[uucdigest] Friday, February 4 2000 Volume 03 : Number 187 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] BMW rental in FL?? [uuc] Re: E30 Front Air Dams ('86es vs. later) [uuc] Re: Speeding ticket/Traffic School/Cop story (long) Re: [uuc] Wheel color question [uuc] E21 Baur Targa convertible [uuc] Who's handling O'fest this year? [uuc] BMW's vibrant aftermarket dept. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:57:04 -0500 From: "Eniac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW rental in FL?? Does anyone know if there is a place near Orlando that rents BMW's? I have to go there next week and will be leaving both my bimmers here in Michigan. Actually, I would prefer a BMW but any European car will do. I am just really sick of all the typical American and Japennesse cars most rental places have. Eniac BMW CCA(motor city chapter) '88 325ix '84 318i ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:37:02 -0600 From: "West, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: E30 Front Air Dams ('86es vs. later) Someone (Ken?) asked about e30 '87 to '88+ front air dam/spoiler/apron/valance/whatever conversion-ability. It is possible. I converted an '87 (2/'87 325i) to one from an '89 (or '90?) several years ago. The most difficult thing was removing the tow hook (I remember sawing it off, so it must not have been bolted on.) As I recall, you will need the front panel sheet metal, the lower spoiler "lip" (the painted, notched one looks better, IMHO), a plastic filler insert for one of the vents in the sheet metal panel, brake duct "funnels" and tubes, replacement inner fender liner pieces (for the brake ducts), either foglamps or the paintable plastic filler inserts that the 318's w/o the optional foglights came with and lots of various clips, screws, etc... You might make note that it appears there were sheet metal changes in 9/87 and 9/88. I sold the car a while back, but if you are serious about it, e-mail me and I will see if I can find the receipts/part numbers (since I never seem to clean out my files.) - -mw ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 22:40:10 -0800 From: Randy Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Speeding ticket/Traffic School/Cop story (long) Charles Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Well after 17+ years without a ticket of any kind (well okay, no >convictions anyway) I got nailed for speeding. It's my understanding >that in California you can have it wiped off your record after a year if >you go to traffic school and have no other moving violations during that >period. If you DO get any violations within a year you get stuck with >BOTH of them and you're out the traffic school fee too. I have serious >doubts about my ability to control my speed for a whole year, should I >just pay the fine and live with the one point on my record? >........When he leaves I check the ticket and he only wrote >me up for 80 in a 65 and nothing about the front plate. I've been through this many times over the years. By all means take traffic school for this one, you'll learn some things and save yourself a bundle on insurance hikes. It's been my life's mission to keep my record completely clean and i've been point-free for twenty years now (but certainly not ticket-free). In California, you're allowed to take traffic school every 18 months from *the date the citation was issued* but it seems the courts don't check all that closely. I applied for and was granted permission to do traffic school for a radar ticket i got 16 months after the previous one :-) (which is what prompted me to finally chuck my Passport and get a V1 :-) You'll get a "courtesy notice" in the mail with the bail amount, and there should be some information about requesting traffic school from the court which can usually be done either through the mail or by using an automated telephone system. You won't be required to appear in court if you request traffic school this way. You'll have to pay the fine (probably $87 for simple speeding VC 22350), a small court administration fee to request school, and you'll also have to pay the traffic school their fee. If there's no list of schools included with the courtesy notice, then you can pick one up at most county courthouses. You can also search for traffic schools using a search engine or even the white/yellow pages. CHP tickets require that the traffic school be "DMV Approved" which means walk-in classroom type of instruction (the various on-line or at-home traffic schools are not DMV-approved). You must complete 8 hours of classroom instruction, and the DMV knows that the on-line schools can be completed in half that amount of time. I do too 'cause i did one in under 4 hours on an LAPD ticket :-) The DMV and CHP are State entities so they don't go for that crap. Once you complete the school and send the certificate of completion to the court, the citation will be kept off your driving record immediately. It will be invisible to your insurance company (but courts, judges, and law enforcement people will be able to see it in your "file"). I've done traffic school many many times over the years and never once did the ticket ever show up on my record :-) But keep your copy of the certificate in your wallet for three years just in case....... Another little-known fact is if you happen to get another ticket within the 18 month window, you can go before a judge and humbly ask that he grant you permission to attend an "extended" traffic school which is 12 hours of instruction instead of the regular 8. Most of the time they'll allow it and that ticket will be kept off your record as well. Or you can take your chances like i did and request it knowing it hasn't been 18 months :-) I've been denied once many years ago when someone actually did their job and checked my record. I usually prefer to find a school taught by an off-duty or former police or CHP officer as they can teach us a lot about how to avoid being the one to catch the officer's eye. Everybody is breaking the law out there, but we did something to attract his attention (sudden moves, excessive lane-changing, too much brakelight activity, etc). I've learned how to avoid being singled-out, and i'm always going over the limit (just ask Gustave :-) I actually find myself enjoying traffic school once i accept the fact that i'm stuck there for a whole Saturday :-) Randy Walters Radar-infested L.A. Chapter http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=153582&a=1200064 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 22:53:52 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Wheel color question I would definatelly not recommend you to paint your weel black. Black wheel looks like cheap steel wheel and just looks cheap Joe Tan '93 325i __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 22:53:46 -0800 From: Chris Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E21 Baur Targa convertible Now here's a really nice E21 to buy for keeps. And it's a 323i to boot! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=249203637 No affiliation, blah, blah... Chris '83 528e '81 320is (the real 2.0L) - missing her '95 McLaren F1 (model, sitting on my computer. Low miles.) Barvarian Auto Club of Vancouver Island member #2137 http://members.home.net/iphoto/home.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:10:39 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Who's handling O'fest this year? Was wondering if there any interest among the membership on having an autox driving school at O'fest this year? The premier McKamey autox driving school is available if there is interest. Here's the link to their website: <A HREF="http://autocross.com/mckameyschool/">McKamey Autox Driving School</A> Mark Sipe Z3 2.8 Coupe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:18:20 +1100 From: "Thomas, Andrew j" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW's vibrant aftermarket dept. Rob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: > As David Chen informed me, 7-series could be ordered with > body-colored "throwing star" covers on the 17" wheels. Oh crumbs, I'd forgotten about those. I remember seeing a red 850CSi in the Park Lane (London) dealership with the throwing-star covers painted in red. I think the rest of the rim was silver. I had a Barry White tune going on in my head as I checked out the phat bodykit and white leather interior. > But being a factory option doesn't make it tasteful... You speak my mind. While much of it is drool-worthy and not available outside Germany (there are some lovely alloys available which you never see on the streets), some of the stuff in the brochure beggars belief. Most of the M dress-up bodykits and Motorsport 17" alloys are shown off attached to 318tds tourings. Sure to annoy the bejesus out of many of you :). I guess the dealer-fit, two-tone leather trim - not an "Individual" option, so may be easily available in the US - could be had in some tasteful colour combos. Black with a dark blue inlay might look good in a silver-grey 3 coupe, but lemon yellow and green? Niiiiiice. Other visual "delights" include one thing I didn't know of - BMW offers factory-approved, three-spoke 17" alloy wheels. Apologies to those with only three spokes in their wheels, but where ah cum from, three-spoke alloys are usually attached to lowered hot hatches with coffee-can exhaust pipes. Or Saabs. Andy T "This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. 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