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miklm posted:My first exposure, 1989 E30 325i auto, bought by my ex as a daily driver, and I began to realize how awesome these cars were. Can anyone elaborate on the difference between the e30 325i and 325is? I want a manual coupe without the diving board bumpers so I'm pretty much set on this specific car.
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TractionControl posted:limited slip differential. Well that narrows it down. This is going to be so difficult to find. A manual 1989-1991 325is in black or grey. I'd still go for an E21 but those are rare, probably more expensive to maintain, and cost a lot more to get them up to reasonable speeds. Tab8715 posted:How much are you guys spending on maintenance? I'm curious to see how much you're putting into BMWs that have got ~200k. How often are they breaking down? My 150K e46 gets driven pretty drat hard, had it for 1.5 years. I guess I'm pretty brutal with it because every time I do something ridiculous I think "okay just this once" but that once happens several times a day, every day. I go to a local mechanic about once every 6-8 months for basic maintenance and goddamn window regulators, per year its about $500-$800 depending on how many of the non-essencial broken things I feel like fixing (something will always be broken, the dashboard warning lights are a christmas tree, I've had check engine on for months but it's just a cold weather misfire). Also I'm a total idiot so you don't have to worry about me because I'll get my license taken away soon enough. Never been stopped so far, but after the weekly 130mph run to the store, and powersliding in a midnight snowstorm down a deserted Michigan avenue in downtown Chicago, I won't last like this for long. 3363 fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Mar 28, 2008 |
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hello internet posted:I've got a '96 318is with 135K miles on it and the engine still runs like it is brand new. Still has the original clutch as well. I've recently had to put a lot of money into it on the exhaust and suspension but I can justify putting a lot of money into because it should run for a long long time. Coming from a variety of hoopties it's always puzzling how a 150K+ BMW idles so softly that sometimes you're not even sure the drat thing is on.
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frozenphil posted:I think I may have shattered some folks' preconceived notions about BMW drivers the other day. On my way home from work I was blasting Kalmah - Tordah with the windows down and just rocking out in general. This Cherokee pulls up next to me and I see the dude driving and his passenger are rocking out with me and motioning for me to turn it down so they can talk. They are both covered in tattoos and piercings and had a look of amazement in their eyes at the dude in khakis and a polo rocking out to metal in his BMW. I'm typically bumpin' the old pressure torture which I'm sure is the last thing you'd expect to hear coming from a clean E46. It's just some smooth, chilled out, positive vibes for running down hobos. A quote from a former passenger of mine describes it as "WE ARE A MACHINE OF DEATH". 3363 fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Apr 1, 2008 |
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Apr 1, 2008 22:44
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"Who is that?" 
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quote:However, BMW plans for the tii models to be proper performance cars in the longer run. For instance, the next-gen 1-series, dubbed F20 and due in late 2011, will offer a tii version with a downsized twin-turbo four-cylinder petrol engine and a radically lighter body and chassis, we hear. gently caress yes, there may be something wrong with me but I find four-cylinder BMWs to be tremendously interesting. Not just the S14 either: 
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9pm, Ikea parking lot empty, it's raining, I turn off DSC, put the Automatic into 2nd and plan to dori dori around the back. Before I know it I just did some bizarre figure 8 360 degree spin and am rolling backwards before the transmission locks up. Restart the car, all is fine, but I sure as poo poo am confused as to how anyone could drive something 300-500hp in the rain. This is on a 323i and it felt like I was a Caterham sliding on a nonstick skillet.
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wolrah posted:It's all about familiarity and control. My guess is that you've never really done anything like that before and just pinned the gas to the floor, cranked the wheel, and hoped it just worked that way. Obviously as you've learned it does not. Actually it's a strange thing because I've had more control on snow before. Doughnuts were easy and I could usually do pretty broad sideways sweeping turns, though 1/2 the time I'd take it too far and lose control. I guess like you say, I just gassed it way too much and that maybe my tires are a lot balder now than what they were a few months ago (I think I got some dry rot and deflation problems). Or someone lubricated the Ikea parking lot, I don't know, when I've unintentionally lost the rear end in the rain before I could catch it at higher speeds. This incident though was just awkward.
