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#1. Rear brake pad wear sensor broken - from vernon@sprynet.com
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:38:39 -0400 From: vernon@sprynet.com Subject: Rear brake pad wear sensor broken OK, so I'm in the driveway tonight, installing PF90's for a weekend at the track and I totally crumble the rear brake pad wear sensor. I swear I hardly touched it and the damn thing just disintegrated. So, my question is, how necessary is this thing? I started and drove the car for 5 miles or so and no warning lights came on. I'd prefer to just forget about it completely unless it will cause a problem or trip an error code somewhere (my driving requires enough attention as is, all I need is a stupid distraction like that). I'm sure many people have done this before (or am I the only poor sucker?). Ideas? Vern Anderson 98 M3/2 Trying to save precious ounces by ripping sensors off the car....
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#2. Kumho V700 Victoracer Pressures - from Dave Hogg
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:45:23 -0400 From: Dave Hogg <springwood@BlazeNet.net> Subject: Kumho V700 Victoracer Pressures These tires are rather sensitive to pressures. After nearly cording some lovely Hosers in a very short time, I decided on the Korean rubber in 225/45-17 on factory 7.5's. Kumho recommends 35-40 psi cold, closer to 40 on "heavier" cars like fat M3's. So I ignored an earlier post to this list recommending 34, and went 39 all around. My baby was a twitchy, squirmy beast! These can't be that much worse than Hosers, thought I. Dropped 2 lbs all around for next run, and things were better. Down to 35 for the next, and things were better still. Just ran the NJ CCA Summit school at 35 psi cold and the Koreans felt very good -- almost like the beloved, gold-leafed Hosers. Not quite as solid, with a little tail-waggle under heavy braking, but tossable and forgiving once you get used to them. They now have 3 track days and they look as if they'll produce at least three more (heat-cycled). The Hosers were gone by now (also heat-cycled). Pretty good value, and they're quieter and better-riding on the street than my S02's. Just another data point; your results may be totally different, etc. Dave Hogg
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#3. Xenon headlamps - from Shelhart2@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:03:39 EDT From: Shelhart2@aol.com Subject: Xenon headlamps I purchased some Naxos Xenon Blue headlamp bulbs for my 98 M3/2. I was told they were as close as they could get to the HID system. I paid $180 for the highs and lows (4 bulbs). I installed them with no modification and they frankly look terrific. What's the catch? Has anyone tried this. The manufacturer is Naxos. Shel
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#4. Re: Track tire pressures for Yoko A032R - from Neil Maller
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:14:15 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Track tire pressures for Yoko A032R on 8/23/00 13:32, E36M3 at e36m3@bmwmpower.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:06:50 -0700 > From: Patrick Sarne <PatrickS@HoyleDonnelly.com> > Digest Denizens, > > I am awaiting the arrival of my new tires for the CCA driving school in > Buttonwillow, CA next month. What is a good starting psi (cold) for my 1995 > M3 with H&R/Bilstein suspension for the above mentioned tires (235/40-17 on > stock 7.5 wheels)? I am in the B-Group if that makes a difference. Thanks > for your help. > > Anyone else going? Caravan from San Diego? > > Regards, > Patrick Sarne > 1995 M3 > BMW CCA#151400 I've run through several sets of A032Rs. What's more important is hot pressure, so it's difficult to give a good cold starting point due to varying ambient. On a car with stock suspension the Yokos have a tendency to accelerated wear on the outer edges of the front tires. You can counter that by increasing their pressure a little. If you look at the Yokos, you'll see little diamonds molded just outboard of where the tread area meets the sidewall. Your objective should be to prevent those diamonds from being worn completely away, which would indicate that the tire is rolling over too much. With my modified suspension (H&Rs, Konis, added negative camber) about 41 psi hot (33-36 psi cold, depending on ambient) is right. You will probably need to go a couple of psi higher if your suspension is essentially stock. To counter the M3's natural understeer, set the rear tires around 2-3 psi lower than the front. Since you're in SoCal, start at the lower end of the cold temp range. Check hot pressure after a run session, and check wear on the little diamonds. You may wish to swap the tires front to rear as necessary during the weekend to equalize wear. You can prolong the life of the Yokos significantly by having the tires "flipped" on their rims - dismounting and remounting them with the outside in - after a couple of schools. Also bear in mind that while the A032Rs are nominally directional, this only applies to the effectiveness of their tread in the wet. In the dry, or when the tread is gone, they can be used equally well in either rotation. This gives you more freedom in choosing which corner of the car to mount them for controlling wear. Neil 96 M3
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#5. Re: [E36M3] suspension question reply #3 - from Neil Maller
