The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 109 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> 95 540i/6spd for sale E34 Parts Needed Re: 95 540i/6spd for sale Re: <Misc>buying a used car with a lien? Re: E30 ball joints Re: Paucity of BMW computer tuning Re: Paucity of BMW computer tuning Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> e36 Stock sunglass holder wanted Re: Cat destruction
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:12:10 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Seeing that the average american drives like their blind and deaf (maybe because they are talking on a cell phone), I think anything that can help improve the reception of missing concentration or focus is a benefit. I am all for lights in the mirrors as well as small water sprayer for careless drivers. As far as mirrors are concerned, Ford F250/350 excursion towing mirrors with the convex mirror at the very bottom has to be one of the best mirrors out there when adjusted properly. I wish they would add this type of a setup to every car. As far as BMW content, my E30 M3 has euro mirrors with two panels in place of the single panel mirror. Hard to describe in an email but essentially 3/4s of the way outward one panel ends and a smaller convex panel starts. Neat. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:28:17 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bora, You forget dumb.....lots & lots of dumb. Lee->pretty well convinced that most people don't use their turn signals because they lack the basic intelligence to figure out how to work the little stalk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bora Akyol (BMW) > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 02:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> > > > Seeing that the average american drives like their blind and > deaf (maybe because they are talking on a cell phone), > I think anything that can help improve the reception > of missing concentration or focus is a benefit. > > I am all for lights in the mirrors as well as > small water sprayer for careless drivers. > > As far as mirrors are concerned, Ford F250/350 excursion > towing mirrors with the convex mirror at the very bottom > has to be one of the best mirrors out there when > adjusted properly. I wish they would add this type of > a setup to every car. > > As far as BMW content, my E30 M3 has euro mirrors with two panels > in place of the single panel mirror. Hard to describe > in an email but essentially 3/4s of the way outward one panel ends > and a smaller convex panel starts. Neat. > > > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of > the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:00:22 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Like the adage: "make it more idiot-proof & people will become bigger idiots." I see this at work all the time. The more you do to help make someone's job safer, easier, more efficient, the less they use their brain. Consumers seem to want more & features that take having to drive out of driving. It would be a lot less stressful if they'd just take the bus. Oh, wait, there'd have to be busses to take. Lee->would take the bus if there was one..... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brad Couvillon > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> > > > What's the problem, again, with just looking over your > shoulder before you change lanes? > > It kills me how car companies spend so much time and > effort on electronic gimmicks that're just going to > have more and more problems as time goes by. > > Brad "Shifty" Couvillon > '87 528e <-- new timing belt, tensioner, water pump, > vacuum hoses, intake gaskets, exhaust gaskets, fuel > lines, flushed cooling system > > > > --- Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > An article from our local newspaper is attributed to > > Jim Mateja of the > > Chicago Tribune. It says that Ford is developing a > > blind spot > > detector using "magneto-resistive sensors" - metal > > detectors. Sensors > > have been mounted under the corners of the rear > > bumper of their Ford > > Explorer test bed. Here's why it won't work: > > > > "When turn signals are engaged, the sensors in the > > bumper determine > > whether there is a vehicle next to you in the right > > or left lane." > > And, "If a vehicle is there and in the blind spot, a > > turn-signal > > indicator in the sideview mirror turns from orange > > to red as an > > initial warning." > > > > First of all, by my own unofficial estimate, fewer > > than 15% of the > > driving population uses their turn signals. Second, > > if the sideview > > mirrors were properly adjusted and the driver were > > using them, then > > they would see the car in the "blind" spot in the > > mirror, and they > > wouldn't need a colored flashing indicator to tell > > them that a car was > > there. > > > > More often than not, drivers change lanes or > > initiate turns without > > signalling or looking at the other lane. So this > > technology is wasted > > on the U.S. driving public. > > > > 'Nuff said. Not that this won't start a heated > > discussion about my > > statistical methods or something. > > > > Scott Miller > > GGC BMW CCA > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of > the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:44:37 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 95 540i/6spd for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 95 540i/6 spd. Oxford green w/ parchment int., 106k miles. EAT chip, M steering wheel, UUC short shift kit w/ bushings and chromo Rob Knob, UUC tranny mount, M5 spec bilstein sport shocks, power heated recaro's, M-tech suspension, RD strut brace, 18" M Parallel's w/ Kumho MX's, stock rims w/ Pirelli snows, Business Class radio, shadowline trim (blackout tape). asking $16,500. Kevin __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:05:42 -0500 From: "Eric Nghiem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E34 Parts Needed Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, Not sure if any of you are parting out an E34, but I am looking for a the following parts to put back together my 89 525i -Lower door trim for driver side -Both front fender trim pieces(door ding trim) -Rear passenger side quarter panel trim piece -Rear Sway Bar Links -Floor Mats(tan or black works for me) I am also lookign for a set of lowering springs and struts. Email me. I am located in West SPringfield, MA ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:57:33 -0600 From: "Malcolm Reitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 95 540i/6spd for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin, Sounds like a nice car. A few questions you are sure to get from others as well: 1) Where is the car? 2) Has it had the engine block replaced? 