The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 600 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: [E30] sport seats for sale 95 M3 heater Re: 95 M3 heater Re: 95 M3 heater Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Re: Parting out question Video of F1 engine test - way, way cool Re: Video of F1 engine test - way, way cool
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:34:03 -0500 From: "Andy Messer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [E30] sport seats for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OK, so the iX is soon to be gone, and I'd like to sell the last bit of spare parts I've got. Factory sport seats - two front plus rear bench, Silber (grey) leather out of an 88 325iX. Rear seat is in great shape, driver's seat show slightly more than normal wear (130k miles), passenger seat is in better shape. $200 I will not ship the seats. Local is Columbus, IN 47203. Email if interested, we may be able to meet somewhere. Or if you can wait until F1, I can bring them to the Hoosier chapter corral in Indy. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:33:20 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: 95 M3 heater Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey all, Anyone know what would cause the heater not to blow hot air ONLY when the vent control knob is set to the front panel (head) area? It blows hot on defrost and into the footwell. Brian 95 M3 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:21:45 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 95 M3 heater Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Howdy, On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Brian Ruiz wrote: > Anyone know what would cause the heater not to blow > hot air ONLY when the vent control knob is set to the > front panel (head) area? It blows hot on defrost and > into the footwell. Presumably the dash dial is set to hot? Perhaps there's something broken/disconnected between that and the air control flappy gizmos? (note the use of very technical terms above...) Sorry for stating what might be the obvious... Mark ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:18:37 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 95 M3 heater Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hehe Mark, Yes, you did state the obvious :-P Your highly descriptive and technical jargon really helped me! ;) But yes, I do have the heater control set to full hot both on the HVAC panel and on the one below the center panel vent. It only blows hot out of the defrost and footwell vents, not out of the front panel vents. I assume maybe one of the linkages from the vent control is broken or disconnected. I *guess* I'll actually have to pull it apart and figure it out, was just wondering if anyone encountered this before, since I actually haven't heard of it. I had hoped someone might have a quick solution. :-/ Brian --- Mark Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy, > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Brian Ruiz wrote: > > Anyone know what would cause the heater not to > blow > > hot air ONLY when the vent control knob is set to > the > > front panel (head) area? It blows hot on defrost > and > > into the footwell. > > Presumably the dash dial is set to hot? > > Perhaps there's something broken/disconnected > between that and the air > control flappy gizmos? > > (note the use of very technical terms above...) > > Sorry for stating what might be the obvious... > > Mark > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:08:00 -0600 From: "Dewig, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My 94 325i got totalled in a recent accident, and I'd like to get some information on what I can get for parting it out. The damage is the front end, so lights and panels are out. Radiator is fine, and airbags haven't even deployed. What experiences with parting out or fixing up and using a "salvage" vehicle have people had? TIA Mike DeWig ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:15:05 -0500 From: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If the radiator is undamaged, then the overall damage can't be that bad. Fix it up with used parts and continue to drive it. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > My 94 325i got totalled in a recent accident, and I'd like to get some > information on what I can get for parting it out. The damage is the front > end, so lights and panels are out. Radiator is fine, and airbags haven't > even deployed. > > What experiences with parting out or fixing up and using a > "salvage" vehicle > have people had? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:24:06 -0600 From: "Dewig, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. I don't know buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater than final check value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get into a newer one. (this sounds like those high school word problems now) If I fix the car and drive it, resale goes to crap, and I may not be able to insure it. See previous "salvage" comment. That brings another question to the table: What to get for under $20k? "If the radiator is undamaged, then the overall damage can't be that bad. Fix it up with used parts and continue to drive it." Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > My 94 325i got totalled in a recent accident, and I'd like to get some > information on what I can get for parting it out. The damage is the > front end, so lights and panels are out. Radiator is fine, and > airbags haven't even deployed. > > What experiences with parting out or fixing up and using a "salvage" > vehicle have people had? 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: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:44:16 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Parting out a car is a lot of work and time, just so you're aware. It helps to have a place to strip the car that is out of the neighbors' sight, since most people don't like looking at a car on jackstands for 3 months as parts get taken off bit by bit. Finally, you have to dispose of the shell, which can be a hassle if you don't have a suspension and wheels on it. Not to discourage you, mind you. It is often profitable. For under $20k, I'd shop '95 M3s. Some very nice ones have sold around the $15k mark. The price differential between E30 M3s and E36s has almost disappeared, and though I still want one of the former more than the latter, the E36 is a lot more car and a much better daily drive than the E30 for just a few thousand more. Some E39 528s are coming down to that price range as well, E34s are under $10k (and very nice, especially with the M50 motor), etc. Lots of ways to go, even if you don't look outside the BMW fold. You could always buy a Mazda 3 or a used Mini Cooper S. -tammer --- "Dewig, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. > I don't know > buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater > than final check > value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get into a > newer one. (this > sounds like those high school word problems now) > > If I fix the car and drive it, resale goes to crap, and I > may not be able to > insure it. See previous "salvage" comment. > > That brings another question to the table: What to get > for under $20k? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:57:04 -0500 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yeah, what Brett said. I'll second that. - N. Jay ------------------------------------- > If the radiator is undamaged, then the overall damage can't be that bad. > Fix it up with used parts and continue to drive it. > > Brett Anderson > KMS > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > My 94 325i got totalled in a recent accident, and I'd like to get some > > information on what I can get for parting it out. The damage is the front > > end, so lights and panels are out. Radiator is fine, and airbags haven't > > even deployed. > > > > What experiences with parting out or fixing up and using a > > "salvage" vehicle > > have people had? > > > > 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: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:55:28 -0600 From: "Dewig, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yeah, I don't really get it either. The story goes a bit deeper, there were 2 different estimates, and The adjuster said something about "unknown quantities"... If we wanted to start a thread on the labyrinthine geometries, the tangled skein of equations, and the bloated infrastructure of the insurance industry, this would be the place to start... I think I'll ignore the thread though. Mike DeWig -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] Parting out question >From Dewig, Mike > > It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. I don't know >buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater than final >check value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get into a newer >one. (this sounds like those high school word problems now) Ok, I must be missing something here... The insurance company has a choice, pay $3150 to fix your car or pay you $8300 to total the car... and they want to pay the larger of the two choices? I can understand if the car is worth $3000 and it would cost $8000 to fix it, but if it is the other way around, wouldn't it make more sense to fix the car than to total it? I think I now know why my insurance costs so much. -- Joe -- 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: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:13:04 -0500 From: "Josh Coltrane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've been told that when the original estimate gets to about 40% of the value of the car, that they just total it, pay you off, and get as much for it in salvage as possible. One of the reasons for this, as it was explained to me, is that when they start pulling things apart to fix it, they frequently find additional things that need to be fixed, sometimes substantially changing the original estimate. That was my experience anyway when last year, a drunk driver (repeatedly) tried turning turned right about a half-block early, and totaled my car, along with 5 others parked on my block. In my case, when the estimate reached 40%, they just stopped estimating. Unfortunately, the drunken moron only had minimum liability insurance, and even though he stopped, backup up off the car he'd just killed, restarted between each vehicle, it was only considered one accident, so I ended up having to get my insurance to cover it. -Josh C > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dewig, Mike > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Parting out question > > Yeah, I don't really get it either. The story goes a bit > deeper, there were 2 different estimates, and The adjuster > said something about "unknown quantities"... If we wanted to > start a thread on the labyrinthine geometries, the tangled > skein of equations, and the bloated infrastructure of the > insurance industry, this would be the place to start... I > think I'll ignore the thread though. > > > Mike DeWig > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Parting out question > > From Dewig, Mike > > > > It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. I > don't know > >buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater than final > >check value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get > into a newer > >one. (this sounds like those high school word problems now) > > Ok, I must be missing something here... > > The insurance company has a choice, pay $3150 to fix your car > or pay you $8300 to total the car... and they want to pay the > larger of the two choices? > > I can understand if the car is worth $3000 and it would cost > $8000 to fix it, but if it is the other way around, wouldn't > it make more sense to fix the car than to total it? > > I think I now know why my insurance costs so much. > > -- Joe > > -- > 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 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: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:49:49 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] (bmw list) Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From Dewig, Mike > > It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. I don't know >buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater than final check >value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get into a newer one. (this >sounds like those high school word problems now) Ok, I must be missing something here... The insurance company has a choice, pay $3150 to fix your car or pay you $8300 to total the car... and they want to pay the larger of the two choices? I can understand if the car is worth $3000 and it would cost $8000 to fix it, but if it is the other way around, wouldn't it make more sense to fix the car than to total it? I think I now know why my insurance costs so much. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:56:40 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Parting out question Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a guess, Joe. Maybe the insurance is offering $8300 for the car, then planning on selling it to a 'yard for, say, $5,500 for parts. So, net, it's out $2800, INSTEAD of paying $3150 to have it fixed. From a pure numbers point of view, it makes more sense to total it, IF my assumption is correct. It might also take into consideration that Mike is more likely to buy a newer car, which will make the insurance company more money when they put a policy on it.... Vty, --Dennis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:50 PM To: bmw list Subject: Re: [UUC] Parting out question >From Dewig, Mike > > It will cost $3150 to fix. Insurance check is $8,300. I don't know >buyback value yet. If parting out value is much greater than final >check value - fix cost, then I can go that route and get into a newer >one. (this sounds like those high school word problems now) Ok, I must be missing something here... The insurance company has a choice, pay $3150 to fix your car or pay you $8300 to total the car... and they want to pay the larger of the two choices? I can understand if the car is worth $3000 and it would cost $8000 to fix it, but if it is the other way around, wouldn't it make more sense to fix the car than to total it? I think I now know why my insurance costs so much. -- Joe -- 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: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:28:01 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ferrari List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMW List" <[email protected]> Subject: Video of F1 engine test - way, way cool Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Holy cow, this is COOL. The headers get all red hot, and the exhaust gases igniting when the throttle closes? Awesome! I have no idea how some guys can stand there without ear protection. http://www.angeltowns2.net//smele/video/f1.wmv Vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:12:54 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Video of F1 engine test - way, way cool Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dennis, That's pretty awesome. As for the noise level, a couple of months ago at a dyno day at Edge Motorworks in Dublin, CA they uncorked an S-14 powered 2002 (the car picked up around 30hp after they did that) and pretty much everyone had to stand outside the shop during the dyno run. On Mar 25, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Dennis Liu wrote: > Holy cow, this is COOL. The headers get all red hot, and the exhaust > gases > igniting when the throttle closes? Awesome! I have no idea how some > guys > can stand there without ear protection. > > http://www.angeltowns2.net//smele/video/f1.wmv > > Vty, > > --Dennis > > > 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) **********
