[uucdigest] Wednesday, June 20 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3903 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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: Re: [uuc] RE: Spoilers Schmoilers [Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] speed.... ["Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] speedo accuracy (was Spoilers Schmoilers) ["Evan Arnerich" <arn] [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. [Jason Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] E46 floor mats ["Evan Arnerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. ["Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] 330 steering changes? [Jon Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Re: Speed [Mike Whitney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] 330 steering changes? [Timothy Fries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? [Mike Fox <fox_m_a@yahoo.] Re: [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? [Ed MacVaugh <macvaug] [uuc] Auto Door Locks [Paul McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? [ben keyes <bkeyes1@f] [uuc] Parade Signs ["William Suriano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Any got a Mobile Traditions CD Handy? [Mark Dadgar <mark@pdc-racing] Re: [uuc] RE: Spoilers Schmoilers ["Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:49:47 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Spoilers Schmoilers Montana My experience there was that they just don't go looking to enforce the speeding law. There are a lot of roads and not many troopers and enough real work to do. Before the repeal of the national speed limit, they issued those silly $5 waste of resource tickets until they discovered the processing costs were more than $5! I had come home from the Navy (no limit before I got the draft notice and $.19 gas) and picked up twenty or so of them in my 914/6. Then I had to leave God's country to earn a living . . . I have driven mostly rental cars there since, so no real tests of my cars. Silliest traffic law in Montana was letting me drive at 14 1/2. In a Fiat 850 and a Bugeye Sprite. Ed Gary Derian wrote: > > No Montana trooper would consider that "reasonable and proper". I got a > warning for 93 mph there. > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:44:36 -0500 From: "Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] speed.... At 01:19 AM 6/20/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Rob started it, Who has gone the fastest here on wheels? > I have gone 128 or so. I know I am on the low end. > >1st - 3/4" T&G E30 I took my '97 540i to an indicated 149 MPH last month while on vacation "out west". (I even have a picture to prove it...) Dinan SW does indeed remove the top speed limiter! Given that the e39 speedo is a "bit" optimistic, I'd say I probably saw an actual 144 - 145 MPH. Car was still pulling strong and speed was climbing at about 5300 RPM when a terrible screeching sound from the passenger seat forced me to slow down. Air conditioning was still on. I spent more time on this trip, from Denver to San Francisco, with the needle above 100 MPH than below it. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:21:38 -0000 From: "Evan Arnerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] speedo accuracy (was Spoilers Schmoilers) Rob Levinson wrote: >Do a test... set your cruise control at 50mph. Then, reset your >OBC's average speed display (the OBC's speed measurement is more >accurate than the speedometer display). Doubtful you will see >50mph. Calculate difference in mph X 2. That's your percentage >innacuracy which should be the same percent at any speed. In my '99 E46, I've set the cruise at 65 on a flat road, then reset the OBC's avg mph. The OBC read 66.1, less than 2% difference. How accurate is the OBC, though? If you go by the OBC's mpg readings (a little optimistic at over 33 mpg on some highway-only trips), I wouldn't suspect that it's mph value is any more accurate than mpg. For the most part, freeways in my area don't have mile markers, but there used to be a 3 mile stretch of flat freeway nearby that did have them, to be used for speedometer checks. When the national speed limit was 55, it was easy to set the cruise at 60 for that stretch and get a good reading on both odometer and speedometer accuracy. Try that these days and you'd get run over, but with some simple math ([3600*n]/[time in seconds to travel n miles]) = avg speed), you could choose any speed for the speedometer check. Too bad they removed the markers a while back, it helped relieve the boredom. Evan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:24:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. Haven't posted anything here in a long time; sorry guys, I read this and couldn't stop poking fun of it. No offense Ben or Carlos, but Ben, what I think you REALLY meant to say was: >Yes, Carlo, I am the past cobuilder/codriver/co-etc of that 318ti rally car. TRANSLATION: Yes Carlo, I put that motor and suspension together one night after I had a 12 pack of Schlitz in the back shed! I'm amazed that thing actually ran right considering all the leftover pieces I had strewn about! >It is a great car and even better than the old E30 M3 rally car we had built. TRANSLATION: Damn we beat the TAR hell outta that car. I mean, who would have ever thought aluminium tape could be so handy in patching up gapin holes in the floor? >Fun stuff! Rick and I were glad to see it go to a worthy team. TRANSLATION: Shii----eeettt, I'm so glad somebody actually bought that p.o.s. from us after we beat the living hell outta it! >They did great >at the Ski Sawmill Rally Right School and Race. Good guys and we wish them >well. TRANSLATION: Good job keeping that thing together, just don't kill yourself 'cause that car migh fall apart any second now...... <g> Jason Leung 92 332i turbo http://www.detailwerkschicago.