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ynotony posted:Propagating the latest tii rumor: turbo charged four cylinder engine with an 11k rpm red line for the new 3 and 1 series. That sounds so obnoxious I love it. The next generation 1, 3, and Z seem like they're going to be really interesting cars. Hopefully more of that light-weight stuff shows up in this generation too.
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Xenoid posted:Wow I saw a loving black R8 driving around town today. At 30km/h..with an old woman behind the wheel. Sigh. Actually that's exactly the source image, it was posted on Autoblog, it was a white Ford GT looking thing in the same hangar but mirrored.
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el topo posted:I drove the 135i at last Sunday's BMW 1-series event in Montreal and I can honestly say that I've never been as impressed by a car as I was by that one. The handling of that car is just phenomenal. The brakes were amazing as well. Heavy acceleration out of curves is noticeably faster with the manual transmission (vs. the automatic), but for normal driving the automatic does the job really well. Any more of these? I can't find any info on these events, this aspect of the BMW site is really confusing.
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May 14, 2008 16:23
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MrChips posted:BMW Canada was running these events across the country throughout April and May. Unfortunately, I think Montreal was the last one scheduled. Oh okay, I'm getting obsessed with these. I just went to the Lexux IS-F one and I'm signed up for an Audi one in July, I just want more free track time in poo poo I can't afford.
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Hammer Floyd posted:Hey guys, apologies if this isn't the right thread, but I figured that a BMW megathread would be the place to ask about a certain BMW. I'm looking into this as well ever since I saw a fleet of Z3s with hardtops as track cars at a private circuit. I know there's some crazy poo poo about a big chunk of the rear end falling apart but I don't really know the terms or details.
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Jun 28, 2008 01:23
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E46 Sedan, OBC I think In a fit of nerd rage I broke the turn signal indicator stalk. I already got a replacement but I'm trying to figure out how to get back there, any ideas/guides/forums? I see the screws that I need to remove but it's too tight in there, do I really need to take off the whole steering wheel? I don't have the tools for that and don't want to mess with the air bag.
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Lufiron posted:There really is no choice. if you don't have the sport wheel, it should be two T30 torx screws holding the airbag in place, with holes to access them on either side on the back. Just disconnect the battery before you do this. Then, it should be a simple connector for the airbag. Disconnect that, and the airbag can now be fully removed. It should be either a 15 or 16 mm nut holding the wheel in place. Take the wheel off, but be aware of the center position of the clock spring behind it. The purpose of the clock spring is to allow electrical connection between the steering wheel and the car, while allowing steering wheel rotation. If you lose your center position and accidently rotate it, you could damage the wiring inside. Next, there should be a plastic phillips screw on top, and maybe a couple of long plastic rivets on the bottom. Remove the plastic screw with the plastic expander clip it goes into, then push the center of the rivets on the bottom in. They should fall out. After this, pull both halves of the steering column trim apart and you should have access to whatever you need to replace. If you have to remove the clock spring, be very careful. There's a clip that holds it in the center position when you remove the steering wheel, but you can never be too safe. Thanks a lot, this writeup goes perfect with some pictures I found. I think I'll try it tomorrow. It's stupid that I kept giving it to the mechanic when it's one of the most well documented cars online.
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Thanks a lot for the tips above, just finished putting in the new turn signal stalk. Although on the way out I broke the top off of one of the 4 screws, didn't think I had the strength to do that. It's still in tight so as long as I don't have to go in there again then it's fine. I'm also trying to fix my front passenger window regulator but the metal wire is chewed up and bent with broken strands in places. Think it's worth it to try to align everything? It seems a little too screwed up to reuse. I probably went past the damage threshold for the ziptie method.
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