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#1. Re: [E36M3] Insurance Rates - from Jesse Caldwell
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:43:16 -0700 From: Jesse Caldwell <Jesse.Caldwell@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Insurance Rates > > I just recently got a new policy and priced out Progressive when I was > looking. In short, they suck. I'm paying $2000/year for 100k/300k and > i pay about $550/six months through state farm for 100/300/100. i paid almost twice that much for 100/300/50 from progressive. when people talk about progressive it's usually about how good their rates are. that certainly wasn't my experience. Jesse
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? - from Joe Tan
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:45:47 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Tan <mailjtan@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? Jonathan, I've been using Hawks HPS on all 4 corner in my car and so far I am very happy with their performance. My requirements were pads that performed as well as the stock pads on street driving but without the dusting and squeals of the stock pads. So far the Hawks HPS lived up to that. Good low temp performance and no more cleaning the wheels every other day and my car doe not sounds like a city bus when I come to a stop light. I recommend them. As a comparison I tried a set of PBR Deluxe and immediately felt the reduced breaking performance when breaking hard on the streets and took them out after two weeks. Joe. '98 M3/4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com
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#3. RE: [E36M3] Insurance Rates - from Juan Rico
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:48:03 -0800 From: Juan Rico <juan_rico@captionsinc.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Insurance Rates "A good insurance broker can make a big difference." No kidding'! AAA and other insurance behemoths quoted me anywhere from $2400 to $3800 a year... My premium now with State Farm is $600 for 6 months with a ticket on my record and having been insured only for 5 years (when I first moved to the States, had no history before that whatsoever here...) And they keep lowering it! I also have way more than the minimum liability coverage. Lot's of 100K+ cars you can crash into here in LA... ;) Juan (Forever grateful to my broker...) Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Pull battery for winter storage? - from Skip Bogard
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:40:38 -0500 From: Skip Bogard <Skip.Bogard@alumni.duke.edu> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Pull battery for winter storage? You didn't get Rich's Tuesday memo ? You want page 13 of this document: http://www.eurospeed.org/e36m3faq.pdf Talks about BMW P/N 82 11 0 026 663 BMW Advanced Battery Charging System. On sales now at Circle BMW for $53 ! http://www.circlebmw.com/parts/access/82110026663.htm Seems to measure all the right variables that a charger should know to be called an intelligent charger: -voltage, current, temperature, and time. The only thing really missing is a thermocouple in your battery! Maybe when we get 42 volts we'll finally get better batteries with sulfate remover circuits and charging thermocouples. That document above also addresses your other Winterizing questions. - Skip Dan Miley wrote: > > Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 17:27:49 -0500 > From: Dan Miley <dmiley@rcn.com> > Subject: Pull battery for winter storage? > > I'm driving my M3 to a garage that's 50 miles away for > winter storage, so I won't get there for periodic drives > during the winter. I'm debating whether I should put a > battery float charger on it and leave the battery in or take > it out. I'm leaning toward the charger. It won't overcharge > the battery and should prevents the car and its electronic > systems from going dead. I'd rather avoid fault codes > and having to reset the radio security code. Any advice on this? > > I also plan to change all fluids, load the suspension with > blocking while leaving the wheels off the ground, and > covering the car with a Noah car cover. I probably won't > put oil in the cylinders. Anything else I should do?
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#5. High RPM power loss -- finally solved! - from Scott Chan
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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:21:20 -0800 From: Scott Chan <scottch@juniper.net> Subject: High RPM power loss -- finally solved! I had a devil of a time diagnosing a high RPM power loss on my '95 M3 race car. Above 5500 RPM, every dyno run was different, so we suspected some intermittent electronic sensor or actuator. After checking or swapping just about everything we could borrow or buy with no luck, the problem got worse... Eventually (after 5 months) a bad exhaust valve manifested itself as lousy idle and even worse power. Disassembling the head revealed that several of the valve retainers were slipping (1-3mm), allowing the valve to "float" at high RPM. Eventually one valve floated enough to kiss the piston and tweak the valve. It turns out early '95 M3s had weak valve retainers, which were superceded sometime after mine was built (1/95). A new valve and 24 updated retainers, and we're back in business. Several other racers had seen this problem as well, but usually with more catastrophic valve-to-piston interactions. I kinda wish mine had been more dramatic so we could have figured it out sooner. -- Scott
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#6. RE: [E36M3] Try Again - Oil/grease for hinges, dif. oil? - from jim.bassett@alloptic.com
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:55:37 -0800 From: jim.bassett@alloptic.com Subject: RE: [E36M3] Try Again - Oil/grease for hinges, dif. oil? > I'm completing an Inspection II and have no clue what kind of > oil or grease > to use on the throttle linkage, door hinges, strike plates, latches, > etc. Please let me know what's recommended. Either a white lithium grease (I think you can get it in a spray can) or "regular" spray lubricant. I've used the "regular" spray lubricant in that same application with no problems. Plus, it's useful for stopping the squeaks on Kim's glider/rocker :-) > Also, will Mobil 1 gear oil work as-is for the differential > or do I need to > add some kind of friction modifier? Their website mentions > that it works > with limited slips but I'd like to be sure. Not sure about the Mobil 1 oil - I use the Red Line 75W90 in my car. Red Line has a separate 75W90NS for use in non-limited-slip diffs. Maybe someone else here has used the Mobil 1 oil, but if their website says it'll work in a LS application, then there shouldn't be a problem. My 2 cents, Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Dyno Pictures, Movie and Results - from Mark Radelow
