[uucdigest] Friday, February 4 2000 Volume 03 : Number 195 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac [uuc] <ADMIN> RICE BOY THREAD CLOSED Re: [uuc] Re: "RiceBoy" [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac Re: [uuc] Re: Riceboy Question [uuc] BMW 528i [uuc] <e30> Automatic transmission life expectancy [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac [uuc] <FS> ATE brake fluid RE: [uuc] Oh, Gawd! Not the Riceboy topic again! [uuc] Oxygen sensor [uuc] Re: coloured wheels ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:50:19 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac Now would that be in your pubescent years trying to give yourself a fake hickey? Or are we talking about something more along the lines of "American Pie"? ROTFLMAO! Man, you gotta share that one! If you do, I'll share my incident with crazy glue... Chester - --- Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, that's the story of teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac. And I'm not > telling that one to anybody :) > > Jim ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:45:50 -0800 (PST) From: BMWuuc Monitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <ADMIN> RICE BOY THREAD CLOSED The "rice boy" thread is now CLOSED. Please use terms such as "import car crowd" or "racerboy" (as suggested by Rob) instead to avoid this. This discussion was beaten to death a while back and will not continue. This is the one and only warning. Thank you. ===== Your BMW UUC Digest Monitors Topica Sucks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:44:44 -0800 From: "Jonathan Reiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: "RiceBoy" New to the digest I have to chime in here..... A: I don't understand the definition of "RiceBoy". As stated by some of the digest members it is an owner of a vehicle which has modified his car strictly for cosmetic purposes..... Well, I have to say that living in the same city as GReddy, HKS, and Stillen headquarters, I have been roasted on numerous occasions by "Riceboys" in Integras while driving my M3. Further, I have been in my friend's 1995 RX-7 Twin Turbo R2 while he has gotten roasted by the same cars. The reality is that a lot of these "RiceBoy" cars (while admittetly being gaudy) are extremely fast. Typically that "phat" exhuast pipe is attached to a "phat" header which is attached to a Japanese version of the integra motor which also has a "phat" GReddy turbo system and "phat" intercooler attached to it. B: Being that I went to college at the University of Califorina Irvine (UCI) which is also commonly referred to as University of Civic and Integras or University of Chinese Immigrants and the majority of my friends are Asian (ornamental for you folks from Texas) as is my girlfriend of four years..... I asked a couple of them what they thought of the term "RiceBoy" and they found it humorous and not offensive. C: For those of you who bash people who put what you refer to as "M3" body parts on their cars.... Well obviously you haven't been in the BMW scene for very long. The facts are that the M-Technic body kit on all of our M3s (yes, I have a 1995 E36 M3) has been available to the public longer then the E36 M3 has been in production (Europe Included here). When I purchased my first BMW, a 1993 325is, the next generation M3 being available in the US was a big question mark. In fact, there were no pictures of the car available at the time. However, BMW did make available the M-Technic/M-Technik body kit which could be purchased through the dealer. This was not unsual tradition for BMW as they had also made an M-Technic body kit for the E30. I had this kit, including the mirrors, applied to my E36 325is because that grey painted "stone guard" strip along the bottom of the car was unsightly and the kit simply made the car look better. In fact, 1998 E36 328i/ic models with the sports package started coming with the M-Technic kit (minus the mirrors) from the factory. D: As far as placing the ///M logo in front of the model designation, I see nothing wrong with doing this. Original BMW Motorsports cars had done exactly the same thing. It simply designated a car which had been slightly modified by BMW Motorsports on a one off basis for executives of BMW or special customers. It was only later when the M1 and then original M5 was produced that they started manufacturing the cars in relatively large numbers and designated them with M1/M5/M3/M6.... If someone were truly being a poser they would simply remove their model designation and put the entire M logo on the car..... For instance, a 318is that has ///M3 on the trunk - here we have a poser. To me... ///M318is simply tells me the person is a BMW enthusiasts.... - - My Buck Twenty Five Jon - -'97 328ic with an ///M logo in front of the 328i - -'95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 13:51:00 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac No such story. I just like making fun of myself lately :) But the condom story is real. I still get red faced thinking about that one. Jim Chester Wong wrote: > > Now would that be in your pubescent years trying to give yourself a fake > hickey? Or are we talking about something more along the lines of "American > Pie"? ROTFLMAO! > > Man, you gotta share that one! If you do, I'll share my incident with crazy > glue... > > Chester > > --- Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, that's the story of teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac. And I'm not > > telling that one to anybody :) > > > > Jim > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________________ > Follow the U.S. presidential race on our Politics list! > http://www.topica.com/lists/politics ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 15:53:21 -0600 From: "Greg Cernosek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac Chester, I think Jim was kidding about the Shop Vac. Now, you have let the cat out of the bag though. You have to share the crazy glue story! Greg At 03:50 PM 2/4/00 , Chester Wong wrote: >Now would that be in your pubescent years trying to give yourself a fake >hickey? Or are we talking about something more along the lines of "American >Pie"? ROTFLMAO! > >Man, you gotta share that one! If you do, I'll share my incident with crazy >glue... > >Chester > >--- Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, that's the story of teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac. And I'm not > > telling that one to anybody :) > > > > Jim > > >===== > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > >_______________________________________________________ >Follow the U.S. presidential race on our Politics list! >http://www.topica.com/lists/politics ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:55:09 -0500 From: "Coldfire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Riceboy Question How about CrackerBoy? Driving a CrackerBox. Guy > I guess I'd be a Krautboy with a shnitzeled-up old E28... > One could also be/have a: > > QuicheBoy (slammed LeCar) > PennePimp (Alfa Spider Lowrider) > CrumpetBoy (Range Rover with chrome wires/5 inch exhaust tip) > Meatballed-out Saab 900 (with shaved handles, limo tint) > > The possibilities are endless...it isn't something to be offended by (unless > you are ashamed of what you have done to your car!!!) > > This will certainly spark some creative thought - let's hear 'em! > > robW ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:02:08 -0800 From: "Trenholme, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW 528i Hello, I am new to this list and I am about to purchase a 528i 5-Speed. I have previously owned a fully optioned 1974 Bavaria which was a most excellent car! I like the 6 cylinder car as I see the 540i as overkill, considering that it would be a rare day when you would get to utilize the full potential of that car, or even the 528i for that matter. What does concern me about the 528i is that the 193 HP engine is rather modest in terms of power. I do not need the power of the 540i, but at the same time I do not want to have Camry's and Maxima's pulling away from me. I have heard rumors that the 2001 528i will offer a larger inline 6, possibly a 3.0 liter motor, making the car a 530i. I would definitely be bummed out if I bought a new car now and this Fall BMW offered a 3.0 liter car (or 3.2), with a little more performance. Is there anyone out there that might be able to shed a light on this subject? If there are no plans for a larger displacement 6 cylinder I would just assume purchase a car now. Phil T ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 16:09:13 -0600 From: "Scott McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <e30> Automatic transmission life expectancy Folks, I was trying to think of something to post to extend the Rice thread, but since I came up with nothing, I have a BMW related question ;-) I'm helping my cousin shop for an e30, and despite my many attempts to convince him to get a manual 'box, he insists it has to be an automatic. What is an average life expectancy for the automatic tranny on a 6-cylinder e30? Has it changed significantly over the e30's production life? Are there warning signs I can check for impending failure? Thanks, Scott e30 with 5-speed. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:20:19 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] teenie Jim and the Shop-Vac Sheesh....just pulling my leg like his Chevy engine transplate project...DOH! Well, if you really must know, here goes....(keep in mind that this in no way involves private body parts...so all you perverts can just page down or hit the delete key). ...now, I haven't discouraged you so far, let's go... So back in my junior high school years, I used to wrench on my little 1/8th scale nitromethanol burner..the Kyosho Turbo Burns. I had just gotten a set of new tires and wheels for it (something like $100...yikes!). I mounted the tires (no big Hunter machine for that chore) and mounted the combo onto the land rocket. Go outside, use the outboard starter (Indy style) to start the car. Blip the throttle....bbbbzzzzst....bbbzzzzzst... Slowly idle it to the street and let 'er rip. BWAAAAAAAAA!!!! Wait a sec...what's this? The car was still in front of me. There was so much torque that the wheels were spinning inside the