[uucdigest] Monday, March 31 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6264
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Re: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:14:03 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Shop Lights Maybe in this instance, you should go with a full square of lights instead of the horshoe described earlier. That way, no matter which way your hood opens, one bar will be horizontally across the car, lighting the engine bay. Also good if you own a BMW and a Porsche, I suppose ... tammer <--garage-less ... - --- Nancy Fluharty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil - this gets tricky when you have both an E36 and an > E30! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:09:53 -0500 From: "Mike Gambini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: [uuc] Re: Garage Help Yes, most building codes require 5/8" firecode sheetrock(heavy!!!) on the wall adjoining the living space, or the whole garage if it is under living space. Also required on detached garages unless they are more than 10' from the house. MikeG - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Re: [uuc] Re: Garage Help > I believe this only applies to the wall(s) adjoining the house. Of course building codes, just like track safety requirements, typically represent the minimum acceptable rather than best practice. > > Brian Daley > -------Original Message------- > From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 03/31/03 12:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Garage Help > > > > > Also, drywall is required by code for attached garages. > > Gary Derian wrote: > > >Drywall is a fire retardent, better than plywood for a garage. OK for a > >detached garage. > > > >Gary Derian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:38:29 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: E36: 328i exhaust swap to M3 (both factory) At 7:29 PM -0500 3/31/03, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: >Simply plug the vacuum line. There is no monitoring system for the flap, so >the DME will not know if it is open or closed. There's not? My 328ti has the DME from 328 donor car. Since 4-bangers have a single tip and no flap I always have a fault code for exhaust flap because the car never had one. - -- ...steven MINI Links http://www.happytogether.com/minilinks/ 318ti Registry http://www.happytogether.com/318ti/registry/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:51:46 -0600 From: Mark and Heather Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] - DFW area... Lone Star Chapter autocross #2 this Saturday 04/05 04/05 - Saturday Second autocross of the season at Texas Motor Speedway! Don't miss out to have a lot of fun and learn about your car's capabilities in a safe environment. All you have to do is show up and be willing to have fun (new loaner helmets are available, as is instruction)! This will be our first event at TMS and we are planning on setting up one of the largest and most entertaining courses we've ever done, in a lot larger than even Mineral Wells ex-helicopter pad. It's Texas baby, and with 66 acres of area, we will have a course *over* 1.6 miles in length and with plenty of runoff room! For more info, check out the autocross site or contact any of the officers/volunteers: http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autox/index.htm Mark Williams Dallas, TX 91 ///M3 2.5L ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:00:40 -0800 (PST) From: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Garage Help. > Also, drywall is required by code for attached > garages. 5/8" is required by code in my area for adjoining walls + 3 feet and ceiling. I think it technically has to be taped too. The 5/8" fire code stuff is marked on the back with, "fire core" or something like that. Ask the folks at HD, Lowes, wherever. ===== David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:09:43 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] - DFW area... Lone Star Chapter autocross #2 this Saturday 04/05 I wish I could make it! But alas, my car is um. . . http://www.fatdaddybmw.com/totalled Brad "Shifty" Couvillon '87 528e <-- not feelin' so good www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- Mark and Heather Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 04/05 - Saturday > Second autocross of the season at Texas Motor > Speedway! > Don't miss out to have a lot of fun and learn about > your > car's capabilities in a safe environment. All you > have > to do is show up and be willing to have fun (new > loaner > helmets are available, as is instruction)! > > This will be our first event at TMS and we are > planning > on setting up one of the largest and most > entertaining > courses we've ever done, in a lot larger than even > Mineral > Wells ex-helicopter pad. It's Texas baby, and with > 66 acres > of area, we will have a course *over* 1.6 miles in > length > and with plenty of runoff room! For more info, > check out > the autocross site or contact any of the > officers/volunteers: > http://www.lscbmwcca.org/autox/index.htm > > Mark Williams > Dallas, TX > 91 ///M3 2.5L __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:13:03 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . Gruppe, If you haven't already seen it on the E30 Yahoo Group or one of the two e28 boards I frequent, here it is. . . I got in a wreck Saturday night, and the car is gone. All of the info (including pictures of the location and the damage) is here: http://www.fatdaddybmw.com/totalled Keep your eyes peeled for a good blue or black '86 - '88 535i/iS 5-speed in your area. I should be in the market by the middle of April. Brad "Shifty" Couvillon '87 528e <-- not feelin' so good www.fatdaddybmw.