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2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Best Regards,
Shipo
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Best Regards,
Shipo
Said Smart car is powered by a turbocharged 600cc inline 3 engine, producing about 50 HP, and mounted on its side below and slightly to the rear of the seats. The transmission is a sequentially shifted 6-Speed manual with an electronic clutch (no third pedal), with acceleration of about 18.0 seconds to 60mph and yielding 46mpg in the city and 66mpg on the highway.
Best Regards,
Shipo
Hi Bradd,
3M Hand Glaze is designed to be used prior to a pure wax or protectant, not
a cleaner/protectant such as Klasse. While I know people use a polish first,
it is redundant. The cleaner in Klasse will remove any fillers left by the
Hand Glaze. The Hand Glaze may help in rounding over the top edge of swirls
and certainly will not hurt anything. I'm just not sure what kind of return
you're going to get for the effort of this extra step. If you want to try an
experiment, do 1/2 of the hood with the Hand Glaze followed by All-In-One
and the other half with just the All-In-One and see if there is a
difference. If there is, continue using the Hand Glaze on the rest of the
car. If you can not see a difference, then just continue with the
All-In-One.
This is a funny business and sometimes things do work together that
logically should not. If you do try the above experiment, please email me
the results so I can advise future customers on this issue.
Have fun.
Terry Freiberg
Classic Motoring Acc
Like I said, I'm going to try this out on my Saab (which has a lease that expires in Decmeber). If it is worth my effort (I don't think it will), then I'll try it on my Shiny Red Prelude. I'll let you know the results. The 3M won't go totally to waste because my Dad still uses conventional paste wax on his 1966 Corvette Roadster.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Smoothness takes practice, even for many experienced drivers, sure, all experienced stick drivers can hop into a 3-Pedal car, and perform neck-snapping, red-line shifts first try, however, smooth "Tooling around mode" might take a few weeks/months depending on your experience and the "Twitchiness" of the car.
My best advice to you, prior to executing a 1-2 shift, roll off the power as you smoothly press in the clutch pedal, shift smartly, and then ease the clutch back out as you slowly add power. Once you get a "Feel" for things, you can start practicing combining smoothness with more aggressive shifts.
Have patience, I have been driving a stick shift for almost 30 years, and I still occasionally botch a 1-2 shift (especially when SRV is on the Harman Kardon). ;-)
Best Regards,
Shipo
It just occured to me that even though my old 328i is still parked in my garage, I cannot drive it, hence the fact that I can no longer botch a 1-2 shift with SRV on the Harman Kardon. Well, maybe next week I can botch a 1-2 with SRV on the "Premium DSP Audio" system. ;-)
Best Regards,
Shipo
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Best Regards,
Shipo
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Is this a BMW plot to sell more fancy (and expensive, at nearly $40[?]) "roundel logo" plates? (Not only are these pricey, IMHO, but are redundant with with hood ornament.) I personally prefer the plain bumper look, but that doesn't appear to be an option at this time. The empty license plate bracket doesn't cut it either. My dealer didn't even give me plate advertising the dealership--not that I wanted one anyway (I'd ask them not to put any advertising on my car).
I guess I could go with the locally obligatory "Steeler" plate, but although I bleed black and gold like most people around here, that solution seems just a bit too tacky for this car (steel blue, BTW, definitely not a "chick color").
Has anyone else heard, or learned from experience, that the replacement molding strip doesn't fit the 2002 3ers?
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The positions that we teach are designed to isolate two different muscle groups at their extremes, and then when you pulse, you stretch one group and contract the other, thus using your own body for resistance. As the class progresses, we keep changing positions, thus working most of the body (I have yet to figure out an exercise for the ear lobes, and the tip of the nose ;-)). As such, once learned, an individual can do them in their homes, businesses and even hotel rooms. The only catch (good for us teachers) is that as you get better at doing the exercises, and stronger/more flexible in the process, you need continual adjustments made to your position so that you can continue to develop.
Best Regards,
Shipo
Thanks,
The part fits fine. I should point out that the guy at the Parts counter wanted to be sure whether the car was built before or after 10/01. The above part number is for post 10/01 vehicles.
When installing the trim, pull loose about 3" of the existing trim on both sides of the center. The center piece sits under the two side pieces. Be careful to properly align the center piece in the middle before re-attaching the side pieces. It's really pretty easy. I just hope that the dealer didn't screw the existing plate-holder into your bumper.
I'm getting a wee bit impatient to get my 325i. This message board only adds fuel to the fire, it's like a bad itch you loooove to scratch.
Anyone know how much this course cost and the duration?
Car name: never got around to naming mine. I might get too attached if I do.
Seivwrig - Live in houston too. Haven't joined BMWCCA, but I gues I will. I love these things. I think when I retire I will try to sell them (my friends already think that I do sell them).
DDBLUE - Can you beat the front end view of that car? Unbelievable, it is ominous. I love it.
So I went to Austin on Sunday to help out the in-laws. Drove my E36 325 up in the morning and had a great time. Not too many cops, but the speed limit has fallen down to 55mph for a good ways out of Houston (they are trying to clean up the air -- probably won't work -- I think they ought to make gas $4.00 a gallon to deter SUV driving and this would help the pollution more IMO). The new speed limit is painful. I drive 80mph regardless and haven't had any probs. (Remember this is Texas -- 2 months ago you could drive 80mph right beside a police officer and he would ignore you).
Austin is great. It has some twistie fun roads that my car lives for and I definitely lost a fair amount of rubber up there. It was great. Coming back I took a small 2 lane road for about 20-30 miles and had a terrific time passing and cornering. It made me ache for a manual transmission though...Which is funny because a month ago I thought an automatic was more practical, but after listening to Dave330i, I can hardly wait to go back to shifting for myself. How could anyone honestly think otherwise? ... Seivwrig - I feel for you, because I am a recent convert and had I purchased a 2002 I would have gotten the steptronic too. Waiting till next year has helped me really fine tune my choices.
So here is a random question -- Say you are driving down the interstate in your new G35 (just imagine it ok) and the speed limit is 65mph and you are going about 62mph. Traffic is going about 78mph. You are young and not handicapped. Do you think that after about eleven 18 wheelers pass you (going uphill) and another 30 or more cars you might get the picture that you are going TOO SLOW? I always wonder about people like that. Of course the elderly, the handicapped, and most purchasers of american cars are exempt from such ponderings, because they have to drive that way.
The other thing that you see all the time here in Texas is two or even three people traveling the same speed in each available lane so that no one can go by. They should pull these people over and put them on the next plane to Europe so that they can see how to drive with some courtesy -- at least in this regard. It is unbelievable.
Section 4850. (a) The department, upon registering a vehicle, shall issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and one partially or fully reflectorized license plate or device for all
other vehicles required to be registered under this code.
AND
Section 5200 states: When two license plates are issued by the department for a vehicle, they shall be attached to the vehicle for which they were issued, one in the front and the other in the rear.
So, you can be ticketed for not having a front-plate attached, sorry.
Here are the reasons, not necessarily in any order:
- My children who are now 8 and 5 routinely complain that they do not have enough foot room. Given that when they sit in the back seat of a car, their feet hang right at the narrowest point between the front of the back seat and the back of the front seat. Oddly enough, even though the specs for the 5er show it to have 0.1" less total leg room when compared to the 3er, the later (read 2001 and later) E39 cars seem to have more than the 1999 version I tested back in 1998, and more than the E46 as well.
- With ED, I could swing a nicely equipped 530i 5-Speed, PP, SP, Xenon and Premium Audio for a lower lease payment than a similarly equipped 330i 5-Speed, PP, SP, Xenon (and a negotiated price of only $2,230 more than said 330i @ MSRP).
- I have always like the look of the E39, and with the 2001 face lift, I like its looks slightly better than the first version of the E46 (when I say "slightly", I mean like, "Its a toss up"). On the other hand, the 2002 face lift of the E46 does not please my eye as much as the un-lifted car, so, for the 2002 model year, I like the looks of the 5er better, period.
- At the time that I placed my order for my 530i, the spy photos of the new E60 5-Series were Butt Ugly. I will temper this a little by saying that the latest round of photos are a little better (read, not quite so objectionable).
- Status. Yeah, I know, call me shallow like a puddle after a 0.001" rain.
- Given that I ordered my 328i sans SP, and I ordered my 530i with SP, the new car Feels like it handles better than better than the old one.
- Similarly, given the extra power and torque of the 3.0 engine over the 2.8, the 530i Feels just a hair faster than the 328i.
- Given the last two points, in answer to your question "Did you lose anything with the step up?", all I can say is that Maybe I lost a little "Tossability", but that would be REAL hard to quantify.
- For me and my business/family needs, the M3 is totally out of the question. Not only will my family not fit in it for anything more than a trip to school, and given that the M3 does not qualify for an ED discount, its MSRP (assuming that I could find one for MSRP) is $9,400 more than the 530i. For that kind of money, I could have gotten a 540i 6-Speed via ED.
- Last but not least, I wanted it. ;-)
Best Regards,
Shipo
BTW, for all you who have not joined the BMW Car Club of America (http://www.bmwcca.org), here's a great reason: There is a raffle ticket sale ($25 each, limit 5) for a 2002 BMW M3 Coupe. To qualify, you have to be a paid member up to April 23, 2002. But you'll be eligible for next year's drawing if it's too late for this year's. Even better news: to boot, it's not a raffle for just one car. Each ticket purchased gives you a 1/2800 chance of winning. The number of cars given away is determined by the number of tickets purchased. Last year, they gave out 13 M3 Convertibles. Two went to people who only bought one ticket. Membership does have its benefits
My brother's friend lives in SF and was pulled over because of no front plate. He told the police officer that he received only one plate from the DMV. In order not to get a ticket, he had to go to DMV and obtain a front plate. At DMV, he was instructed to remove the back plate and there were two, stuck together. He did not do this on purpose, but my point is without the front plate, you can be pulled over or get a ticket. Hope this help. Meg
SHIPO - Thanks for the answer. I see that you put some thought into it. On the BMW evolutionary tree, I am still stuck down at the 3 series, but I was wondering what the view from "up there" was like. I imagine that as my family changes and my life needs change, I too will make the transition. The 5 series is a beautiful car. (I hope they will have a 530 wagon in '03 or '04 that I could talk my wife into getting). I would be in hog heaven then.
During our recent ED experience, my wife said "I want one too." So, I suggested that if we make a move up the New Hampshire this summer, and she starts commuting, maybe a smart move would be to pay off our Mini-Van, keep it as the family hauler, and get her an ED 325xi (5-Speed only for her) as her commuter car. ;-)
Best Regards,
Shipo
I wish I had known that before buying the 33 ounce bottle!
I also bought the Viper microfiber towels. They worked quite well with the enclosed applicator pad.
-murray
Best Regards,
Shipo
In general, I find Honda's shift more smoothly at higher RPM. In 1st, if you rev slowly to 3.5 to 4k, depress the clutch to the floor, shift, then engage, you could get the best RPM match for the gears. The jerkiest shifts occur at lower RPMs, for me anyway.