[uucdigest] Saturday, February 12 2000 Volume 03 : Number 249 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Should I consider a 750? RE: [uuc] Stupid!! - Really? [uuc] tire size recommendation [uuc] Re: Need Help [uuc] YAY!...It's Porridgehead!! [uuc] teen cars [uuc] FS: Unused 17x7.5 M Double Spoke II w/225x45 Pilot MXX3 Re: [uuc] Re: <WOB>Proprietary information, indeed. [uuc] Opinions on P7000SS [uuc] Added Pirelli info. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:29:03 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Should I consider a 750? I won't repeat the crash story ... but I'm car shopping right now. There are a couple of affordable 750's (e32) in the area and ... frankly ... I'm scared of them. I figure that a car with two 2 Cylinder engines will cost more than twice as much to fix as a car with one engine - Everything standard goes up 2x due to quantity - and everything nonstandard goes up 3x or 4x because it is so special. Since operating and repair costs are important to me, I feel I should steer clear of the 750 ( and M cars too). I'd LOVE to drive a big gun ... but I don't want to pay for the ammo. Is my assumption correct? Karl Zemlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] BMWCCA 82366 Indianapolis '84 528e, 210,000 miles - RIP 1/8/97 '85 735i, 225,000 miles - RIP 02/10/00 ... next? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:45:23 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Stupid!! - Really? I'll second this one. 65 MPH Head-on with a full-sized pickup that crossed the median of the interstate. I was driving an '84 528e. I had a cut lip and a broken bone in my hand. I was bruised and extremely sore, but my ribs and innards were fine. I have the impression of the seatbelt on my jacket where the energy melted the nylon shell. Karl Zemlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] BMWCCA 82366 Indianapolis '84 528e, 210,000 miles - RIP 1/8/97 '85 735i, 225,000 miles - dead and waiting for a successor. @$&%()#$&@*()$ uninsured driver! > > I can say from experience in 60mph head on crash, my seat belts > did not damage > my ribs, internal organs, or hit my head on the steering wheel. > I had a mark > on my shoudler and a bruised knee. > > If air bags only save 175lb males, it's going to be a lonely place. > > -John > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:53:55 -0500 From: "harun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] tire size recommendation fellow digesters, I have the following old and boring question! I have the Billstein/H&R sport suspension upgrade in my 97 M3. since my tires got useless I am intending to get a new set. How ever I was wondering if I could get 235 to the front and 255 to the rear since the car is lowered. Does any one have any experience or an opinion about the subject? Thank you harun. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:00:00 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Need Help Thanks to all who replied to my post. It really means a lot to me that this digest cares so much, it is also great only being 20 and getting real help. Thanks so much Jonathan Ruhe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:22:07 -0800 From: Chris Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] YAY!...It's Porridgehead!! >Subject: [uuc] Bags of fun. <Big time WOB><Porridgehead> > >Seeing as the airbag discussion has warmed to a level sufficient to heat a >two stall garage, I think it's time to sit back, take a moment, and review >the discussion thus far. > >Voice #1: I don't like the steering wheel on my car and I was wondering... > >Alarmist #1: BLASPHEMER! You will die a thousand painful deaths for your >transgressions. No man can survive without airbags. > >Dissenter#1: Wrong, you purulent purveyor of misinformation and outright >lies! Airbags kill. They'll kill you! They'll kill everyone if you let >them. I have proof. I was killed by one! <snip> *chuckle* Three cheers for Sir Porridgehead! Trust you to turn this into a really big laugh :-D Ahh, the digest's very own Knight of Nee. ...nee,nee,nee,neeee... Your humble digest reader, Chris ROTFL '83 528e (no airbag...) Barvarian Auto Club of Vancouver Island member #2137 http://members.home.net/iphoto/home.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:58:01 -0800 From: "Stephen J. Albrecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] teen cars Mark Yarger wrote a very nice story about his '72 MGB-GT and then nominated a Fiat 850 as a great teen car also. My second car (at 22 years old) was a brand new '70 Fiat 850 Spider. It was an awesome car and I once drove it from Boston to St. Louis (my hometown) and back. If I remember correctly, 60 mph was significantly north of 4000 rpm. That fine little machine sported me all over the New England area every weekend, and it was very comfortable to boot. I was not unusual to rack up over 600 miles in a weekend with it. It also got over 40 mpg driving it hard, which was the only way to drive it. It was a 55 cu.in. motor producing 58 hp. Not too shabby for 1970 I guess. I still see one or two occasionally in the Bay Area. My next car was a '67 MGB-GT. That was a step backwards, and forwards. My Fiat was absolutely reliable, the MG was absolutely unreliable. The thousands of hours I spent working on that British beast are permanently engraved in my memory, even 35+ years later. That was the car that taught me how to maintain an automobile, each and every single piece of it. Sheesh! At one point during the ownership period, I calculated that it required roughly ten hours of maintenance for every hour I drove it. Be that as it may, I participated in SCCA rallies with it two or three times a month for years. I eventually traded it for a Datsun pick-em-up, when I discovered I couldn't afford a BMW that ran, and thus started a long slide into the arena of bland transportation. The one bright light was my Toyota Land Cruncher, jeep style. I drove that from Boston to Colorado, at 50 mph, and 10 mpg. I owned one American car, a '84 Dodge Daytona Turbo. What a POS!!! In 27 months of ownership, it was in the shop 37 times. During that time it ate (as in demolished) 4 transmissions. That car cured me of the 'Buy American' sentiment that was running around at the time. It was worse than the MG fercrisake. I eventually became enlightened in 1997 when I bought my first BMW, a '95 540iA. I was SAVED! Can I get an AMEN brother? In '99 I bought my second BMW. Jeeze, this is getting dangerous. On the way home from work today, I noticed that Steven's Creek BMW had a ///M3-LTW sitting on the lot. My wife has been yelling at me lately that I shouldn't be driving the new 540 on the track, and that I should get a track car. Perhaps I'll take a look at it tomorrow. Nawww, I can't. Well...just a peek...what can that hurt? Enough ... Steve Albrecht Golden Gate Chapter '00 540i/6 '95 540iA -> now my wife's ride ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:02:47 -0800 From: "Lew Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: Unused 17x7.5 M Double Spoke II w/225x45 Pilot MXX3 I'm selling my spare -- 17x7.5 M Double Spoke II and the 225x45 Pilot MXX3 mounted on it. Neither the wheel nor the tire have ever been on the car, road, etc. -- they are as new. $350 + shipping. Lew Becker ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:05:46 -0800 From: Jerry Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: <WOB>Proprietary information, indeed. John Bolhuis wrote: > I know what you're thinking, but don't do it. I heard of this kid in > Norway who got a set of those wheels, measured the offset himself, and > then posted the results on the internet. The authorities busted down > his door and took his car. Trust me, you're not meant to know that > information. I can see it now. I'm at Dinan, and the salesman is saying, "OK, Mr. Brown, you're all set - as soon as you sign this NDA..." :^) - -jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:38:31 -0800 From: "Josh Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Opinions on P7000SS Hey all- I stand to get a pretty good deal on a new set of Pirelli 7000 Super Sports. Any opinion on these. I looked up a bunch of stuff online, but just kept getting conflicting information. Please, give me clarity. Josh Murray ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 23:40:12 -0800 From: "Josh Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Added Pirelli info. A few more facts that might help. I will be running 205/50-16s and I currently have Dunlop SP9000. Thanks Josh ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #249 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
