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#1. part info request - from Vince Leo
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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 19:30:41 -0800 (PST) From: Vince Leo <m332is@yahoo.com> Subject: part info request Hi guys... I need help identifying sunroof components. I am going to supply the following parts to someone from my racecar project. Could someone please forward me a picture from the parts software. I need a picture of the following sunroof components: the track motor (I think I figure out this one) cartridge This is how they were labeled in the e-mail. I need to see what specific parts they are referring to. Thanks, Vince __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA - from DocWyte
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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 20:15:45 -0800 (PST) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA Most insurance companies don't cover auto-x. They usually have a clause in the policy excluding high speed events with other cars, against the clock etc. They're insuring your car for street use. I think they're within their rights to assume that you won't be taking it on the track. Granted I don't think they're be many claims from auto-x. (although my friend did roll his scirocco at nationals...) There's a big difference in risk between driving to the store and entering a turn at the track at triple digits. If you can't afford to fix it yourself, you can't afford to risk it on the track. -josh --- Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> wrote: > Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:58:49 -0700 > From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA > > Hi Steve, > Wonder what other companies have this type > of exclusion? Also, > from reading the description, I wonder if this would > apply to Solo II > autocrossing? It's a timed event, but it's a car > against a clock without > any other cars on the track at the same time, unlike > a DE, where more than > just your car is on the track at one time. Knowing > insurance companies, > they'd probably exclude Solo II as well. No wonder > there's street racing, > hell, you can't do it on a track, trying to be safe > about it, and be > covered... > Regards, > Tom Reynolds > Hereford, AZ > P.S. I'm not advocating street racing, BTW, just > ranting a bit, I guess. > > >Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:50:03 -0500 > >From: Steve Lilley <m3steve@earthlink.net> > >Subject: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA > > > >I just received a list of amendments to my Allstate > Auto Insurance. > >I remember reading about this exclusion in another > state, but it > >looks like it applies to PA as well now. > > > >Here's what Allstate sends to anyone renewing in > Jan 2003: > > Under "Exclusions -- What is not covered" in Part > 1....we have > > added an exclusion specifying that the policy > does not provide > > coverage for bodily injury or property damage > arising out of > > the participation in any prearranged, organized, > or spontaneous > > racing or speed contest; when using the insured > vehicle at a > > track or course designed for racing or high > performance driving; > > or in practice or preparation for any contest or > use of this > > type. > > > >Now I'm not a lawyer, but it now sounds like you > are SOL if you are > >a customer of Allstate-PA and you have an > "incident" at a DE. Time > >to reconsider American Collectors Insurance for DE > coverage: > > > >http://www.americancollectorsins.com/driversed.htm > > > >Regards, > >Steve > >m3steve@earthlink.net > > > > > > ************************************************* > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#3. Bilstein Sports and Zimmermans - from Daniel
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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:02:34 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel <m3_driver@yahoo.com> Subject: Bilstein Sports and Zimmermans Where is the best place to order Bilstein Sports and Zimmerman crossed drilled rotors and PBR brake pads??? Thanks __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#4. Re: [E36M3] M roadster brake pads on an M3? - from Daniel
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Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:04:01 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel <m3_driver@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] M roadster brake pads on an M3? They are the same --- Juan Bruce <jbrucebmw@hotmail.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:37:06 -0800 > From: "Juan Bruce" <jbrucebmw@hotmail.com> > Subject: M roadster brake pads on an M3? > > Hi guys, > > A friend is offering me a free set of stock brake > pads off his M Roadster. > Does anyone know if these are the same as E36 M3 > brake pads? I know they > work size wise but are they a different compound > etc.? > > Juan Bruce > BMW CCA GGC > '85 M635CSi > '95 M3 > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > ************************************************* > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA - from Tom Reynolds
