[uucdigest] Wednesday, June 27 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3937 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] BMW Films. "The Star" ["Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <FS> (5) 17x8 IFG A5 Wheels for E36 + Supersprint E36 M3 Stainless Exh. ["Frank Massaro" <fmarch@mindsprin] [uuc] RE: Tools ["KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Jeff Herrmann [Adam Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <WOT> intergalactickegger.com ["scottcatlin.com" <scott@scottcatlin] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ["Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] 98 M3/4 for sale. Please read on.. [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <rob@shortshif] Re: [uuc] DEC catalytic converter [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <rob@sh] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Has BMW styling lost it's way? ["peder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:10:20 -0400 From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films. "The Star" Neil, I'm sure this will be doubly painful given your 28.8k connection, but if you have a second (and a bit of free disk space), the BMW film player is worth the download for one reason. No, it doesn't really give you any bigger, clearer, or better playback as claimed, but so far it is the only way I have found to access the "Director commentary" voice-over track that you already have downloaded with the film. The Guy Ritchie one ("Star") is very funny and worth the download by itself. The woman in the film is Madonna, as has been mentioned, and she is playing a "super bitch" per Ritchie. They used a stunt double for the parts where she got tossed around, but the rest is definitely her. He mentions more than once that she was in the movie because yes, she is his wife. One of the many benefits, I am sure. Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:24:25 -0400 From: "Frank Massaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <FS> (5) 17x8 IFG A5 Wheels for E36 + Supersprint E36 M3 Stainless Exh. Hello everyone, I have the following items for sale. Everything is located in Raleigh, NC and the prices below do not include shipping from zip code 27607: - -(5) IFG A5 17x8 wheels, E36 fitment. At 17 lbs. each, these are great track wheels. All of the wheels are true/ round. A couple have some kerbing on them, but I have had two sets of tires mounted since that time with no problems. If you are local (within driving distance) I can include the set of 225/45-17 G-Force T/As currently mounted. Asking $1100 for all 5 plus shipping. - -Supersprint All stainless E36 M3 Cat Back Exhaust System with straight chrome tips. Purchased new/ installed in 1/00. Has about 2,000 miles on it. This is significantly lighter than the OEM system, is recognized for the fact that it makes great power, and the craftsmanship is truly outstanding. This is definitely a lifetime product. Retails new for $700 - $750. Looking to get $450 for this item not including shipping from 27607. Feel free to contact me with questions and thanks for the B/W. Frank Massaro Tarheel Chapter '92 325is '88 M3 '83 533i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:41:16 -0700 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Tools For the tools junkie. http://www.kukko.com/ - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:52:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Jeff Herrmann So you're the guy that got the joy ride sliding all over the track! Jeff told me he had someone in the car and the thing was all over the place because his new coilovers weren't set up right yet. laugh, sounds like fun to me! The car is wicked fast. He's a good friend of mine, we were over at his place last Saturday trying to muck with the brakes on my E12, damn crappy rebuilt calipers. Anyway, email me offline and I'll give you his info. If anyone on the list is interested, here are some pics we took of his car: http://www.geocities.com/svt_contour/MISC/jeff_h/ The link does really work, you just have to hit reload a few times because Geocities sucks. Adam Wilson '81 528i > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:47:58 -0400 > From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] paging Jeff Herman... > > anyone on the list know how to contact Jeff Herman > ?? > > he drives a white 2.5l E30 M3 w/E36 LTW like > Motorsport flags. > > he's from somewhere around Chicago as I rode with > him during an instructor > session at Gingerman at the Windy City school last > month and I wanted to ask him > some questions about his car. > > he's faaaaast too. he was figuring out his new > suspension when I rode with him, > which made the ride that much more entertaining. > "it never used to slide so > much under power - I think I'll have to work on the > settings a big." :-) > > private replies please. > > > Ben __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:16:21 -0700 From: "scottcatlin.