The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 571 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Driving school road rage DOME LIGHT REPLACEMENT Re: Batteries..the life thereof. Re: Batteries..the life thereof. Re: e36 brake pads - track cars Re: Driving school road rage Re: Bulb Replacement Cost Re: E36 track car now...driving school road rage.. Re: E36 track car now...driving school road rage.. Re: Snow cables for Boston? Re: Bulb Replacement Cost How is a 540iT in the snow? Re: How is a 540iT in the snow? Re: How is a 540iT in the snow? Re: How is a 540iT in the snow?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 22:01:24 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Driving school road rage Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 6:11 PM -0800 3/1/05, Kirk Lachman wrote: >>Several years ago I used to instruct in a 1992 525i 5-speed >>w/Bilsteins, H&Rs, M5 wheels w/Conti street tires, and a JC chip. >>Never, ever got a point by on the first straight after I caught >>someone (or if I did, they'd mash the throttle expecting me to >>power by).<< When I get a point by (which isn't often) people don't lift. Maybe it's because the front looks like an M3. I'm thinking about changing my license plate from FUN2DRV to EM ATON -- ...steven 1996 BMW 328ti +190000 miles ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:09:39 -0600 From: "Celisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: DOME LIGHT REPLACEMENT Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Instead of Doom Light I meant to say to the petty group DOME LIGHT ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:07:51 -0500 From: "Bailey Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Batteries..the life thereof. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My 5/95 build date 318 ti(95K miles) and 6/96 build date 528iA(115K miles) still have their original batteries. I do top up the electrolyte level with distilled water evey six months or so. OTOH, the OEM battery in my 1/99 build date Jeep TJ went Tango Uniform after five years. Bailey Taylor 1995 318ti Club Sport 1997 528iA 1999 Wrangler Sahara Light Campaign Assault Vehicle Scooter yet to be decided ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:28:46 -0500 From: "marshall lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Batteries..the life thereof. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bmw did have a bad batch of batteries in the 96-97 time frame. They would break internally causing sudden "zero power" condition. Battery in my 97 m3 died in downtown miami rush hour when the car was 13 months old. Bmw replacement battery has worked fine since then (7years). Marshall ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:27:41 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: e36 brake pads - track cars Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 3/1/05 6:14 PM, Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Come to think of it if you've been on this list long enough there's > someone who claims he's an F1 race school instructor! I occasionally have to instruct Freakin' Idiots. Does that count as FI? Neil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:40:49 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Driving school road rage Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 3/1/05 9:48 PM, Kirk Lachman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My suggestion is to talk to the chief steward or chief instructor and > complain. They need to enforce their rules (i.e., don't hold up traffic) and > start black flagging the offending vehicle. Kirk is exactly right. Depending on the track it may not be obvious to us from the pits, so we need to have these situations reported. We've had to have this discussion with students, their instructors, and occasionally with instructor drivers. It beats me why any driver would willingly prevent a quicker driver from passing in a school. So they can have some other car with a pissed off driver crawling up their tailpipe all around the track? Not my idea of fun. Talking of driving events, we've still got some spots open at the Hoosier Chapter Rites o' Spring school at Putnam park (near Indy) in mid-April. Anyone who's interested should drop me a note off-Digest. Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 77 MGB - Original owner, need to sell 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:08:51 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bulb Replacement Cost Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Celisa, I would suggest that you check your owner's manual as the replacement of every bulb in your car is described there. You can buy decent Sylvania bulbs (i.e. BMW OEM) at Pep Boys for a few dollars & replace the bulbs yourself. If you're really nice to the guy who helps you, maybe he'll go outside & do it for you (I have an ex who used to always get guys at Pep Boys/NAPA to do stuff like this for her). The dome light should just pop out with your fingernails & the bulb is just held in place between to springy contacts. The foglight can likely be seen from under the front bumper. Lay a floor mat on the ground or wear clothes you don't car about getting dirty. I would say that they are quoting the prices you got for one of two reasons. Most likely, they don't want to change light bulbs. Either that, or they assume that you are so clueless that your only option is to pay them. Lee > > I'm just fit to be tired. I'm just so sick of people when I > take my car in no matter where I go. This really tops it off. > I take my car to an independent dealer to get a fog bulb > replaced. Would you believe for just the one I was charged 45 > dollars. I though ahhh heck no. Then, the doom lights also > needed to be replaced. They wanted to charge me 60 bucks for > this. For the total it would have been 94 bucks. I went to > Moritz, and had the fog light replaced, and one doom light in > the top, the others they didn't have. They didn't charge me a > thing. I'm so happy I didn't allow myself to be suckered. On > top of me being at the independent car place which was > Sam&Joes, I had to wait I don't know how long. I left. He > stated when you have more time. I said I would never be returning. > > Celisa > '99 328is > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 08:30:15 -0500 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E36 track car now...driving school road rage.. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I got way too angry following that F360 and in hindsight it > was a good lesson. Would have been better to go to the hot > pit, let him run half a lap and then catch his ass again just > to make it abundantly clear that a 12 year old 4 door sedan > just ran him down on a race track. I went to speak to him in > the paddock but decided against it when I approached the car > and saw him standing there in his yellow racing suit to match > his yellow car, smoking a cigarette, and bragging about how > fast he was to about 8 friends that had come to watch him > drive. roll-of-eyes. At least the rest of us know he's a tool now. > > Kevin Kelly > '91 M5 > > P.S. With that said, listening to two race-prepped Ferrari's > blow by you at Laguna, barking fire as they downshift, is > worth the price of admission for sure. I personally like ex-ALMS cars. Had an M3GTR rocket by me like I was standing still at Sebring, and a C5R at Road Atlanta. It gives an appreciation of how fast those things are. Here I have a street car that's faster than probably 80% of what you can go buy off a showroom floor & these things blast by like I'm not even there. Lee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:35:31 -0800 From: donna seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 track car now...driving school road rage.. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> High on my if-I-win-a-lottery shopping list is an LMR for club racing. I'd be scared to death of the thing and probably turn the same lap times, but in such style! Donna On 3/2/05 5:30 AM, "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally like ex-ALMS cars. Had an M3GTR rocket by me like I was > standing still at Sebring, and a C5R at Road Atlanta. It gives an > appreciation of how fast those things are. Here I have a street car that's > faster than probably 80% of what you can go buy off a showroom floor & these > things blast by like I'm not even there. > > Lee ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 06:04:40 -0800 (PST) From: Jonathan Brush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Snow cables for Boston? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:09:50 -0500 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon, you thinking about chains in BOS? Consider a set of studded Hakkas if it's that bad Nope, no need for chains, I have 4 snows on the E34 and with the primitive ASR I have never gotten stuck. I was just wondering what Harvey had decided WRT the original thread. J<---more snow in Boston last night, I'm ready for mud season. __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:31:02 -0600 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bulb Replacement Cost Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am not going to jump on your case for not doing it yourself or even for the "doom light" typo, I think the problem is that folks take advantage of women when it comes to cars. My wife is a smart woman (she married me, didn't she?) but when it comes to cars the dealers and shops try to bamboozle her all the time - and occasionally succeed. She goes to look at a new car for herself with a female friend - the salesman does not treat her very well at all, she goes back with me and it is a different story. Heck, I purchased her last car for her over the phone, she went and picked it out and they made her an offer, she handed the sales manager my card (I was stuck at work on the weekend) and he called me, within 4-5 minutes we had a deal, she signed the paperwork and drove out in her new car for THOUSANDS less then their best offer to her. When she takes the car in for service and they always want to do something and charge a lot, I talk to them and the price gets cheaper and less stuff needs to be done. Even at a place she used to trust they wanted $200 or more to flush and fill the radiator, and she would need to leave the car all day to get it done. So congrats on not letting them take you to the cleaners, but start doing this for yourself. If you can't figure out how ask here and someone should know and get a shop manual (like a Bentley) but even a cheap Haynes manual is better than nothing and should show you how to do the basics for yourself. Dennis 01 M5 silver/black At 05:03 PM 03/01/2005 -0600, Celisa wrote: >I'm just fit to be tired. I'm just so sick of people when I take my car in >no matter where I go. This really tops it off. I take my car to an >independent dealer to get a fog bulb replaced. Would you believe for just >the one I was charged 45 dollars. I though ahhh heck no. Then, the doom >lights also needed to be replaced. They wanted to charge me 60 bucks for >this. For the total it would have been 94 bucks. I went to Moritz, and had >the fog light replaced, and one doom light in the top, the others they >didn't have. They didn't charge me a thing. I'm so happy I didn't allow >myself to be suckered. On top of me being at the independent car place >which was Sam&Joes, I had to wait I don't know how long. I left. He stated >when you have more time. I said I would never be returning. > >Celisa >'99 328is ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:56:22 -0600 From: "Batt, Jeff \(GE Healthcare\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: How is a 540iT in the snow? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all, I drive an E36 M3 in the summer, which makes driving my Jeep Grand Cherokee pretty dull all winter. So I'm looking at sport wagons for a better handling/more fun SUV alternative. The Audi S6/S4 Avant and Volvo V70R seem to offer a great combo of AWD and performance, but I'm a loyal Bimmer fan and think I would like a 540iT a lot more on all but the snowiest days. With that in mind, how does the 540 do in the snow? I live in WI, so we get some snow, but not a ton, and I would put snow tires on in the winter... I've though about X3/X5's - but I assume the 540 would out handle/accelerate either of those...save maybe the 4.8...but that's too rich for my blood... I also saw the 530xi at the Chicago car show...nice car (still getting used to the styling however) but a little underpowered for my taste...anyone know if BMW's bringing out a 545xi wagon someday (that I'll be able to afford several years after it comes out!) Thanks, jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Brush Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] Snow cables for Boston? Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:09:50 -0500 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon, you thinking about chains in BOS? Consider a set of studded Hakkas if it's that bad Nope, no need for chains, I have 4 snows on the E34 and with the primitive ASR I have never gotten stuck. I was just wondering what Harvey had decided WRT the original thread. J<---more snow in Boston last night, I'm ready for mud season. __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ 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: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:04:19 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: How is a 540iT in the snow? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeff wrote: >I drive an E36 M3 in the summer, which makes driving my Jeep Grand Cherokee pretty dull all winter. So I'm looking at sport wagons for a better handling/more fun SUV alternative. The Audi S6/S4 Avant and Volvo V70R seem to offer a great combo of AWD and performance, but I'm a loyal Bimmer fan and think I would like a 540iT a lot more on all but the snowiest days. With that in mind, how does the 540 do in the snow? I live in WI, so we get some snow, but not a ton, and I would put snow tires on in the winter... I've though about X3/X5's - but I assume the 540 would out handle/accelerate either of those...save maybe the 4.8...but that's too rich for my blood... _______________ Slap some snow tire on it, Jeff, and you'll be fine. I took off the 17" sport wheels and tires off of my wife's 2000 528iT, put some cheap ($52!) 16" Winterforce snow tires on inexpensive Mille Miglia wheels (~$500 in all?) from the Tire Rack, and the wagon just blows through everything without a problem. The DSC works well; turns, accelerates and brakes with nary a problem. We've had a fairly snowy winter here in Boston, and I would not hesitate to get a 540iT over the Audi or Volvo - provided I had snow tires on it. Vty, --Dennis . ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:08:34 -0500 From: Steve Nash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How is a 540iT in the snow? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It will be very good with snow tires. My E34 touring is great, my brothers E39 touring with the sport package and snow tires is also great. I think the touring also has more cargo room then the X5 as well. -Steve Batt, Jeff (GE Healthcare) wrote: > Hello all, > > I drive an E36 M3 in the summer, which makes driving my Jeep Grand Cherokee > pretty dull all winter. So I'm looking at sport wagons for a better > handling/more fun SUV alternative. The Audi S6/S4 Avant and Volvo V70R seem > to offer a great combo of AWD and performance, but I'm a loyal Bimmer fan and > think I would like a 540iT a lot more on all but the snowiest days. With > that in mind, how does the 540 do in the snow? I live in WI, so we get some > snow, but not a ton, and I would put snow tires on in the winter... > > I've though about X3/X5's - but I assume the 540 would out handle/accelerate > either of those...save maybe the 4.8...but that's too rich for my blood... > > I also saw the 530xi at the Chicago car show...nice car (still getting used > to the styling however) but a little underpowered for my taste...anyone know > if BMW's bringing out a 545xi wagon someday (that I'll be able to afford > several years after it comes out!) > > Thanks, jeff > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 13:48:21 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: How is a 540iT in the snow? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have an E34 touring (525)- not quite enough snow in Indiana to justify snow tires, but with 16" Dunlop SP5000 Sports it's done fine. I'm very impressed with the traction control on this car. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Nash Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] How is a 540iT in the snow? It will be very good with snow tires. My E34 touring is great, my brothers E39 touring with the sport package and snow tires is also great. I think the touring also has more cargo room then the X5 as well. -Steve Batt, Jeff (GE Healthcare) wrote: > Hello all, > > I drive an E36 M3 in the summer, which makes driving my Jeep Grand Cherokee pretty dull all winter. So I'm looking at sport wagons for a better handling/more fun SUV alternative. The Audi S6/S4 Avant and Volvo V70R seem to offer a great combo of AWD and performance, but I'm a loyal Bimmer fan and think I would like a 540iT a lot more on all but the snowiest days. With that in mind, how does the 540 do in the snow? I live in WI, so we get some snow, but not a ton, and I would put snow tires on in the winter... > > I've though about X3/X5's - but I assume the 540 would out handle/accelerate either of those...save maybe the 4.8...but that's too rich for my blood... > > I also saw the 530xi at the Chicago car show...nice car (still getting > used to the styling however) but a little underpowered for my > taste...anyone know if BMW's bringing out a 545xi wagon someday (that > I'll be able to afford several years after it comes out!) > > Thanks, jeff > 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 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