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:56:07 -0500 From: Dave Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E36: 328i exhaust swap to M3 (both factory) Scott, What Brett said. No problem. Take off 328 exhaust, install M3 exhaust, plug vacuum line, drive away. Did this three years ago to my car, put a 97 M3 exhaust onto a 99 328is - direct bolt on, no codes, and no problems since. Enjoy the extra aural feedback! Dave Meyer 99 328is, M3 exhaust, other stuff Stafford VA >A question while my car is in the shop now getting this done. Since the >328i muffler is chambered with a vacuum valve and the M3 is not, will the >check engine light trigger (and continue to trigger after a reset?) if the >valve sensor is left disconnected with the new M3 exhaust? Please reply >to me directly if possible so I can arrange a reset at the dealer (if >necessary) on the way home from picking up the car? >Scott >1998 328i sedan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:21:30 -0500 From: "Andrew Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . Brad: Sorry about your lost. We feel your pain. However, since you do not know what the future will bring in terms of settlement / claims, etc., it may not be such a good idea to post everyone on your site. While you may not have been at fault and the other driver's family seems amenable to settlement, we live in litigious times and we just don't know. The last thing you would want to see is to have the other driver, his family, your insurance comp., or his insurance company using something that your wrote and posted on your website against you. Get the settlement check in hand and then post away. Good luck in finding a replacement. Be safe all. andrew (This shouldn't be considered legal advice, blah, blah, blah and all the usual disclaimers for everyone to consult an attorney) '01 540is6 '02 Sienna xle baby mover Looking for Carl Bark's Original Artwork - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Couvillon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . > Gruppe, > > If you haven't already seen it on the E30 Yahoo Group > or one of the two e28 boards I frequent, here it is. . > . > > I got in a wreck Saturday night, and the car is gone. > All of the info (including pictures of the location > and the damage) is here: > > http://www.fatdaddybmw.com/totalled > > Keep your eyes peeled for a good blue or black '86 - > '88 535i/iS 5-speed in your area. I should be in the > market by the middle of April. > > Brad "Shifty" Couvillon > '87 528e <-- not feelin' so good > www.fatdaddybmw.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:41:50 -0500 From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . Also, go to a doctor ASAP. The longer you wait, the more damage you might do, the higher the chance the insurance company will try to not pay etc etc. Not making judgement about your accident, but if you had 100ft skid marks, then did that type of damage to your car, it was a good impact with alot of energy. DO NOT DISCUSS your speeds on your website. I have seen cases of insurance companies using the data, skid mark lengths etc to try and show you were traveling at a much higher speed. In fact, I would do as the other lister suggested, and just show pics, but no discussion of the accident until it is over. My father was hit head on driving my 535i. He was doing about 20, the other car about 40 and the damage looks about the same as your car. Regardless of how someone acts at the scene etc, after they are coached by a lawyer, have time to think about what happened, start to think that you are going to sue them for everything etc, They suddenly become very tough and react to what their legal advisor tells them. I have had people change their story, make claims to their insurance company and mine after the fact, more than once. This is even when the police report finds them at fault, tickets them for it etc. The longer you wait about going to the doctor, the harder it might be for you to get coverage for your injury. As to your car and selling parts etc, you MIGHT not be able to touch it if they declare your car a total loss. It is then the property of the insurance company depending on where the car is, you might not even be able to touch anything except personal items in the car. In our case, the car was towed to my parents house and it took 6 weeks of lawyers going back and forth to determine the fault(other driver) and then the value of the car. They offered $800 for a 87 535iA in decent shape, everything worked well, but it had high mileage. Think we got it up to $3100 and just let it go. We offered to buy it back for $500, they would not take less than $1500 haha. So my dad took pictures of it leaving on the flat bed for me, ahha. Good luck and just looking at Autotrader, there are several sub $3500 535s out there. I bought a 87 535i from the orginal owner in atlanta back in 97 for $3700, it was in great shape, dealer maintained and with all records. He was asking $8500 and I talked it down to $3700 cash in hand, waving in front of his eyes, reminded him of the amount of tire kickers etc. So keep that in mind, asking prices on old cars like that are usaully very easy to bring down. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Leong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . > Brad: > > Sorry about your lost. We feel your pain. However, since you do not know > what the future will bring in terms of settlement / claims, etc., it may not > be such a good idea to post everyone on your site. While you may not have > been at fault and the other driver's family seems amenable to settlement, we > live in litigious times and we just don't know. The last thing you would > want to see is to have the other driver, his family, your insurance comp., > or his insurance company using something that your wrote and posted on your > website against you. Get the settlement check in hand and then post away. > > Good luck in finding a replacement. > > Be safe all. > andrew > (This shouldn't be considered legal advice, blah, blah, blah and all the > usual disclaimers for everyone to consult an attorney) > '01 540is6 > '02 Sienna xle baby mover > Looking for Carl Bark's Original Artwork > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Couvillon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:13 PM > Subject: [uuc] Totalled my 528e Saturday. . . > > > > Gruppe, > > > > If you haven't already seen it on the E30 Yahoo Group > > or one of the two e28 boards I frequent, here it is. . > > . > > > > I got in a wreck Saturday night, and the car is gone. > > All of the info (including pictures of the location > > and the damage) is here: > > > > http://www.fatdaddybmw.com/totalled > > > > Keep your eyes peeled for a good blue or black '86 - > > '88 535i/iS 5-speed in your area. I should be in the > > market by the middle of April. > > > > Brad "Shifty" Couvillon > > '87 528e <-- not feelin' so good > > www.fatdaddybmw.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6264 *************************** | | 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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