The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 395 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Re: OT - driver ed, was CHPs cracking down in South Bay Re: OT - driver ed, was CHPs cracking down in South Bay Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 90 E34 525iA WTB - alt, blower fan 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Euro Fest 2007 BMW build car
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:22:02 -0500 From: "Jason Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Safer, more intelligent enforcement of traffic laws should be the goal of > established law enforcement along with legislation to increase driver > training programs that actually teach people how to drive and not just scare > them in "driver school" with crash aftermath and alcohol related training > material. Programs such as Street Survival and similar should be encouraged. <Rant on> Oooh, I was going to let this go, but this just touched on a nerve. When I was learning to drive, I *wanted* to take a class on car control. Not Drivers-Ed, or high performance driving, but a teen program designed to teach me how to control a car and NOT get into an accident. The only class around a was a Skip Barber one that was *slightly* out of my meager budget... by about $2000. The insurance company wouldn't even give me a credit for the training! So I took my car over to a snow-covered parking lot and taught myself what to do and not do (skid recovery... turning and stopping in snow...) A nice officer told me I could not do this here... I looked at the nice 22yr-old kid (and being 17 at the time) and said something like 'would you prefer that I learn how to recover from a skid on public roads with other people around?' His response was 'No, but your having too much fun, and cut it out before I give you a ticket.' But what do you expect from an organization that gives a speeding ticket to a 14yr-old on a bicycle. (In August, 98F, hazy, hot and humid)... 48 in a 35 zone, on a FLAT road! The officer was getting pissed I had no ID on me... what ID does a 14yr-old carry? A library card? <Rant Off> Thank you, I feel better now! -Jason '86 951 "Sparky" '70 240Z "Dusty" '97 Contour "Bambi" '03 325xi "Daisy" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:53:57 -0500 From: "marshall lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jason Kay'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT - driver ed, was CHPs cracking down in South Bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <rant on> I actually teach at teen car control clinics with various clubs. In one clinic two high school drivers ed instructors took the class. I was horrified by how poorly they drove and how clueless they were about even the basics. Neither of them had ever felt what abs does, and evidently they are now teaching kids to hold the steering wheel at the 5 and 7 positions. Shuffle steering is taught so that the hands never get above the 3 and 9 positions. Seats were adjusted far enough back so that the kids couldn't reach the top of the wheel. This is so WHEN (not if) they hit something and the airbag goes off, it won't break their wrists. After I found that out I went and canvassed some coworkers with driving age kids, sure enough, all the high school programs are teaching the same thing. Geez, this is basically accepting that kids won't have the skills to avoid an accident so prepare for the inevitable.. Actually, limiting hand movement like that pretty much ensures they will not be able to avoid anything. Does anybody wonder why drivers in this country are so bad? Or why the fallacy of "speed kills" is so prevalent when it is actually "inept drivers who can't control their cars at any speed" which kills? <rant off> marshall -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Kay Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UUC] OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay > Safer, more intelligent enforcement of traffic laws should be the goal of established law enforcement along with legislation to increase driver training programs that actually teach people how to drive and not just scare them in "driver school" with crash aftermath and alcohol related training material. Programs such as Street Survival and similar should be encouraged. <Rant on> Oooh, I was going to let this go, but this just touched on a nerve. When I was learning to drive, I *wanted* to take a class on car control. Not Drivers-Ed, or high performance driving, but a teen program designed to teach me how to control a car and NOT get into an accident. The only class around a was a Skip Barber one that was *slightly* out of my meager budget... by about $2000. The insurance company wouldn't even give me a credit for the training! So I took my car over to a snow-covered parking lot and taught myself what to do and not do (skid recovery... turning and stopping in snow...) A nice officer told me I could not do this here... I looked at the nice 22yr-old kid (and being 17 at the time) and said something like 'would you prefer that I learn how to recover from a skid on public roads with other people around?' His response was 'No, but your having too much fun, and cut it out before I give you a ticket.' But what do you expect from an organization that gives a speeding ticket to a 14yr-old on a bicycle. (In August, 98F, hazy, hot and humid)... 