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ozziegt posted:Is it worth it to join the BMWCCA? Depends on whether they have plenty of local autoxes and HPDEs. They were some of the cheaper and well organized events in my area. I really don't like the Roundel.
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ozziegt posted:I'm in northern VA so there are probably a lot of members in this area. Is there any way I can find out if they have local events? Do they charge extra for these events or are they included in the membership cost? They do charge for the events, but if you go to a few, it can be worth it, over going to poorly organized / overattended events by other organizations. The HPDE I went to was like $300 for 2 days and 2+ hours of track time.
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CornHolio posted:since I want to own it for many more miles I've replaced all the ball joints, bushings, tie rods, etc.  I've read the water pump on the M44 doesn't have the same spectacular failure mode as other I-6 E36 engines. Is that true?
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Apr 11, 2010 07:59
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An acquaintance's automatic 1995 530i has the following symptom: sometimes reverse doesn't engage when you shift it into R. To remedy it, he shifts into N again and the back into R. How bad of a sign is this for his transmission?
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Apr 15, 2010 21:33
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OWLS! posted:Don't have a trailer, don't even have a car at the moment, but sure. You also have to agreed to be gagged and blindfolded, for "security purposes." Doctor Grape Ape posted:Usually, yes. Reverse is almost always the first to die in BMW autoboxes, soon it will stop going into drive. Did this person make it a habit of shifting to drive before the car came to a full stop? That's what'll kill them. So once that happens, is it shot, or rebuildable like Lowclock's?
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Apr 16, 2010 16:58
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Pilsner posted:Has anyone ever driven or owned an 8-series? Been looking on them on car ad websites, and drat, they look sweet and can be had in the CSI version with a 380 HP V12. There's also the slightly more reasonable 840 choice (286 HP V8), or just regular 850 (300 HP). They're expensive (20-30k euro), but some day... drool. I figure they should be kind of a mix between E34 and E39 technology, so perhaps not too hard to work on. Talk to Black88GTA. He has an 840 and is generally pretty pro-owning one. Here's some of what he's done do it, among other cars: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3145227&userid=156381
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Apr 16, 2010 23:50
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ynotony posted:What excites me about a coupe is the sexy/sporty profile, not the number of doors. So any sporting/sexy looking car is a coupe?
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Apr 23, 2010 22:24
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ynotony posted:Sorry for inserting those adjectives: What I like about a coupe is its profile, not the number of doors. K, now I get you. Though for me, the way a coupe's door naturally trisects the body of the car is much more pleasant than how the same sedan's doors quadsect the body. A really good case in point is the E36, actually.
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Apr 24, 2010 00:33
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CornHolio, I was gonna put this in your finance thread, but I figured it'd be outre, so here, lust after this: http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/1708229848.html
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Apr 27, 2010 00:40
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Somebody is selling this in Vermont for 11.5k. It's pretty cool looking. The paint is incredible. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37210452@N06/sets/72157623820157861/show/
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Black88GTA posted:Yeah, reading through that list...it becomes apparent that this guy is the "put gas in it and steer" type. From that repair history, it seems that car hasn't had any PM in the entire time he owned it - he just waited for stuff to break. But can 4 radiator replacements in 4 years really be excused?
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Black88GTA posted:Maybe a bad radiator cap or head gasket causing overpressure, etc. Which in fact there was -- a recall on a drat radiator cap! I know the guy bought a 17 year-old top of the line luxury car, but I can understand to some degree that he wouldn't expect certain things to go wrong with it, like the windshield seal coming out on the highway, or the control module malfunctioning. Even if the dealership was taking him for a ride, there were pervasive issues that they couldn't fix.
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Jaxx posted:Also anyone know how to calculate what g force I went through? As in I did 50 to 0 in about less than 6 feet, but the other dude was doing 80 so I don’t know how to factor that in. The consultant was ex air force and he said that to see spinal fractures in helicopter crashes, when they whump straight down into ground, they have to be in-excess of 30g for a point of a second on the occupant, that sounds really high and obviously mine is a car with crumple zones and lateral deceleration. Assuming uniform deceleration, you experienced e: I had my math wrong, now I get 14.2gs. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Jul 4, 2010 |
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A friend is shopping CPO'ed E90s in the 20k+ range, and I suggested that he look at E46s for less money upfront. Are ZHPs getting this cheap?: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/1895952104.html I wonder if it's a scam of some sort. The pictures seem local, but I'd thought 330is would sell for more. Maybe it's starting to overheat?
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Hunh, shows what I know about the ZHP package. I guess it encourages me that BMWs of this era are getting cheaper. My friend is pretty risk averse about major repairs, so even though I guess I could find a great 330i for 15k or less, I'm not sure he'd bite.
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evobatman posted:What is the real deal with the rear subframe tearing issue on the E36? I have a 1995 323i (2,5 six/170hp for you yanks) with 100k miles on it which has clunking from both sides on the rear. I have replaced the big trailing arm bushings that are up near the body, have replaced the rear shocks and shock mounts, and the sway bar bushings and droplinks, and I cannot get rid of the clunking. A friend of mine loosened and tightened all the nuts on the four big bushings that hold the diff subframe, and said they look old, but still OK, and the floor looks OK. Shock towers are also OK. I thought the E46 had that problem?
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My friend has a 2007 335i with 50k miles on it. He just got his HPFP replaced under warranty, along with the revised tune. He's experiencing abnormal lag still and the tech at the dealer that did the warranty work thinks it could be carbon build up on the intake valves. They're proposing to walnut-shell blasting things after taking the head off, for $650. My friend got another quote from a rival dealership to clean it with liquids sprayed down the throttle body (or somewhere upstream), for $370. This place mentioned they've seen cars come in at 40-50k intervals having build up. Does anyone have experience with the efficacy of either technique? Can shops confirm buildup with a fiber optic camera? It seems like if buildup is present in quantity, and the liquid approach was effective, then $370 would be worth it.