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:23:06 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] suspension question reply #3 on 8/23/00 20:42, E36M3 at e36m3@bmwmpower.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:13:09 -0700 (PDT) > From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> > > Not a problem. This nut isn't under load when the car > is on the ground. I remove it to change my springs, > rather than using a compressor (it works..really!). > You do need a compressor to put the new springs in but > not to take the old ones off. > > One note.. it's a lot easier to get the new nut on > with an impact wrench. Otherwise you have to use a > hex driver through a big socket wrench. Not fun.. Never, ever, use an impact wrench to tighten the strut shaft nut. You run a high risk of damaging the ball bearings in the bearing hat. Using the impact gun to remove the nut is fine. Neil 96 M3
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#6. RE: List demographics - from chipm@arches.uga.edu
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:25:30 -0500 From: chipm@arches.uga.edu Subject: RE: List demographics Jim and everyone, I realize that this really isn't on topic, but being both a "kid" and a member of this list, I feel compelled to respond. For the last two summers (yep, two semesters of college left before full time work), a significant portion of my job responsibilities has been to arrange financing for car purchases. Granted, the demographics of the people I work with pretty much cover the spectrum for any category you can name, and, therefore, probably don't line up well with the demographics of this list, but that's not really relevant to my point. Which is... A person's ability to manage money has very little to do with their age or income. I've seen 25 year-olds who have managed credit responsibilities well enough to finance almost anything they want to buy, and I've seen others with debt ratios you wouldn't believe and who couldn't finance a toaster. I've dealt with 45 year-olds making six figures who are lucky to get 19.9% on a $20,000 car, and some who make $30,000 and buy the same car with cash (okay, didn't deal with financing on that particular customer). So what determines who can keep up with the cash and who can't? I don't know - but I suspect it has something to do with how much responsibility they were given as children (allowances, etc.). Bottom line - yeah, lots of young people screw themselves up, but just as many manage to carefully craft small fortunes when given enough time. Be kind. Chip M P.S. - You're not that old - $55-70K *IS* pretty serious money. Jim Powell wrote: Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:57:05 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] List Demographics The sad thing about it is that there are a lot of these 'kids' that are going to be broke later. I hire quite a few college grads each year. Probably 5-10 each year. I typically start my new hires out at $55-70K depending on the job. I guess I'm just an old guy but this still seems like pretty serious money. Almost without exception these guys screw themselves up financially. They immediately get a $1500 a month aprtment when an $800 would do fine since they travel. They buy a nice car for $30-40K and go into dept for nice furniture and an audio/video system. In other words they go off the deep end. I've had to fire several for not being able to travel. Its not unusual to have these 'kids' $20-40K in debt on credit cards, unable to travel because they spend their expense account money and can't rent a car or hotel room. That and they have huge car and furniture loans at 10-29% interest rates. 15 years ago I would have been counseling these 'kids'. Now that's legally none of my business and I'm not allowed to talk to them about their personal lives. At least until they can't do their job and I fire them. I guess that's ok, I'm not their mommies and they can sleep in their own mess, if you know what I mean. So where's the OBMWC? None other than like you've all noticed, there are kids with maxxed out cars that can't manage their gasoline credit cards. Much less figure out how to save 2 nickels so they can buy a hose or put their future kids through college. Funny world, ain't it? Jim
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#7. Re: [E36M3] RE: List demographics - from Jim Powell
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:41:14 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: List demographics All very true. I highlighted 'kid' for a purpose. Most of the ones that get into this trouble are kids. That's kids from 22-45. More children by outlook than age. But I would have to say that the willingness to jump into massive debt runs mostly in the recently graduated ones. I think they don't believe that they just might not get 10% raises every year and that their options can go underwater almost as easily as they go through the roof. Luckily most of them marry a woman smarter than they are and if they survive the first year or two, the women drag them kicking and screaming back to reality. And then, finally, when all of us guys hit our 40s we finally mature to the level that our wives were when they were 18. I'm glad I didn't make most of my honest money until a couple of years ago. And then, of course, my wife (SWMBO) told me exactly how SHE would spend it. You see, we have an agreement in my house. I make the money and give it to my wife. In return, I get to sleep in the