The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 557 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <E34> Alarm Diagnostic/Settings? Re: <E34> Alarm Diagnostic/Settings? Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: English Re: [Fwd: Re: English pronunciation.] slight WOB: cracking brake rotors Re: slight WOB: cracking brake rotors Car or Parts FS Re: Car or Parts FS
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:55:59 -0500 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E34> Alarm Diagnostic/Settings? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Neil, The 95 540i should have the remote built into the key, no? In that case, the alarm is not the same as the other E34 Alpine units, with the unit under the back seat. But, also unlike the E34 unit, it is fully diagnosable with not only a fault memory, but an alarm counter. Have a good shop read out the counter and that'll tell you what's setting it off. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > A friend of mine is having trouble with her 95 540i > 6-sp alarm. It'll go off and is hard to reset. > Putting the key in the ignition and going to crank > does nothing. I'm also looking for info on setting > the alarm to OFF. I know there are some DIP switches > under the rear bench. > > Any info would be helpful. The manual doesn't have > it. Maybe the alarm manual was separate and she > doesn't have it. Thnnks! > > Neil Deshpande ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:10:02 -0500 From: "Dean Boucouras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E34> Alarm Diagnostic/Settings? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know if this applies to the E34, but some of the E38 and E39 alarm systems are susceptible to false alarms due to the motion detector. On these alarms one can arm the alarm without activating the motion detector - maybe this will help your friend. Dean ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:00:21 -0500 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Since I work in aerospace industry, I also enjoyed hearing the > pronunciation of "aluminum"....or was that "aluminium"? This is not so much a pronunciation thing as a spelling thing. If the English language had a word spelled a-l-u-m-i-n-u-m, I'd pronounce it differently to how I pronounce aluminium. Brett Anderson KMS ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:02:22 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Feb 21, 2005, at 8:00 PM, KMS- Brett Anderson wrote: >> Since I work in aerospace industry, I also enjoyed hearing the >> pronunciation of "aluminum"....or was that "aluminium"? > > This is not so much a pronunciation thing as a spelling thing. If the > English language had a word spelled a-l-u-m-i-n-u-m, I'd pronounce it > differently to how I pronounce aluminium. http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary? book=Dictionary&va=aluminum&x=15&y=15 http://tinyurl.com/5zlnw - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:26:14 -0500 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://tinyurl.com/5tada I rest my case. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > > This is not so much a pronunciation thing as a spelling thing. If the > > English language had a word spelled a-l-u-m-i-n-u-m, I'd pronounce it > > differently to how I pronounce aluminium. > http://tinyurl.com/5zlnw ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:33:25 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Feb 21, 2005, at 8:26 PM, KMS- Brett Anderson wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/5tada > I rest my case. That's a British dictionary. You're an Australian living in the US. Try again. - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:19:44 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do you hear that Gary and Kathy? We speak a form of trailer > trash dialect being from Ohio according to Lee... Gary doesn't have an accent for sure (must've been nullified by the time spent in Texas), but he does use strange & scary words like "schmancy." Actually, one thing I did notice about Ohio was the broad range exhibited from Cincinnati, with more of a southern drawl, to Cleveland, which definitely shares a lot of characteristics with Pittsburgh that you mention later. Columbus is some strange mix of the 2. > > Well, let's not forget, I have lived here for 33 years, I > believe that far trumps your 18 months working here at one > plant with fairly localized exposure. I have spent a fair > amount of time in Georgia, I don't believe I am going to > characterize all of them as "trailer trash rednecks" based on > "lots of individuals that I met" while in Georgia. > > ;-) I didn't say everyone in the state spoke as such. However, I've worked in lots of places from NY to Chicago to N.O. to LA, and the "trailer trash" dialect is one that appears everywhere--even in our northern province, Canada. > > I wasn't talking about these people's generalizations, I was > talking about yours as that is who I was responding to. Again, it wasn't really intended to be a generalization initially. You purported the standardization of English spoken in the mid-west & I called you out on it. ;) > > There is no such thing as an area without any accent/dialect, > every region has their quirks, the Midwest generally has some > of the least. I was thinking it was the New England coast, but go ahead. > > Pop can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb, you name > it, it has widespread usage. Yes. For instance: I popped this 'possum with my .22. > > But, in the context of carbonated beverages which is what we > were talking about, "pop" is shortened from "soda pop" which > is defined as "a beverage consisting of soda water, > flavoring, and a sweet syrup" by MW. Coke is a trademarked > word of Coca-Cola which is a brand not unlike my previous examples. "Coke" narrows it down though. You're clearly not asking for Sprite, root beer, Mt. Dew, etc. > > Coca-Cola surely defends their trademarks as much as any > other company. I am sure Coca-Cola quite prefers people to > use the word "Coke" when they refer to carbonated beverages, > it increases