[uucdigest] Sunday, March 26 2000 Volume 03 : Number 508 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: <E-28> Suspension help needed [uuc] Buckeye School at Mid-Ohio?? Re: [uuc] Buckeye School at Mid-Ohio?? [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #507 [uuc] great f1 link must see live !!!!!!!! [uuc] Porsche Rear Brake Install on E36 M3 Re: [uuc] Open House at Midwest Motorsport (Glenview, IL) [uuc] Where to go in Germany (slightly off-topic) [uuc] I NEED HELP BIGTIME!!!!! [uuc] ACHTUNG! CNNfn: BMW to become part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:49:23 -0800 From: Shiv Sikand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E-28> Suspension help needed Chris, Your rear-subframe bushings are shot. Replacement cost varies depending on how many the shop has done and what custom tools they have. Here are some Calfornia prices: Carl Nelson 4.5 hours Bavarian Professionals 6 hours BMW Specialist 8 hours Phaedrus 2.75 hours Guess where I'm going ? Steve D knows a lot about this, but the key is finding a shop who does ! Cheers, Shiv ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:57:37 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Buckeye School at Mid-Ohio?? Chris wonders; << Do any of the members of the digest have any information about whether/when the Buckeye Chapter will be having a driving school at Mid-Ohio this spring? >> The Buckeye Chapter hosts driving schools at Mid Ohio in September and October. The Northern Ohio Chapter has a school Memorial weekend. Be patient, they are worth the wait. - -- jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:01:52 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Buckeye School at Mid-Ohio?? May 27-28 Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do any of the members of the digest have any information about > whether/when the Buckeye Chapter will be having a driving school at > Mid-Ohio this spring? > > I haven't been able to find any information on this in the Roundel or at > the National website. Any information would be appreciated as I would > really enjoy attending a school at mid-Ohio this year. > > Thks, Chris Bernhardt > 95 325is > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:14:14 -0500 From: "Kathy Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: [uucdigest] V3 #507 The Buckeye Chapter School and Club Race are Memorial Day Week-End, which means May 26-29 this year. The instructor day is Friday, the school Sat.- Sun., and the race Monday. Contact Harvey Rogers, Event Chairman, at (330) 655-2707. Kathy - -- Lyle & Associates CPA Financial AccountAbility http://www.lylecpa.com > From: Christian Bernhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] Buckeye School at Mid-Ohio?? > > Do any of the members of the digest have any information about > whether/when the Buckeye Chapter will be having a driving school at > Mid-Ohio this spring? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:38:30 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] great f1 link must see live !!!!!!!! <A HREF="http://www.dailyf1.com/">Daily F1 - the largest Formula One Server on the Web</A> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:40:35 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Porsche Rear Brake Install on E36 M3 I have installed the Movit North America (Ultimate Garage) rear Big Brake Kit on my '98 M3. As most everyone knows, the front kit is an adaptation of the front brakes from the 911 Twin Turbo front brakes The rear kit for the M3 is an adaptation of the 996 Boxster S front brakes to the rear of the M3. It feels like I could drag a freight train to a stop now. To review a write-up of the installation jump to my webpage at: http://members.home.com/jsp90325i/porscherearbrake.html Jim ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:51:13 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] Open House at Midwest Motorsport (Glenview, IL) In a message dated 3/24/2000 4:34:53 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << for my little mind >> Before you flame something you're clueless about, why don't you ask. Midwest Motorsports is one of the finest BMW racing shops in the country. Leo has been involved with BMWs for 30 years, and is actively involved in promoting drivers schools, etc. LMKUU or you can call me Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 13:14:21 SGT From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Where to go in Germany (slightly off-topic) I'll be travelling to Duesseldorf, Germany in May for a trade fair and will have about 2-3 weeks after for a holiday. My family will be joining me there, so I was wondering if anyone on the list could recommend places I should visit (car-related or otherwise) while I'm there. Email me privately if you wish unless other listers would be interested as well. Thanks, Eugene ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 21:43:43 PST From: "Manuel Paredes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] I NEED HELP BIGTIME!!!!! I broke the long bolt that goes through the oil filter cap through and into the oil housing and most of the threaded portion of the