[uucdigest] Tuesday, June 10 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6451
_________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.bmwdatabase.com | | 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] <E28> 86 528e fix or sell? [uuc] FS: '99 M3 Convertible - $25,900 [uuc] e-30 325ic low idle/hesitation Re: [uuc] Survey - used lease car v. used "rental' car [uuc] Brett's email address, anyone? [uuc] re: Anyone up for a driving school [uuc] Survey - used lease car v. used "rental' car [uuc] <E30> brake caliper choice Re: [uuc] Brett's email address, anyone? [uuc] HUB SIZES FOR E24 E34 AND E31...ARE THEY THE SAME? Re: [uuc] Looking for Dinan Cold Air Installation [uuc] Re: <E30> brake caliper choice Re: [uuc] HUB SIZES FOR E24 E34 AND E31...ARE THEY THE SAME? [uuc] Re: To store or not to store [uuc] Coming to Australia was To store .... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10 Jun 2003 20:59:42 -0400 From: Matt Twigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E28> 86 528e fix or sell? Looking for opinions from the wise sages of the list (^_^) Our 86 528e just failed inspection because of its cracked exhaust (high NOx). I know I need to replace the whole thing... I also need to replace the driveshaft and front control arms. That's a hella lot o' money, even doing it myself. So, the quandary is now, should I bother the fix this old girl with 230k on her or sell her for parts. We have only had it for 3 years, but you know old BMWs, they *are* alive. She still looks great, runs great, and has a perfect black leather interior. I am truly at a loss and need the opinion of those who have gone before.. Thanx, - -Matt 1991 325iX 1986 528e (sick) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:06:48 -0500 From: "Bill Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: '99 M3 Convertible - $25,900 FS: 1999 M3 Convertible Great car! Cosmos Black/Tan, Automatic, Harman-Kardon sound system & Alpine CD changer, Heated seats, Clear signal lenses, Cruise control, 49,100 miles. http://tinyurl.com/9dk7 Email for more pictures. $25,900 obo Thanks, Bill Yates Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:38:18 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] e-30 325ic low idle/hesitation Hello everyone: I was wondering if anyone has had similar problems with their vehicles. My car is currently in the shop and they are trying to diagnose the problem. The symptoms are: 1) when starting cold- idle would be lower than usual, sometimes dip to around 500rpm, causing the car to shake, almost stalling. 2) after driving for a while (either highway or local) and coming to a stop, the idle would sometimes drop to or a bit under 500rpm, causing the car to shake, etc. Sometimes the car would stall if I don't keep the rpm up. 3) trying to accelerate from stopping, the car would hesitate and only move a little, until I hit the throttle hard enough, when it would regain "consciousness". Not fun when crossing streets where the cross traffic doesn't have to stop! 4) occasionally, the same hesitation would occur while the car is moving, between 2,000-2,500 rpm. Thank you in advance for reading! - -Michael Su ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:39:56 -0400 From: "Robert Tobin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Survey - used lease car v. used "rental' car I recall during my first trip to FLA we found an alternative breaking method to use on the rental 1985 Chevy Cavalier. Travelling south on A1A on Singer Island at about 50 or so, there was no reason to bother oneself with switching pedals or even taking ones foot off the gas; just drop her into "R". Worked like a charm. Tires smoking, enging racing, and speed slowly being shaved off. It would slow down enough to throw it back into "D" and swing a hard left into the parking lot. Worked like a charm. Every time. How we ever managed to get back to the rental agency under it's own power remains a mystery. Yeah, I'd buy rental.... Rob T '95 530i ++++++ > > From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <snip> > Who among us has not done bootleg turns with the > e-brake in the hotel parking lot? Or had occasion to > rent a Mustang and do a brakestand behind a Wal-Mart > and leave a 1/4" of rubber on the pavement? (Side > note: Current Mustangs have traction control - don't > forget to turn that off.) Or simply yanked the > e-brake at 40 mph driving down the road, just for fun? > <snip>> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:42:20 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Brett's email address, anyone? Dear digesters, Can someone tell me what Brett's email address is? I need to contact him regarding possibly working on a car I'll be acquiring next month. Thank you, - -Michael Su ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:42:46 -0400 From: "carl sewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: Anyone up for a driving school Been lurking for awhile and may have missed it. If the donor has big bucks, how