[uucdigest] Wednesday, March 15 2000 Volume 03 : Number 443 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] Uhhhhgly! [uuc] That FogLight Thread [uuc] Re: Radar question Re: [uuc] Re: first radar detector [uuc] Re: <E30> OBC bulbs [uuc] Buttonwillow School ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:15:22 -0500 From: Ethan Stock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Uhhhhgly! Keen-eyed art critic Rich said: > Toyota Echo > Honda Insight > Ford Focus > >All three of these cars could have just as easily come out of the same >design team....UGLY. For years, the 'merican car crowd used to write nasty letters in to Car & Driver claiming tht they were on the payroll of the Japanese, because finely engineered products from that nation regularly beat out mid-80s Detroit iron in comparison tests. Hmmm. The first conclusive proof of this formerly-presumed-to-be-slander that I have is C&D's recent review of the Toyota Echo. They went through the entire article, touting such great features as its "interior volume" and "enormous headroom" without ever making the painfully obvious point that it is truly, abysmally, grotesque. The fact that its interior volume is a direct result of a roofline higher than a VW bug without half the forethought seemed to escape them entirely. For some reasons, the first example of this piece o' crap that I saw had trashed rear shocks (new car, I know, but it was true) and I came upon it from behind doing <1 mile under the speed limit> and the only impression I took away (narrow track, tiny tires, honest-to-God lead springs, that tall profile, and riding six inches high and bouncing due to the busted dampers) was... covered wagon, 1848. Who says history is dead? Blech. -- Ethan '88 535is w/goodies galore the sweetest design combo of planes and curves since... whenever. Leave me alone, I love E28s. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 00:29:14 -0500 From: "Duane Collie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] That FogLight Thread Ya know, I always like to read the foglight threads here. They get quite emotional, which is entertaining to say the least. You have the DIE-YOU-FOGLIGHT-YUPPIE-SCUM group, and the I-CAN-SEE-BETTER-AND-I-LIKE-THE-LOOK-camp on the opposing side. Like a bunch of kids on the playground, none is ever swayed to jump sides. Me? Hell.....I don't care if you do run 'em when its clear outside... or if you don't. Just aim the damn things correctly so you keep 'em outta my eyes and we can all live in peace. Which reminds me of a story. True story, too <g>..... Back twenty years ago when I used to live in Broward County, Florida - west of Boca Raton, it was largely undeveloped and I had a '79 Jeep CJ-7 (with a 304 V-8 engine and big mudder tires) that we used to go out atop the irrigation dikes at night to goof around in and generally try to fight off summer boredom by not getting stuck in the swamps or the sand. Now it used to be REALLY DARK out there, so like any night-drivin' off-road fool I had double racks of lights on the CJ. There were (6) round Cibie quartz halogen driving lights on the top bar above the windshield, and (4) Cibie halogen fog lights low atop the front bumper (even two wired to the rear backup lights near the spare tire). Seeing where we were going was never a problem on the dikes. I also traveled on Route 441 frequently, which is/was one of the longest, flattest, straightest 2-lane roads in the state from West Palm Beach to Margate. I'm sure its probably been widened and improved by now, but back then it was dark, isolated 2-lane blacktop and you might only see another car every six or eight minutes. You could see for miles on it. Now, normal protocol was to travel with your high beams while on 441 at night...the better to see possums and armadillos ambling across the blacktop. As you first saw another car coming, about 2 miles away, you'd wait until about the 1/2 mile closure mark or so to drop your high beams to low. Occasionally, the other guy wouldn't do it.....which always pissed you off as it made your pupils dialate in a huge way when you've been driving in the dark for so long. One night, some dufus coming the other way wouldn't dip his lights. High beams!! I'm in my Jeep...and I flash him....HIGH-low-HIGH-low with the standard headlights to tell him to drop his brights at about the 1/8 mile closure distance. How does he respond? He dips to low, then comes back to HIGH beam and leaves them on. So I HIGH-low-HIGH-low him again... Dufus turns on some K-Mart $ 15.95 a pair Ralleye brand fog lights in addition to his high beams to shower me with light particles. No one is gonna mess with him tonight on 441. It's a light duel. heh. I turn to my buddy Paul in the Jeep and say, "Shall we GIVE HIM THE SHOW?". Paul just starts laughing. With a flip of two sets of light switches, the night came alive in the northbound lane. The Jeep spewed forth no less than a dozen lights, half of which were pencil-beam halogens that could fry the wings off a fly at 50 yards. These things were so bright that when you switched everything on at the same time, the alternator dipped and the ambient air coming over the windshield became five degrees hotter. It was so kewl. Anyways, as we stayed our course at a steady 50 mph we passed the offender and couldn't help but noticed he had come to a complete dead stop in the middle of the highway. And his brake lights continued to stay on for a long, long time after we had passed him. I'm not sure if he was still alive after that or not. Of course, we didn't laugh our arses off about that little incident or anything. - - Duane Collie The Sled <didn't even bother to find the foglight switch until I owned the car for a week. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:53:34 -0800 From: Erick Baumeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Radar question Hmm...some crystal-based radar detector....probably co-opted from military use? Erick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:57:48 -0500 From: "Jeff B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: first radar detector Don, Please don't say it was that Heathkit type crap. In 1965 I completely built from scratch a short-wave radio. This was before circuit boards. I was 15 at the time and it never really worked that well. If your radar detector was from one of those type of companies(I think they all went out of business by the mid 70's) then I'd be surprised if it would go off even if you were standing in the middle of a hospital. BTW, I'm also from Dayton and all I can remember are the FuzzBuster ads stating that they were the original and everyone else was selling an inferior, cheap knock-off. Had a friend work their too. Jeff Becht - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Eilenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bob thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 10:33 PM Subject: [uuc] Re: first radar detector > At 07:30 PM 3/14/00 PST, bob thomas wrote: > > >It may have been the bear finder-I had one. But I believe the fuzzbuster > >preceded it. Bob Thomas '74 '02 > > Nope.. > > Next hint: > > Was available built or in kit form.. > > > Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.monmouth.com/~deilenberger > "You're absolutely right, and I apologize" --Darryl Richman > "Silly me... I apologize." --Tim Hall "Sorry..." --Magwa > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:43:20 -0800 From: Arnerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E30> OBC bulbs Brett Anderson wrote: > I guess now is not a good time to tell you that it takes 30 seconds and one > tiny flat head screwdriver to do this job? > > The clock (OBC-lite, as you refer to it) comes out the front of the dash. No > need to dismount it's housing from the rear. > > > If you have the OBC-lite (just time/date/outside temp) like my former > > '87 325 had, the OBC is held in by four philips screws, from behind the > > dash panel. Remove the radio (make sure you have the code) and drop the > > glove box. There's a panel to the left of the glove box that comes out, > > then you can get access to all the screws. Now is better than not at all. I'd rather be told that, than be told I could've easily done a job that I paid a pro to do for me. BTW, is 30 seconds really the flat rate for that job? Another BTW, if it comes out the front, what holds in place? Are we talking about about the same piece. The "clock" is more than a clock. When I asked the digest about this a couple years ago (coulda been the Welty digest), I wasn't lucky enough to get a response like Brett's above. As it turned out, I fixed the problem with the amateur information I was given at the time, and using my own resources. Total cost to me was a couple bucks and less than an hour of my time. Plus, I learned something about my car, even though it's apparently not the preferred professional method. I could've taken it to a pro, spent $ and learned nothing. If I'd picked the wrong "pro" to do the job, I might've paid him to learn how to do it, then possibly ended up with a botched job. The wrong "pro" could even have been the dealer, right? Oops, I almost forgot, the dealer techs _always_ get repairs done right the first time. ;^) Admittedly, I'm no pro, but I do ask questions, listen to advice, attempt straightforward repairs, then pass on what I learn. I'm glad some pro's (e.g. Brett) pass on their knowledge here too. Cheers, Evan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:36:16 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Buttonwillow School Want to see some pics from the San Diego Chapter's Buttonwillow Driver's School? If you have any digital pics of SD events email them to me and I'll try to get them on the pages. Give me a sentence or two about each or the name of the people in the pics. Please don't assume I know everyone or can decode your email name. http://www.sdbmwcca.com/BWY2K_March.htm Jim Powell Webmeister San Diego Chapter BMW CCA ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #443 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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 ����������������������������������������
