[uucdigest] Monday, January 13 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6016
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Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Re: Best aluminum Trailer Re: [uuc] radar detector mounting brackets [uuc] Legal vs. safe, vs Fun Re: [uuc] radar detector recommendations [uuc] Radar Detectors. my.02 Re: [uuc] Insurance, again Re: [uuc] Insurance, again [uuc] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:45:10 -0500 From: bs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Best aluminum Trailer As a Featherlite owner, perhaps I'm biased, but my experience tells me if 400# is going to make your decision, you need more tow vehicle. I towed my M3 on a Featherlite with an Explorer V8, which had a tow rating of 6700 if I remember correctly, and it never felt comfortable. Just not enough truck. My Expedition (5.4, 3.73 axle) not only tows with much more stability, but goes better, stops better, and sips gas more frugally than the Explorer did. I'm getting 15 mpg towing, while the Explorer got 11. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:59:34 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] radar detector mounting brackets Since I use my detector most when traveling solo, I mount it with the permanent wiring kit installed in the passenger seat of each of the cars, with the power coming from the power seats in those cars with those seats, from the ashtray in those cars with manual seats. I wedge it between the headrest and the seat back and use the seat to "aim" it for best front/rear visibility. With the remote display, no lights alert the cops and nothing is obstructing my view. Ed John Pease wrote: >With all of this talk about radar detectors, I wanted to find out what everyone >thought about the >mounting brackets you use. > >Most including the suction cups don't seem to me to work very well. Either they don't >hold the >detector for a long time without letting go or they don't allow you to align the >detector to see >out the front and rear windows very well. > >I have some ideas for an excellent mounting scheme to address these problems. The bad >news is that >it would cost much more than the cheepo suction cups and plastic brackets you can >buy. In fact, it >would probably sell for $50-100. > >Please let me know what you think. > >Thank you > >John Pease (not quite ready to quit my day job) > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:15:01 -0500 From: "David A. Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Legal vs. safe, vs Fun re: it's hard to figure out what the Ulfer considers illegal :) My 6 year old son asked me one July 4th how come we were launching rockets if it was illegal.. All eyes were on me.. "Lissen Up kid " "Just because something is 'Legal' doesn't make it good for you..and just because it is 'illegal' doesn't make it bad .." ( the Reverand Dave has spoken) I mean..triple digits on a deserted interstate, at night, trying to push that Buick Grand National (with the 125mph limiter chip) up against its rev limiter..just good clean fun..Holy S**T, Its January, its Maine, and I'm running studded tires on the ancient 735i and I'm running 117 better back it down ! fersure I though I was gonna shut that boy down..and get to test that 137 mph book top speed.. Dave Leonard ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:24:26 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] radar detector recommendations C'mon Marco, get real. If that were offered to the public, I'd help launch the biggest law suit this country has seen. That EMP missile is BULLSH*T Make it HE and I'll reconsider......... Brett Anderson Often wondered if a laser guided missile could react fast enough to follow the beam back to the asshole's eye ball. PS, ask me about the WV cop who had a ticket book full of 88mph speeding tickets, and 88 on the radar gun as proof, from god knows how many days before. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It would have to be significantly better than the current V1. i.e. - maybe > incorporate a digital link to the next unit in the surrounding area to open > up its detection range. i.e. if my SC-1 were in communication range of > another SC-1 it would interface with that SC-1 and surrounding SC-1s, ping > the GPS system, interface with my onboard moving map display and pinpoint > the radiating unit. If I were using cruise control it would kick me out of > cruise and reset my speed to the limit. > > For a further fee I could buy the SC-1mark2 would could launch a missile > carrying an EMP device that would fry only the transmitting radar unit. > > And as long as it was the same size as the current one and didn't require me > to put a bigger alternator on the car I'd pay you 2x the current price ;-) > > btw my current commuter vehicle is a pick-em up truck so the missile > launcher could be in the bed. > > Marco > I get co-credits on the patent ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:58:09 -0500 From: "Ron J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Radar Detectors. my.02 Hi All, Watching the radar detector thread got me interested. I admittedly have a very big foot, and its laiden with lead. With the assortment of sports cars, and fast sedans I have owned over the years, autocrossing, drag racing ice racing, and an assortment of driver trainging courses, I like my velocity!! , I have toyed with radar detectors on many occasions, and found them to work well, but nothing works better than some common sense. For instance I just completed a 25 hour drive from Fort Myers Florida to Toronto Canada, in my Sleeper E28 535i (3 hours north of detroit) My average speed was around 90mph, with a few stints over 100 mph Down there, and back again. I never got bothered, and saw many rooftop lights, on the side of the road. I havent had a radar detector in a long time. They seem to get stolen easily, (lost a valentine a few years back) and up here they are illegal and get confiscated and destroyed at the side of the road. My basic deal is this. Use your eyes, watch your mirrors, and pick a leader that is driving as fast as you want to. Hang back about 15 car lengths and stick with him/her. If there isnt one, Make sure you slow down near bridges and be on special alert around the outskirts of small towns (coming in and out) while passing through them. Then just crank the speed back up. My experience has been that troopers/police officers wont venture too far from their towns/cities, and so between long stretches of desolate highway its pretty well fair game. The radar detector is just back up, and good back up that is worth it, I just dont think total reliance on it to save your butt is wise. I havent gotten a speeding ticket in many years and I know its not luck!! $400 on a valentine