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:01:54 -0600 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Dyno Pictures, Movie and Results Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 16:55:36 +0000 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Dyno Pictures, Movie and Results Looks like pretty good figures! My 95 dyno'd at 218 to the wheels but that was with chip and CAI. Most of the 3.2 cars dyno'd between 220 and 230 so it sounds like you are in the ballpark. Mark From: "Wayne Miller" <m3@waynemiller.com> Reply-To: "Wayne Miller" <m3@waynemiller.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: [E36M3] Dyno Pictures, Movie and Results Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:11:57 -0600 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:08:28 -0500 From: "Wayne Miller" <m3@waynemiller.com> Subject: Dyno Pictures, Movie and Results I had my M3 dynoed yesterday at Kaztech Motorsports in Hackensack, NJ. Bill and Jimmy are great guys and they really seem to know what they are doing. The results were 224.7HP at the rear wheels. The car is a '99 M3 with 38,000 miles and it is Sharked and has the Josh/Jim C. intake. Pictures can be found here: www.waynemiller.com/m3/dyno I also took a video of one run using my new digital camera (Canon Powershot G2) and it can be found here: AVI: http://216.35.67.132/m3/dyno/dyno.avi <- 6.5MB but decent quality MOV: http://216.35.67.132/m3/dyno/dyno.mov <- 450k but lesser quality -Wayne P.S. Consider this the "before" run for some new toys on the way. ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. ************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? - from Jeremy Conners
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:31:48 -0600 From: "Jeremy Conners" <Jeremy.Conners@compdevsys.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:20:30 -0500 From: "Jeremy Conners" <Jeremy.Conners@compdevsys.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? I was thoroughly disgusted with the high graphite content in the stock pads on my 97. After just a day or two of driving, the front wheels looked like somebody shaded them for me. Also, it only took about three days for the pads to squeal after the car was washed. It was almost embarrassing driving a beautiful M3 and pulling up next to other cars at stoplights while squealing away. I wanted a pad comparable, or better, to the stock pads that produced less dust and, for the love of God, didn't squeal!!! I decided to try the Hawk HPS and I've been very happy with them. They've been on the car for ~10kmi now and I've not once heard them squeal. Now, if I happen to neglect washing her for 2 weeks, there's only a hint of dust front and rear. IMO, they offer slightly more braking torque than the stock pads. Are there any other impressions of the Hawk HPS pads out there? Jeremy Conners 97 M3 ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#9. [E36M3] Try Again - Oil/grease for hinges, dif. oil? - from Peter Fanning
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:41:50 -0600 From: Peter Fanning <p.fanning@verizon.net> Subject: [E36M3] Try Again - Oil/grease for hinges, dif. oil? Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:39:29 -0800 From: Peter Fanning <p.fanning@verizon.net> Subject: Try Again - Oil/grease for hinges, dif. oil? I'm completing an Inspection II and have no clue what kind of oil or grease to use on the throttle linkage, door hinges, strike plates, latches, etc. Please let me know what's recommended. Also, will Mobil 1 gear oil work as-is for the differential or do I need to add some kind of friction modifier? Their website mentions that it works with limited slips but I'd like to be sure. TIA, Peter Fanning '98 M3/4 ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#10. [E36M3] RE: Insurance Rates - from Patrick Mallon
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:01:46 -0600 From: "Patrick Mallon" <zez413@home.com> Subject: [E36M3] RE: Insurance Rates Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:53:25 -0500 From: "Patrick Mallon" <zez413@home.com> Subject: RE: Insurance Rates When I received my renewal in October, my 6 month premium had actually dropped 20% (I live in a suburb of Philadelphia and my insurance company is USAA). Happy but curious, I contacted USAA and asked why my rates had dropped (Not that I was complaining). USAA informed me that my rates had dropped because I had recently moved to a nicer area - I then informed them that I have lived in the same house for the last 2+ years? USAA then told me that my car was getting older and was no longer considered an expensive sports car. I asked them why the sudden drop and not a gradual one - I was on the phone but the response was the equivalent of a blank stare. USAA then informed me that an accident I had 3 years ago had just come off of my record. I informed them that this was great news since I had not had an accident and they probably owed me a large amount of money. They agreed and told me that they would calculate how much they owed me and credit it to my account. 2 weeks later after no further contact from USAA, I called to inquire on the status of my account. I was then informed that after further review they discovered that they had NOT been charging me for an accident. USAA went on to explain that real reason my rate dropped (4th excuse were on now) was that there had been a statewide change in the base rates on 5/10/01. Evidentially, this change in rates caused most to experience an increase in rates but lucky for me mine dropped 20%. Not knowing which end was up at this point, I contacted the PA insurance commission and inquired about my situation. The PA insurance commission informed that there was in fact a change in the rates in May that could have affected my premium, but would not be able to be more specific until I filed a formal complaint. I have not yet decided to file the complaint. Any thoughts, similar experiences in PA? Patrick Mallon 98 M3/2 ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************
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#11. Re: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? - from Joe Tan
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:51:57 -0600 From: Joe Tan <mailjtan@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:45:47 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Tan <mailjtan@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Pad Impressions? Jonathan, I've been using Hawks HPS on all 4 corner in my car and so far I am very happy with their performance. My requirements were pads that performed as well as the stock pads on street driving but without the dusting and squeals of the stock pads. So far the Hawks HPS lived up to that. Good low temp performance and no more cleaning the wheels every other day and my car doe not sounds like a city bus when I come to a stop light. I recommend them. As a comparison I tried a set of PBR Deluxe and immediately felt the reduced breaking performance when breaking hard on the streets and took them out after two weeks. Joe. '98 M3/4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). To issue a command/request to the server: Send a message with the command you wish executed as the subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. *************************************************************