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Fred Aston
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:30 am Post subject:
Re: Astroshield? |
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riz wrote:
| Quote: | Anybody familiar with Astroshield polish
(http://www.astroshield.com/)? I've heard some decent things about it,
even that they use it in the military and on the Disney World monorail
cars. My local store doesn't carry my old brand anymore, and they
recommended this one.
Thx. Riz
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Riz, my body shop guy in Winter Florida recommended this stuff to me
many years ago. I loved it. I am now in North Carolina and can't find
it anywhere. I would kill for a can. I have nothing "decent" to say
about it. The only word I have for it AWESOME.
Fred
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Ramone Cila
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:
Re: BMWNA October Sales |
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"Frank Kemper" <spam-muelleimer@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:Xns95A0DB99088A0eldosampleman@130.133.1.4...
| Quote: | A foot operated park brake on a manual shift car is a PITA. When you want
to start at a steep hill, you need your two feet for accelerator and
clutch, and you do not have a 3rd foot for the footbrake. This is
extremely
sh*tty, when you have to start and slowly drive for some yards and then
stop again. Just imagine fiddeling such a car in and out of a parking gap
in San Francisco;-)
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Frank, that is absolutely hilarious. My 16 year old daughter, and her 23
years old sister, and their 24 year old mother :^) drives a manual tranny
automobile and doesn't use the handbrake to move her car from a standstill
up a steep hill. Ever. She instead use the brake, clutch and gas....just
like most Americans did before our cars moved to handbrake.
Caddie is probably more than right in their choice of parking brake (though
I doubt it was their intent): if you can't effective manage the clutch with
control and precision, then you probably shouldn't be behind the wheel of a
400 HP manual tranny CTS-V. |
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Frank Kemper
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:
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"2001E46CI" <spammers@welcome.not> haute in die Tasten:
| Quote: | I would definitely not buy a manual stick car if there was no
handbrake, but a footbrake instead!
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Full ACK. I deliberately drive automatics, but I prefer a handbrake
nevertheless.
Frank
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Ramone Cila
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Yes - car washes do scrape the paint! |
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"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote in message
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"Ramone Cila" <dontw@nt.spam> wrote in message
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It's a car..it gets scratched just being used...I'm not gonna get all
anal
about how it's washed. I instead chose to deal with the aftermath of use
and
wash. It's easier. Hand washing creates light scratches anyway.
True, but there's more to it than than. I think you're just scratching the
surface.
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I imagine there is a pun intended :^)
But really, it is a car, it drives in what increasingly is bad conditions,
on increasingly more crowded roads. To me it is far easier and effective to
treat and wax in a way that remedies all the damage, not just try to limit
washing damage. What I have found is that the finishes are pretty hardy (in
terms of taking a scratch remover/swirl remover), even after doing away with
the chemical based paints and clear-coats. And scratches and swirls are
practically impossible to prevent anyway. Hell, these days if you coat rubs
up against the door as you walk away it can generate light scratches.
I realize it's not for everyone, but I've gone the "treat it like a lady"
routine in the past and I still had to do the remedy work anyway. |
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Ramone Cila
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Sun Nov 14, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Yes - car washes do scrape the paint! |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4d0d4f950bdave@davenoise.co.uk...
| Quote: | In article <pGrld.8$t34.23634@news.uswest.net>,
Ramone Cila <dontw@nt.spam> wrote:
Hand washing creates light scratches anyway.
Not if you do it properly. ;-)
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That's bullshit my wise British friend and I think you know it. Both the
waxes on the market that we use and the environment friendly finish products
that the makers now use are highly susceptible to light scratches and
swirls. You can lessen the effect by being gentle, stroking in the same
direction, using good chamois (Christ, this sounds like a love letter),
squeegees and featherdusters but you will still generate light scratches.
I know this subject is real close to some people's hearts, but I tend to
think of these cars as cars. The get surface damage and I address it when I
wax. In between I wash when, where, and however I want or can. |
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tech27
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:31 am Post subject:
Re: Astroshield? |
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"Fred Aston" <fred.aston@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | riz wrote:
Anybody familiar with Astroshield polish
(http://www.astroshield.com/)? I've heard some decent things about it,
even that they use it in the military and on the Disney World monorail
cars. My local store doesn't carry my old brand anymore, and they
recommended this one.
Thx. Riz
Riz, my body shop guy in Winter Florida recommended this stuff to me many
years ago. I loved it. I am now in North Carolina and can't find it
anywhere. I would kill for a can. I have nothing "decent" to say about
it. The only word I have for it AWESOME.
Fred
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That's good to hear. Usually when I hear that something is used by the
military and some famous thing it means it's cheap and shitty. (Like the
Tang that went up in early space missions). |
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Frank Kemper
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: BMWNA October Sales |
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"Ramone Cila" <dontw@nt.spam> haute in die Tasten:
| Quote: | if you can't effective manage the clutch with
control and precision, then you probably shouldn't be behind the wheel
of a 400 HP manual tranny CTS-V.
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I can manage the clutch with control and precision on a 450 HP 8x8 Iveco
Tipper Truck with 16 speed ZF Ecosplit gearbox and 16 tons of gravel on top
in heavy terrain if you like that. And using the clutch to prevent a car
from rolling back at a steep hill is a very good way to kill it.
Frank
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rlking
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: Online Parts Catalog (Same as BMW ETK) |
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Great find! I got everything I needed for my BMW from that site. Thank you
so much.
