[uucdigest] Wednesday, June 20 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3898 _________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.gis.nsw.gov.au/staff/rnott/bmw/bmw.html | | 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. | Technical Problems? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] <FS> 89 325is [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] RE: Bunch of "newbie" questions [John Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] RE: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robe] RE: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] WOT - don't try this at home... ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <rober] [uuc] Re: Ebay - 1989 BMW 325is (E30) 5 Speed Coupe, MINT [Randy Walters] [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... ["Brett Anderson" <brett@koalamotorspo] [uuc] HARD STARTING [Al Stensby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Justification for Higher Education [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <] [uuc] Re: www.car-accident.com ... ["Alex Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers ["Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:01:14 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] <FS> 89 325is gruppe, Check out my site @ http://members.aol.com/versioni/BMW/Darren.html He sent me pics of his car and I offered to help him sell it. I have no affiliation with him, just trying to help out another E30 lover. take a look, I would take it if I had the Cash! Danke, Jim Laing 84 318i EVO II 85 325e Dirty E30(s) www.DirtyE30.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:00:58 -0700 (PDT) From: John Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Bunch of "newbie" questions - --0-1829462402-993006058=:7121 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I don't think its engagement, marriage or house. I think he has a child coming! When I had my first child, the first thing that went out the garage was my 91 Miata. My wife, to this day, is still working on my motorcycle(Yamaha FZ-750), but I refuse to budge on this one. I told her that the only way I was gonna sell the bike is if she would allow me to purchase a Bimmer(BMW R1100S). What prize did I win. ;-o KKiely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Doug, Buy all of the toys, upgrades, fix-its for your BMW / Miata NOW, seeing as how you're getting hitched, it'll be too late after. - -Kevin - --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - --0-1829462402-993006058=:7121 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P> I don't think its engagement, marriage or house. I think he has a child coming! <P>When I had my first child, the first thing that went out the garage was my 91 Miata. My wife, to this day, is still working on my motorcycle(Yamaha FZ-750), but I refuse to budge on this one. I told her that the only way I was gonna sell the bike is if she would allow me to purchase a Bimmer(BMW R1100S). <P>What prize did I win. ;-o <P> <B><I>KKiely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Doug,<BR><BR>Buy all of the toys, upgrades, fix-its for your BMW / Miata NOW, seeing as how<BR>you're getting hitched, it'll be too late after.<BR><BR><BR>-Kevin<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!<BR><a href="http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=tagline";>http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/</a> - --0-1829462402-993006058=:7121-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:05:33 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer Now I do, thanks. I always thought they heated the fluid though. Thanks for the BFH upside the head to clear it up. FYI, I have found some fluid heaters while I was looking if anyone is interested. I find prestone antifreeze washer fluid very effective in removing ice up to 1/8" thick. 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Anderson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer > > Fuerst, > > You don't get it. > > Most BMW's especially those under 10 years old, have heated washer jets. > > You answered someone's question about a mystery "canister like T fitting", > calling it a fluid heater. > > Totally different thing. No BMW has a washer fluid heater that I've ever > seen or heard of. > > Heated washer jets do not heat the fluid, they don't have time. All they > do > is prevent the jets from freezing closed. > > --------------------------- > Now offering BMW special tool rental > and pay per incident tech help. > --------------------------- > Brett Anderson > www.koalamotorsport.com > Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual > > > > > From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [uuc] Heated Windshield Washer > > > > Only M cars? I dunno, I thought lots had them. > > > > http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/heated.html > > http://www.imicom.or.jp/~bmw/fastfacts.html > > When the outside temperature drops below a specific level, the mirrors > are > > automatically heated if the ignition key is on. On E36 3 Series models > with > > heated mirrors, heated windshield-washer jets and a heated driver's door > > lock are included; on the E46 3 Series, heated washer jets are included. > On > > the 5 Series, heated outside mirrors, washer jets and driver's door > locks > > are standard. > > 1st > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:18:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer 1st sez: >>I find prestone antifreeze washer fluid very effective in >>removing ice up to 1/8" thick. It also gives you a nice alcohol buzz in the morning. Kind of like sniffing ditos in high school. :-) Carlos (shouldn't have quit sniffing Prestone this week) 91 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:38:16 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] WOT - don't try this at home... dittos? Man, I thought I was old. We had "locker room deodorizer". 