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Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:47 am Post subject:
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Dave Plowman (News)
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:47 am Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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In article <XcAkd.24269$NC6.800@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net>,
tech27 <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> wrote:
| Quote: | You'd think with all the advances in paint technology they could come
up with something that holds up better.
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They did years ago. But unfortunately not water based. Gave a better
gloss, too.
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adder
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:
Re: E46 Ci - Rear Tray & Folding Seats Noises |
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"Class 1" <Class_1_@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<1100079474.790125.273530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>...
| Quote: | These noises occurs as the coupe body flexes slightly when you're
driving along normally along average roads. These sounds are very
temperature-specific. For instance, when it is warm outside, I get a
kind of 'clunking' sound coming from somewhere around the rear
window frame. When the weather's cold, both my rear folding seats clink
against their locks on the back tray (no it's not the seat-belt rollers
and not squeaking leather either).
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These noises are quite common - do a google search or even go to
www.m3forum.net and search there.
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Dan Drake
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:54:13 -0600, "Chris D'Agnolo"
<cdagnolo@ev1.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I agree w/ tech27, if you've never lived with tempermental / beautiful black
paint, you cannot imagine! That guys paint may be impossible to polish out
at this point!
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Black is a bitch, always has been, probably always will be. I've
sworn more than once that I'll never buy another black car. But I put
black cars through car washes, too. You'll usually get swirl marks on
a black car after a year or two no matter what, unless the car is just
a piece of garage jewelry, that is. My answer to the problem is to
take it to a detailer for a heavy duty buffing and waxing when I'm
ready to sell it.
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Frank Kemper
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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"tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> haute in die Tasten:
| Quote: | You'd think with all
the advances in paint technology they could come up with something that
holds up better.
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Well, Mercedes did (they call it nano-coating). But either they did not offer a license
to BMW on that or BMW was not interested;-)
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Dave Plowman (News)
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject:
Re: E39 - 530 or 540? |
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In article <NvqdnSTZDNN51w7cRVn-rQ@comcast.com>,
John Carrier <jxc2@comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Don't know German law, but I doubt it. In the UK a speedo may be either
accurate or over-read by up to 10% at 30 mph. It must not read low.
Same basic thing. In Germany, your speedo may not read low. To insure
against that possibility, its designed to read high.
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This is a nonsense, given the consistency of them reading high. If it were
just for production tolerances, there'd be more of a spread.
And in this day and age, do you really believe it's difficult to make a
device like this that betters 10% accuracy?
It's a deliberate act by BMW. Why, I can only speculate.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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John Carrier
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject:
Re: E39 - 530 or 540? |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4d0bca4f6edave@davenoise.co.uk...
| Quote: | In article <Q9ydnY-gxbrR-w_cRVn-pQ@comcast.com>,
John Carrier <jxc2@comcast.net> wrote:
Two E39's that both had an optimistic speedometer (by BMW design as it
turns out, to comply with German law)
Don't know German law, but I doubt it. In the UK a speedo may be either
accurate or over-read by up to 10% at 30 mph. It must not read low.
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Same basic thing. In Germany, your speedo may not read low. To insure
against that possibility, its designed to read high.
| Quote: | This reg dates back to the days of mechanical devices where such a
tolerance may have been necessary. Not so today.
Of course many makers made use of this loophole - it makes the car appear
faster to the gullible. But several had speedos which were as near as
dammit accurate - even in the days of eddy current types. Jaguar, Rover
and Rolls Royce are but a few.
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Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW
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Richard Sperry
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject:
Re: E36 Wheels and Suspension questions |
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Jeff, if you have 200K on your car and you don't think you need to inspect /
replace bushings, you are in for a surprise. RSMs are a replacement item by
at least 100K along with lcas and rtabs. I would have them checked out.
"Jeff Strickland" <spamcatcher@yahoo.net> wrote in message
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"Jim P." <guysanddolls5nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:HPKdnenLNJpDCAzcRVn-ig@comcast.com...