brand recognition. Pretty clever, huh? > > Here, you can participate in this survey: > http://www.popvssoda.com/ > > Regards, > > Rich - prefers Pepsi to Coca-Cola That would be 'cause yer one of them thar yankee fellers....... Lee ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:20:19 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Successful" being more than somewhat dissimilar to "good" > being the operative topic. When dealing with such disparate forms of speaking, successful is sometimes all one can hope for. If someone asks me for a Xerox, I know what he wants no matter where in the country he's from or what dialect he's speaking & with how much of an accent he speaks in. If someone asks me for a "pop" I have to clarify as shown below: > > What I don't get about the Southern "coke" thing is the extra > step of questioning required: > > "Would you like a coke?" > > "Yes, please." > > "What kind?" > > Whereas north of the Manson-Nixon line, we simply ask for the > Coke, Sprite, Ginger Ale, whisky shot, or whatever it is we > actually want. Same thing. No one will ask for a Coke when they want a Sprite. It's understood if I ask for a Coke, that I mean something along the lines of a dark cola. If I ask for a pop, then I have your quandary as to what bring me. In the south, if one makes such a transgression as having Pepsi it is generally considered polite to ask: "Is Pepsi ok?" when asked for Coke. Most don't care, but it can be a jail able offense in some towns. > > - Rob Lee ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:01:29 -0500 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here ya go, Mark. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=aluminium C'mon guys. Aren't you both right? - N. Jay ********************** > On Feb 21, 2005, at 8:26 PM, KMS- Brett Anderson wrote: > > http://tinyurl.com/5tada > > I rest my case. > > That's a British dictionary. You're an Australian living in the US. > > Try again. > > - Mark > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: > http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar > > 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: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:48:54 -0600 From: Christian Els <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BMW Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: English Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:20:19 -0500, Robinson, Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the south, if one makes such a transgression as having Pepsi it is > generally considered polite to ask: "Is Pepsi ok?" when asked for Coke. > Most don't care, but it can be a jail able offense in some towns. What I don't get is how a beverage from North Carolina came to be considered a Yankee delicacy. Christian Els Columbia, MO ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:29:53 -0500 From: Carey Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nick brearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: English pronunciation.] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Interesting, I cheated and passed this on to 2 coworkers in London, native Brits. Those were their responses. Carey nick brearley wrote: > At 14:26 21/02/05 -0500, Carey Probst wrote: > >> Had to respond to the other challenge as a confused Merrican. >> >> >> Cholmondeley >> 'Chum-ley' - you'll get serious street cred for getting that one >> right !! >> a surname > > > Yep, that's it. > >> Featherstonehaugh >> 'Feather - ston - how' >> a surname and a town in the north east of England > > > No, the correct version is Fanshaw. The town is Featherstone, > pronounced as you would think, in Yorkshire. > >> Menzies >> 'Men - zeez' >> a store chain > > > Sorry, that one is Mingies, or Mingus according to the Menzies of Clan > Menzies... Men-zeez is what we ignorant Sassenachs called the store > chain of that name. > > Judging by the replies I've had you Merricans have spent far too much > time reading P G Wodehouse, or Google really pulls the rug out from > under the feet of anyone who tries to set tricky questions. Well done. > > Just been out to a talk by a retired Concorde flight engineer this > evening. Some food for thought there, 500,000 (half a million) > horsepower available for takeoff when the engines were running well in > good weather conditions!! > > Nick Brearley > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:24:39 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: slight WOB: cracking brake rotors Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm wondering if someone can help me (and a friend) out with this: when do brake rotors which are not cross-drilled crack in 2 months of use? In those two months were a bunch of autoX, 1 day at Laguna Seca (in the wet), and 2 days at Buttonwillow (full config with the bus stop and Star Mazda, clockwise), and daily street driving in the Silicon Valley area. Here are some pictures under the Feb. 21, 2005 entry (which should be the top of the page): http://www.devtools.org/mt/rus/ Is this probably a freak event, or is this possible? The car is a Subaru WRX wagon, with some engine mods, but probably not producing any more than 300 HP. Only street tires and pads (Axxis Ultimates) have been used on it, and the suspension's been stiffened, though it's not race-stiff. Will upgrading to a big-brake kit solve this, or could something be wrong with the car? The rotors are from Stoptech, so I wouldn't expect them to be bad. --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:55:40 -0500 From: Ben Keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: slight WOB: cracking brake rotors Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> check with the vendor who sold them. if it's both rotors and the usage hasn't been anymore (not really much at all) extreme than you note, it's hard to believe that that sort of usage did them in - maybe they had a bad batch or something. however, how many miles is "one day" at Buttonwillow ? I've run as few as 60 miles in a day or as many as 180, so you can get a lot of use/abuse in a track day if you try hard. I'm not familiar with the tracks you