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:34:57 -0000 From: "Evan Arnerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E46 floor mats you wrote: >A really, really minor design slip on the E46 (and my '99 323i) is >the floor mat anchoring system = VELCRO. > >How cheap is that... velcro... It stopped functioning about a week >after I picked up my car and the mat slides up towards the pedals >every day and gets a gentle tug back into place... every day... Anyone have >a fix for this? (I'm hopeful!) Ryan, Waddya mean by "stopped functioning?" Did the velcro come off the mats or the floor? I've got the same car as you, with OE floor mats and they never (and I really mean never) move unless I take them out intentionally. Could yours have been improperly installed? Evan '99 323i sport _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:35:27 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. ROTFLMAO! Geeeze From: "Jason Leung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Haven't posted anything here in a long time; sorry guys, I read this and couldn't stop > poking fun of it. No offense Ben or Carlos, but Ben, what I think you REALLY meant to > say was: <kachunk> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:42:41 -0400 From: Jon Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 330 steering changes? I seem to remember numerous complaints when the 330 first came out about the steering being too soft/over-assisted, and then a decision some months later by BMW to move back somewhat to "classical" feel. Anyone know the build date of the change back? Jon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:42:30 -0400 From: Mike Whitney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Speed > Who has gone the fastest here on no more than 4 wheels? I *gotta* believe that hitting 125-130 MPH (indicated) about TWO HUNDRED times in the last year is worth more than some guy with a turbo going 160 MPH just ONCE... :) That's from weekends at Roebling, VIR full, south, and north, and CMP. I love VIR :) 125 indicated on the front straight, dunno about the back straight (too scared to look). - -- Mike Whitney - [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Gum Racing - http://pws.prserv.net/whitney/nogum.html 89 BMW 325is, 97 Integra GS-R, 93 Miata LE 69 MGB <-- For Sale! Ask me about it! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:50:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Fries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 330 steering changes? Don't know about the build date switch over but I do know that the update is being retrofitted to owners who know enough to request it. - --- Jon Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I seem to remember numerous complaints when the 330 > first came out > about the steering being too soft/over-assisted, and > then a decision > some months later by BMW to move back somewhat to > "classical" feel. > Anyone know the build date of the change back? > > Jon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:03:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? A co-worker needs to get her 17" wheels straightened and is looking for a local place to get it done. Any recommendations? TIA Mike Fox __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:09:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Carlos and Ben's Car. "Jason Leung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Haven't posted anything here in a long time; sorry guys, I read this >and couldn't stop poking fun of it. No offense Ben or Carlos, but Ben, >what I think you REALLY meant to say... <bobitted> That was hilarious. Actually I thought the same thing when the new owner mentioned who had owned/ran that car in Pro Rally but I'm not that rude. :-) By the way, you jokers can add the (s) to the back of my name ya know! Carlo(s) Motor City Chapter Detroit Region SCCA 91 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:11:34 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? I highly recommend Wheel Collision Center <http://www.wheelcollision.com/> They have done 11 wheels for me in the last year. Ed Mike Fox wrote: > > A co-worker needs to get her 17" wheels straightened > and is looking for a local place to get it done. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:26:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Auto Door Locks I am wondering if some one can help me with a puzzling question. I have a 98 M3 that for some reason the passenger door lock does not always work. The remote will not not unlock the door or if I push the lock button (beside the shifter) it does not work. It has happened a few times but then fixes itself. I don't understand how it doesn't work one minute but is fine the next. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:27:38 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] NY-NJ recommend. for wheel straightening? Ed MacVaugh wrote: > I highly recommend Wheel Collision Center > http://www.wheelcollision.com/ > They have done 11 wheels for me in the last year. Gee Ed, think you might want to watch out for those pot holes & curbs ? :-) Ben ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:33:33 -0500 From: "William Suriano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Parade Signs If you feel up to making your own signs, you can get a kit from Office Depot for about $15.00 per sign. You lay it out and attach the included letters. If you're a little higher tech, you can run a magnetic sheet through an ink jet printer. You can get magnetic sheets from Sam's Club. I've got the same problem you do having one of a dwindling number of convertibles ('87 325iC). I solved the problem by throwing lots of candy. At least the kids love me. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:35:18 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Any got a Mobile Traditions CD Handy? If anyone has a Mobile Traditions CD handy, could you please confirm for me that the oil lines from the engine to the oil cooler are IDENTICAL between the E30 325is and the E30 M3? The are a 3/8" ID on the 325is. I want to make sure that they are the SAME for the E30 M3. THANKS. - - Mark '97 Carrera S '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, track car, soon to be a JS racer - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:54:28 -0400 From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Spoilers Schmoilers Gary, I agree with you completely, my comment was made a bit tongue-in-cheek. FWIW, I passed a trooper who was sitting on the median enjoying the sun and shooting hand-held radar from the hood of his car about 30 minutes after my sprint. I was going a smidge over 100 at the time and got only a friendly nod. I think that the disparity between your experience and mine is exactly why the ambiguous "limit" was overturned. Kevin - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:04:43 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Spoilers Schmoilers No Montana trooper would consider that "reasonable and proper". I got a warning for 93 mph there. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3903 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Detailwerks Chicago Inc. "Chicago's Premier Automotive Appearance | Center" . http://www.detailwerkschicago.com |==================================================== | Koala MotorSport . 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