Hi All,
I have a '96 328i, all stock, with about 96,000 miles. I bought the
car
in 2002 with 54,000 miles on it. I live in the New York city area.
Some questions on a couple of topics:
1- Would there be any suspension components/ bushings due for replacement
srtictly based on this mileage? If so, recommendations?
I have a '94 325i that is also stock, except I upgraded the wheels
recently
to 17" from an M3. I bought my car at 100,000 in 2000, and now have
200,000.
I put an average of 25,000 miles per year over 4 years. I have no reason
to
think I need any bushings or other suspension components.
2- I'd like to switch from the original 15" wheel/tire setup to 16"or 17"
when I take off my snow tires next spring. I see a lot of aftermarket
wheels, at tirerack for example, that are said to fit the car, but have a
different offset than the stock BMW wheels. How important is it to
maintain
the exact offset? Is there an allowable difference of a few mm? What
about
the use of spacers? They don't seem like a suitable alternative seeing
how
the stock wheel sits over the center hub.
Let me urge you to go to eBay and do a search on 'BMW OEM E36 17" WHEELS'.
You can modify the search string, drop OEM and/or E36, or change the size
to
16", and get a different mix of results. If you leave the OEM in the
string,
you will cut out the after market rims (for the most part) and get a
listing
of factory original rims that are take-offs where somebody is changinf
from
the size you are searching on to an even larger size.
I scored a set (all 5) of rims from an M3. The tires that go on these rims
are 225/45x17. They are within 1% of being the same size as the tires
(225/55x15) that came off, and are very colose to the 205/60s that you
probably have today. The 225/45s are nearly an inch wider than the
205/60s,
but they will fit without any modification to your car. The offset of the
M3
rim is correct for your car. The wider tires will not allow chains, but
you
have a set of snow tires already so this should be OK. Alternatively, you
can put on a 205/50x17 and then you can use chains if you need them before
the start of the official snow season and get caught out in the snow.
Check this link for the BMW offerings (I got the Style 22, M3 Double
Spoke)
http://www.kalach.easynet.be/bmw_wheels.htm
TIA to all!
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Dave Plowman (News)
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:07 pm Post subject:
Re: E39 - 530 or 540? |
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In article <Xns959EAF3832614eldosampleman@130.133.1.4>,
Frank Kemper <spam-muelleimer@gmx.de> wrote:
| Quote: | This is a nonsense, given the consistency of them reading high. If it
were just for production tolerances, there'd be more of a spread.
First I can confirm: In Germany it is the law that a speedo must not
read low. It may read high, as far as I know the limit is 10%, but I am
not sure about this. The reasons for misreading speedos are not
necessarily production tolerances. One has to keep in mind that many
cars can be equipped with different tire sizes, which often differ in
their diameter.
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Then you'd expect it to be accurate under the 'worst' condition - but it's
not. And in these days of electronics it would be child's play to have the
speedo programmable for different wheel/tyre combinations - after all
there are already many options which can be set by the dealer on things
far less important than this.
| Quote: | And a new tire has up to 10 millimeters more diameter
than one which is worn out.
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If the speedo started out accurate with fresh tyres, it would read
sightly fast as they wore, thus complying with the legal requirements.
| Quote: | In addition to that older BMWs in general
seem to have quite optimistic speedos. The one in my E30 reads about
10% high at any speed, while the speedo of my Citroen is very accurate
indeed. Given the fact that my Citroen sedan has a softer suspension
and a lower inside noise level, this has lead to the side effect, that I
unconsciously drive my Citroen a little bit faster in any situation,
compared to my BMW (okay, got only one speeding ticket in one year).
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I've also got a non BMW with an accurate speedo. And this model had a
variety of sensors fitted to the 'box for the various final drive ratios
and wheel sizes.