48 in a 35 zone, on a FLAT road! The officer was getting pissed I had no ID on me... what ID does a 14yr-old carry? A library card? <Rant Off> Thank you, I feel better now! -Jason '86 951 "Sparky" '70 240Z "Dusty" '97 Contour "Bambi" '03 325xi "Daisy" 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: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:29:08 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - driver ed, was CHPs cracking down in South Bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Preacher, meet choir. -tammer --- marshall lytle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody wonder why drivers in this country are so > bad? Or why the > fallacy of "speed kills" is so prevalent when it is > actually "inept drivers > who can't control their cars at any speed" which kills? ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:28:11 -0800 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 2/11/07, Jason Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I took my car over to a snow-covered parking lot and > taught myself what to do and not do (skid recovery... > turning and stopping in snow...) This seems to be fairly common among young men in places where there's snow, but unusual among their feminine counterparts. Why is that? Girls don't just wanna have fun? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:51:20 -0500 From: "Jason Kay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - CHPs cracking down in South Bay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2/11/07, Jason Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I took my car over to a snow-covered parking lot and > > taught myself what to do and not do (skid recovery... > > turning and stopping in snow...) > > This seems to be fairly common among young men in places where there's > snow, but unusual among their feminine counterparts. Why is that? > Girls don't just wanna have fun? So, when my Wife's 325xi showed up, and it snowed the first time... I told her that we are going to take her car across the street and find out how it handles when it loses traction... she said that she didn't want to. (Mind you our 3rd 'date' was a Driver's Ed event in my 'other' german car :) Then she slid down a snow covered driveway on those nasty all-season Goodyears the car came with. (the test session would have shown how bad the goodyears were in the snow... the good news is that she didn't hit anything.) a week later the nice FedEx man was dropping off 4 mounted Blizzak LMs that went onto the 325xi. The following snow storm I took the car over to the school lot to figure things out... she still didn't come with. She likes to ski, and drive, but not doing the same together... unlike the 'breakfast club' from this month's Roundel. Oh well, more snow for me! Now I just need to find the excuse :) -Jason '86 951 "Sparky" '70 240Z "Dusty" '97 Contour "Bambi" '03 325xi "Daisy" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:18:01 -0600 From: "Allen Skillicorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andy G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't the diff in the gear lube, but is the chatter that bad? The chatter is the diff working. If more friction modifier is added, the less lockup the diff has - and less chatter is tight parking lot maneuvers. If it ain't broke, you may opt out of fixing it... btw I use Redline lubes in my diffs. Allen Skillicorn 847/417/5611 847/271/8175 www.allenskillicorn.com "The snow is not a handicap. It is your best training partner. Racers don't have an off-season." --Ryosuke Takahashi -----Original Message----- 83 22 1 470 080 (Castrol SAF-XJ) - original? 83 22 2 282 583 (Castrol SAF-XJ with additional friction modifiers) - called for in SIB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:44:19 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Allen Skillicorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Doesn't the M3 have an MVariable diff? That shouldn't chatter at all. Gary Derian >I don't the diff in the gear lube, but is the chatter that bad? The chatter >is the diff working. If more friction modifier is added, the less lockup >the diff has - and less chatter is tight parking lot maneuvers. > > If it ain't broke, you may opt out of fixing it... > > btw I use Redline lubes in my diffs. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:29:41 -0800 (PST) From: roland beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: 90 E34 525iA WTB - alt, blower fan Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On the off chance a list member has something needing a new home, I'm looking for the following. blower fan (squirrel cage thingy) alternator Am I right in believing that any E34 alternator of the same amperage or larger is suitable? If it's not a hassle, I would appreciate a cc to my work address. I'll see it sooner. Cheers, Roland ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:52:54 -0800 (PST) From: roland beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm hoping some of you can help me diagnose a problem on my car. With the onset of cold (below freezing) weather in the NE my car battery appears to discharge quickly. Happened last year but I ignored it. No problems during warmer weather. It discharges