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Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 22:06:45 -0700 From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA I understand, but I think they could also offer to write a coverage based on the useage the policyholder would declare, such as, normal street driving, to and from work, weekend shopping, and 11 Sundays a year 4 Solo II runs at approximately 75 seconds per run, SCCA licensed course, no other cars on the same run, etc. Maybe I'm just dreaming, but I think they could do it if they wanted to, or if there was call for it. Speaking of that, how do Driver Events get insurance? What happens if John Doe runs off a corner at a DE at Laguna Seca and smashes up his F40 or E36 M3 or Porsche 914 (fill in other makes, models, etc.)? Who covers the events, insurance-wise? Or are they covered? Tom Reynolds Hereford, AZ At 08:15 PM 01/04/2003 -0800, DocWyte wrote: >Most insurance companies don't cover auto-x. They >usually have a clause in the policy excluding high >speed events with other cars, against the clock etc. > >They're insuring your car for street use. I think >they're within their rights to assume that you won't >be taking it on the track. > >Granted I don't think they're be many claims from >auto-x. (although my friend did roll his scirocco at >nationals...) > >There's a big difference in risk between driving to >the store and entering a turn at the track at triple >digits. > >If you can't afford to fix it yourself, you can't >afford to risk it on the track. > >-josh > > >--- Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:58:49 -0700 >> From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> >> Subject: Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA >> >> Hi Steve, >> Wonder what other companies have this type >> of exclusion? Also, >> from reading the description, I wonder if this would >> apply to Solo II >> autocrossing? It's a timed event, but it's a car >> against a clock without >> any other cars on the track at the same time, unlike >> a DE, where more than >> just your car is on the track at one time. Knowing >> insurance companies, >> they'd probably exclude Solo II as well. No wonder >> there's street racing, >> hell, you can't do it on a track, trying to be safe >> about it, and be >> covered... >> Regards, >> Tom Reynolds >> Hereford, AZ >> P.S. I'm not advocating street racing, BTW, just >> ranting a bit, I guess. >> >> >Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:50:03 -0500 >> >From: Steve Lilley <m3steve@earthlink.net> >> >Subject: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA >> > >> >I just received a list of amendments to my Allstate >> Auto Insurance. >> >I remember reading about this exclusion in another >> state, but it >> >looks like it applies to PA as well now. >> > >> >Here's what Allstate sends to anyone renewing in >> Jan 2003: >> > Under "Exclusions -- What is not covered" in Part >> 1....we have >> > added an exclusion specifying that the policy >> does not provide >> > coverage for bodily injury or property damage >> arising out of >> > the participation in any prearranged, organized, >> or spontaneous >> > racing or speed contest; when using the insured >> vehicle at a >> > track or course designed for racing or high >> performance driving; >> > or in practice or preparation for any contest or >> use of this >> > type. >> > >> >Now I'm not a lawyer, but it now sounds like you >> are SOL if you are >> >a customer of Allstate-PA and you have an >> "incident" at a DE. Time >> >to reconsider American Collectors Insurance for DE >> coverage: >> > >> >http://www.americancollectorsins.com/driversed.htm >> > >> >Regards, >> >Steve >> >m3steve@earthlink.net >> > >> >> >> >> ************************************************* >> DIGEST INFORMATION: >> http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm >> ************************************************* >> >> > > >===== >Josh Wyte >Momentum Motorsports >508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com >
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Exhaust header to cat connection -- stud part number? - from NickG
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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 01:24:29 -0500 From: "NickG" <nick@tech-nick.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Exhaust header to cat connection -- stud part number? > > The factory studs are press fit studs. > > Mine are threaded. Weird. M10 threads. The OBDII headers (like Chester's car) use pressed in studs. The OBDI exhaust manifolds use threaded studs. Nick
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA - from Tom Byrum