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maxima1
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:27 pm Post subject:
Re: Oil service |
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| Quote: | service interval indicator (amber as opposed to green bar) or 1 year from
new/last service ... whichever comes first. I'd recommend at least one
change in between.
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A filter change in between oil changes should be more than adequate if
you worry about it, and is very easy---it's on top and you don't even
get dirty. You have over 7 quarts of highest-grade synthetic (not just
K-Mart synthetic), and it will indeed last a year or whatever the
computer bars say. Listen to the engineers that designed the car.
Matthew
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Don
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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David Haqeman wrote:
| Quote: | That front roundel was perfect....the mileage should make that clear.
It's completely embossed chrome now.
David H.
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The roundel is colored plastic over a chrome base (which is the silver
that shows through between the colored parts.)
Your plastic fell off. It happens. All that's left is the chrome base.
If you REALLY look at it - you'll see where it's recessed and has raised
lines that match where the colors were and weren't.
BTDT on all sorts of BMW Roundels. I rather like the plain chrome look
myself.
A new one at your friendly dealers is less than $20 (last time I bought
one it was $7USD.) - Takes 20 seconds to replace (get your fingernails
under the edge of the old one and pull straight out - it mounts in
rubber grommets - reassembly is the reverse. Push the new one into the
grommets.) If you're totally fuddlefingers you may be able to convince
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WillyStyle
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:
Re: BMW Company History help... |
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Thank you all for your responses, if you have any more I will be checking
back frequently.
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| Quote: | thanks for looking at my post!
I am posting here because I need some help finding some good sources on
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BMW company history. Not so much about the car business specifically but
more along all the lines of business they have been in... I know of
airplane
engines, furniture, and motor cycles. How has the company been
innovative?
The reason I ask is that I am an MBA student at St. Edward's University in
Austin Texas, and I am working on a research project dealing with BMW's
innovation through the years.
I have the Book Driven but am looking for more resources and knowledge.
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tech27
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:32 pm Post subject:
Re: What could cause a roundel to fade overnight? |
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"Frank Kemper" <spam-muelleimer@gmx.de> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "tech27" <tech27@mail.anonymizer.com> haute in die Tasten:
You'd think with all
the advances in paint technology they could come up with something that
holds up better.
Well, Mercedes did (they call it nano-coating). But either they did not
offer a license
to BMW on that or BMW was not interested;-)
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More like the same idea where McDonald's wouldn't sell any trade secrets to
Burger King. |
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Grant
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:44 pm Post subject:
Re: BMW Company History help... |
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"WillyStyle" wscanlan@austin.rr.com wrote in message
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| Quote: | Thank you all for your responses, if you have any more I will be
checking back frequently.
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http://www.greatcarstv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=ShowPage&PageID=62
This 30 minute TV show was on one of the Discovery channels on satellite TV
in the UK last week. Very interesting it was too.
A number of Texas PBS stations appear to show these programmes.
HTH. |
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Frank Kemper
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject:
Re: E39 - 530 or 540? |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> haute in die Tasten:
| Quote: | This is a nonsense, given the consistency of them reading high. If it
were just for production tolerances, there'd be more of a spread.
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First I can confirm: In Germany it is the law that a speedo must not read low. It may
read high, as far as I know the limit is 10%, but I am not sure about this. The reasons
for misreading speedos are not necessarily production tolerances. One has to keep in
mind that many cars can be equipped with different tire sizes, which often differ in
their diameter. And a new tire has up to 10 millimeters more diameter than one which is
worn out. In addition to that older BMWs in general seem to have quite optimistic
speedos. The one in my E30 reads about 10% high at any speed, while the speedo of my
Citroen is very accurate indeed. Given the fact that my Citroen sedan has a softer
suspension and a lower inside noise level, this has lead to the side effect, that I
unconsciously drive my Citroen a little bit faster in any situation, compared to my BMW
(okay, got only one speeding ticket in one year).
Frank
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