[uucdigest] Thursday, June 28 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3940 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] <E30> Oil Change Interval? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rolf Drommer)] Re: [uuc] misc. photos [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] Re: Looking for 3.45 diff ["Patrick Spikes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] RE: Looking for 3.46 Diff was 3.45 ["Bob Van Epps" <bvanepps@media] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] E34 Dash Speaker Replacements ["RBlakeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" [Malcolm Reitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] RE: [uuc] <WOT> intergalactickegger.com ["Robinson, Lee" <Leland.Robinson] [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ["Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ["John C. Hanes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Beru Four Prong Spark Plugs ["Louis DeNonno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ["Joao T. da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <WOB> BMWFilms "Star" [Paul Craven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:02:37 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rolf Drommer) Subject: [uuc] <E30> Oil Change Interval? Tabe Johnson in [uucdigest] in a message dated 6/27/2001 8:25 PM wrote: >I don't want to start a big debate, but what oil change interval would >y'all recommend for a city driven E30 (M20) with synthetic oil? What >about highway driven with synthetic? Any rules of thumb? I've heard >everything from 3000 miles to 12000 miles... Hi Tabe, Too bad you missed the tech session at BMW Canada Western on June 21. Reg (Rejan) Furoy, BMW Canada senior product manager suggested in a response to a similar question from John Levine about his 89 325iC that regular oil change 3 to 4 times a year would provide excellent service, and that the cost of synthetic would not greatly add any value, or words to that effect. He went on to state that synthetic is geared to help more in extended oil service intervals, which have become an industry norm. (Leases and full package service deals and all that) Costs the dealer / manufacturer less if they only have to change your oil once a year or so depending on how you drive. Also remember our cars (by spec, or at least according to the manual), are expected to consume some oil. Factor that in to cost with frequent changes with synthetic on an older car, and you're probably ahead just doing frequent dino oil changes. (3-5k depending on service conditions). Just my thoughts. Others may feel different. Rolf Drommer ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:36:06 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] misc. photos Very nice pics Chris! How'd you do that or whoever? One he*l of a lens I bet! John Weese BMW CCA #76646 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:51:23 -0400 From: "Patrick Spikes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Looking for 3.45 diff Could you possibly use the ring and pinion out of a 318ti 5 speed?? I know the housing is smaller but was buttoned to an E30 subframe. Or pitch the housing and use the ring and pinion on a quaiffe unit in another housing. If this is a possibility let me know because the local salvage yard has a few of these as well as 4.45's that the E30 M3 crowd is looking for. - ------------------------ offering free help cuz I'm guessing ;-) - ------------------------ Patrick Spikes E30 325 track car for sale....still > > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:41:40 -0400 > From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] Re: Looking for 3.45 Diff > > Bob, 3.45 is a large diff ratio, it won't work in any of the medium housings > you're alluding to. > > 3.46 is what you need. Stock in 528e Super Eta Automatic, all E23 735i's > and some Automatic E46's to name a few. > > Also as rare as hens teeth right now, I've been paying beyond top dollar for > them, seems (from the amount of Quaifes I'm selling) that the E36 M3 crowd > has found a new source of power... > > > - --------------------------- > 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: "Bob Van Epps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [uuc] Looking for 3.45 Diff > > > > Looking for 3.45 diff, preferably Limited Slip for E30, E28, E24 etc. > > > > Please respond directly with price, quantity, condition, location. > > > > Thanks > > > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:34:50 -0400 From: "Bob Van Epps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Looking for 3.46 Diff was 3.45 I was mistaken in the number on my request last night. Brett made me aware of it. Now looking for 3.46 diff, preferably Limited Slip for E30, E28, E24 etc. Please respond directly with price, quantity, condition, location. Thanks Bob Van Epps Motorsports PO Box 190694 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319 (954) 741-3013 (954) 572-3766 - Fax ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 05:39:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Michael Lawrence wrote: >>Atleast in Star, they drive the car like real people would, well >>atleast like Robbie and I would. Well like Robbie anyway. :-) >>I am just waiting for the statue of >>limitations to run out which is 7 yrs I think here, then I have some >>killer clips of what a M3 can do, woooooooohoooooooooo will be the >>song of choice for it aswell. Is it the white car with the cute flags in the video? May I suggest something from N-sync or Back Street Boys?? More appropriate anyway... ;-) Carlos 91 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 05:45:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Chris Scott wrote: >>I dont believe the car used in Ronin was a real M5. Yeah I know the real M5 is an E28 anyway. brrra-dump-dump :) No seriously, yes I agree with you but anyone other than really nitpicky BMW owners wouldn't have known it. That's why I said M5 advertisement, not the car in the scene is a real E34 M5. Carlos 91 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:53:01 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" I have not listened to the commentary, but the editorial in "Automobile" or another magazine mentioned that there were something like ~3 real M5's for the shoot and additional 540's with bodykits on them for other shooting. as was previously mentioned one of the M5's was killed in the filming & but the others were returned to BMW relatively unscathed. I don't recall if Madonna got to keep one as part of her involvement or not, maybe I just imagined that part of the story. I think the slo-mo really makes the jump scene look silly, otherwise it sort of fits into the flow of the movie. Ben Michael Lawrence wrote: > Didnt I read somewhere that they used 540i's with M5 body kits on them? > think they had one M5 to use for some of the drive by scenes. It was good, > no doubt, but that jump scene is so out of place to me in the movie. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:28:33 -0500 From: "RBlakeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E34 Dash Speaker Replacements Crutchfield has a sale on JBL 2.5 inch mid/tweet combos. They dropped right in the dash openings on my '90 535i. The inline crossover was a tight fit on the driver's side, but otherwise they fit very well. And sound good too. I have replaced the stock amp with an aftermarket unit. Look here: http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-kJmDdIYEL8i/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=3&g=430&; I=109GTO220&o=M&a=0 Robert Blakeney ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:35:03 -0500 From: Malcolm Reitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Nooooooooo! Not the Ronin thread again <insert scream of horror here> Malcolm '88 M5 - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:48:47 -0400 From: "Chris Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" I dont believe the car used in Ronin was a real M5. Chris Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:07:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" ..... 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. ..... Carlos 91 M3 <--shifted like the UUC method - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:56:23 -0400 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <WOT> intergalactickegger.com That's freakin hilarious. Most people won't understand the subtle skill of not allowing a customer to know you're drunk while programming a 6-high temper mill to correctly sequence at 4:30am......... Some have said, "Drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.", but it's suited me pretty well to now...... lee->industrial systems commissioning engineer. That means they send me out for six months with a team of 15 other mid-20's engineers to a place where we don't know anybody. It shouldn't take much to figure out what happens. We don't even want to touch overeseas assignments....... 88 M3->OBMWC > -----Original Message----- > From: scottcatlin.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 7:16 PM > To: E30 Group; UUC Digest > 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: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:05:13 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" If you go to this link which is for streaming the video prior to choosing what type of connection you have, you can clearly see you can choose the "Director's Commentary" when viewing the film. http://www.bmwfilms.com/site_layout/view_film.asp?FilmID=4 (Hopefully this link works, if not, just follow the normal steps to stream the film) You do not need to download the player for this feature if you do not want. Regards, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:21:11 -0500 From: "John C. Hanes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" When you were all watching the jumping scene, did anybody else notice the big similarities to that hilarious Nazi chase scene in the original Blues Brothers movie? The Driver's facial expression was very similar - they even played the same "Ride of the Valkyries" music if I remember correctly - it's been a while. - -John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:10:10 -0400 From: "Louis DeNonno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Beru Four Prong Spark Plugs Gruppe, Has anybody had any experience / know anything about Beru spark plugs? A colleague of mine mentioned them to me, and I had to admit, I had never heard of them. A quick search on the net revealed that Beru AG is out of Germany, and one of their many products is a four pronged plug, along the lines of the Bosch +4, but with a 2 prong by 2 prong stagger - good, bad, gimmick?? I suspect (do not ask me why) that they may be a rice-culture item, but I am not 100% sure - the country of origin is throwing me off (yet I have not to find anybody in the local DC area that carries them for M3's odd, wouldn't you say?? - however, since I do not know if I really am interested in using the plugs, I haven't tried that hard). Not looking to cultivate a "my plug is better than your plug" thread, just looking for info. Off-digest e-mails are okay - thanks, Louis 96///M3 with stuff and thingies (none cosmetic, love to drive my car so much, would be happy if it were primer gray) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:17:05 -0300 From: "Joao T. da Costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" Well, it did have those ugly alloy wheels with magnesium covers that looked like whitewall tires in pictures. An "M5 advertisement movie"? What about the 6.9 Mercedes and the Audi A8? Joao T. da Costa '89 M3, '97 318ti >I dont believe the car used in Ronin was a real M5. >Chris > > > >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:07:18 -0700 (PDT) >From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW Films "Star" >..... >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. >..... >Carlos >91 M3 <--shifted like the UUC method ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:05:07 -0500 From: Paul Craven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB> BMWFilms "Star" Has anyone noticed that the music in the jump scene is from the "Blues Brothers"? I think the same music played when the "Illinois Nazi's" Hit a ramp and fly to a couple thousand feet of altitude. I immediately thought this was the directors way of pointing out the ridiculous-ness of the scene. IMHO of course. Paul Craven, P.E. Engineering Manager Kansas City Deaerator Company Overland Park, Kansas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.kansascitydeaerator.com ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3940 *************************** ________________________________________ | 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 . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com |==================================================== | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com |__________________________________________
