[uucdigest] Thursday, June 26 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6514
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Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] AC Service Questions Re: [uuc] speaking of the Mini Cooper S Re: [uuc] I have driven the future [uuc] 1997 BMW 540iA for sale in Nashville $17.5k Re: RE: [uuc] Mini Cooper S driving impressions [uuc] E36 M3 door lock problem Re: [uuc] I have driven the future Re: [uuc] Left foot braking ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:49:58 -0700 From: "Frank & Kirsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] AC Service Questions What year BMWs use the R12 vs. R134? I have a 1995 M3 and have been wondering if I could just use that top up pressurized can of R134 mixed with oil. Is this possible? I vaguely remember reading (possibly a BMP catalog) of a different AC Temperature Sensor or something that would let your AC run even colder for hotter climates like AZ where I live. Can anyone shed any light on this for me? Thanks, Frank ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:05:41 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] speaking of the Mini Cooper S Dennis Liu wrote: > I dimly recall someone out here (or on another car-related list) > that Cooper Ss were available immediately at other dealerships > around the country. I believe there is still a somewhat short wait - two months maybe ? - for a Cooper S ordered to customer spec's. Coopers are apparently quite common. I just checked with a friend who has a car on order thru the dealer in Cleveland. he called them (was not on any waiting list) in later April & placed his order the first week of May. he spec'ed his car as he wanted & it has been produced & is waiting to be shipped over. he was originally quoted 8-10 weeks. subsequent to his order being placed he checked back with the dealer about something & they noted that since the Italian Job previews had come out their deliver timing had ballooned from 8-10 weeks to ~4 months. Another dealer to call would be Westchester Mini in NY. they are one of the 2-3 BMW-owned dealers on the east coast so there's no BS with mark-ups or the like & they're likely to have the best information possible relative to timing & the like. your friend's best bet is to put together her exact specs (which it appears she has decided on already :-) and call around to several dealers. all the dealers are listed by region on the MiniUSA web site. Ben regular Mini borrower... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:09:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] I have driven the future Yeah, but how do you upgrade the shifter on those things? I will give the new Z4 one thumbs up: the front end has a "shark" look!! Sure it looks like a shark that got its face caught in the prop of a boat, but that's beside the point! Brad "Shifty" Couvillon <-- called Shifty for a reason: http://www.fatdaddybmw.com/tranny '85 Euro 535i www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- Norman Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Throw away your shift levers,SMG is where it's at. > Drove a 3.0 Z4 w/SMG > today at the local BMW/ Susan Komen event. What a > concept. All ye naysayers > have to take one out. You will believe. What a > sweeeeeeet package. It's not > for me (size wise). SWMBO will love it. No more > whining for an auto trans. > Put this baby in manual- sport and it will run until > you shift or redline. > In drive-sport it will run to redline,if you back > off it early it stays in > gear until you get back on the pedal then it runs to > redline and shifts. Do > I sound exited YOU BET!!!!!! > Sorry for the cross post. > Norman Lieberman '97 528/5 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:17:49 -0500 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 1997 BMW 540iA for sale in Nashville $17.5k My boss has his new '03 540iA/sport so his 1997 540iA has got to go! He had Magoo's inspect the car at his expense, so out of town buyers will know the car is as stated. Just send him an e-mail and get can get you the link to view the report. He can also send you a CarFax report on the car. You can e-mail him directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call him at 615-612-1200 x222 , or just reply to me. Some pictures are here: http://www.mctourer.com/540i/index.html The details are: 1997 BMW 540i Automatic VIN: WBADE6329VBW53552 Exterior Color: White Interior Color: Tan Leather Transmission: Automatic Price: $17,495 Mileage: 77,000 This car features: Air Conditioning, Alloy Wheels,AM-FM Stereo Radio with Cassette Player and 6 Disk CD Changer, Anti-Lock Braking System, Body Side Moldings, Dual Zone Climate Control, Clock, Cruise