3) Pics? Malcolm '88 M5 '98 328i -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] 95 540i/6spd for sale 95 540i/6 spd. Oxford green w/ parchment int., 106k miles. EAT chip, M steering wheel, UUC short shift kit w/ bushings and chromo Rob Knob, UUC tranny mount, M5 spec bilstein sport shocks, power heated recaro's, M-tech suspension, RD strut brace, 18" M Parallel's w/ Kumho MX's, stock rims w/ Pirelli snows, Business Class radio, shadowline trim (blackout tape). asking $16,500. Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:39:53 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: <Misc>buying a used car with a lien? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marc, I'm in the process of trying to sell my Saab which is financed through E-Loan. Basically, in order to get the title, I have to take a check & cash it from the buyer. Then send a final check in the payoff amount to e-loan. After 10 days (presumably to verify funds), they send the title to me via snail mail. If the previous owner has not financed through a local bank (which will be likely if they have financed the car through the dealer), I would say you might have to wait for 2 weeks or so to get the title. Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marc Plante > Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:32 > To: Bmwuucdigest > Subject: [UUC] <Misc>buying a used car with a lien? > > > Stupid (?!) question for the group. Looking at a used car > that has a lien > on it. What is the sequence of buying a car like this? > > - Pay lien holder directly for buyout? > - Pay seller difference? > - Expect seller to buyout car before purchase? > > Just wondering about the logistics. > > Thanks in advance. > > Marc Plante > E36 325i, 220k > Vienna, VA > > > > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of > the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:47:51 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 ball joints Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They should hold up fine, there might just be some slop in the steering. In my experience, there is about 900 places on an E30 a clunk can come from, so you might want to be more specific....... Usually, the weight transfer clunk is a loose sway bar link. Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 18:43 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [UUC] E30 ball joints > > > How bad can these get and still be driven for oh, lets say 100 miles? > > Just today I picked up a clunk when stopping at lights. No > clunk on brake > application, only when the car settled after stopping. > > Since I was swapping out the snows today I was able to do a little > inspection. Driver side lower ball joint has some front to > back play (as in > about 1/8 inch. I can see the joint shift and the boot move). > > I am replacing the control arms this weekend, but I still > have to get back > and forth to work for the week (4 miles each way). Think it > will hold up or > is it about to fall apart? > > The strange thing is that the steering is stable even at > highway speeds. No > vibration or wandering... > > -- Joe, new to ball joints that clunk... > > -- > Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, > Master of None... Yet > > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ____________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of > the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:56:55 -0500 From: "Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Paucity of BMW computer tuning Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got one and its definetely a cool gadget... Ont the fly map switching etc is one of the many cool features of the access port.... A bargain for the money. Simple ECU Upgrade + Full turbo back exhuast is good for 60+ AWHP. Certainly a bargain for less than 2k total.... Sean Smith Raleigh, NC 00 M5 Daily Driver 95 M3 Track Car 93 MX-6 Backup Track Car and Beater 04 WRX Wagon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Yew Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 2:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] Paucity of BMW computer tuning This is almost an OT whine (sorry!), but a friend with a Subaru WRX is getting a Cobb Tuning AccessPort, a handy little computer for remapping and reconfiguring the WRX's ECU. The flexibility and speed of this thing compared to the best stuff we have in the BMW world (Conforti's Shark) is rather dramatic. Here's some info on it: http://cobbtuning.com/wrx/accessport.html Various mappings available are: http://www.cobbtuning.com/wrx/accessport/ And to rub salt in the wound, it can even be moved from car to car. Anyway, living in California, I have no intention of ever using any of these devices, but it still impresses me that their tuning is so far ahead of ours, and I'm wondering why that is. I wonder if it's reflective of the markets of each marque. --Andre Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:02:29 -0500 From: "Sean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Paucity of BMW computer tuning Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> With the access port you get +30 AWHP with no other mods other than ECU. Totally undetectable by the smog check team and it can be converted back to stock nearly instantly..... The increase in drivability is amazing. Even more dramatic than ECU+instake+Euro HFM on my 95 M3... Sean -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Paucity of BMW computer tuning But remember, the smog check laws are not designed to make the air clean, they are designed for politicians to get support and recognition, not to mention campaign contributions. Certainly, if there is no adverse affect on pollution, making such mods is fine with me (not that my opinion matters), if the owner is willing to go through the time and expense of putting it back to stock every 2 years to pass the visual part of the smog check. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:12:23 -0500 >From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Paucity of BMW computer tuning >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Even if you can, its still illegal, not that anyone would find out. >Gary Derian > >> >> >Anyway, living in California, I have no intention of ever using any >> >of these devices, >> >> You shouldn't let that deter you. With proper electronic tuning a >modified vehicle can be made to run cleaner and with better >driveability than stock. Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:42:09 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What's the problem, again, with just looking over your shoulder before you change lanes? It kills me how car companies spend so much time and effort on electronic gimmicks that're just going to have more and more problems as time goes by. Brad "Shifty" Couvillon '87 528e <-- new timing belt, tensioner, water pump, vacuum hoses, intake gaskets, exhaust gaskets, fuel lines, flushed cooling system --- Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An article from our local newspaper is attributed to > Jim Mateja of the > Chicago Tribune. It says that Ford is developing a > blind spot > detector using "magneto-resistive sensors" - metal > detectors. Sensors > have been mounted under the corners of the rear > bumper of their Ford > Explorer test bed. Here's why it won't work: > > "When turn signals are engaged, the sensors in the > bumper determine > whether there is a vehicle next to you in the right > or left lane." > And, "If a vehicle is there and in the blind spot, a > turn-signal > indicator in the sideview mirror turns from orange > to red as an > initial warning." > > First of all, by my own unofficial estimate, fewer > than 15% of the > driving population uses their turn signals. Second, > if the sideview > mirrors were properly adjusted and the driver were > using them, then > they would see the car in the "blind" spot in the > mirror, and they > wouldn't need a colored flashing indicator to tell > them that a car was > there. > > More often than not, drivers change lanes or > initiate turns without > signalling or looking at the other lane. So this > technology is wasted > on the U.S. driving public. > > 'Nuff said. Not that this won't start a heated > discussion about my > statistical methods or something. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:21:55 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The problem is that some people don't. So if this device helps those people that routinely avoid looking over their shoulders, I think that is great. Bora > From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:42:09 -0800 (PST) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Misguided R&D: Blind Spot Detector <non-BMW> > > What's the problem, again, with just looking over your > shoulder before you change lanes? > > It kills me how car companies spend so much time and > effort on electronic gimmicks that're just going to > have more and more problems as time goes by. > > Brad "Shifty" Couvillon > '87 528e <-- new timing belt, tensioner, water pump, > vacuum hoses, intake gaskets, exhaust gaskets, fuel > lines, flushed cooling system > > > > --- Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> An article from our local newspaper is attributed to >> Jim Mateja of the >> Chicago Tribune. It says that Ford is developing a >> blind spot >> detector using "magneto-resistive sensors" - metal >> detectors. Sensors >> have been mounted under the corners of the rear >> bumper of their Ford >> Explorer test bed. Here's why it won't work: >> >> "When turn signals are engaged, the sensors in the >> bumper determine >> whether there is a vehicle next to you in the right >> or left lane." >> And, "If a vehicle is there and in the blind spot, a >> turn-signal >> indicator in the sideview mirror turns from orange >> to red as an >> initial warning." >> >> First of all, by my own unofficial estimate, fewer >> than 15% of the >> driving population uses their turn signals. Second, >> if the sideview >> mirrors were properly adjusted and the driver were >> using them, then >> they would see the car in the "blind" spot in the >> mirror, and they >> wouldn't need a colored flashing indicator to tell >> them that a car was >> there. >> >> More often than not, drivers change lanes or >> initiate turns without >> signalling or looking at the other lane. So this >> technology is wasted >> on the U.S. driving public. >> >> 'Nuff said. Not that this won't start a heated >> discussion about my >> statistical methods or something. >> >> Scott Miller >> GGC BMW CCA > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:55:57 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: e36 Stock sunglass holder wanted Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Howdy, I'm looking for a stock e36 sunglass holder thingy... Anyone have one laying around that they don't want? Needs to be in good shape & black (Perhaps they all were?) Mostly I'm hoping someone has one in a box from a guage install or a parts car that they want a couple bucks for. Thanks! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:17:55 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cat destruction Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OK here's the scenario, put new plugs and wires on the E32 but one of the wires came undone. Car began to miss, immediately headed home but right side exhaust was red hot (naturally). Span of time maybe 2 to 3 minutes. Is this enough to ruin the cat? Gary? -Kevin ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(14 messages) **********
