[uucdigest] Tuesday, January 21 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6042
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Re: [uuc] V1 update [uuc] Ebay strutbars Re: [uuc] V1 update ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:38:34 -0500 From: "Grant Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] V1 update I'd like to thank everyone for helping me last week decide on a radar detector. I took Dennis Wynne up on his offer (thanks Dennis!), and I'm glad I did, too. This thing ROCKS! I'm a convert now. I used it for 400+ miles last weekend, but didn't hear much. Then last night driving around town, the V1 paid for itself by spotting a police radar unit blaring K toward me. He was moving toward me, and I had about 3/4 mile, over a hill, warning. Wow. The counter/arrows are definitely worth the premium as well. Are there any tricks to getting the suction cups to stick well? I eventually had to give up and use the visor clip. Next up, hardwire install. Grant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:54:30 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update Put a little bit of moisture on the cup. High-quality de-ionized and buffered water from Black Forest artesian springs is recommended in the Z8 owner's manual. Barring local availability, you lick your finger and swipe the cup. Congrats on your V1! - - Rob (2) V1s and counting (bogeys) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] V1 update > > Are there any tricks to getting the suction cups to stick well? I > eventually had to give up and use the visor clip. > > Grant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:53:58 -0800 (PST) From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: E30 convertible weight ballast On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, dgee wrote: > So if I want to try to dampen a 2002 convertible, > should I try to get a e30 damping assembly, and > probably I would need to try different weights????? I can get you the part number from mine if you want - it's cast into the metal along with the BMW logo. Made me smile. This solid chunk of iron needs to have the propeller logo on it. Though I can't imagine anyone would buy one of these new - there's gotta be a few in the scrapyards for cheap. It's also got a threaded hole in the top, presumably for a handle to make it easier to install/remove. You could bolt additional weight to it if you wanted! - -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:54:04 -0500 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Weight Savings Marco says > > Basically very similar to a Suzuki Samurai. > Pretty well beat up, including the missing fuel tank cap that was replaced > with a red rag. Looked like a Molotov cocktail on tires. Bald tires. VERY > bald tires. Plus the spare had a lock on it which had a missing key. So my > wife and I shrug our shoulders and take the vehicle and proceed on our > adventure. Hmm, if this was ODB-II, I would imagine the check engine light was on the entire 1,000 kms with that missing fuel cap. Wow, talk about annoying.... ;-) Later, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:56:39 -0500 From: "Dean Boucouras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update I have also found that they suction cups don't stick as well to the windshield when cold. Hitting the windshield with a blast from the defroster seems to help. Dean ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:06:50 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] V1 update Lick them. Yeah I know, yuck. I guess regular water would work well too... Marco - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Grant Low Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] V1 update Are there any tricks to getting the suction cups to stick well? I eventually had to give up and use the visor clip. Next up, hardwire install. Grant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:23:53 -0600 From: Sean Cordone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update Here in Chicago, you can lick the suction cups and watch the moisture freeze as you push them in contact w/ the window. Solid water doesn't seal nearly as well. I'm considering moving south to get them to work better. --SC ps -if you can't move south, a very thin layer of vacuum grease will work cold. Just don't lick it next time. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:47:46 -0500 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Very astute immobilizer This is a really cool idea, but I have to wonder... how many credit card strips have gone blank on this guy as a result of having a speaker magnet on his key fob? - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:28:12 -0500 From: "BMWBITS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Very astute immobilizer . http://www.autospeed.com/A_0059/page1.html This is REALLY clever and very universal in its application ..good use of simple technology .Who's gonna wander in your car flailing magnets about ?? Bill & Shirley Proud, Tennessee..winters, Seattle..summers Long commute in between . ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:02:27 -0500 (EST) From: Abe Reinhartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update - --0-2018061795-1043179347=:2145 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii All this licking of suction cups is making me wonder about you guys. Sean Cordone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Here in Chicago, you can lick the suction cups and watch the moisture freeze as you push them in contact w/ the window. Solid water doesn't seal nearly as well. I'm considering moving south to get them to work better. --SC ps -if you can't move south, a very thin layer of vacuum grease will work cold. Just don't lick it next time. Abe Reinhartz MD - --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! 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Canada Personals</b></a><br> - --0-2018061795-1043179347=:2145-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:12:33 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update Awww pipe down. ; -) I never lick the suction cup; just lick your finger (at least you know where it's been) and then rub the saliva around the suction cup. Brad "Shifty" Couvillon '87 528e www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- Abe Reinhartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All this licking of suction cups is making me wonder > about you guys. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:53:57 -0800 (PST) From: James Muskopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Anyone have tapes of Speed World Challenge Touring? Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone had tapes, DVDs, or VCDs of any or all of the SPEED World Challenge Touring series for 2002. If so, please let me know ASAP. I basically need them by Wednesday (tomorrow). Of course, this means that I would either need to have them overnighted or pick them up locally in the Northern VA area. I realize this is a strange request, but I just need some footage of the BMWs in touring. I have the "Year in Review", but no individual races. I have a Paypal account if anyone has these and is willing to overnight them to my place. I will even return the tapes/CDs/DVDs if necessary. Thanks JamesM __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:22:19 -0600 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update Good deal! Once folks use one, it spoils you for ANY other detector. The other morning driving to work the V1 goes off, I come over the hill and the cops have left one of those RADAR signs on the side of the road. "The speed limit is 30 mph, you are going __ mph" and it flashes if you speed. As I was nearing the sign the counter went to 2, as I passed the sign the arrows showed side the rear AND front... MMMMM On down the hill sits a real cop with a RADAR gun shooting people after they went past the sign "in case" some of them sped back up. Any other detector = "beep", V1 = no ticket for me :-) Did you try a couple of the NEW suction cups? Remember the V1 and the window mount were USED - but all the other things are new. A couple of the never used cups may hold better. They have 2 sizes as spares, try the larger. Also, clean the inside of the window with some alcohol and try the suction cups again. As someone else mentioned cold glass and the suction cups can come loose, but usually once I have them on there good they do not come off. If I take the mount off then put it back one or both cups will come off a time or two (usually over night when it is cold) and I keep re-sticking them. After a few days they stop coming loose. You can also wet the cups a little as others have suggested, but I usually don't have to do that. Enjoy your new toy! Dennis At 01:38 PM 01/21/2003 -0500, Grant Low wrote: >I'd like to thank everyone for helping me last week decide on a radar >detector. I took Dennis Wynne up on his offer (thanks Dennis!), and I'm >glad I did, too. This thing ROCKS! I'm a convert now. I used it for >400+ miles last weekend, but didn't hear much. Then last night driving >around town, the V1 paid for itself by spotting a police radar unit >blaring K toward me. He was moving toward me, and I had about 3/4 mile, >over a hill, warning. Wow. The counter/arrows are definitely worth the >premium as well. > >Are there any tricks to getting the suction cups to stick well? I >eventually had to give up and use the visor clip. > >Next up, hardwire install. > >Grant ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:20:26 -0500 From: "BMWBITS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Ebay strutbars Has anyone bought one of the many 'we make car go fasta ' (Saturday Night Special??) strutbars seen on Ebay ? Looking at the 'representative' pics one sees a variety of shapes and end fittings that have dubious structural value other than cluttering up the engine bay . BUT ,considering the many hundreds of $$ that the AC Schnitzer swaged-end aluminum E36M3 unit I have cost the original owner, I wonder if it would be practicable to get one of these Ebay specials (they usually seem to have threaded adjusters/fittings ) and have some decent endfittings made ?? The pics show what appear to be fairly stout bars in those things ,but very flimsy ends. Anyone BTDT ?? Bill & Shirley Proud, Tennessee..winters, Seattle..summers Long commute in between . ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:13:36 -0500 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] V1 update > "The speed limit is 30 mph, you are going __ mph" and it flashes if you speed. > As I was nearing the sign the counter went to 2, as I passed the sign the > arrows showed side the rear AND front... MMMMM On down the hill sits a > real cop with a RADAR gun shooting people after they went past the sign > "in case" some of them sped back up. Or, more likely, waiting to catch those like me, who use those signs to see how fast I can accelerate past them..... > As someone else mentioned cold glass and the suction cups can come > loose, but usually once I have them on there good they do not come off. If I > take the mount off then put it back one or both cups will come off a time or > two (usually over night when it is cold) and I keep re-sticking them. After a > few days they stop coming loose. I think Kathy and I have about 6 suction cup mounts between us (for 2 V1s). Every car has it's own window mount, plus a spare for travelling. Valentine will gladly sell you extra mounts, although ours were accumulated from various upgrades, as each upgraded unit comes with a new bracket. Once they're stuck, they stay stuck, because we never remove them, until the car leaves our stable at least... - ----------------------------------------------------- BMW Special Tool Rentals Pay per incident tech support - ----------------------------------------------------- Brett Anderson KMS (440) 338 1650 www.koalamotorsport.com OSS committee member ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6042 *************************** | | In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. |________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | | Autoscope-Motorsports - http://www.autoscope-motorsports.com | |==================================================== | | Koala MotorSport . 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