[uucdigest] Wednesday, February 2 2000 Volume 03 : Number 170 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Re: [uuc] E39 5-spd Throttle "hang" [uuc] RE: Lane Splitting [uuc] Car-to-car radios? Re: [uuc] Car-to-car radios? Re: [uuc] V1 false laser alarms while using windshield washers! Re: [uuc] Bye bye M3 - what next? [uuc] Lane splitting in CA Re: [uuc] V1 False Laser Alarms ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 00:49:16 -0500 From: "Michael Capaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E39 5-spd Throttle "hang" - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Swingle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:14 AM Subject: [uuc] E39 5-spd Throttle "hang" > I've been driving my new (to me, anyway, with 63 k miles on it) 97 528i > 5-spd for about a month now, and have noticed an annoying trait. When > shifting, the engine RPM "hangs" wherever it was when I let up on the gas. > While this makes every shift a power shift, it gets annoying when trying to > be smooth about it. I've seen other cars (notably an early RX7 I had a long > time ago) do this in the early days of emission controls, but am surprised > to see it on a modern car. The only way to really match the RPM on an > upshift is a very exaggerated "granny" shift. I've been driving manual-trans > cars for 25 years, so I don't think it's cockpit error. > > Is this normal? Is there a "fix"? Do any of the aftermarket "reprogramming" > efforts change this? > > Other than this I've been having a great time with the car - my first > experience with BMW. > > Dave Hi Dave, I've been driving the same year / powertrain car for 41k, and never experienced what you've described...it's not normal. Good luck, Mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 21:52:16 -0800 From: Erick Baumeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Lane Splitting I find most people in California think lane splitting is illegal also. I actually did it in my 535 a few weeks ago in stopped traffic on the Santa Monica freeway in full view of 4 CHP cruisers. Check your state laws to get the facts before assuming it's illegal where you live. Of course the CHP and most local police here in Northern CA are REALLY nice and will only pull you over if you're doing TWO minor things wrong or are doing something that's just plain stupid or dangerous. I have a good few good stories about just that.....but we're all done telling cop stories. Erick Baumeister ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 1983 01:09:43 -0500 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Car-to-car radios? I am sure that there are lots of you with experience in this area. Which types of radios work well in a car-to-car application? I believe that the handheld CB radios do not work at all without an exterior antenna. I am not too interested in spending several hundred dollars per radio. How about those Family Radio Service units? Stan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 22:14:27 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Car-to-car radios? Yes. Good range, sound and excellent battery life. I have several Motorola 250s. Great radio. Go to http://www.accompany.com and search for them. Usually a good price discount. Jim "Stan Jackson Jr." wrote: > > I am sure that there are lots of you with experience in this area. Which > types of radios work well in a car-to-car application? I believe that the > handheld CB radios do not work at all without an exterior antenna. I am > not too interested in spending several hundred dollars per radio. How > about those Family Radio Service units? > > Stan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 01:20:14 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 false laser alarms while using windshield washers! Michael-- Since no one's mentioned it so far, I can't be sure if you know that the otherwise-miraculous innards of the Valentine One can be hypersensitive to electrical fluctuations in the car's system. Mine used to laser false all the time, and as you discovered, it can make you mighty jumpy. The fix was a brief, no-charge visit back to Val headquarters, where they upgraded the software. It was a jittery few days, but the now the falsing's gone gone gone. Might be worth a call to customer service. Blake 89 535 93 525 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 22:57:57 -0800 From: Erick Baumeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Bye bye M3 - what next? Tom, Your UUC answer is clear although the reward may be a year off. 1. Turn in the E36 M3 and get the Bright Red 323i. 2. Here's the tough part: Make the new car HER car and drive her '89 325i for awhile. Just tell her that you're concerned about her safety and want her in the newer,safer, & (supposedly) less breakdown-prone car. 3. Next year(or on the occasion of the first 5 figure repair on the E30) it will be easy to justify to the SO that the E30 needs to be replaced. This is when you go and spec out that sweet E46 M3 which will have all the bugs worked out by then. She'll go along with this since YOU have dealt with her old car for the past year while she had the benefit of a new vehicle, which, of course, was your brilliant idea to make HER car. 4. Convert the E30 to your full time track car. If you're smart, you've been doing UUC upgrades all along. You justify the conversion by reasoning that track-prepping the M3 will cost more than what you'd get out of selling the E30. Besides, you can't bear the thought of all the stone chips track time is famous for on YOUR brand new car. And if you're leasing, you don't want to have to take all that stuff off when the lease is up. This isn't to say a few UUC upgrades won't slip onto the M3. Erick Baumeister Can I be an official UUC Consultant? Tom Newton wrote: > > Hi Folks: > > April 20 will be a sad day. I "have to" give my M3 back. After 3 years and > 42,000+ fun filled miles, the lease is up and I'm without a clear plan. Since > I'm getting married in May, and have a sh*t load of other "priorities" coming > up (you guys know the deal), the new M3 supercar aint in the cards -- this > year anyway. > MAJOR SNIP > Another plan might be to get the 4 door 323i, in bright Red (yikes), which is > the only color car my fiancee' will ever own -- she currently has an aging > 1989 325i 4 door -- I could drive the 323, let her 325i "die" or fade away in > a year or so, give her the 323, then bang! pounce on a 330i coupe or an M3! > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 02:16:39 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Lane splitting in CA Tom wrote: Not true. It was legal long before then.... Ethan Stock wrote: > > My understanding is that the motorcycle lobby here made a horse trade with > the legislature back when mandatory helmet laws were introduced. This has > no basis in evidence, just what I've heard. You are correct. Tom. It has been legal for a long time. My understanding is that it was never made an illegal manuver because all motorcyles USED to be primarily air cooled, and their smaller engines couldn't take the abuse of idling in stopped traffic... John F ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 23:43:33 -0800 From: Mike Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 False Laser Alarms > Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:16:50 -0500 > From: "Henry Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] V1 False Laser Alarms > > Strangely enough, each time I pull up to the front door of the dry > cleaners, I get a laser false alarm. It doesn't go off when driving by or > away, only when I drive right up to it. Henry, you can always give Valentine Research a call. I did when I wondered about this. They will list of a variety of sources that will set off the laser detector, including things such as neon signs. Does it go off if you drive up to the dry cleaner's when they are closed and the sign is off? :-) -Mike '98 323iC '87 Carrera coupe ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #170 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