Robert King
St. Petersburg, FL
"Kyle and Lori Greene" <kylogreene1@tampabay1.rr1.com> wrote in message
news:GhY4d.54617$uN5.50705@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
| Quote: | I just came across this site, http://rust.mine.nu/bmw/carselect.do . Its
the BMW ETK that the dealers use to look up part numbers. It works faster
than the CD version that I have on my computer and looks to be as acurate.
Very handy if you need to be sure that the parts dealer gives you the
correct part for your car. It even has MSRP pricing for parts so you'll
have some idea what each part will cost you.
Kyle.
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James Sweet
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: Astroshield? |
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"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote in message
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"Fred Aston" <fred.aston@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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riz wrote:
Anybody familiar with Astroshield polish
(http://www.astroshield.com/)? I've heard some decent things about it,
even that they use it in the military and on the Disney World monorail
cars. My local store doesn't carry my old brand anymore, and they
recommended this one.
Thx. Riz
Riz, my body shop guy in Winter Florida recommended this stuff to me
many
years ago. I loved it. I am now in North Carolina and can't find it
anywhere. I would kill for a can. I have nothing "decent" to say about
it. The only word I have for it AWESOME.
Fred
That's good to hear. Usually when I hear that something is used by the
military and some famous thing it means it's cheap and shitty. (Like the
Tang that went up in early space missions).
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I'd bet money that post is spam, I saw one very much like it a few months
ago. My guess is Astroshield is garbage, there's plenty of reputable
products available locally. |
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Brett Anderson
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: E39 535i V8 warning light. |
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If you have the "low" cluster, without the text matrix in the bottom, the
fluid light doubles as the lining light.
That wouldn't help to explain it coming on intermittently though.....
Brett Anderson
KMS
"pete" <peterturtill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I am mystified by my brake fluid warning light. It started to come on
intermittently a week or so ago and then a couple of days ago it
stayed on all the time and yet there is plenty of brake fluid in the
reservoir. Today I went for a drive and the light hasn't come on at
all??? Could the fact that it is raining have anything to do with this
as I seem to remember a similar peculiarity with a Granada that
someone posted on another ng?
pete |
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Brett Anderson
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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"David Haqeman" <dhageman@hagemangroup.com> wrote in message
news:60c6fb30.0411101732.2151df47@posting.google.com...
| Quote: | I have a 2000 M5 with 38,000 miles that was showroom new 2 months ago.
That front roundel was perfect....the mileage should make that clear.
It's completely embossed chrome now.
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The Roundels used to be enamelled white metal.
Then, they became painted plastic.
Now, they are stickers on chromed plastic backings.
Your sticker fell off.
It's called "delamination". It happens all the time. It was probably
hastened by the harshness of the cheap car carwash.
Brett Anderson
KMS- Koala Motorsport
www.bmw-stuff.com |
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cs
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:23 pm Post subject:
Re: 1993 BMW325 IS - Brake Light Electrical System |
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I have the identical problem on a '95 325iS. After a month or so the
back-up lights started working again, intermittantly at first, now,
after two or so weeks, most of the time.
In article <20041113131007.16224.00000508@mb-m02.aol.com>, BD U100 Icc
<bdu100icc@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | The next day when we went to use the car, the message was gone and hasn't
come back.
I replied to your original post w/ the same issue w/ my 735i. The
problem went away for me also, but comes back every other day or so.
Milo- "If you can dilute it, shoot it" |
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pete
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:
Re: E39 535i V8 warning light. |
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:20:48 -0500, "Brett Anderson"
<gotomywebsite@toemailme.com> wrote:
| Quote: | If you have the "low" cluster, without the text matrix in the bottom, the
fluid light doubles as the lining light.
That wouldn't help to explain it coming on intermittently though.....
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No but I think that puzzle has been solved. It must be an electrical
connection that is breaking down during normal conditions because it
works alright in wet weather. It only ever comes on when we have had a
dry spell and never during a wet spell. Thanks for your post though.
pete |
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Somebody
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:06 pm Post subject:
Re: 1993 BMW325 IS - Brake Light Electrical System |
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"cs" <venge@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have the identical problem on a '95 325iS. After a month or so the
back-up lights started working again, intermittantly at first, now,
after two or so weeks, most of the time.
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Seems like most of the time when people have trouble with back up lights, it
ends up being one of the wires in the console near the shifter which has
gotten out of it's place and has been chafed to the point where it is
shorting to another wire or something else. Pulling up the console,
re-routing the wires (using tie wraps) and if needed repairing any damage to
them, is the usual fix.
-Russ. |
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Jim Keenan
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Astroshield? |
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riz wrote:
| Quote: | Anybody familiar with Astroshield polish
(http://www.astroshield.com/)? I've heard some decent things about it,
even that they use it in the military and on the Disney World monorail
cars. My local store doesn't carry my old brand anymore, and they
recommended this one.
Thx. Riz
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Don't know about this stuff, but a lot of folks on the Rennlist site
swear by a product called Rejex. I've tried it and it's not bad, but the
down side is you can only apply it when the temperature is 85 degrees or
less, and once you remove it the car has to "cure" for 12 hours so it
adheres to the paint.
I've tried Zaino, Zymol, Griot's and Meguiars and like Zaino best. It
seems to hold up as well as Rejex and it doesn't have to "cure". You
have to strip old wax off the car before the first application, which
means you wash the car with Dawn dishwashing soap (it's alkaline), dry,
then apply the polish.
There's also Klasse and P21S, but I haven't tried them........
Personally, I'd stick to a "name" brand. |
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