house I bought. Jim chipm@arches.uga.edu wrote: > > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:25:30 -0500 > From: chipm@arches.uga.edu > Subject: RE: List demographics > > Jim and everyone, > > I realize that this really isn't on topic, but being both a "kid" and a > member of this list, I feel compelled to respond. For the last two > summers (yep, two semesters of college left before full time work), a > significant portion of my job responsibilities has been to arrange > financing for car purchases. Granted, the demographics of the people I > work with pretty much cover the spectrum for any category you can name, > and, therefore, probably don't line up well with the demographics of > this list, but that's not really relevant to my point. Which is... > > A person's ability to manage money has very little to do with their age > or income. I've seen 25 year-olds who have managed credit > responsibilities well enough to finance almost anything they want to > buy, and I've seen others with debt ratios you wouldn't believe and who > couldn't finance a toaster. I've dealt with 45 year-olds making six > figures who are lucky to get 19.9% on a $20,000 car, and some who make > $30,000 and buy the same car with cash (okay, didn't deal with financing > on that particular customer). So what determines who can keep up with > the cash and who can't? I don't know - but I suspect it has something > to do with how much responsibility they were given as children > (allowances, etc.). Bottom line - yeah, lots of young people screw > themselves up, but just as many manage to carefully craft small fortunes > when given enough time. Be kind. > > Chip M > > P.S. - You're not that old - $55-70K *IS* pretty serious money. > > Jim Powell wrote: > > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:57:05 -0700 > From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] List Demographics > > The sad thing about it is that there are a lot of these 'kids' that are > going > to be broke later. I hire quite a few college grads each year. > Probably 5-10 > each year. I typically start my new hires out at $55-70K depending on > the > job. I guess I'm just an old guy but this still seems like pretty > serious > money. Almost without exception these guys screw themselves up > financially. > They immediately get a $1500 a month aprtment when an $800 would do fine > since > they travel. They buy a nice car for $30-40K and go into dept for nice > furniture and an audio/video system. In other words they go off the > deep > end. I've had to fire several for not being able to travel. Its not > unusual > to have these 'kids' $20-40K in debt on credit cards, unable to travel > because > they spend their expense account money and can't rent a car or hotel > room. > That and they have huge car and furniture loans at 10-29% interest > rates. > > 15 years ago I would have been counseling these 'kids'. Now that's > legally > none of my business and I'm not allowed to talk to them about their > personal > lives. At least until they can't do their job and I fire them. I > guess > that's ok, I'm not their mommies and they can sleep in their own mess, > if you > know what I mean. > > So where's the OBMWC? None other than like you've all noticed, there > are kids > with maxxed out cars that can't manage their gasoline credit cards. > Much less > figure out how to save 2 nickels so they can buy a hose or put their > future > kids through college. Funny world, ain't it? > > Jim > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#8. Chester alert - from Jim Powell
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:46:16 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Chester alert I was just notified by the esteemed Porridgehead of a remarkable site. Chester, I immediately thought of you. :) Enjoy! http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18595&pagenumber=1 Jim
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#9. Spotted: E46 M3 - from Ron Buchalski
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 04:13:21 GMT From: "Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@hotmail.com> Subject: Spotted: E46 M3 Today, while driving on southbound I-95, I spotted a new E46 M3 travelling in the northbound direction, about ten miles north of Baltimore. Unfortunately, it was driving in heavy traffic, and so was I, so I didn't get a good look at it. It was a silver car with NJ license plates on it. Did someone say that these are pre-production models? I thought that they weren't going to be available until October/November 2000? -rb ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#10. Airbag alert light - from Brent91NSX@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:27:11 EDT From: Brent91NSX@aol.com Subject: Airbag alert light Ok, so this past weekend I take the seats out of the car to clean them. ( I know, anal right but who else will admit to having done this). You should have seen the difference, seats look like brand new now. It's awesome. So yes, I remember something about the airbag light and all and now mine stays on. I think I shouldn' t have turned the ignition on while the seats were out. Ooops. So is their any way of fixing this without going to the dealer to have him reset it or if I do HAVE to go, what is the minimum charge since it probably will only take them a few minutes to reset the codes. Also, what are the dangers of running with the light on if any? Thanks, Brent Parks 95 M3 w/ damn clean grey seats