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CornHolio posted:have forgotten how to drive an automatic and refuses to touch one, even in a rental car. good way to make you drive the rentals.
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Bony Boy posted:Hi, all. Regardless of what replacement you get, you might want to start DIYing various things on your Civic. Translating things from car model to car model will be far quicker than translating generic skills from mech E.
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destructo posted:Being an engineer won't make much of a difference. Plenty of ChemEs in my field have never touched a wrench, let alone know how to use one. Just start taking poo poo apart, there's not much to it. Yeah, but a MechE (particularly at the undergrad level, which might work against the guy asking) could have vaguely relevant knowledge, like why reusing head bolts over and over is bad and what good gear wear would look like.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Maybe a NA high strung 4 cylinder, and a bit of a diet would make them comparable. I don't see a future RWD BMW getting lighter than the 1 M. I also don't know if BMW thinks there's a market for a revvy 4 now. In other words, the E30 M3 is never coming back  .
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doogle posted:what is the point of the 6 series when you can get an m3 for cheaper and have a car that is better? e: I guess I wasn't fully articulating my point -- people buy cars to show off, too. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jan 8, 2011 |
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McDeth posted:OMFG I would kill for a car in orange. Seriously my favorite color on the RS4... Are you married to a DCT? I got the sense that the Mustang and Camaro had auto transmissions?
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Can anyone ID the wheel / car above the door card in this picture?: Just curious.
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I wonder if the M3/M5 will ever leave RWD.
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Repairing rims is a divisive topic. A respectable shop would charge $100-200 for fixing a minor bend.
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ozziegt posted:Yeah 2500 RPM is pretty low. Nobody is ever cruising around at 1200 RPM so why does it matter if the power is available down low like that. Tbh, I would love to putter around at 1000 RPM if a motor could take it. I wonder if an Aston with a V12 could do it.
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VibrioCholera posted:Bet people south of the Mason Dixie line It's Mason-Dixon. 
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Over the last few pages, I think someone asked what the pains of a E39 540i were, and I couldn't find it. e: When that discussion came up, everyone recommended an I-6 model instead, which I at the time agreed with. But of course, like slidebite experience, temptations always come up. This 2001 showed up locally: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/2259399457.html From the carfax the seller provided, I can tell a local reputable dealer has maintained it, down to the rich/meticulous owner details, like wiper blade replacement. What are the major issues with this model again? Is the motor more suspect than the E39 M5? It has 205k(!) on it. But assuming I coul get proof of regular maintenance work on the car from the dealer, maybe as part of an inspection, is that a reasonable price?
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VibrioCholera posted:If you're not smashing your E46 around a track you shouldn't have reliability issues outside of any other car. Lightbulb Out posted:If you are doing your maintenance, there is no need to baby an old BMW. But in the case of the E46, that means preventatively maintaining the water pump and sometimes radiator at pretty short intervals, right? While we're at it, doesn't the E39 have the same problem with plastic impellers?
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Pilsner posted:You could consider a 540 instead. It's a league below in terms of purchase cost and expensive-ness of parts. It's slower of course, but it's attainable. What are the key differences? I feel like a dick, cuz I see Sterndotstern post his E36 checklist every time someone comes in here asking "what BMW should I get? Should I get this one?" and now I'm doing the same. I know it's scattered across these pages, but I don't know where.
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Sorry to spoil the party, but Jalopnik updated and said that it's just a parts hauler: http://jalopnik.com/#!5782213/is-this-bmw-m3-pickup-for-real
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Seems to me that the times a torsen LSD (as opposed to a viscous one) could save someone's bacon are few and far between. It offers better performance when someone is on the traction edge, but arguably they should be driving under that on the street anyways. AWD systems with open diffs on both ends have proven to give people better traction in slippery conditions; I don't see giving them the extra 5% that a Torsen might provide could really be argued as a true safety improvement. On top of that, making it optional will only mean an annoyance when you order your car and the dealer has to look through a smaller inventory of cars with the LSD that match your other options.
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I think it should be an option, but I don't think it could ever get sold to the feds as a safety feature.
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Saga posted:whoah whoah whoah whoah, back up there! To a V6, I say bring it. If it works and it's better, I'm for it. To your point, I did mean "people shouldn't be driving on the traction limit on the street all the time, to the point where a Torsen LSD would be a safety aid." The 200k mile 540i seller manager to acquire 30 pages of maintenance records from the dealer who serviced the car. No evidence of struts being changed, though he says they look newer than original. No evidence of clutch change. Worst of all, there was a radiator and thermostat replacement, but no record of a waterpump replacement. How could someone who always went to the dealer (including for a wiper blade change!) not have had those items done, I wonder. Did 2001 E39s still have plastic impeller waterpumps?
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Korbin posted:
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T-Square posted:Quick E30 question, specifically the 325's, for those who Autocross and/or track them: A friend swore by Accusump for track driving, but I haven't heard much about it for autox. Worth asking it the Autocross thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3396606 As far as typical and E30-specific stress to the oiling system, etc.
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televiper posted:Could be a simple typo if he's using a Devorak keyboard: the L is right next to the R, and the 740iL was a real model in '97. I use Dvorak, and I'm extra careful about this when I'm writing paeans to Glorious Nippon.
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Nitr0 posted:This is the BMW thread. How delightfully snobbish.
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I've heard from one guy at the track that the uncertainty of its downshift response times is unpleasant. But that may or may not be an issue after newer revisions, or for street use.
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