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOT> intergalactickegger.com WAY WAY off topic. I know some of us on these lists are geeks. I know some of us on these lists drink. I know some of us do both. For those people I created intergalactickegger.com, the world's only portal for photos of geeks drinking. Check out other company's geeks and then submit your own photos. http://www.intergalactickegger.com I was bored at work so I built it. Thanks for letting me waste some space on the list. - - Scott Catlin - - http://www.scottcatlin.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:12:54 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ROTFL! Gary, don't bite down with your tongue there! Geeeze From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That BMW quality sure has gone down. I've seen many episodes of Dukes of > Hazzard where they made bigger jumps and the car just kept going with no > damage. Same for Smokey and the Bandit. > > Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For example, Guy Ritchie says that the M5 that was jumped "just stopped" > > after it landed, never to run again. Yikes. He also said they had a few > > > > - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:23:43 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] 98 M3/4 for sale. Please read on.. Guys and Gals, I am now selling my 1998 M3/4. I have had my fun and now is the time to move on. The car was just shot for a feature in a major Euro car magazine. Included with the car are 4 17x8.5" stock M3 wheels, 3 17x7.5" M3 stock wheels, the stock brakes, all the stock stereo stuff minus the CD changer, and whatever else anyone wants to get out of my garage and storage unit. I am only entertaining serious offers, but my price is not too obnoxious. I've been telling interested parties that I am look for an offer right about $40k. I think it's pretty fair, but I'm willing to talk about any SERIOUS offers. Please email me in private so we don't use up any more digest space than absolutely necessary. The details on the car are listed below. Brian Leib RealTime Racing and Logistics 1998 BMW M3 Sedan Alpine White III/ Mulberry Leather 26,000 miles 3.2L- I-6 Drivetrain- Conforti Shark Injector software Conforti air intake RC Engineering blue printed fuel injectors BMW Euro headers Stromung exhaust 318ti fan switch and thermostat (stock engine fan/clutch removed) MKAutosport.com carbon fiber valve covers UUC Motorwerks oil filter lid UUC Motorwerks oil cap Transmission/ Differential- BMW Euro six speed transmission UUC Motorwerks short shift kit UUC Motorwerks transmission enforcers T.C. Kline Racing lightweight flywheel 3.46 ring and pinion with 40% locked differential custom lightened driveshaft Suspension- ProParts custom valved Koni coil-over shocks and struts H&R springs T.C. Kline Racing camber plates Ground Control rear shock mounts T.C. Kline Racing mono-ball rear trailing arm bearings T.C. Kline Racing mono-ball rear lower arms RTRS.com carbon fiber offset front A-Arm bearings Racing Dynamics sway bars UUC Motorwerks front strut tower brace BMW X-brace Brakes- Porsche 993TT (Big Red) front brakes Diversified Cryogenics treated rotors T.C. Kline Racing braided stainless steel brake lines Hawk Performance HPS brake pads Bodywork/ Lighting- CEC/ AC Schnitzer carbon fiber front splitter BMW Motorsport International door moldings BMW Euro clear front, side, and tail lights Hella Euro headlights Zymol waxes and cleaners Wheels/ Tires- 18x8.5 BBS RK wheels 235/40/18 Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position tires H&R 15 mm spacer kit Interior- BMW Individual carbon fiber door sills BMW Individual carbon fiber glove box trim UUC Motorwerks clutch stop BMW Euro fire extinguisher BMW M3 Euro 6 speed lighted shift knob Momo "Runner" steering wheel and hub adapter Mobile Electronics- Polk Audio/ Momo MM100 10" subwoofers (2) Polk Audio/ Momo MM455 component sets front and rear Eclipse 7002 head unit Eclipse 5083 CD changer Eclipse 34230 amp (subs) Eclipse 33240 amp (front components) Code Alarm PC 7500 alarm system Audio Control 4XS crossover Monster Cable wires, fuse blocks, and cap Dynomat Super sound deadening mat All stereo work was performed by Thom Voisinet and Josh Claar at Polk Audio in Baltimore, MD ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:31:27 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Must be that damn OBD-II* system. Really messes up performance. (*Old Bo Duke) - - Rob > From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" > > That BMW quality sure has gone down. I've seen many episodes of Dukes of > Hazzard where they made bigger jumps and the car just kept going with no > damage. Same for Smokey and the Bandit. > > Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >> For example, Guy Ritchie says that the M5 that was jumped "just stopped" >> after it landed, never to run again. Yikes. He also said they had a few >> others for use in filming and "B" (Brit short-speak for BMW) was afraid of >> what he would do to them! >> >> - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:33:49 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] DEC catalytic converter I always throw this out when looking for cats: Random Technology (www.randomtechnology.com). Although they may not have a bolt-on for your car, a generic-fit unit with custom ends welded on will probably end up costing around the same as the DEC, but from what I have seen the RT unit is very impressive. It is a true "performance" cat with an impressive design, details on their web site. I put the RT on the M5 Turbo to pass emissions. - - Rob > From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] DEC catalytic converter > > Jack: > > Steve D'Gerolamo sells the DEC units. As does R*** > Si****. Cost around $350-400 with hardware+S&H. > > <http://www.ultimategarage.com/catalyst.html> > > The OE units can be got cheaply as well and you can, > with some effort, wangle (is this illegal in some/all > states?) a used catalyst as well as some yards will > sell them. Shop around! If this is for the iX, I > would just go stock, perhaps low-mileage used. The > salt is going to get to it anyway. > > Neil Deshpande > http://www.neilwerke.com > > *** > > "Money, Jack (J.J.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So do you guys sell them then? Also, I've heard it > mentioned that the DEC loses a bit of power over > stock, any thoughts on this? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:48:44 -0700 From: Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" How about those old "Herbie" movies, where Herbie gets cut in half, but still keeps on going? Now THAT's a quality car... Jim Ochi [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 04:21 PM 6/27/2001 -0400, Gary Derian wrote: >That BMW quality sure has gone down. I've seen many episodes of Dukes of >Hazzard where they made bigger jumps and the car just kept going with no >damage. Same for Smokey and the Bandit. > >Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > For example, Guy Ritchie says that the M5 that was jumped "just stopped" > > after it landed, never to run again. Yikes. He also said they had a few > > others for use in filming and "B" (Brit short-speak for BMW) was afraid of > > what he would do to them! > > > > - Rob > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:07:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Andre Yew wrote: >The person teaching us, who also races in the >Speedvision series, claimed this technique is preferable to all... Which Speedvision series? The one where everyone crashes into each other or the other one? ;-P BTW in the other M5 advertisement movie, uh "Ronin" <g>, they perform a heel-n-toe downshift (or at least it sounds like it), focus on the shifter and they also show off the ///M knob, the stunt driver grabbed the shifter from the top though. "Star" is also my favorite except I wouldn've picked that "whoo-hoo" song, it annoys me and it seemed like it's been done. In a commercial perhaps? Carlos 91 M3 <--shifted like the UUC method __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:05:39 -0400 From: "peder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Has BMW styling lost it's way? Without a doubt. I owned a 1995 E36, which I would just look at parked. IMO, an absolutely beautiful car. When I was in the market for another BMW, fall of 1999, I could not believe the bloated form of the E46. It did have the interior room that the E36 was missing, but please, what an attempt at turning a beautiful Teutonic style into one from Hokkaido. Driving every model of the E46, including the M3, has not changed my opinion of this car. Think Acura, and you've got it. When the E39 first came out, I really disliked it as well, seeing it shaped as a Buick might be. However, as it and I age, it is looking better (can't see myself in a 7 series, just too big, but current model is pleasant to look at). Future BMWs I've seen are preposterous, with the possible exception of the new Z3. For my part, I'm beginning to shop MB... what a sad state of affairs. PeteMD '00 M Coupe - drives like a Bimmer should! Let's not talk styling... ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3937 *************************** ________________________________________ | 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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