bolt is stuck inside the housing. How can I get it out?? I don't know how I broke it. I just tried taking it out to do an oil change and it broke. Is there any easy way of taking it out?? By looking at the housing and my manual it looks like I will have to remove the whole casting. Does anyone know of another way of retracting the part of the bolt that is stuck inside without having to remove the whole dam thing? From what I can tell I will have to remove the alternator to get to some of the bolts that are on the side and it looks lie a big job. If there is no other way of doing this can you guys give me some tips on what I need to do. I have already removed the air filter housing and the sensor. I also removed one of the pulleys that is screwed into the same casting where the oil filter goes. (That's one big ass casting!) Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!! Looks like I'll be having to take the taxi to work for a few days. :-( Manuel Paredes 95 325i (crippled!) L.A. BMWCCA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:32:39 -0600 From: "-A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] ACHTUNG! CNNfn: BMW to become part of Ford's Premier Automotive Group I don't know much about the Rover unloading last week, except that BMW AG hemorrhaged money and former chairman Pischetsreider and Wolfgang Reitzle got booted for their efforts... As I understand it, didn't BMW vehemently deny the sale of Rover before promptly ditching it? Can it be that the Quandt family is running the same "deny, then just go ahead and do it" play this time around? Link: http://cnniw.yellowbrix.com/pages/cnniw/Story.nsp?story_id=9622250&ID=cnniw&; scategory=Auto%3AForeign Text pasted here for those of limited bandwidth/do not wish to click on link: Ford in secret 10bn deal to take over BMW Source: Daily Mail Publication date: 2000-03-24 FORD is preparing to take over BMW 'within months', it can be revealed. Despite public declarations to the contrary, the ruling Quandt family is now ready to accept a 'strategic' alliance with the U.S. giant. The Daily Mail understands that the Germans would relinquish ownership of Rolls-Royce and the Mini to rivals Volkswagen, leaving the hard core of BMW to tie up with Ford. News of the proposed deal comes days after BMW paid venture capital company Alchemy around 2billion to take loss-making Rover off its hands, whilst simultaneously selling off Land-Rover to Ford for 1.8billion. BMW is valued at about 10billion roughly the amount Ford has left in its war chest for takeovers. Security surrounding the planned Ford-BMW deal is so tight that key personnel have signed legally-binding 'secrecy clauses'. BMW has consistently dismissed reports it is up for sale just as it denied to the Government that it was about to offload Rover. Ford boss Jac Nasser has made no secret of the company's desire to bring BMW into the 'family'. BMW would sit comfortably with Ford's recently-formed Premier Automotive Group which already includes Aston Martin, Jaguar, Volvo and now Land Rover. Intriguingly, the PAG is run by ex-BMW deputy Dr Wolfgang Reitzle, ousted in a boardroom coup last year. Ford has tried to dampen speculation by saying it 'respects the Quandt family's view that BMW is not for sale'. But a well-placed legal source within BMW declared: 'The Quandt family have already agreed in principle that BMW will be sold by October this year to Ford. It's already a done deal. 'Lawyers have been instructed to prepare papers. Teams have been working on it for weeks under intense secrecy.' Initially a 'co- operation' deal could be announced perhaps with Ford taking a stake in BMW while the Germans are given a smaller one in Ford. The American giant has already switched its European headquarters from Britain to Germany which could make a takeover of the Bavarian carmaker more palatable to Germans. It is understood that Volkswagen may have agreed to stand aside and let Ford have a clear run at BMW in return for getting its hands on both Rolls-Royce and Mini marques. That would allow Rolls-Royce and Bentley to be reunited under the ownership of VW, which already owns the factory in Crewe but can only build Rolls for another two years. Under an existing deal which saw the Germans carve up Britain's automotive 'crown jewels', Rolls-Royce production would otherwise transfer to BMW in January 2003. It is argued that Ford would be prepared for the Mini to go to Volkswagen as the 'price' of winning the bigger BMW prize. The Ford deal would have severe implications for the remaining BMW- owned ex-Rover plants at Cowley,Oxford, which employs 3,500 and is earmarked to build the new Mini and continue production of the Rover 75; and at the Hams Hall engine factory, Warwickshire, which is under construction and has a planned workforce of 1,500 from next year. With 25 per cent over-capacity in the European car industry, it would also add to the argument for ending production at Ford's Dagenham plant with the loss of up to 8,500 jobs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #508 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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