The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 608 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: Oktoberfest locations Re: Oktoberfest locations 2006 BMW Ordering Start? Re: 2006 BMW Ordering Start? 2006 BMW Ordering Start? <E36> Won't go into gear - followup Re: <E36> Won't go into gear - followup
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:13:49 -0500 From: Phil Marx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Oktoberfest locations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, actually they consider the BMW Manufacturing facility to be in Spartanburg....County. It's not actually in Greenville, or Greer, either. -Phil At 11:20 AM -0700 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Oktoberfest locations >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >00 was actually Greenville if it matters. For tax reasons I believe, BMW >claims the plant is in Spartanburg but actually is located in Greer and >Ofest was held in downtown Greenville. > >Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:14:48 -0400 From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Oktoberfest locations Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you had to walk from any of the cities listed below to the phyiscal plant, which would you choose? lol. believe I would start in Greer walking down woodruff road. When they started building the plant, there were several local articles concerning that issue. With a foggy memory, I recall something about a tax issue with spartanburg. The plant has a Greer mailing address and folks working there consider it Greer but of course BMW can call it anything it likes. I was working in Columbia SC at the time and had to pick up construction materials from a plant located .5 miles on the other side of 101 from the BMW plant. That company considered themselves located in Greer, with the BMW plant actually having a closer location to downtown Greer. I have always just found it funny to see it listed as Spartanburg SC, with it being the farthest physcial place from the plant of those mentioned. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Marx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] Oktoberfest locations > Well, actually they consider the BMW Manufacturing facility to be in > Spartanburg....County. It's not actually in Greenville, or Greer, either. > > -Phil > > At 11:20 AM -0700 4/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: Oktoberfest locations >>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>00 was actually Greenville if it matters. For tax reasons I believe, BMW >>claims the plant is in Spartanburg but actually is located in Greer and >>Ofest was held in downtown Greenville. >>Mike > > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:03:21 -0700 From: Roger Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: 2006 BMW Ordering Start? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So anyone have an idea of the 'official' date when BMW dealers will be able to option & accept orders for a new 2006 545? My local dealer said the engine will be getting a displacement bump to 5.0L for 2006, and they will likely make the Servotronic Steering a delete option from the Sport Pack. They just couldn't give a very good date as to when this would be. I figured June/July, but if anyone else has any other ideas or suggestions, let me know. -- Roger ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:07:59 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 2006 BMW Ordering Start? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Apr 3, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Roger Baker wrote: > So anyone have an idea of the 'official' date when BMW dealers will be > able to option & accept orders for a new 2006 545? My local dealer > said the engine will be getting a displacement bump to 5.0L for 2006, That's probably actually the same 4.8L engine that's in the new 750i. Sounds like fun, though. - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:50:20 -0700 From: Tom Kosmalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: 2006 BMW Ordering Start? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FWIW, a friend that wanted the last year of the E46 had to wait until either late August or early September last year before the dealer could accept an order for an '05. I would expect a similar timeframe on the 545, unless the addition of the new engine slows things a month or so further. Tom K. Hood River, OR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:47:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve.Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: <E36> Won't go into gear - followup Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Curiouser and curiouser. Symptoms refresher - 5-speed would slide into any gear with the engine off, could not be engaged in any gear using the clutch with the engine running. After verifying that the hydraulic fluid level was OK I was resigned to parting with a few hundred bucks (well, many hundred) at my local independent. He advised me to simply start the car in gear and shift by matching revs while driving to his place, much cheaper than a tow. So yesterday the wife and I organized our little expedition. I put the car ('99 323is, remember?) in gear, started the engine, and let out clutch (can't start these newfangled things without activating that little clutch switch). Once it was moving, just for giggles, I tried shifting normally using the clutch - it worked! I pulled over to the side of the road, came to a stop, put it in neutral, and tried using the clutch to get into 1st - worked again! I spent about 20 mins trying to get it to fail, with no luck. Today I drove it to work as usual. It would appear my car simply wanted a vacation. Does anyone have any better ideas what was up with this? TIA Steve '91 318is track car, got a lot of commuter use last week '99 323is mystery shifter '04 330xi spousal wundercar, unfazed by our steep driveway, even in snow! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:36:01 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Steve.Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Subject: Re: <E36> Won't go into gear - followup Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Possibly a pebble was taking a vacation too, and found its way somewhere it didn't belong? Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve.Goldstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 4, 2005 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UUC] <E36> Won't go into gear - followup > Curiouser and curiouser. > Symptoms refresher - 5-speed would slide into any gear with the > engine off, could not be engaged in any gear using the clutch with > the engine running. > After verifying that the hydraulic fluid level was OK I was resigned > to parting with a few hundred bucks (well, many hundred) at my local > independent. He advised me to simply start the car in gear and shift > by matching revs while driving to his place, much cheaper than a tow. > So yesterday the wife and I organized our little expedition. I put > the car ('99 323is, remember?) in gear, started the engine, and let > out clutch (can't start these newfangled things without activating > that little clutch switch). Once it was moving, just for giggles, > I tried shifting normally using the clutch - it worked! I pulled > over to the side of the road, came to a stop, put it in neutral, and > tried using the clutch to get into 1st - worked again! I spent about 20 mins trying to get it to fail, with no luck. Today > I drove it to work as usual. > It would appear my car simply wanted a vacation. Does anyone have > any better ideas what was up with this? TIA Steve > '91 318is track car, got a lot of commuter use last week > '99 323is mystery shifter > '04 330xi spousal wundercar, unfazed by our steep driveway, even in snow! ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(7 messages) **********
