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not only rival... our gas is cheaper than any of our surrounding states...
fwiw, every now and then someone will try to bring self-serve to jersey, and the senior citizens groups rise up and smite them mightily...
-Chris
A tip I wanted to share with you - I pulled the steering wheel closer to my body for better feel. It may seem a little unnatural if you're not used to it but I was able to feel the car even better that way.
Well, I was close this morning but not quite (44F) so I haven't heard this *beep* yet
I'm sure it wont be too long though.
My dealer programed my clown nose & corner lights to blink with lock activation for free. I had it done when it was in for a service appointment. Of course my dealer insisted that it would not work until I showed them the step by step how to instruuctions. It not only works, it does not generate any fault codes. If you have it done when it's in for service, they have to hook your car up to the computer to read for any fault codes and it is a 30 second programing procedure while they are at it.
jpagan,
Is it a 2.5 or 3.0 Z3?
stick or step?
any other options besides PP?
I have an automotive weekend ahead...
My friend with the new MB C240 sedan will be driving us to Niagara Falls on Saturday. Lunch will be at East Dell Estate. A nice Gewurtz maybe with a bistro style lunch, with a view of the vineyards and the lake, followed by a drive to the Falls to enjoy the fall foliage.
If we remember to bring documentation and the lines aren't too long, we might drive into the US for a bit.
And on Sunday, we will attend the car control course, so I can stop driving like a little OLD lady.
Best Regards,
Shipo
twoof1: Thanks for the info. I'm taking my car in tomorrow to get the steering retrofit done. You don't happen to have a link to those directions by any chance?
No idea if my beeps work or not. Same thing with the cruise control. Rain sensing wipers work nicely though.
I constantly have to adjust for highway/town driving (most of my highway driving is on the brakes at 20kph) as well as for different shoes.
I can't remember having this much trouble with my previous 4-way seats.
But OTOH, I now have higher expectations than I did before
Best Regards,
Shipo
Best Regards,
Shipo
plus, i'll NEED a m3 then... gotta make sure that i make it for the early bird specials on time...
-Chris
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
DL
Are these perhaps standard for any other trim lines?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
Any suggestions out there (other than go to a dealer, which would make the most sense).
I own a 96 Toyota Camry XLE V-6 that drives like a dream.
I hear older BMW's can nickle and dime you to death. Is it true? What type of things I should watch in this year car? The guy wants $8200, and he will probably take $7800. By the way, there is no way I will give up Camry's silky engine to get this BMW. I will keep both cars for their very different ride and feel.
In three years that this guy has owned this car, he has quite a stack of repair bill which worries me. I just don't want to drive an Ultimate Driving Machine all the way to the poorhouse!
Your money would be better spend on another used accord or camry of a later year.
all old cars will nickle and dime you to death... the fact that he's got a stack of receipts is actually a positive, that means he's been having work done on it when it needs it...
your quote "I will keep both cars for their very different ride and feel."... you are dead on correct with that... the 3er (even brand new), was/is a completely different car than a camry... what you are perceiving as the "silky engine" in the camry is actually the incredible ability of toyota to engineer any feedback from the car out of it, whereas the 3er is engineered to give the driver lots of feedback...
in my mostly worthless opinion though, jrct's suggestion to avoid the 92 is probably a good one...
The guy has agreed to let me have it overnight. I will first degrease the engine, take it to carwash, and do the undebody wash. drive it for about 30 minutes, take it home,and then go over the engine and underbody all night, and then decide.
I already know not to compare its build quality to Camry. So I won't go there from now on. I tell you 325's solid gear shift, and its willing engine was impressive for $8k.
-Chris
-Chris
After a few months I'm more impressed with this car then when I bought it.
I believe gurumike posted them here a while ago.
Guru are you still out there?
You might want to look back a couple of month's.
Also the guys on bimmer.org may be able to help out.
I paid special attention after the first incident, and this morning, I was pretty sure I had it all the way in 2nd, and I actually held it in for half a second, but it just popped back out!?!? As it was popping back out, I could hear the normal gear grinding noise.
Anyway, I can still live with it, I just find it very strange.
-Chris
-Murray
BTW, while at the dealer, I bought some chrome exhaust tips. Got a 10% discount for being a BMWCCA member. I'll put them on this weekend. Looks like you just tap them on, right?
http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/e46/forum.php?postid=87909&page=1
I hope your biz takes off big - price will be close to 100 grand but what a beauty!!!
Best Regards,
Shipo
Oh, not for you, actually. Slushbox only for the SL500.
Oddly enough, I found myself in Stuttgart not six months later and the titular head of the group I was working with at debis SystemsHaus AG actually had an E420 with a 5-Speed. He was more than happy to let me drive it, and I can say that the shift mechanism was not even as refined as the shifter on my 1970 Challenger with a 340 4-Speed. Talk about disappointing. I heard at the time that MB was working on a new transmission and shifter for the SLK that would rival that of a BMW, alas, I left MB before it became available.
Another interesting item of note, a friend of mine who still works at MBUSA recently told me a story of an old SL (like a 300SL or a 380SL) that was from the last model year that had a manual transmission available. Apparently, since so few cars were imported with the stick shift, their resale value has gone up, and this particular car just sold for something like $35,000 whereas the Automatic version of the same car is going for somewhere in the mid to high 20’s! Who knows, maybe by the time I am ready for an M6, MB will be sell a manual tranny SL, on the other hand, pigs might just learn how to fly. ;-)
Best Regards,
Shipo
I found the folliwing info for you on e46fanatics.com FAQ section:
"Q: There is no audio or visual cues when I remotely lock my doors if I don't have an alarm. Is there any way to get a visual confirmation or the "clown nose thingy" to blink?
A: Yes. Here's how:
1) Have your dealer hook up the shop computer (MODIC) to the car.
2) Go to the "Anti-Theft" activation section.
3) Activate the alarm, but uncheck the "DWA" option.
After this is done, your corner light should blink once when locked and twice when unlocked remotely. In addition, the clown nose will blink when car is locked just as if an alarm was present.
Contrary to the previous version of the FAQ, there are no permanent fault codes that are generated for the latest E46's (at least for MY2001's and later) by programming this option."