about the BMW CCA show at the N�rburg Ring? You won't be going so fast, but the venue is something else. Once you know what you are doing (after the school), or think you do, buy a ticket and have at it. There is no race course in the world that can compare. A tad pricey, perhaps, but you only come around once, and what about European delivery? (Better after the school so you don't abuse the new one!) Carl Sewell Charlottesville VA e36 M3/4 CCA 151298 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:42:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Survey - used lease car v. used "rental' car Gary: I second this. My M5's PO was the same. Even on the phone I liked him. After I bought the car and he was driving me to his house before I took off, he called his wife immediately and told her that I had decided not to get it and she immediately told him it was OK and that he may as well keep it if he liked it so much. He got a new M5 as well. I trust my people skills (telling good people from bad, not smooth talk with women or selling crap!) MUCH more than my engineering skills. I have been let down by them only once and even then I went against my instincts. Of course, the data is biased as one never knows how many of the bracketed-as-bad-and-avoided people were actually good, but still. Sometimes I'm surprised at how diversely 'extracted' is the set of people on whom they have automatically and successfully worked. I'd buy a car based on them any day. Neil Deshpande *** "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When I bought my M5, I knew very little about it and was clueless where to go for an inspection. The seller had a nice house, cases of Mobil 1 in the garage, a Porsche 911, BMW Z-3, Lexus RX-300 and a few other nice cars. Wife was pleasant and recounted some stories about the car. He was selling it to buy a new M5. It might have all been a setup, but the car was and is great. Gary Derian > > I like Gary's idea of meeting the wife & kids... > > Lee ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:46:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> brake caliper choice Clarence: My OE calipers are Girling on both the 01/88 325iS and 09/88 325iC. The E30 M3 has ATE. I think the rear calipers on my cars are ATE as well, but the front are certainly Girling. For so simple a device, I think there will be little to no difference. I've rebuilt mine so the difference is likey even less. Neil Deshpande *** Clarence Behrend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just picked up some rebuilt brake calipers for the '87 325. I had ordered ATE and got Girlingunits. Is there any difference wrt quality? Are they really the same even though Girling isconsiderably cheaper? My car originally had Girlings and I put ATEs on from my wreck simplybecause I liked the things my wreck had. If it makes any difference the car does get tracked a few times a year and I use the brakes hard on the street. TIA Clarence - looking for assurances West Bend, WI ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:58:25 -0400 From: "Dean Boucouras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brett's email address, anyone? Below is the contact info from Koala Motorsports website: http://www.koalamotorsport.com/ Sales: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tool rental: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pay Per incident tech support issues: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site problems/suggestions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- By Telephone: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM US Eastern Time (440) 338 1650 - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: [uuc] Brett's email address, anyone? > Dear digesters, > > Can someone tell me what Brett's email address is? I need to contact him > regarding possibly working on a car I'll be acquiring next month. > > Thank you, > -Michael Su > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:07:58 -0700 From: "Chris Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] HUB SIZES FOR E24 E34 AND E31...ARE THEY THE SAME? Can someone tell me if the e24 6 series wheel's are interchangeable with the e34/e31. I know that there are two sizes involved 75mm and 72mm...I just can't remember which body styles have which sizes... I have a set of rims that came from the e31/34 and want to make sure they will fit on my e24 or will I need hub-centric adapters. Thanks! Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:12:40 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Looking for Dinan Cold Air Installation I would say, step 1, sell cold air kit on eBay. Step 2, relax. Gary Derian > Does anyone have the instructions for the Dinan Cold Air intake system > for and E36 M3. I found one for sale, but it does not have the > instructions. Any help would be appreciated. > > Dave 95 M3 > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:23:39 -0500 From: Clarence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E30> brake caliper choice Thanks for the input. I decided to put the Girlings in and feel more comfortable about it now. Kinda burned me that I had to go to the wreck and remove the caliper carrier b/c the ATE and Girling carriers are not interchangable. The first guide pin I removed from the ATE unit was sticky w/rubber; probably why it the caliper was seeming to hang. Worse, the threads were almost gone. MAYBE I could've gotten by w/just replacing the pins and the rubber sleeves they slide in. The pin design appears to be the major difference between Girling and ATE. The ATE pin fits snuggly in the rubber sleeve and seems to be potentially exposed to the elements; it is both a guide pin and fastens the caliper to the carrier. The Girling pin is very different. It's loosely enclosed in rubber and is only a guide pin which fits loosely into it's recepticle. The caliper is held to the carrier w/a separate bolt. Girling seems to have less chance of binding, unlike the ATE. Clarence West Bend, WI 06/10/03 7:34:47 PM, "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is little difference between the Girling and Ate units for the front of the >E30. Some feel the Ate quality is higher but I think the difference is negligible when it comes to the E30 units. The Girling are less expensive and way more common place. > <snip> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:26:15 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] HUB SIZES FOR E24 E34 AND E31...ARE THEY THE SAME? The holes size in the center is the same for all three model ranges you list (E39 is different). The difficulty in using E31 wheels on the other cars might be offset, rather than hub size. Ed Chris Marino wrote: >Can someone tell me if the e24 6 series wheel's are interchangeable with the >e34/e31. I know that there are two sizes involved 75mm and 72mm...I just >can't remember which body styles have which sizes... > >I have a set of rims that came from the e31/34 and want to make sure they >will fit on my e24 or will I need hub-centric adapters. > >Thanks! >Chris > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:43:17 -0500 From: "phil irby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: To store or not to store Thanks to all who responded. I appreciate all this great advice and am going to miss the digest while gone.....who knows maybe I'll just keep it active although somehow I think I may not have time to read all this great stuff while I'm gone. My predecessor who went on the exchange last year has already told me I MUST travel EVERY weekend. He went to New Zealand while there. I think I'll stay away from the Asian continent unless the SARS thing gets a whole lot better. Somehow I think I'll have plenty to keep me busy in Australia. As for the M3R, I think that would be pushing my luck.....although I have thought about asking for a Mini S.....hey that's compact right? Phil 92 E36/M50 I can smell the shrimp on the barbie already! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:57:56 +1000 From: Simon Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Coming to Australia was To store .... Phil Look us up when you get to Brisbane, we have a quite active BMW club here in Queensland (and in most other states) and would make you most welcome at any of our events. http://www.bmwclubqld.asn.au/Default.htm http://www.clubs.bmw.com.au/ A Holden (GM) Commodore is not exactly what Australian Rentals class as a "compact". A quite respectable mass production car with "sport" options plus the factory supported modified versions (HSV = Holden Special Vehicles) http://www.hsv.com.au/main.html Most / all imported cars retain the steering column stalk arrangement from LHD (BMW included), so we all have to adapt here too. For "compact" cars check here http://www.ginz.com/supplier-info-au.asp?supplier=HERAUS&group=RC®i on=NSW&country=au Make sure whatever you get has Air conditioning - Brisbane summers are a bit humid ! Cheers Simon Leigh 96 258iA, 90 318iS Phil wrote I got word today I got a temp job I applied for that is an exchange program my company has with Australia. I'll be going to Brisbane for 6 months starting in October and returning 1st wk of April. <snip> Also would appreciate any advice fellow listers would have on places to go, things to see, etc. I've been told I get a compact rental for the time I'm there. One guy who went last year said he had a Holden Commodore made by GM. Sheesh......gonnna have to learn how to drive all over too.....on the "other side". Phil 92 E36/M50 Soon to be in the land down under ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6451 *************************** | | 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 . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com | |==================================================== | | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | |==================================================== | Turner Motorsport Inc . 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