mention in terms of how they are on brakes. a wet track day shouldn't put much stress on the brakes. the Axxis Ultimates aren't particularily high-temp pads AFAIK, so you're not getting into what I've seen on some J-stock cars where the heat that HT-10's can generate under race conditions will crack the rotors loooong before they've shown any wear otherwise. if the car is pretty fast (300hp in a WRX is certainly enough to get you moving along pretty good) and the driver is over-using the brakes they could be killing them, but that seems pretty extreme all the same. Ben Andre wrote: > I'm wondering if someone can help me (and a friend) out with this: when > do brake rotors which are not cross-drilled crack in 2 months of use? In > those two months were a bunch of autoX, 1 day at Laguna Seca (in the wet), > and 2 days at Buttonwillow (full config with the bus stop and Star Mazda, > clockwise), and daily street driving in the Silicon Valley area. > > Here are some pictures under the Feb. 21, 2005 entry (which should be the > top of the page): > > http://www.devtools.org/mt/rus/ > > Is this probably a freak event, or is this possible? The car is a Subaru > WRX wagon, with some engine mods, but probably not producing any more than > 300 HP. Only street tires and pads (Axxis Ultimates) have been used on > it, and the suspension's been stiffened, though it's not race-stiff. Will > upgrading to a big-brake kit solve this, or could something be wrong with > the car? The rotors are from Stoptech, so I wouldn't expect them to be > bad. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:08:34 -0500 From: "Robert Van Epps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[email protected]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "!SpecE30" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Club-Race List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Car or Parts FS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have the original Pete McHenry conversion M50 into a 1984 2dr 318 E30 as done in 1993. The car body has a lot to be desired as it has floorboard rust and otherwise needs cosmetic work. No panels are bent. The interior has been removed and sold as I was contemplating making this into a race car but decided that I have enough projects to deal with at this time. The engine is a 1992 M50 (Non-vanos) with dual valve springs and a BMW Motorsports chip in the ECU. The driveline consists of a Blanton built Dogleg Close Ratio trans, correct driveshaft, shortshift kit, M3 Clutch and standard E30 Diff. The suspension has Koni adjustable front shocks, the rear suspension has been swapped in from an E30 6 Cylinder, the springs are Racing Dynamics. The Instrument Cluster is from an E30 M3, the dash is crack free and the windshield has just been replaced. The wheels are BMW 14x6.5 BBS in need of paint with Center Caps This vehicle will be sold intact or in pieces by the end of March 2005. If anyone is interested in either the vehicle or individual parts please let me know. If the car is parted out I will be selling: The engine intact with the Electrical harnesses, The Transmission with the driveshaft and shift linkage, The flywheel and clutch assembly, The wheels as a set or indivdually The remainder of the car will be sold as individual parts. All sales are FOB. The "Buy It Now" price for the complete car is $3000. All offers will be considered but not accepted until a decision is made to part it out or sell it whole but it will be gone by 3/31/2005 either way. Thanks, Bob Van Epps Sunrise, FL 954-741-0990 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:46:45 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Car or Parts FS Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bob, If you haven't already done so, I would also recommend posting this (with pics if you have them) on the following message boards: http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/index.php http://www.baye30.net/phpBB2/index.php http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/ http://www.bmwe30.net/home.html Good luck with the sale! On Feb 21, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Robert Van Epps wrote: > I have the original Pete McHenry conversion M50 into a 1984 2dr 318 > E30 as > done in 1993. The car body has a lot to be desired as it has > floorboard > rust and otherwise needs cosmetic work. No panels are bent. The > interior > has been removed and sold as I was contemplating making this into a > race car > but decided that I have enough projects to deal with at this time. > > > > The engine is a 1992 M50 (Non-vanos) with dual valve springs and a BMW > Motorsports chip in the ECU. > > The driveline consists of a Blanton built Dogleg Close Ratio trans, > correct > driveshaft, shortshift kit, M3 Clutch and standard E30 Diff. > > The suspension has Koni adjustable front shocks, the rear suspension > has > been swapped in from an E30 6 Cylinder, the springs are Racing > Dynamics. > > The Instrument Cluster is from an E30 M3, the dash is crack free and > the > windshield has just been replaced. > > The wheels are BMW 14x6.5 BBS in need of paint with Center Caps > > > > This vehicle will be sold intact or in pieces by the end of March > 2005. If > anyone is interested in either the vehicle or individual parts please > let me > know. > > > > If the car is parted out I will be selling: > > The engine intact with the Electrical harnesses, > > The Transmission with the driveshaft and shift linkage, > > The flywheel and clutch assembly, > > The wheels as a set or indivdually > > The remainder of the car will be sold as individual parts. > > > > All sales are FOB. > > > > The "Buy It Now" price for the complete car is $3000. All offers will > be > considered but not accepted until a decision is made to part it out or > sell > it whole but it will be gone by 3/31/2005 either way. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob Van Epps > > Sunrise, FL > > 954-741-0990 > > > > > 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 > > Sincerely, Mark Gold Sacramento Chapter BMWCCA 916-852-6533 (home) 916-743-7153 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