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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 07:20:43 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Byrum <mycroft@academus.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, DocWyte wrote: > They're insuring your car for street use. I think > they're within their rights to assume that you won't > be taking it on the track. If there is one thing I've learned about insurance, nobody is within their rights to assume anything. Whomever leaves the most up to assumption is most easily screwed by the other. Insurance seems to be an inherently combative system (I don't know why, or if that's the only way to go, but it seems to be the case) in which consumers are checked by the threat of fraud and cancelled insurance and companies are checked by the courts. The insurance company is within its rights to make any legal statements it wishes in its policy. You are within your rights to find another company or take out seperate insurance for those cases in which your primary insurer has declined coverage in its policy. If they do not include a clause forbidding track events, you can be assured that somewhere in that company, someone has looked at their competitors policies, looked at the track event clause, and said "Nah, we don't need that." If that isn't the case, then your company could use the wake-up call of having a claim of that nature. It isn't going to break the bank, or put you in jail. If you pay premiums based on the VERY specific language of a policy, you are covered under that policy, no non-judicial questions asked. The insurance company (or state board, with significant input from the company) either wrote or agreed to sell that policy, and all benefit of the doubt should go to the consumer; a point of view supported by the courts, it seems. Needless to say, if you total your car at an event not excluded under your policy, I don't believe the company is required to renew coverage, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a no-track clause should they find your case particularly onerous. I put little stock in being nice to my insurance company. I have no reason to believe it will even be noticed. For the company, you are a number with associated risk, and every transaction with you is guided by the hand of Adam Smith. Your claim, and your premiums, are neither going to make or break their company. You are a rounding error as far as their financial statements go, and in this market, they don't need your business if they don't want it. Remember that and you won't be surprised, and you won't make assumptions. Tom Byrum
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA - from Tom Byrum
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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 07:28:34 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Byrum <mycroft@academus.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Tom Reynolds wrote: > Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 22:06:45 -0700 > From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA > > I understand, but I think they could also offer to write a coverage based > on the useage the policyholder would declare, such as, normal street > driving, to and from work, weekend shopping, and 11 Sundays a year 4 Solo > II runs at approximately 75 seconds per run, SCCA licensed course, no other > cars on the same run, etc. Maybe I'm just dreaming, but I think they could > do it if they wanted to, or if there was call for it. Yes, they could do it if they wanted to in many/all states, as far as I know. However, in this market no company is begging for customers, and the real question is whether they would even consider writing a policy of this nature, or whether they would say "This BMW is more than a status symbol to this guy, so he must be a dangerous driver." and not want you at all. The statement may not be true, but you will have a hard time getting in touch with the person who actually makes that decision to tell them about it. There are millions of run-of-the-mill Buick drivers out there to write policies for, and anything that deviates from that demographic is going to be charged more or declined coverage. > Speaking of that, how do Driver Events get insurance? What happens if John > Doe runs off a corner at a DE at Laguna Seca and smashes up his F40 or E36 > M3 or Porsche 914 (fill in other makes, models, etc.)? Who covers the > events, insurance-wise? Or are they covered? I am not sure what companies cover the events, but Mr. Doe can expect zip from the event coverage specifically toward his F40. Event coverage does not insure cars in the event, and doing so would be extraordinarily expensive. What it does it provide coverage to the organizers against lawsuits, so if Mr. Doe then says that the event was mismanaged and sues the CCA, the CCAs insurance will pay for the court costs and potential settlement. I am not an event organizer, but this is my understanding. Tom Byrum
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA - from DocWyte