tires! DOH! I head back into the basement and bust out the bottle of cyano-glue... Gotta clue those mutha-f*ckin tires to the rims. I get the 10mm wrench out and spin off all four wheels. Plop one tire/wheel combo onto the table and jab a small flat head screwdriver into the seam. I place a few drops of the mystery glue into the gap and move the flathead to a different section of the tire. Cool...flip the tire and do the other side. Just when I was about done and the screwdriver was still wedged in the seam, I pull the flathead out and the tire snapped back to the wheel. What happens when a tire snaps back into place with some glue in the middle? Well, in slo-mo...I see this droplet of the stuff come flying towards my eye. Whammo! It hits me square in the eye. Holy sh*t!!!!! Thank gawd I was wearing a contact lens! I took it out and there was a "splash" pattern on it! All was not good, though. My eye irritated the living hell outta me. I didn't want to tell my parents because they would have yelled at me, so I used up a bottle of Visine to try to bring comfort back. No such luck. So I told my parents and they took me to the hospital. $500 later, I was doing okay. They sat me in front of a modified sink faucet and made me rinse my eye out for 10 minutes....and you thought opening your eyes under water was bad! Yup...$500 just for that. A subsequent visit to an eye doctor told me that my cornea was scratched and that it would take a little while for it to heal. He also told me that I was lucky for wearing the contact lens and that if the glue fused to my eye, I would have to wait for the surface layer of the cornea to dissolve and regenerate (something like months of healing). Ok....not quite as spectacular as Jim with the Latina hottie, but people always laugh when I share the story. You're laughing with me, right? Not at me, eh? =) But...from that day on, I've had a healthy respect for eye protection! Never mounted tires again without wearing safety goggles ;) Then there's the story of - - 'lil Chester in the department store with women and cleavage... - - 'lil Chester getting his head stuck in the fence at the school playground. - - 'lil Chester picking a fight with a dude twice his size and having that dude sit on me while pummeling my head. - - pubescent Chester trying to impress a girl on the stairs of the subway...that one was painful... - - pubescent Chester trying to impress a girl tubing down a hill with a friend....that was painful and bloody.. ...man, it's amazing I made it this far. Chester - --- Greg Cernosek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chester, > > I think Jim was kidding about the Shop Vac. Now, you have let the cat out > of the bag though. You have to share the crazy glue story! > > Greg ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:25:35 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <FS> ATE brake fluid Hey guys....I have I think 12 liters of the gold and blue fluid sitting in my basement. Anyone interested in $7/can? I think I'm keeping 4 cans...so I have 8 for sale.. Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:01:19 -0500 From: "George, Zachariah (CICG Development)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Oh, Gawd! Not the Riceboy topic again! Tea anyone? TT? ;) Zach > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 1983 15:04:05 -0500 > From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [uuc] Oh, Gawd! Not the Riceboy topic again! > > We could always start up the "harnesses without a rollbar or > rollcage" thread again. Or maybe talk about Audis? > > Stan > > Wading through the "my center back vents only blow cold air" > stuff for the > third time was bad enough. Can we just talk about dead > wabbits and soaking > them in Coke and stuff? > > Robert Blakeney > '90 535i - rear center vents cold as my wife > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:05:03 -0500 From: "Phemister, George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Oxygen sensor <<<<From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] I have a 1990 535i with a manual transmission. Does anyone know the Bosch part number for the original equipment oxygen sensor ( the one with the BMW plug on the end of it)?>>>>> Go to <http://planetall.homestead.com/wpeyton/files/BMWCEL_2.txt> for Bill Peyton's excellent recap. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:02:35 -0500 From: "Curt Kiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: coloured wheels LOL Hey Delford, those are special orange wheels your talking about! Our friend Mike Wendell painted those 'cone' colored so they wouldn't take offense when he whacked them on the autocross course. It was a sight to see though. Beautiful Avis Blue M3 with blaze orange wheels. Definately a reminder to bring your sense of humor along. Curt Kiser BMW CCA Tidewater Virginia 88' M5 Sharked with NORMAL wheels on it >I seem to recall some orange wheels at Pizzafest II. Were those a factory color? >To each his own... >Delford Chaffin ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #195 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. 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