[uucdigest] Friday, July 11 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6564
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Sorry.. RE: [uuc] Merc manuals Re: [uuc] Carbon emissions ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:16:20 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Aux Fan (I want high speed only) was Fan I've wired radiator fans with an SPST switch to operate, never, always, and per the temp sensor. Its nice to have full control, but also nice to set and forget sometimes. Feed power to the relay coil and run the ground wire to the switch common. One pole goes to ground, the other goes to the temp switch. Gary Derian > > Now if you guys could help a somewhat electrically challenged person here. > My goal is to wire the aux fan to operate on high speed with a switch. The > switches > already exist it can be the A/C button or the Fog Lamp switch I don't care > as the > car will not have neither A/C nor foglamps. > > Can anyone walk me through how to go about this? Thanks! :-) > > Carlos > 91 M3 a/c and aux fan working > 88 iS removing a/c and rewiring aux fan hopefully this weekend > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:02:28 -0400 From: "Chris Pawlowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] canadian gas price Dave asked >I am planning a trip in late August to Quebec City, QC. I was just >wondering what the price of gasoline is running, both regular and premium? there's a bunch of gas price places on the web including http://www.garnetknight.com/gas/ currently regular costs ~$0.70 a litre and premium is usually ten cents more.. exchange rate is..umm.. $1 US = $1.36 cdn and 3.9 litres pre US Gallon so that makes regular about.. umm.. two bucks a gallon? chris pawlowicz '89 325i '74 2002 '99 Z3 2.8 next week!! woo hoo!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:02:06 -0400 From: "Binder, Larry - Spine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Does anyone have a BMWCCA phone number? New x5 Thanks Brad, I have been a member for about 3 years. I just wasn't sure of my membership number. Customer service at the BMW CCA is always so friendly. The woman on the phone offered to send me a new card and sticker for my (my wife's) car. Larry - -----Original Message----- From: Brad Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [uuc] Does anyone have a BMWCCA phone number? New x5 Larry: If you are looking to join the BMW CCA now in order to get the Membership Reward (http://www.bmwcca.org/PDFs/Form-MembershipReward.pdf) you will not be eligible. If you have been a member for more than a year, you will be able to get $1000 back from BMW NA. Brad Houser > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Binder, Larry - Spine > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 6:13 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [uuc] Does anyone have a BMWCCA phone number? New x5 > > > We've decided on an X5 3.0, Prem,CW,Climate,PDC,Xenon,Heated > Steering Wheel, Steel Gray w/black. $46,070 The lease will be > $504 per month, %60 Residual, %2.4 finance rate 36 months > $3,500 down+fees ($5000 total Out of pocket -$1000 CCA > Rebate) $28,500 buyout at lease end. We pick it up today at > 3:00. It is from a local dealer, West German BMW in Fort > Washington, PA. How does this deal sound? I am getting 2k off MSRP. > > Larry > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:10:38 -0700 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Too much power? I have a C240/6 speed. And let me tell you that although it is a great car to drive on the road, for the track it is terrible. Too many electronic nannies that can't be turned off and the clutch/brake/gas pedal setup leaves a lot to be desired. OTOH, the suspension is as supple but responsive as any BMW I have driven. And luxury-wise, BMW can not compare. Bora On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 08:35 PM, Rob Levinson wrote: > ---- Original Message ---- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If they made manual transmission cars, I'd >> have a Mercedes for sure. >> >> Neil Deshpande > > Actually, they do. At least the SLK and CLK are available with > proper 6-speed manuals. Decent action (better than OE BMW), but not > available in the AMG models. Figure that as marketing where the BMW > M-cars are currently available only with manuals (and that SMG > experiment). > > - Rob > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:33:53 -0400 From: "Bill Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Too much power? > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bora Akyol (BMW) > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:11 AM > > I have a C240/6 speed. And let me tell you that although it is a great > car > to drive on the road, for the track it is terrible. Too many electronic > nannies > that can't be turned off and the clutch/brake/gas pedal setup leaves a > lot > to be desired. > > OTOH, the suspension is as supple but responsive as any BMW I have > driven. > And luxury-wise, BMW can not compare. > When my wife's choice for a new car came down to either an '03 330ci or CLK320, I told her to think of the BMW as a car that started as a sport coupe and had "luxury" added and to look at the CLK as a luxury coupe that had "sport" added. Trying to get to the same place from different starting points doesn't always yield the same result. She thought the analogy fit very well, unfortunately (from my point of view) she choose the CLK ;^( Bill Matthews Hockessin DE 00 M Geeze some Volvos other cars ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:48:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Aux Fan (I want high speed only) was Fan Well I don't have a switch, but I used a splice in connector on the thermostat wires and put in a fused wire when I need the extra cooling. If you put it on all theree you can then choose between the high and low setting. As far as the switch, you are on your own. I felt it was too much work to run a switch since I have the fogs and the a/c yet. I just pop the hood and connect it. Jason - --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now if you guys could help a somewhat electrically > challenged person here. > My goal is to wire the aux fan to operate on high > speed with a switch. > Carlos > 91 M3 a/c and aux fan working > 88 iS removing a/c and rewiring aux fan hopefully > this weekend > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:17:39 -0700 From: "T WALROD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Too much power? . . . I'm reminded of Shaw's response to a lady criticising Pygmalion, "Madam, I agree with you, but what can I do. I'm in the minority." . . . I really like Mercedes, always have. It is _the_ car to have in India. Neil Deshpande Hmmm - a very good photo exhibit we saw in DC indicated that the Ambassador was the omnipresent car in India. Deferring to your personal knowledge, but perhaps your statement could be expanded to read that the Ambassador is the car you have in India but Mercedes is _the_ car to have. Though I get the feeling that Mercedes probably WAS among the cars your family had! Enjoyed the bit o' Shaw. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:24:36 -0400 From: "Andrew E. Skopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Carbon emissions A friend of mine just took his V8 powered 5 series in for Maryland's emissions testing. It passed, but came back with a carbon emissions reading that was just under the pass/fail line. A year ago it was almost undetectable. What can increased carbon emissions be an indicator of? Thanks in advance, Andrew E. Skopp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:36:57 -0700 From: "Michael Andre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Merc manuals Hi Guys. > If they made manual transmission cars, I'd >have a Mercedes for sure. >Neil Deshpande Certainly many models of Merc area available outside the USA with manuals. >Actually, they do. At least the SLK and CLK are available with >proper 6-speed manuals. >- - Rob Not quite AFAIK. At least in the US, the SLK and the C-class are the only Mercs available with manuals. The CLK is NOT available with a manual tranny, although it would fix its weakest point if it was. The Mercedes "touch shift" 5-sp auto is just awful--there is a maddening delay of *many* seconds before it responds to your downshifts. It is so bad that we preferred to buy a '99 with the older auto tranny instead of the 2000+ CLK. The CLK V8s would be really terrific cars with a proper manual box. Mike Andre '91 M5 '88 325is '99 CLK 430 with an acceptable slush box for JJ and only 25K mi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:47:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Chicagoland Dealer recommencations I'll give some kudos to Bill Cleary at Perillo BMW in Lincoln Park. He's a straight shooter, no pressure salesman. Nice guy too. Helped me out a few times with the service dept. and quickly refunded a deposit I had down on a car when I lost my job. - - John S. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:23:20 -0700 From: Steve Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Car salespersons Jonathan Brush asks...Also, what do you think of the strategy of deciding what car you want and doing your negotiating by fax (or internet)? I advocate using any means available to you, and with which you are comfortable using. Comfortable is the operative word here. While I was selling cars however, I hated the internet because I never got a chance with them. The one internet salesman at my dealership sold over half the cars that went off the lot each month. In fact, he was the only one making a decent living. All of the 0% financing deals don't really help sales at all. In order to qualify for the 0%, you need a really great FICO score, 140 or so. Guess what, only the folks that don't really need the 0% rate qualify for it. If you don't have a job, you don't qualify for any kind of loan anyway, and that is the real problem. The 0% rates won't solve that. I found my '00 540 through Carpoint, and that got me to the fleet manager and the fleet price. I saved almost $6000 on the MSRP of the car. Since the sale price was lower, I also saved on sales tax. Gary's experience of playing good guy-bad guy with his wife will work very vell in a lot of cases. The sales staff will also do that occasionally. A lot of folks look at the negotiating experience as a challenge and somewhat enjoyable. Those were the customers that were a real pleasure to deal with. It was genuine head to head competition, and a lot of fun. Cheers Steve Albrecht ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:00:49 -0400 From: "Ron J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Hello Canadian Members.. Sorry.. Dear UUC listers.. Many apologies for not cutting out the entire digest and reposting it with my reply when i answered David regarding Quebec City... I was in a rush, and only realized it after I hit send and the message left my inbox.. Regards Ron ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:01:49 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [uuc] Merc manuals When I take my 6 speed Merc in, I usually get a 5 speed auto as a loaner. My experience with the touch shift has actually been quite positive after the first 10 miles or so where the car actually learns that it is driven in enthusiast mode. Still not as good as the Tip S in the Boxster but quite nice. The AMG calibration of the tranny is supposed to be even better. Still, I would take a BMW (or Mini) over any Mercedes any day. ============== The CLK is NOT available with a manual tranny, although it would fix its weakest point if it was. The Mercedes "touch shift" 5-sp auto is just awful--there is a maddening delay of *many* seconds before it responds to your downshifts. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:10:02 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Carbon emissions Carbon dioxide or monoxide? Probably monoxide. Likely cause is rich mixture from a worn out EGO sensor. Might be other things. Hard to tell with no data. Gary Derian > A friend of mine just took his V8 powered 5 series in for Maryland's emissions testing. It passed, but came back with a carbon emissions reading that was just under the pass/fail line. A year ago it was almost undetectable. What can increased carbon emissions be an indicator of? Thanks in advance, > > Andrew E. 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