Control, Gauge Cluster, Information Center, Tachometer, Trip Odometer, Carpeting, Console, Courtesy Lights, Dual Sport Mirrors, Driver Side Airbag, Passenger Side Airbag, Side Impact Airbags, Front Bucket Seats, Power Memory Driver's Seat, Power Passenger Seat, Reclining Seats, Inside Hood Release, Interval Wipers, Rear Window Defroster, Keyless Entry, Leather Interior, Leather Wrap Steering Wheel, Map Lights, Moon Roof, Power Brakes, Power Door Locks w/Anti Theft System, Power Outside Mirrors, Power Steering, Power Windows, Rear Wheel Drive, Steering Wheel Audio Controls, Telescoping Steering Wheel, Tilt Steering Wheel Wheel, Tinted Glass, Variable Assist Speed Sensitive, 4 Wheel Disc Brakes, 18.5 Gallon Fuel Tank. This White 4DR Sedan with tan leather interior has 77,000 Miles. It is in excellent condition and comes with all manuals and 2 sets of keys. The tires are almost new. Front brakes are brand new and the BMW Inspection II($900) was performed in November. I have a clean CarFax report that I can fax or e-mail to you. The 540i is one of the best driving cars on the road today-luxury AND performance! Thanks! Dennis 330i silver/black/manual/sp/pp/xenon/cd ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:28:03 -0400 From: Jim Crate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: RE: [uuc] Mini Cooper S driving impressions on 6/26/03, Roger Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually, in handling, the Cooper S probably can keep up with your S2000 >on the track (if not beat it on a tight course). I instructed a guy in a >S2000 at our last track event & the car is certainly very capable, but >not as fast or good handling as my E36 M3 (admittedly with a couple of >mods). Then I went out in a Cooper S with only a rear bar change & we >had no trouble running over many other "faster" cars in the corners >including S2000's (Thunderhill). Handling actually felt preferable to >the S2000 at the limit. More predictable. The last one I saw at the track was pretty predictable. We predicted it would go off, and sure enough, one lap later, it did! :-) http://www.the-crates.net/cars/video/rr_20030126/rr_mini_spin.mp4 Jim ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:33:24 -0500 From: "Larry T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 M3 door lock problem Hello, I've been lurking awhile, but this my first post here. Got an interesting question. Ever since i bought my car (98 m3 coupe), I'm unable to lock/unlock the car from the passenger door. There is no keyless entry, and it works perfectly from the driver's door, and trunk. Any suggestions? Thanks! Larry _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:39:41 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] I have driven the future That's a bit optimistic, along the lines of "the death of the manual" when regular hydraulic automatics came out. No offense to SMG owners, but it ain't a substitute for a manual. It also ain't a substitute for an automatic. It's just SMG, and yet another layer between driver and driving. - - Rob '98 750iL converted to 6-speed manual '94 M5 converted to 6-speed Watch out or I'll put a real transmission in whatever comes too close! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Lieberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC GARAGE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "bmwe39" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "UUC DIGEST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: [uuc] I have driven the future > Throw away your shift levers,SMG is where it's at. Drove a 3.0 Z4 w/SMG > today at the local BMW/ Susan Komen event. What a concept. All ye naysayers > have to take one out. You will believe. What a sweeeeeeet package. It's not > for me (size wise). SWMBO will love it. No more whining for an auto trans. > Put this baby in manual- sport and it will run until you shift or redline. > In drive-sport it will run to redline,if you back off it early it stays in > gear until you get back on the pedal then it runs to redline and shifts. Do > I sound exited YOU BET!!!!!! > Sorry for the cross post. > Norman Lieberman '97 528/5 > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 17:37:04 -0400 From: "Michael McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Left foot braking I left foot brake occasionally. used to do it lots in my '78 530i when the clutch slave cylinder died. drove it for a couple of months like that while living at Georgia Tech (middle of downtown Atlanta). with no usable clutch pedal my left foot would get bored, so I delegated braking duties to it. having driven carts helps, as most people that try it have problems with their left foot being too *numb* to the pedal feel. they generally end up SLAMMING on