is probably what I would do as well, since I like getting the best out there when it comes to gadgets. But a less expensive whistler as recommended might do with trick mixed with good visual skills and common sense. I do have a question however. I know most cops up here are using Lidar (Laser) and detectors no matter how expensive are very spotty at grabbing that, and when they do its usually too late, so what is the chance that the radio based detection systems are more in use south of the border? Cheers Ron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:02:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Patrick Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Insurance, again On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, "carl sewell" wrote: > Carl: Your policy, as you wrote, excludes pre contest and contest activities; as another post said, "that is why these events are not timed" The intent is to instruct us in high speed driving and to understand the capabilities and limits of our cars (caveat, this coming from someone who wishes he could find the time to attend his first but wants a real car before goes so as not to embarass himself) I think alot of the chapters know of these exclusions and do their best in literature to explain their intent up front. I would also think you would have a problem with coverage if you attended a driving school on Saturday with the intent of entering a club race on Sunday. Your Saturday activity would then most likely be excluded. Finally, if the gentleman from State Farm claims in Texas would like to chime in, there must have been someone from this list who has or who knows someone who filed a claim after a driving school. Did coverage apply, was there a fight or was it covered? Anybody? Patrick Green 92 325i > All the recent comments re insurance prompted me to > request a specimen > policy from my carrier, Travelers, since the annual > billing/statement does > not include the �fine print.� > > Travelers (in Virginia) says they will provide neither > liability, collision, > nor comprehensive coverage for: > Any vehicle located inside a facility designed for > racing for the purpose > of: > a. Competing in; or > b. Practicing or preparing for; > Any prearranged or organized racing or speed contest. > > Obviously many driving school participants have no > intention of ever racing, > and I wonder how the group sees �prearranged or > organized�� If you never > race, are you covered? If you ever race, have you no > coverage for driving > schools? Any comments welcomed. > > Carl Sewell > Charlottesville VA > e36 M3/4 > CCA 151298 - ----------------------------------------------------- This message is intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you many not copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Acordia reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or received from this email address. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:02:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Patrick Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Insurance, again On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, "carl sewell" wrote: > Carl: Your policy, as you wrote, excludes pre contest and contest activities; as another post said, "that is why these events are not timed" The intent is to instruct us in high speed driving and to understand the capabilities and limits of our cars (caveat, this coming from someone who wishes he could find the time to attend his first but wants a real car before goes so as not to embarass himself) I think alot of the chapters know of these exclusions and do their best in literature to explain their intent up front. I would also think you would have a problem with coverage if you attended a driving school on Saturday with the intent of entering a club race on Sunday. Your Saturday activity would then most likely be excluded. Finally, if the gentleman from State Farm claims in Texas would like to chime in, there must have been someone from this list who has or who knows someone who filed a claim after a driving school. Did coverage apply, was there a fight or was it covered? Anybody? Patrick Green 92 325i > All the recent comments re insurance prompted me to > request a specimen > policy from my carrier, Travelers, since the annual > billing/statement does > not include the �fine print.� > > Travelers (in Virginia) says they will provide neither > liability, collision, > nor comprehensive coverage for: > Any vehicle located inside a facility designed for > racing for the purpose > of: > a. Competing in; or > b. Practicing or preparing for; > Any prearranged or organized racing or speed contest. > > Obviously many driving school participants have no > intention of ever racing, > and I wonder how the group sees �prearranged or > organized�� If you never > race, are you covered? If you ever race, have you no > coverage for driving > schools? Any comments welcomed. > > Carl Sewell > Charlottesville VA > e36 M3/4 > CCA 151298 - ----------------------------------------------------- This message is intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you many not copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Acordia reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or received from this email address. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:55:52 -0500 From: "Marshall Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Jamie Howton wrote, "I would try flushing the clutch hydraulics if i were you, Bentley has the procedure (www.rb.com). It's not difficult, but I would recommend a pressure bleeder...<snip>...With the clutch hydraulic circuit, make sure that you remove the clutch slave cylinder from the transmission housing and slowly depress the plunger with the bleed valve open, close the valve and slowly let out the plunger. " <slight> correction to this procedure. do not remove the slave cylinder when using a pressure bleeder! under pressure the cylinder makes a nice cannon for the piston and you will have parts and brake fluid everywhere, followed by a trip to the parts store to get another slave cylinder. i think he meant either use a pressure bleeder with the slave in place, or use the manual method with it out. manual method is better if you know you have air in the system or if it is a new install. bmw nicely placed the bleed screw on the bottom, air floats to the top. hmmmm. you need to pull the slave and turn it so that the bleed screw is up to really get any air out. marshall ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6016 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | | Autoscope-Motorsports - http://www.autoscope-motorsports.com | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. 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