[uucdigest] Thursday, January 27 2000 Volume 03 : Number 125 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Visit http://www.bubbaclub.com | www.bimmers.com - "serving enthusiasts on the 'net" | Visit http://www.bimmer.org - ultimate BMW bulletin boards! | Subscribe to the Zionsville Autosport Parts Digest: | http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/majordomo.htm ����������������������������������������� In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] 528E Should I? [uuc] Re: E30 m3's [uuc] Legend Five - Caliper Paint [uuc] FS: E30 Rear Spoiler [uuc] Winter Driving [uuc] Re: <E30> M3 <FS> on Ebay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:19:20 -0800 From: Chris Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 528E Should I? Okay folks, here's the update. As some of you know, I sold my 320is and am now looking for a 5-er (family car). It's been really, really hard to find a decent 5-er with a 5-speed manual. Those that I've seen are in poor condition and have really high miles. I did see a okay '86 533i 5-speed, but the seller wanted way too much for it (almost CDN$9000 with taxes). Anyhoo, I'm getting this feeling that I'll be buying an automatic (ducking for cover...) after everybodys advice. And tonight I talked with the owner (lady) of an '83 528e auto. She's the 2nd owner (7 years), and the car has always been garage kept and serviced at an authorised BMW shop. No rust, dark green, few power options (which I think is good) , and 276,000 kms on the clock. She says she doesn't drive it hard, and uses it to commute to and from work. She is asking CDN$4500, but I'm hoping she will be able to lower the price when she sees my sad, desperate face... Advice? I'm going to call her back to say that I'll meet up with her (she lives 2hrs away in another city). Should I go for this? This 5-er is the best one yet, and my rental car is just a bunch on molded plastic on wheels! Of course I'll get another bimmer for me to do autox with, but this 5-er is for family uses only. HOWEVER, tell me what I can do to a 528e to make it go faster, handle better, etc... (can it be chipped?) Desperately seeking bimmer, Chris Chong '98 Hyundai Accent rental car (I want a bimmer NOW! *sob*) '81 320is (the real 2.0L thing) SOLD!!! '8? 5?? (soon I hope) Barvarian Auto Club of Vancouver Island member #2137 http://members.home.net/iphoto/home.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 01:40:46 -0500 From: "Edwin S. MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: E30 m3's > At 10:10 PM -0500 1/26/2000, Rich Beebe wrote: > >i was > >planning to sell my 63K mile 88 M3 just weeks ago, but based on recent > >numbers for these cars, i've decided to keep mine for now. clean, stock > >examples of these cars are apparently starting to dry up. Dry up? I heard they all leak! Except the eBay one . . . Ed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 01:56:16 -0500 From: Mark Borchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Legend Five - Caliper Paint That stuff (Legend Five) looks OK, but I've successfully used "barbecue black" paint on my calipers for years (~ $3 @ K-Mart), primarily to prevent metal surface oxidation, once the original caliper paint burns/wears/rusts off. Mark Borchik ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:04:08 -0800 From: "Jam Master J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: E30 Rear Spoiler For Sale: A BMP rear wing for a 89-91 E30 (318-325)(91-92 325ic) Not painted. All hardware included. Can be seen in the BMP catalogue on page 74. $200.00 obo. includes shipping. Josh Murray LA Chapter, CCA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:13:38 -0500 From: Mark Borchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Winter Driving > Is it an inconvenience, or is it a great opportunity to practise responses > to oversteering in an empty parking lot? > It's been bantered about for years that some of the best first-time high-speed drivers school students learned to drive, or drive regularly, on roads (and parking lots <g>) in the snow belt, and that even though they are unfamiliar with the particulars of first-time exposure to a track-driving environment, they do seem to possess an innate "car control" ability. I can vouch for this theory with many of my past novice drivers school students. If the inevitable mistake occurred, their reaction consistently seemed to be instinctively automatic, preventing a small mistake from becoming something much more serious. A dry track at high speed is exactly the same as a snow covered road, or parking lot, at slower speeds... Vehicle dynamic-wise.... Donuts anyone? Mark Borchik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:51:15 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: <E30> M3 <FS> on Ebay I glanced over the car on ebay... impressive specimen, but hardly worth that amount of money IMHO. Just a quick note for those who would pay close to $20k for said car. - -the trunk lid looks slightly discolored (yellowed) compared to the rest of the car... while this body discoloration always happens to red M3's... and to a (much) lesser extent diamondschwartz and silver cars... I can't recall ever seeing this as a problem on white cars... particularly one that has lived such a charmed life. I noticed _just_ the trunklid/spoiler looked different... the bumpers, side skirts, etc all match quite well. Anyone have any input here? - -the "///M 3" front grill badge is not in the correct place... for $17+k I would have to ask myself "self, why is that?" I am sure there are some other odds and ends, but I don't have _that_ much spare time on my hands (ok, we hicks are under >12" of snow... both my school and my place of employment have been closed all week, and I can't even get to my fabricator's shop (under 2' of snow in the boonies) to pick up my racecar so I can start rebuilding my engine). Regards, Matt "Cabin Fever" Meakin Redhead Racing 325iS ITS#12 '88 M3 (uhh, not quite $20k) '86 4k Quattro '95 F250 Powerstroke (tows all, great in 12" snow, still for sale) *Looking for cheap-ish >'92 2500 Suburban* ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #125 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Curry's Auto Service . http://www.currysauto.com | Eurosport . http://www.eurosport-hp.com | Koala MotorSport . http://www.koalamotorsport.com | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | The Ultimate Garage . http://www.ultimategarage.com | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com | Zionsville Autosport . http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com ����������������������������������������
