The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 304 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: One less BMW Re: One less BMW Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Re: WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Re: WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:40:57 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[uucdigest]'" <[email protected]>, "'bmw digest'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: One less BMW Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That's all fine and good until some "texting" moron wipes out mom on her way to the grocery store. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/transportation/15729902.htm Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 5:55 PM To: [uucdigest]; bmw digest Subject: [UUC] One less BMW To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Published Friday, October 27, 2006, by the Mountain View Voice Carless -- and doing fine Mountain View family says life is cheaper, less hectic on a bike By Daniel DeBolt A ping-pong table blocks the driveway in front of Sam and Kelly Rohlfs' Mountain View home. That might be an inconvenience for other families -- after all, the car has to go somewhere. But the Rohlfses aren't like other families: They don't have a car. The Rohlfses decided last fall to get rid of their last vehicle after feeling for years like it dominated their lives. When depreciation, maintenance and car payments were factored in, their 1999 BMW cost them $1,400 a month, Kelly Rohlfs said. "I think we're just totally normal people without a car," she said. For Sam Rohlfs, a last straw was when the sunroof stopped working and the repair bill was going to be astronomical. The couple was commuting through traffic on El Camino Real to Stanford every day, arriving at work frustrated and tense, they said. They found it was quicker to take their bikes on the train than sit in traffic. Or, if they chose, they could take a bus the whole way. Kelly said she and Sam asked themselves, "How many options have to exist before we get rid of our car?" Apparently seeing enough options, they took the plunge. And if it didn't work out, Sam figured, "You can always go back and buy a car." The Rohlfses say they've gotten used to the barrage of questions from people after hearing they don't have a car -- questions such as "How do you get groceries?" or "What if it rains?" or "What if there is an emergency?" "We call 911 like everyone else," Kelly said. As for groceries, the couple has bicycle trailers. According to a Web site they pointed to, <http://www.bikesatwork.com>, a person riding an average multi-speed bike can tow up to 300 pounds with the right gear ratio. Nor is wet weather a deterrent. Sam said if they were ever going to quit the bike routine, it would have been during the rainy season last year. But the couple invested in rain gear and say they love riding in the rain. "It's beautiful," Kelly said. If they need a car for whatever reason, the Rohlfses just rent one to suit their needs at the rental place two blocks away. And if there's a problem with the car? "You just drive it back and come home and play ping-pong," Kelly said. "It's not my worry." Sam claims he's lost 40 pounds since his bike became his sole transportation. The garbage can is also a little lighter, the couple claims, because they think twice before buying anything they have to drag home on their bike trailers. Now, instead of a car, the garage is filled with bikes and trailers. "Twenty percent of my land is dedicated to my car," Kelly said, referring to the long driveway to the back of her house. "It's hard to find anything attractive or useful to do with my driveway," Sam said, referring to the centrally located ping-pong table. The couple has at least four bikes to choose from. Sam said he wanted to make sure they spent money for some decent bikes and equipment. He thought the "car envy" he had would be gone with his car -- but now he said he finds himself with "bike envy" whenever he sees a nice bike. Kelly has a cup holder on her handlebars. "Even I go to Starbucks on the way to work," she said. Their son, 14-year-old Max, still wants a car when he turns 16. He said his peers are "astonished" that his parents don't have a car. But he's on the progressive side too: His automobile of choice when he turns 16 is a "Smart Car," a tiny gas powered machine from Europe that gets over 60 miles per gallon. He and his parents obviously had a disagreement on their hands as they went back and forth. "Bikes are dangerous," Max said. "People are much more likely to die in a car," his mom responded. When the Rohlfses drive a car now, they say, they aren't used to the speed. "The biggest surprise for me was how easy it was," Sam said about giving up his car for bikes and public transit. "I thought we were going to have to ramp it up, take it up a notch." But now it doesn't feel like a chore to run errands, he says. "It's more like a day out. "When people have to sit in traffic, they honk, they yell, "they are doing something they don't like to do," Sam said about the average driver. "We'd like all the cars to go away," he joked. "In our ideal world," Kelly added. "I just want to encourage people to give it a try," Sam said. "Things just don't get hectic on the bike." 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 Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/511 - Release Date: 11/1/2006 9:40 AM ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:34:07 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marco Romani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'[uucdigest]'" <[email protected]>, "'bmw digest'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: One less BMW Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The new CA law doesn't specify driving while texting, but other vehicle codes under careless and reckless driving get applied to actions involving taking the eyes off the road or the hands off the wheel. Cellphone talking fell through the cracks of existing laws because one can be driving with both hands on the wheel and the eyes on the road but have their head half sideways with their chin stuffing a cellphone between their cheek and shoulder. Sometimes while bike commuting we see a triple whammy at an intersection, we always yield and stay clear and take no chances when the minivan triple chinned cellphone talking cigarette smoker starts coming round the corner. Now we can add "texting" to the list. Not that cyclists get a free pass out here, the County Sheriff Dept. just did an enforcement sweep ticketing cyclists around the Stanford campus who were using iPods while biking. Barry Marco Romani wrote: >That's all fine and good until some "texting" moron wipes out mom on her way >to the grocery store. >http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/transportation/15729902.htm >Marco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:37:18 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ben Keyes'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I rolled it last Tuesday in Houston. Hwy59 northbound into the Beltway 8 westbound ramp. Left front caught the crash barrier cables and rotated the car...at 70. it rolled twice while sliding about 150 ft... I hid my head in the corner of the visor/sunroof/a-pillar. 2 inch laceration...5 stitches, just got them out today. No other injuries..pride still badly bruised. Paul A. Garnier Houston, TX 281-827-0725 www.fastnetworking.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Keyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:13 PM To: Paul Garnier Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Paul wrote: > So what would the fix be for the crooked shifter?... I don't believe the M30 transmission will work with an M50 conversion, but the ones which come with the M20 are a slam dunk with relatively easy mods to the linkage & mounting crossmember. join the E30 M/S5x engine swap group : http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/E30twincam/ > Freshly rolled '95 M3, enjoy the carnage at www.fastnetworking.com/m3crash yikes. where did you do that ? I can only assume that there were no major injuries even tho there's blood on the seat ? Ben ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:22:51 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ObTBRO: That'll Buff Right Out. (Glad you weren't hurt badly.) -tammer --- Paul Garnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I rolled it last Tuesday in Houston. Hwy59 northbound > into the Beltway 8 > westbound ramp. Left front caught the crash barrier > cables and rotated the > car...at 70. it rolled twice while sliding about 150 > ft... > I hid my head in the corner of the > visor/sunroof/a-pillar. 2 inch > laceration...5 stitches, just got them out today. No > other injuries..pride > still badly bruised. > > Paul A. Garnier > Houston, TX > 281-827-0725 > www.fastnetworking.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Keyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:13 PM > To: Paul Garnier > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UUC] FS?: E21 Recaro Seats > > Paul wrote: > > So what would the fix be for the crooked shifter?... > > I don't believe the M30 transmission will work with an > M50 conversion, but > the ones which come with the M20 are a slam dunk with > relatively easy > mods to the linkage & mounting crossmember. > > join the E30 M/S5x engine swap group : > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/E30twincam/ > > > Freshly rolled '95 M3, enjoy the carnage at > www.fastnetworking.com/m3crash > > yikes. where did you do that ? I can only assume that > there were no major > injuries even tho there's blood on the seat ? > > > > Ben > > > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:23:46 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am looking for that exact car with an auto. '95 only M3 with auto, rolled, flooded, rusted, needed for drivetrain. Will travel east half of the US. Ed Paul Garnier wrote: > I rolled it last Tuesday in Houston. Hwy59 northbound into the Beltway 8 > westbound ramp. Left front caught the crash barrier cables and rotated the > car...at 70. it rolled twice while sliding about 150 ft... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:04:35 -0600 From: "Paul Garnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ed MacVaugh'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My friend has a very clean NOT-rolled yellow one, high miles (180k or so) he needs to unload for $8000ish ( I forget if it's $7500 or $8500). He needs the cash to buy a new shop for his BMW repair business) www.f2motorwerks.com Talk to Fernando Jr. if interested. Paul A. Garnier Houston, TX 281-827-0725 www.fastnetworking.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed MacVaugh Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 6:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UUC] WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats I am looking for that exact car with an auto. '95 only M3 with auto, rolled, flooded, rusted, needed for drivetrain. Will travel east half of the US. Ed Paul Garnier wrote: > I rolled it last Tuesday in Houston. Hwy59 northbound into the Beltway 8 > westbound ramp. Left front caught the crash barrier cables and rotated the > car...at 70. it rolled twice while sliding about 150 ft... 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, 3 Nov 2006 15:36:59 -0500 From: "Chris Eck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: WTB '95 M3 auto was: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm guessing this was probably a relatively high-rpm incident, and the car did roll twice. Anyone else concerned about oil starvation? Granted, Paul, you probably had your mind on a few other things at the time, but do you happen to know if the car ended up in an oil-starving (wheels anywhere but down) position, and did the engine run like that for any length of time? Chris Eck On 11/3/06, Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for that exact car with an auto. '95 only M3 with auto, > rolled, flooded, rusted, needed for drivetrain. Will travel east half of > the US. > > Ed > > Paul Garnier wrote: > > > I rolled it last Tuesday in Houston. Hwy59 northbound into the Beltway 8 > > westbound ramp. Left front caught the crash barrier cables and rotated the > > car...at 70. it rolled twice while sliding about 150 ft... ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:44:18 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Some Bon Ami should fix up that windshield. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KMS- Brett Anderson Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:30 PM Cc: Paul Garnier; [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] FS?: E21 Recaro Seats >> Freshly rolled '95 M3, enjoy the carnage at >> www.fastnetworking.com/m3crash Wow, that must've been some wreck, to get the front bumper into the back seat like that......... Brett Anderson KMS 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 Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/511 - Release Date: 11/1/2006 9:40 AM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 10:56:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Jim Bassett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, November 2, 2006 8:44 pm, Marco Romani said: > Some Bon Ami should fix up that windshield. > > Marco Square can or round canister? :-) Jim Bassett ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:07:04 -0800 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:56:46AM -0800, Jim Bassett wrote: > On Thu, November 2, 2006 8:44 pm, Marco Romani said: > > Some Bon Ami should fix up that windshield. > > > > Marco > > Square can or round canister? :-) I'm pretty sure they use the round canister on airplane windshields. somethin' to do with the wrong kind of powder getting into the ABS controllers and causing the tires to skid initially upon landing... ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:52:22 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so, if that's the case, would my '91 318i convertible make a good choice for an M50/S50 swap? On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Ed MacVaugh wrote: > The E36 and late E30 four cylinder engines are tilted an additional > ten degrees from the E30 6 cylinder engine's design. > > The earlier ones will mate up but the drain plug won't be at the > very bottom and the shifter won't stick straight up. > > Ed > > Paul Garnier wrote: > >> What I wanna know is if the old 5-speeds off the M30's fit the M50/ >> S50 e36 >> motors?!?! The 5 speeds for e36's are getting hard to >> find.....grr. All >> these punk kids makin e30s50 conversions... > 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, 3 Nov 2006 00:09:02 -0500 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Gold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "UUC Digest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AFAIK the trans from the M42 will not mate up with the S/M5x bell housing, but I may be wrong. it appears to be unique to the M42 application, but perhaps that's internal gears or something else. the driveshaft also seems to be unique to the M42 application. the diff is smaller but it might take the torque of some of the lesser M50's if you're not beating it up too much. there shouldn't be anything about a 318i which makes it any better or worse than any other E30 for an engine swap, tho I guess not being able to reuse the transmission/driveshaft/diff as you can on an M20 car is sorta annoying. Ben Mark wrote: > so, if that's the case, would my '91 318i convertible make a good > choice for an M50/S50 swap? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:27:56 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[email protected]> Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The reason it's unique to M42 is because it's a Getrag 220, an even weaker piece of shit than the Getrag 250. Having said that.... the first 332ti we built back in 1997 kept it's original Getrag 220 until the sometime in 2000 when the latest owner swapped it out for a 6spd, even though there was no problem with the 5spd. Brett Anderson KMS Ben Keyes wrote: > AFAIK the trans from the M42 will not mate up with the S/M5x bell > housing, but > I may be wrong. it appears to be unique to the M42 application, but > perhaps > that's internal gears or something else. the driveshaft also seems to > be unique > to the M42 application. the diff is smaller but it might take the > torque of some > of the lesser M50's if you're not beating it up too much. > > there shouldn't be anything about a 318i which makes it any better or worse > than any other E30 for an engine swap, tho I guess not being able to reuse > the transmission/driveshaft/diff as you can on an M20 car is sorta > annoying. > > > > Ben > > Mark wrote: >> so, if that's the case, would my '91 318i convertible make a good >> choice for an M50/S50 swap? > 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: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:56:12 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul Garnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vote the shifty crooked Republicons out of office!! Paul Garnier wrote: >So what would the fix be for the crooked shifter?... > >There was a crooked man and he drove a crooked mile... ;-) > >Paul A. Garnier >2002 M-Coupe >'87 325is -> M330is >Freshly rolled '95 M3, enjoy the carnage at www.fastnetworking.com/m3crash > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:41:52 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: FS?: E21 Recaro Seats Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Stan, The rear rotors and calipers may also will work on some other cars of the day, could be the same or compatible with E30 rear discs. The vented front rotors and hubs from an 80-83 go onto 2002 spindles. The LSD and trans are still good for 2002 conversions. The iS rear springs cured the tippy toes rear of the earlier E21. Some KJetronic stuff was good for upgrades on VWs, and I once had a _vicious wicked sleeper of an 81 320iS 2 liter Callaway turbo fed by 320i KJetronic, oh the memories. The original rear drum brakes make a great upgrade on stiffened and lowered 02's. The 1.8i cylinder head was my favorite combustion chamber style to build a flat top piston 2-liter. It has nice flowing ports. Domed 9.5 pistons under that head in a reverse rod 2 liter made some crazy amounts of off the line torque. Barry Stan Jackson Jr. wrote: >Thanks, Barry. >Is there any demand for the LSD, trans, or steering wheel today? What about >the suspension and brakes? Rear disc conversion. > >Stan > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Stan Jackson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:47 PM >Subject: Re: [UUC] FS?: E21 Recaro Seats > > >> Iirc the seat height issues can be dealt with by mixing and >>matching seat rails between early and late 2002 and 320. Those seat >> ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
