yummy pastries my German grandma Hecht makes for desserts) and enjoy storytime from the motherland.\u00a0 Take it away Pascal!<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;My Bimmer was built in 1973. The so called &#8220;Touring&#8221; was BMWs first try to build a hatchback and also the last try until 1993, when they introduced the compact edition of the 3 Series.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7714\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Picture of Pascal Hein's BMW 1802 Touring before the resto in 1990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal Hein's BMW 1802 Touring in 1990 in Germany\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/bmw-1802-touring-1-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nActually people didn&#8217;t like this concept in the early 70s so just around 30,000 Touring models\u00a0were produced and just around 970 of them were 1802 Tourings like mine, while there were houndreds of\u00a0thousands of normal BMW 02 sedans.<br \/>\nSo in 1984 my father managed to buy this car after he wanted to have one for many years. It had two owners before he bought it and had some damage on the rear left side. My father repaired the damage and then used it between 1989 and 1991 as his car for driving to work everyday.<\/h3>\n<h3>Well he bought his 5 Series then and the yellow Bimmer was parked in the garage at my grandmothers house. As a kid I always saw it and was fascinated by it the whole time. But I never thought we could make it look good and get it running again.<br \/>\n<a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7716\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW 1802 Touring at Grandma's house\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW 1802 Touring has a front tilt hood like most vintage bimmers\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-2-400x597.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>In 2007 I passed my drivers licence test. At that time I thought about buying my first car. The problem was I didn&#8217;t know what to buy. Someday I said just for fun to my father, that we could rebuild the yellow BMW and then I could use it as my own car. Even though I wasn&#8217;t serious, he took it serious and said yes. Acutally it was his gift for my 18th birthday!<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7717\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"1973 BMW 1802 Touring in its long term storage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3.jpg\" alt=\"This 1973 BMW 1802 Touring is BMW's first shot at a hatchback\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-3-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSo in April 2008 we tried to get her running again to drive her up the trailer and to get her home. After some tries she actually started. But after sitting in the garage for nearly 18 years she really looked horrible. There was dirt all over and she looked like she nearly rusted apart.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7718\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW Touring 1802 on its way home for some much needed repair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW Touring 1802 is in need of some repair\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-4-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the Summer of 2008 we started working on the car. The plans were to get her done and to make her pass the safety inspection as soon as possible. First of all we got the engine and transmission out.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7719\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW Touring is home and ready for a thorough cleaning\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal's 1973 BMW Touring is home and cleaned up a bit\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-5-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Both things were totally dirty so we cleaned them up as good as possible. The area around the engine really looked awful and rusty.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7721\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pascal's 73 Bimmer classic with its engine, trans and subframe removed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal's 73 BMW 1802 Touring getting down and dirty.  Hey, that looks pretty clean!\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-touring-1802-6-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>But after we scratched the old paint off it wasn&#8217;t as bad as we thought before. After some work it was repainted.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7722\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Prepping the engine bay for paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal cleans and primes the engine bay of his bimmer\" width=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-8-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7724\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Picture after the bay was sprayed in its original yellow paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9.jpg\" alt=\"The 1802 Touring's engine bay is painted and ready for reassembly\" width=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-9-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>The next and most important thing for the safety inspection was the braking system. We bought all the parts we needed and the whole old original\u00a0braking system was replaced with new parts. It got new brake discs and pads in the front, new drum brakes in the rear and all those brake lines were replaced too.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7725\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Shot of Pascal's 1973 BMW 1802 Touring in the majestic German countryside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12.jpg\" alt=\"Beauty shot of Pascal's 1973 BMW 1802 Touring\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-12-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>But the thing that took the most time was to clean up all the parts of the engine, transmission and the interior. There were also some parts of the body that needed to be welded (the footwell on both sides). And of course we installed a new exhaust and reworked the rims+got new tires (tires mustn&#8217;t be older than 10 years or you won&#8217;t pass the security inspection). We did all this work in just 3 weeks, because I wanted to go to Switzerland.\u00a0 Well we passed the security test without any big problems, even though the car still needed some work.<br \/>\n<a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7729\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Classic Car show in Germany\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal's 73 Bimmer fits right in at a Classic Car show in Germany\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-14-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe only thing that didn&#8217;t work out the way we wanted to\u00a0was the vehicle license. Here in germany there&#8217;s a special license for vintage cars, which are older than 30 years. It costs less then a normal license (lower tax price) and has some other positive effects to. For example you aren&#8217;t allowed\u00a0to drive into big cities with a car that has no catalytic converter. But with such a vintage car licence you are allowed. The big problem was, that the car must not\u00a0look bad and has to be in a certain condition. We didn&#8217;t have any problems with the technical condition but with the visual. There were some parts of the car we didn&#8217;t repaint, so there was just primer on it.<\/h3>\n<h3>Well, we didn&#8217;t get this license so we registered the car with a normal license. After test driving it for about 50 kilometeres, which isn&#8217;t really much, I jumped in and drove to Switzerland where I was driving many winding roads for\u00a0a full\u00a0week. I didn&#8217;t have any technical problems at all.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7730\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Oh I love Germany!  Classic Bimmer and old German farm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Bimmer and old German farm is a great photo\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-15-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLater we repainted those primered parts and got the vintage car license.<br \/>\nIn spring 2009 we took out the whole rear axle and differential to work. We\u00a0replaced all the\u00a0bushings and cleaned and repainted it. We also removed some rusty spots on the doors and repainted them too\u00a0plus we\u00a0changed the oil in the differential.<\/h3>\n<h3>From summer 2008 until summer 2009 I also used it to get to school everyday, sometimes even in the wintertime. But after each day in the winter I washed her, because here in Germany they use too much salt on the roads, even if there&#8217;s no snow.<\/h3>\n<h3>Since September 2009 I have used my other BMW (a 1994 5 Series station wagon), so now my 1802 Touring is my sunny day cruiser.<br \/>\nThe first technical problem we got was on a tour with our BMW Club through Austria in June of 2009. One day the so called &#8220;Hardy&#8221;-Disk (a disk made of rubber which sits between the transmission and the cardan shaft) broke. Well we couldn&#8217;t continue our tour with this car so it was brought home to Germany on a truck. It wasn&#8217;t a big deal and we fixed it as soon as possible.<\/h3>\n<h3><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7681]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7733\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pascal takes the Touring to another car show, this time next to a Pontiac.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13.jpg\" alt=\"Pascal takes the Touring to another car show\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1973-bmw-1802-touring-13-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe also have some plans for the future: The next step is to replace the old and worn out wheel bearings and drive shafts. We also want to remove the rust in the rear fenders and well&#8230;someday it&#8217;ll get a new paintjob, but it will be repainted in the same color.<\/h3>\n<h3>The color is the reason why we gave her her name: &#8220;Zitrone&#8221;\u00a0 (German for &#8220;Lemon&#8221; ). But it all takes time. We still got some other Bimmers who want to be repaired too.<\/h3>\n<h3>Some technical details:<br \/>\n1,8L 4 cylinder with ~90 hp<br \/>\n4speed manual gearbox<br \/>\nTop speed: 165km\/h (~102mph)<br \/>\nWeight: about 1000kg<\/h3>\n<h3>Words and Photos by Pascal Hein<\/h3>\n<p>If you have a cool car, hit us up on our Facebook Fanpage!\u00a0 We love cars and others will dig your ride too!<\/p>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Ffacebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Facebook+and+a+Rare+BMW+1802+Touring+named+%E2%80%9CLemon%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/facebook-and-a-rare-bmw-1802-touring-named-lemon\/\" data-text=\"Facebook and a Rare BMW 1802 Touring named \u201cLemon\u201d\" data-desc=\"You're on Facebook right yall?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 Get with the program!\u00a0 That's how MyRideisMe.com and Pascal Hein got together, through the MyRideisMe Facebook Fanpage.\u00a0 Go check it out and join our Fanpage, right after you read this cool story of course. 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