so quickly that the car will start in the morning but the batt can barely turn the starter by the end of a workday. Tired of bothering co-workers for jumps I tried to diagnose the issue. I started with a freshly charged battery (40 min @ 40 amps; 700 CCA batt). An HF load tester, one time, checked it as good with some reserve. The load tester indicated the alternator was bad. The DMM & Bentley agree; approx 13.6 volts at the terminals. To be thorough, I used the DMM to check for parasitic losses when the car is off. I actually couldn't get a reading and so double checked by turning on the front overhead light (not map). About .250 mA but zero otherwise. Posts are clean, no rust and everything appears to be connected well. Two modifications of note. First the batt was moved to the rear seat location from the engine bay; it's easier to perform oil changes and I like it. Secondly, stereo; nothing fancy just 150 W or so plus a cheap Bazooka tube. Did I miss something? Am I stupid? With 255k miles I can expect the alt to be shot. The regulator is 30k miles (3 yrs) old. >From a previous posts some of you might notice I'm looking for an alt. This seems a certainty based on the load test and DMM. What it won't cure, to me, is the apparent discharging while sitting w/out parasitic losses. A thought, is 700 CCA sufficient in this weather? It was a southern car previously. I would appreciate a cc to my work address so I can act on any comments. Cheers, Roland ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:24:57 -0800 (PST) From: roland beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fuerst, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chris, Thanks for the thoughts. Autozone tested it about one month ago and this weekend was a Harbor Freight tester. The battery was bought after the head rebuild about 3.5 yr ago. The brush pack is part of the voltage regulator. Given the old pack had life at 230k miles, unless it prematurely failed, it should be good for another 230k? My daily commute is 4 mi, one way. Cheers, Roalnd --- "Fuerst, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Roland, did you try to just take the battery to > autozone or advance and > have them bench test it? > How old is it? At least a year from your post? 7-800 > cca's should be > fine. Might have a dead cell > Or such so you have volatge but not really enough > amps. > > Might be worthwhile to change the alternator brush > pack. They only run > 30-40. How long of a drive does it get? > > 1st ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:44:37 -0600 From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Uucdigest" <[email protected]>, "Senior Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "E9coupes BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Euro Fest 2007 BMW build car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tax write-off anyone ?? From another digest today .. Beepee >> Hello Peachtree BMW CCA members, >> >> Besides working for the BMW CCA Foundation, I am on the Euro Fest >> committee. If >> you are not familiar with Euro Fest, it is an event held every year at >> the BMW >> Manufacturing for all European and British cars. Last year, I believe >> there >> were around 500 cars of all makes displayed on the lawn outside the >> factory. >> Great event to go to if you love to see older cars (and some new cars as >> well). >> >> In 2006, the committee got a 1976 BMW 2002 which the Performance Center >> crew >> reworked, gave it a new paint job, new custom interior, etc. The car was >> raffled off to everyone with the proceeds going to the Red Cross. The >> group >> would like to get another car that could be used for the â?oEuro Build >> Carâ? >> for 2007. They would like to stick with a BMW since then the Performance >> Center >> would donate their time and funding to help restore the car, however, >> they are >> not opposed to looking at any European or British car. (This would mean >> having >> to find an outside source to restore the car â?" possibly also having to >> find >> funding to support these costs with an outside source.) They would like >> to have >> some sort of a coupe this year, if possible â?" a 6 series, 3.0CS, >> 2800CS, etc. >> >> They are hoping someone out there may be willing to donate a car for this >> project. Your donation would be to the Red Cross and could be a tax >> write off. >> They do have a very small budget for the car, which they could buy a car, >> but >> then it takes away from the budget to buy parts if BMW wonâ?Tt donate >> them. >> Also if possible, preferably a car that has minimal rust â?" no gaping >> holes in >> the body and such. Some dents, bad paint, bad interior are ok since that >> would >> all probably be reworked. Preferably a whole car or very complete and if >> not >> running, close to running. >> >> So if you are interested and would like to talk to someone about your car >> to see >> if they would be interested (any BMW or other European/British cars) let >> me >> know. I can then get you in touch with the right people. >> >> Michael R. Mitchell >> Office Manager/Curator >> >> BMW Car Club of America Foundation >> 4001 Pelham Rd Suite 291 >> Greer, SC 29650 >> >> (864) 329-1919 >> www.bmwccafoundation.org ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(11 messages) **********