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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 07:35:41 -0800 (PST) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA The track carries coverage for themselves, but if John Doe wrecks and his ins co has an exclusion clause, then he's up the river. He'd have to pay to fix it himself. Here in MA, (the land of evil ins co regulations) NONE of the ins co cover any high speed or competitive event, including auto-x. So it's either get a seperate specific rider from one of those specialized ins co that handle drivers events, or go without and cross your fingers. -josh --- Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> wrote: > Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 22:06:45 -0700 > From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in > PA > > I understand, but I think they could also offer to > write a coverage based > on the useage the policyholder would declare, such > as, normal street > driving, to and from work, weekend shopping, and 11 > Sundays a year 4 Solo > II runs at approximately 75 seconds per run, SCCA > licensed course, no other > cars on the same run, etc. Maybe I'm just dreaming, > but I think they could > do it if they wanted to, or if there was call for > it. > Speaking of that, how do Driver Events get > insurance? What happens if John > Doe runs off a corner at a DE at Laguna Seca and > smashes up his F40 or E36 > M3 or Porsche 914 (fill in other makes, models, > etc.)? Who covers the > events, insurance-wise? Or are they covered? > Tom Reynolds > Hereford, AZ > > At 08:15 PM 01/04/2003 -0800, DocWyte wrote: > >Most insurance companies don't cover auto-x. They > >usually have a clause in the policy excluding high > >speed events with other cars, against the clock > etc. > > > >They're insuring your car for street use. I think > >they're within their rights to assume that you > won't > >be taking it on the track. > > > >Granted I don't think they're be many claims from > >auto-x. (although my friend did roll his scirocco > at > >nationals...) > > > >There's a big difference in risk between driving to > >the store and entering a turn at the track at > triple > >digits. > > > >If you can't afford to fix it yourself, you can't > >afford to risk it on the track. > > > >-josh > > > > > >--- Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:58:49 -0700 > >> From: Tom Reynolds <kjtar@earthlink.net> > >> Subject: Re: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA > >> > >> Hi Steve, > >> Wonder what other companies have this > type > >> of exclusion? Also, > >> from reading the description, I wonder if this > would > >> apply to Solo II > >> autocrossing? It's a timed event, but it's a car > >> against a clock without > >> any other cars on the track at the same time, > unlike > >> a DE, where more than > >> just your car is on the track at one time. > Knowing > >> insurance companies, > >> they'd probably exclude Solo II as well. No > wonder > >> there's street racing, > >> hell, you can't do it on a track, trying to be > safe > >> about it, and be > >> covered... > >> Regards, > >> Tom Reynolds > >> Hereford, AZ > >> P.S. I'm not advocating street racing, BTW, just > >> ranting a bit, I guess. > >> > >> >Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 15:50:03 -0500 > >> >From: Steve Lilley <m3steve@earthlink.net> > >> >Subject: Driver's Ed & Allstate in PA > >> > > >> >I just received a list of amendments to my > Allstate > >> Auto Insurance. > >> >I remember reading about this exclusion in > another > >> state, but it > >> >looks like it applies to PA as well now. > >> > > >> >Here's what Allstate sends to anyone renewing in > >> Jan 2003: > >> > Under "Exclusions -- What is not covered" in > Part > >> 1....we have > >> > added an exclusion specifying that the policy > >> does not provide > >> > coverage for bodily injury or property damage > >> arising out of > >> > the participation in any prearranged, > organized, > >> or spontaneous > >> > racing or speed contest; when using the > insured > >> vehicle at a > >> > track or course designed for racing or high > >> performance driving; > >> > or in practice or preparation for any contest > or > >> use of this > >> > type. > >> > > >> >Now I'm not a lawyer, but it now sounds like you > >> are SOL if you are > >> >a customer of Allstate-PA and you have an > >> "incident" at a DE. Time > >> >to reconsider American Collectors Insurance for > DE > >> coverage: > >> > > >> > >http://www.americancollectorsins.com/driversed.htm > >> > > >> >Regards, > >> >Steve > >> >m3steve@earthlink.net > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ************************************************* > >> DIGEST INFORMATION: > >> http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > >> ************************************************* > >> > >> > > > > > >===== > >Josh Wyte > >Momentum Motorsports > >508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > ************************************************* > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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#10. Re: Weight of stock hood? - from Neil Maller
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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 11:06:00 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Weight of stock hood? on 1/4/03 8:46 PM, "Rob" <speedmaster@telus.net> wrote: > Does anyone know how much an O.E. E36/2 hood weighs? 17.734 Kg = 39.07 lbs, for the bare hood only (source: ETK). Neil 96 M3