the brakes (usually the people that are still of the mentality of the clutch pedal during shift action. i.e. *pedal goes to the floor, shift, pedal comes up*) once you get used to the sensitivity of the pedal left foot breaking becomes easier. you say pedal placement is an issue as they seem too close together? moving pedals would help that. the use of the auto trans pedal sounded good, as long as the autos and manuals didn't use different pedal boxes alltogether. in which case the pedal might not fit. getting a formula car to practice in wouldn't help you though, at least not with the placement situation, as the pedals in a formula car (or basically any race car for that matter) are *much* closer together than in any street car. that and after driving a formula car or a GTP car you would be rather unhappy with your street car. if your leg is getting tired from hovering over the brakes, then the only solution is to find another place to put it. my left foot on the highway is on the dead pedal. when I'm driving hard, its usually behind the clutch pulling up while on the straights. (odd habbit from karting. I cooked through brake pads faster than most others. noticeable pad wear after long sessions. dad and others kept accusing me of riding the brakes or resting my foot on the brake pedal even when not using it. so I finally decided that they couldn't accuse me of riding the brakes if my foot were *behind* the brake pedal except when braking. pad wear that session was consistent with previous sessions btw. so they left me alone after that. :oP ) when cornering hard its usually bracing me via the dead pedal, and then hovers before breaking. I sometimes push sideways on the clutch pedal with my foot just over the brake pedal. keeps my foot in place and very close to the brake pedal. it doesn't seem to get as tired as long as its *pushing* on something. even if the push is sideways. and you can practice it on the street. *too much shifting* is a lame excuse. :oP what are you using your left foot for? the clutch? you don't need to use that. (you do have to wait on the upshifts for the RPM's to fall to the right spot though). if you get rid of clutch usage on downsifts it almost becomes easier. two feet, two pedals. blips should be able to be made more precisely with the right foot worrying only about one pedal. your blips for downsifts should be *perfect* if you are downshifting while threshold breaking anyway. otherwise bad stuff happens. I got plenty of practice with this on the street in my 530 when it was a "clutchless manual". back before the manual transmissioned cars with only 2 usable pedals was the fad it is now. :o) - -Michael McCoy - ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:15 PM Subject: RE: [uuc] Left foot braking > Lucky for the SMG'ed folks among us but what do the rest > do? Anyone here a LFB fiend that care to comment, give advice, tell > stories, etc? > > I'm through with right foot braking (well not altogether) but next > autox/track event/whatever I'm going to left foot brake no matter what. > > I did 3 laps at Putnam following my "A" group friends during the first 3 > laps of my > last session and they were following a train so they were quite slow > (probably the > Mini Cooper guy <g>). My car's clutch pedal sits higher than the brake > pedal so it's > awkward to step over this pedal as you reach for the middle one so I > stopped resting > my foot on the dead pedal (dead carpet pedal actually). Instead I hovered > my foot over > the brake pedal and stabbed at it as needed, this felt quite good but on > the 4th lap my leg > got tired of holding my foot up. Even after things got going at a decent > speed the whole hovering > thing was working except for the leg fatigue. I was a little concerned > about getting confused > whenever there was a downshift or upshift involved but as long as I kept my > concentration > on the whole LFB thing it wasn't a problem. Going back to right foot > braking though > was a nice mental break. What's the next step? Cutting and welding the > pedal box > so the clutch pedal sits lower? Picking up a nice Formula Mazda? or a GTP > car to practice on? > Our M-O classroom instructor Mr. Unkefer suggested trying new things and > this is > my new thing otherwise you hit a plateau and all you're doing is lapping at > these > schools, I tend to agree. I try it on the street as much as I can but > there's too > much shifting involved on the street with such a torqueless wonder. > > Carlos > 91 M3 needin' a Hewland tranny to practice on. :-) > 88 iS > ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6514 *************************** | | 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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