i don't blame you for having your oil changed by someone else. changing the oil on my M20 was such a pain. the one time i did it, it took me about an hour. i can change the oil on the M42 or S52 in about 10 minutes.
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haha those tests look... safe.
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heh, are you sure there isn't a color other than bronzit that you would prefer? i know its your car, but in my opinion bronzit is probably the ugliest e30 color available, and during a repaint you have a chance to change that. i'll end my criticism there.
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well, you can buy them new if you want, but it will be pricey. the other option is to look on ebay.uk or ebay.de and see if you can find someone who will ship to the US. you could also check out the very active classifieds at r3vlimited.com. they are hard to find because the euro bumpers were never sent to the US... ever. i think it would be a little weird to have plastic bumpers in the r
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cool
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looks fun. what kind of camera?
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the third ones down are the plastic bumpers. the second one down is the mtech I kit with euro bumpers. the easiest conversion for you to do would be the euro bumpers, but it wouldn't be the cheapest. there is one alternative method to doing the plastic bumpers in the rear, and that is to not weld on the rear valence from another car but instead to get the mtech II rear valence (or r
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Quotewhit81 Quotedaniel just my own opinion: i don't think the metal bumpers look good when they are painted body color, unless the car is black, and even then i'm not too keen on it. it sounds to me like you have a decent budget for all this. have you considered getting european bumpers instead of repainting the diving boards? it would cost a bit more, but it would improve the
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Quoterkj I think the guys who run their cars with dry racks drain the fluid but I'm not 100% sure on that i just helped a friend do this on his e30, and he filled the rack with PS fluid before sealing it off. i think this is the best way if you want to prolong the life of the rack.
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just my own opinion: i don't think the metal bumpers look good when they are painted body color, unless the car is black, and even then i'm not too keen on it. it sounds to me like you have a decent budget for all this. have you considered getting european bumpers instead of repainting the diving boards? it would cost a bit more, but it would improve the look of your car, especi
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QuoteCab Treadway Like Tyler said, don't be so free throwing around that "obviously." The newer versions are more technologically advanced, true, but that doesn't necessarily mean better. well it depends how you define better, also. maybe it isn't as enjoyable to drive, but it is probably safer, and given the same tires the new version probably handles better, also. j
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something tells me that a new 328xi would handle much, much better than an e30 325ix, regardless of how the AWD system is controlled.
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btw tyler, i am jealous you are in *buying a new or newish car* mode. soon i will be too!
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tyler, i know how you feel regarding the wanting to drive in the snow/ice in the PNW. i am so tempted to buy a set of winter tires for my car just for the 2-3 days where they would come in handy (although last winter it was about 2 weeks!). i have always read/heard that the audi quattro systems are better than pretty much any other AWD system. i suppose subaru stacks up pretty well, too. w
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maybe this will help?
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QuoteEarendil Or are we dealing with E30 elitists who think anything not E30 < E30? ;-) a lot of it is this, and i am partially guilty. with that said, heavier cars still *feel* heavier when "tossing" them around corners, regardless of whether they have better grip.
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i fixed the quoting by peter, and moved this to the technical section.
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in stock form, i would be extremely surprised if an older 3-series handled better than any of the newer models (in terms of lateral grip, g-force, slalom, however you want to measure it), no matter what their stock curb weight is. meaning, in terms of handling: e90/e92 > e46 > e36 > e30 > e21. i would also guess that the e87 > e90. with that said, i would believe someone who
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I have a promotional code for pelican parts expiring august 1st. i don't have any parts i need to buy, so i figured if someone was about to buy some parts they could use this. please only ask me for the code if you are really about to purchase something you need, not just so you can use it for something random. if it gets close to aug 1 and no one has claimed it then i will allow it to be
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ill take the g35 if its the 6-speed.
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don't eat me! i took these for the "cutest dog" contest at my mom's office.
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how does one measure vibration? vibrations per minute?
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yesterday i was going to ask you how the 6er was, but didn't want to hijack the other thread. glad to hear you are still alive. you were in europe for a while if i remember right. back in LO?
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a couple more playing with photoshop just to show the creamy bokeh for brad
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if you don't mind downloading torrents, you can find links to every episode of top gear at www.finalgear.com . i have them all mwahahahaah
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QuoteArcheo-peteriX Hopefully one of the mods will move this to the main forum so you will get more answers. heh, it took me a minute, but i figured it out
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Quoterkj Doesn't seem to be a lot of depth of field, is it supposed to be like that? Rick at f/1.4, yes. from 5 feet away the DoF is less than 4 inches.
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QuoteBob P 325is 88 Since it is difficult to get good development of film now, I am in the market for a digital SLR, but it is going to be a Nikon, since I should be able to use my present battery of lenses on a Nikon digital box, I believe. look here to see what is compatible: QuoteBob P 325is 88 The secret to not having to worry too much about focus when changing targets is to use the smalles
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AE-L is very useful. i have it on by default, so it sets the exposure based on what i am focusing on. if i want to set it somewhere else, i can press the button to turn it off, find the spot i want, lock the exposure there, then frame the shot, focus, etc, while maintaining the locked exposure.
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QuoteDave_GHowever, there is also a one-shot AF mode for still subjects that will not try to refocus if you reframe. this is what i use. for nikons there are three (or at least on the D60): AF-A (auto, might change focus if you move the camera), AF-C (will change focus if you move the camera), AF-S (will not change focus if you move), and MF obviously. I use AF-S. Even in my experience using
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