The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 216 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: E36 M3 4-Door Windshield Replacement Re: E36 M3 4-Door Windshield Replacement Re: <WOT> bicycles, Emission, etc Re: <WOT> bicycles, Emission, etc Re: bicycles and electric cars and trains and stuff <E28>Transmission Re: <E36 M3> Front brake pad and/or rotor issue E46M3 radiator life?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:16:56 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 M3 4-Door Windshield Replacement Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> May I express bemusement that the UUC Digest is not immune to the deep-sea currents of items we'd all discussed several times over the years? ;-) The conclusion always comes out the same: BMW glass is softer and therefore less prone to bulls-eye and linear cracks. However, the same softness does make it more susceptible to many tiny sandblast specks. Conversely, PPG (or any other US-made replacement) is harder, will suffer the bulls-eye and linear cracks more easily, but won't get sandblasted. For a relatively nominal difference in cost (the BMW dealer is really not all that expensive last time I checked), it's up to the individual owner's desires and locale. - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:29:51 -0400 From: Matt Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: E36 M3 4-Door Windshield Replacement Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I replaced the windshield on my E36 318i about two years ago for about $175 installed from Triumph Auto Glass. Say you were quoted that amount a few months ago. I bet they honor it. Tell 'em "Bob" gave you the quote. :^) I am pretty sure it was a PPG glass (I'd have to go look). It's a Carolina car, so I think PPG was the supplier (buy American!). :^) Matt Murray ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:02:16 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jason Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <WOT> bicycles, Emission, etc Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Those swelteringly humid New Jersey summer bicycle rides, dripping sweat dried stains leaving psychedelic snow white chromatography patterns on my shirt. In its ultimate form, The Longest Day double century, High Point to Cape May. The lack of shoulders and bike lanes, bicycle unfriendly corrupt Hillsboro cop trying to blame me for the accident when run over by an understeering NJPBA car carrying landscaper's trailer passing a pack of riders on an uphill curve on a shoulderless backroad. Out here the temperatures are sometimes hottier, but riding 3000 feet climbs surrounded by redwood covered Santa Cruz Mountain valleys all the way, somehow its more tolerable. Maybe its the difference between CA and NJ. If one looks on the map, the shape of CA vs. NJ sure look like mirror images of each other. OBMWC These mountain roads are as much more fun as in a BMW as on a bicycle, too. Barry Jason Kay wrote: ><rant on> > I would LOVE to ride to work, but I commute with a coworker (only > sometimes, b/c each of us is EXPECTED to work overtime...) The ride would be > 50 mi one way (which is doable, even with the hills), but I must tell you > after this weekend's ride at 94F w/ 80% humidity, the ride home would > probably kill me... This week we are supposed to be lows @70F (at 5am or so) > and highs near 100F with that much humidity... >Anyone ever ride in that? (I don't anymore!) >Now don't get me wrong, I love to bike (so does my wife)... we each have a >road bike and mountain bike... > I do 30-40 mi road rides with some serious hills... but I find myself > more and more on single tracks due to the minivan/SUV drivers talking on the > phone, yelling at the kids, and drinking something... I find myself only in > packs of 3 or more on the road (the protection in numbers thing seems to work > as I haven't been forced off the road yet that way) >OK I feel better now. >-Jason (Not missing work in NYC anymore) >'86 951 "Sparky" >'70 240Z "Dusty" >'97 Contour "Bambi" >'03 325xi "Daisy" > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:43:52 -0400 From: Matt Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: <WOT> bicycles, Emission, etc Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am not sure what New Jersey law, is but was the group riding more than two abreast? You've hit a pet peeve of mine. The same laws apply in Connecticut as NJ. How wide was the pack? Do you guys make a FULL stop at the traffic controls (lights & signs)? I'll have more sympathy when I see that occur. Up here (Connecticut) it is a rare exception that the cyclists (especially the dedicated ones, ya know them, dressed like Lance or Flloyd), that make the stop or signal. Heaven forbid you should call them on it. Beligerint is their name at that point. I am not making this up. These folks bring it upon themselves. Yup, auto drivers are blind to cyclists (and motorcycles), but somethimes the cyclists put themselves in harms way. I have mpeg video if anyone doesn't believe me. Did some searching: http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/bike/regulations.shtm :4-14.2, 39:4-10.11 Operating Regulations. Every person riding a bicycle on a roadway shall ride as near to the right roadside as practicable exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. A bicyclist may move left under any of the following conditions: 1) To make a left turn from a left turn lane or pocket; 2) To avoid debris, drains, or other hazardous conditions on the right; 3) To pass a slower moving vehicle; 4) To occupy any available lane when traveling at the same speed as other traffic; 5) To travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded, but otherwise ride in single file. Every person riding a bicycle should ride in the same direction as vehicular traffic. In New Jersey, the law states a bicyclist must obey all state and local automobile driving laws. A parent may be held responsible for the child's violation of any traffic law. Connecticut specifics: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/pub/Chap248.htm#Sec14-286b.htm Matt Murray We own a 318i (2002 H Stock National Champ), 325xi, and a 330i w/ZHP (in a feeble attempt to get some BMW content in my rant). :^) SCCA Safety Steward ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The lack of shoulders and bike lanes, bicycle unfriendly corrupt > Hillsboro cop trying to blame me for the accident when run over by an > understeering NJPBA car carrying landscaper's trailer passing a pack of > riders on an uphill curve on a shoulderless backroad. > OBMWC These mountain roads are as much more fun as in a BMW as on a > bicycle, too. > Barry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:24:13 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: bicycles and electric cars and trains and stuff Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sorry to keep this thread alive, but its topicality is obvious. Here in the SF south bay area we also have a "light rail" system. It's a monumental joke. As Ryan alluded to and the big dig highlights, the tax payer is paying through the nose for a little used conveyance and a bearocracy that can not keep to its budget. (I'd be willing to bet that their generous pensions and medical benefits are suffering however). Worse the environmentalists should be up in arms at the wasted energy of cars running routes with no one on board and worse the unloaded trains have priority through intersections which then backs up the waiting cars as the lights reset to a non-sensical flow. -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:39:11 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: <E28>Transmission Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In case anyone is interested. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/187882260.html supposed Getrag. -Kevin ---------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail communication is confidential and is intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:19:28 -0400 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <E36 M3> Front brake pad and/or rotor issue Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 7/31/06 5:20 PM, Maverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mayb this is unrelated, but I have noticed at least one company, Ferodo is > listing 2 seperate pad numbers for the E36/E46 front calipers. On the 325/328 > E46 they supposedly use the same caliper as the E36, yet I noticed two pad > numbers depending on which model you look at. And guess what the difference > appears to be: thickness. The one for the E46 application is a bit thicker > IIRC. RealOEM.com lists the E36 M3 rotor as being 28mm thick and the E46 328i at 22mm. If they do use the same caliper dimension and pad shape, and I have no idea about that, the reduced E46 rotor thickness would seemingly allow 2mm more friction material depth on each pad. If so this would certainly explain Matt's problem. Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:13:22 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Kirk Lachman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BMW UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: E46M3 radiator life? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone know when the radiators on E46M3s start dying or has BMW fixed the weak neck issue that the older cars suffered from? Thx. Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(8 messages) **********
