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#1. CART/Laguna Seca, anyone going this wknd? - from Daniel Smith
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:04:33 -0700 From: Daniel Smith <dls@daniel.org> Subject: CART/Laguna Seca, anyone going this wknd? Hey there, who's going to the races this weekend? I'm heading down to Laguna Seca this weekend to work on my race photography skills. Are there any bmw-specific things going on there to check out? I am assuming there isn't, but it might be fun for some local listers to get together for beers in Monterey, ya? I'll have a two-way FRS on channel 3-6 (as in 3'er, 6 cylinder), if anyone wants to ping me at the track. Now if my hotel carries Speedvision, so that I can watch the Italian GP live, my weekend will be complete (go BMW & Ferrari!) Daniel -- Daniel L. Smith - dls@daniel.org - Sonoma County, CA
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#2. Front Strut Brace - from Captain Hags
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 22:13:08 EDT From: "Captain Hags" <captainhags@hotmail.com> Subject: Front Strut Brace I was wondering if anyone has a front strut brace for a '95 M3 for sale? Thanks '95 M3 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Which M3 Year is best? - from Sean Hester
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 01:27:23 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Which M3 Year is best? >Although all 95 M3's were E36's, the converse is not true -- the fact that >the 95 325's and 318's were more reliable than their E36 predecessors and >successors does not mean that the 95 M3's were more reliable than the 96+ >M3's oh... i didn't know they lumped them all together. i thougt it was just M3s they were talking about. of course, since they ARE all grouped together, the statistic is just about worthless. maybe every 318 fell apart and every 325 was perfect? who knows. you'd need to see seperate numbers in my opinion. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Re: Which M3 Year is best? - from Lee, Peter
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 07:05:14 -0400 From: "Lee, Peter " <plee@mlundy.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Which M3 Year is best? Actually Sean... I should amend my previous post. CR's review presumably was based more on the E36 non-M3's. Remember that the E36 was first launched as 92 models. It would only make sense that 3 yrs thereafter, BMW would have smoothed out any apparent flaws from predecessor models. Nevertheless, I've never heard of 95 M3's with *warped heads*. I've ridden some 95's with 100k+ miles that operate no worse than my 96. I'd like to see 95 M3's be considered most reliable after 10 years.... so I can see you eat your computer. Yummmm.... Try some salt with your mouse. :-) >>> "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> 09/05/00 05:48PM >>> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:41:44 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Which M3 Year is best? >Keith, >Consumer Reports rated the 95 E36's as the >"most reliable" among all E36's... >Something to keep in mind... and also note that >C.R. is a very *impartial* source, whereas many >of the R&T and C&D staff look harder for more >personal preferences rather than those of the >general public. hmmm... i know of 5, 95 M3s that have warped their heads. and i know of zero 96+ M3s that have done that. i know 95s came with plastic water pumps, and weaker valve retainer clips, and a really stupid (prone to break) radiator overflow bin. and there's probably dozens of other "improvements" on the later cars. the head warping phenomenon could just be because of age. (95s are older, maybe on 10 years we'll see that all M3s are just as prone to head warping as 95s?) but the others things are not. i'd NEVER expect the first year of a car to be the "most reliable". now... i know C.R. is impartial. and that it's all based on statistics. but maybe the numbers are just not all in for the later years? if the numbers show that 95 M3s are the most reliable M3 in ten years, (after they've pretty much all come and gone, and numbers are totalled up) i'll eat this computer i'm typing on. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************
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#5. Re: 95 M3 running rich - from david kroth
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 06:33:49 -0700 (PDT) From: david kroth <david_kroth@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: 95 M3 running rich Brent Parks wrote: > My 95 M3 is running rich. .... > when someone was following me > (a friend) and I shifted > from 4th to 2nd and accelerated rapidly he noticed > white smoke coming out the > exhaust. White smoke means water in the combustion chambers. Too much gas results in black smoke. Take it to a mechanic and have a leak-down test. If you get bubbles in the radiator, you have a bad head gasket. ===== David Kroth david_kroth@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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#6. RE: Accutorq Torque Limiting Sockets - from Monty Baugh
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:41:39 -0500 From: Monty Baugh <mbaugh@telecom-management.com> Subject: RE: Accutorq Torque Limiting Sockets How do the torque sticks work? I haven't laid hands on them, but they look like 1/2" extensions. I assume the shafts are spring-wound and absorb the hammer blows from the impact tool. MBaugh
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#7. source for euro rotors - from vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:36:54 -0500 From: vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com Subject: source for euro rotors I thought there is a mail order source/dealer on the West Coast for euro rotors at a pretty good price. Anyone know who that would be? Vince 99 M3 *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.
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#8. [E36M3] RE: Accutorq Torque Limiting Sockets - from Lee, Peter
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:02:16 -0400 From: "Lee, Peter " <plee@mlundy.com> Subject: [E36M3] RE: Accutorq Torque Limiting Sockets Exactly. That's what the NTB *experts* told me. It's kinda neat. But when you've never seen these sticks before, the guy using em on your wheels scares the s*t out of you when you see him using an impact wrench on your car! >>> Monty Baugh <mbaugh@telecom-management.com> 09/06/00 09:48AM >>> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:41:39 -0500 From: Monty Baugh <mbaugh@telecom-management.com> Subject: RE: Accutorq Torque Limiting Sockets How do the torque sticks work? I haven't laid hands on them, but they look like 1/2" extensions. I assume the shafts are spring-wound and absorb the hammer blows from the impact tool. MBaugh ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************
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#9. Re: [E36M3] source for euro rotors - from Lee, Peter
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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 10:03:22 -0400 From: "Lee, Peter " <plee@mlundy.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] source for euro rotors Try Nick Alexander BMW or Pacific BMW. I believe the Euro rotors cost no more than the stock rotors. >>> <vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com> 09/06/00 09:48AM >>> Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:36:54 -0500 From: vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com Subject: source for euro rotors I thought there is a mail order source/dealer on the West Coast for euro rotors at a pretty good price. Anyone know who that would be? Vince 99 M3 *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. *************************************************************
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#10. RE: [E36M3] source for euro rotors - from Robert Jackowitz
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:29:30 -0400 From: Robert Jackowitz <RJackowitz@HARVPART.COM> Subject: RE: [E36M3] source for euro rotors Vince, That source would be Joe Chavez at Nick Alexander Imports. I only seem to have his fax number on hand: (323) 582 - 3709 -----Original Message----- From: vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com [SMTP:vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:49 AM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] source for euro rotors Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:36:54 -0500 From: vincent.a.leo@us.arthurandersen.com Subject: source for euro rotors I thought there is a mail order source/dealer on the West Coast for euro rotors at a pretty good price. Anyone know who that would be? Vince 99 M3