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Lopez [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: Heated Windshield Washer > > 1st sez: > >>I find prestone antifreeze washer fluid very effective in > >>removing ice up to 1/8" thick. > > It also gives you a nice alcohol buzz in the morning. Kind of like > sniffing ditos in high school. :-) > > Carlos (shouldn't have quit sniffing Prestone this week) > 91 M3 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:12:23 -0700 From: Randy Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Ebay - 1989 BMW 325is (E30) 5 Speed Coupe, MINT Despite the VIN indicating that it's a 325is, going by the pictures it appears to be a regular 325i. Bottlecap wheels, small rubber lip under the front apron, no rear decklid spoiler, regular 325i steering wheel (which i actually like a lot better than the 325is/M3 wheel), and regular clock instead of the full-on OBC. It's kinda hard to see in the pics, but it looks like the rear view mirror is not the maplight type that comes standard on the 89 325is. I wonder what the doorjamb sticker says the car is ? I know of a woman in Hawaii who just bought what she thought was an 89 325is with the same AA13 code in the VIN but her car is most definitely a base model 325i with *none* of the goodies that normally comes on the 325is. The doorjamb sticker says it's a 325i/A, yet the VIN and Carfax indicate a 325is. She doesn't care, she wanted a base car anyway but just thinks it strange that it comes up as a 325is. Hers is not the first 325i with a 325is VIN code, i've seen a few other all-original examples of 89 325i models with the same AA13 VIN code as a 325is. I wonder if something is up with the 89 models and their VINs? The 89 is the only year i've seen this 325i/325is VIN discrepancy. Regardless, the car is very clean and looks to be worth the money :-) Randy 89 325is Rich Dorffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No personal interest in this car, just thought you all would like to take a >look: > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=592547873&; >r=0&t=0 >http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3792987/992913083865_325_combo2.jpg >http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3792987/992913083536_325_combo3.jpg >http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/3792987/992912892756_325_combo4.jpg >I would have considered it if I had not just bought the one I have. >Regards, >Rich ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 00:35:15 -0400 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... http://www.koalamotorsport.com/s54.htm - --------------------------- Now offering BMW special tool rental and pay per incident tech help. - --------------------------- Brett Anderson www.koalamotorsport.com Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:39:53 -0700 From: Al Stensby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] HARD STARTING About a year ago I asked for yoour collective advice on my intermittent starting problem on my '89 525. Some smart-mouthed guy said "give us something tough to work on, this is a no-brainer it's leaking fuel injectors". In the meantime I have been adding injector cleaner to every tank of gas to no avail. Also, my trusted mechanic acquaintance wasn't sure that was the answer. So finally I removed the injectors and had them rebuilt by RC Engineering in Torrance. Now it starts every time. Smart mouth was right, it was a no-brainer and the injectors weren't too hard to get out (after I took the valve cover off)! Sounds like that might be Trevor Turner's problem also, but I did a lot of fuel pressure testing to make sure the regulator was working properly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 00:47:41 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Justification for Higher Education Remember that '80s poster, "Justification for Higher Education"? The one with the mansion and the detached 6-car garage with various M-Bs, Lambos, Furryaris, etc. sticking out? I was talking about that poster with a good friend over dinner the other night. Of course, you have to make your lists in four flavors; price-dependent and price-independent, plus modified and stock. Oddly enough, many of my choices were BMW or BMW-based: Price-dependent list included (among others): M Roadster with M54 M5 (either my current E34 or a new E39 in 2000 Avus Blau but with 2001 nose) 750iL (after I go to Yurrup and Individual-order the Sport package) Price-independent included (among others): Z8 Z8 (daily driver as the first one is sitting in the living room to be stared at) McLaren F1 850CSi Price-dependent, modified (among others): ERT-tuned M Roadster Nowack-tuned M5 Price-independent, modified (among others): McLaren F1 (hey, it already is "modified") A V12 in _something_ else. Anything else, as long as there's a 6-speed. - - Rob '94 M5 3.8 Touring '01 R1200C '68-'01 dreams ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:48:01 -0700 From: "Alex Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: www.car-accident.com ... While on the same topic ... 325Ci (E46) vs Lamp Post ... 06/19/2001 Man dies in high speed accident By Martin van den Hemel An 18-year-old Richmond man is dead following a high-speed accident that police believe resulted from street racing. The man died after being thrown from his 2001 BMW two-door coupe following a collision with a light standard less than 50 metres from the intersection of Alderbridge Way and Garden City Road around 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Evidence from motorists who were in the area at the time has led police to conclude that the man was racing another vehicle when he lost control of his powerful sports car. Richmond RCMP Const. Peter Thiessen said police are now looking for that second vehicle, described as a red or orange-coloured newer model Volkswagen Jetta. The man was the sole occupant of the BMW at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. An impromptu memorial of burned incense sticks, fried chicken wings, shrimp crackers, cigarettes and flowers were lain at the scene of the accident, also marked by distinctive orange police paint marking the tire marks and the final resting place of the vehicle and the man's body. http://www.richmondreview.com/story27742.html?LeftSide=%23FFFFFF&HighlightCo lour=%23336633&HotSpotColour=%23FFFFFF&LinkColour=%23336633 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:01:27 -0700 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers Tammer Farid wrote: >I forget who mentioned the TT's spoiler, but that case >supports Mike's argument. It was added after a few >fatal crashes in Europe in which the TTs left the road >hiney-forward. It primarily increased downforce at/ >above 130 mph. Steve Dinan once said that the downforce from a rear spoiler is equal to the actual weight of the spoiler until you get way above legal U.S. speeds. I am not sure about every BMW, but I know that the E24, E28, E31, E32 and E34 all have no problem going well over 130 mph without a rear spoiler. I guess the Honda Civic DX must not be as stable at high speeds since I see so many of them with giant rear spoilers and wings driving around San Francisco. Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3898 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. 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