Looks good! Quotedaniel yes, i am keeping my e30, and i will be driving it more than cab drives his! Duh... even people who don't have E30s drive theirs more than I do. OTOH, in 3 weeks I'll be done with grad school, then I'll have a son in about 3 weeks after that, so I got that going for me.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteEarendil Well congrats for even trying! The electronics class I took while studying Computer Science was one of the few that left me gasping for air and sanity. Circuits were cool up until the point where they introduced imaginary numbers as a way to solve them. From then on in my brain checked out Hopefully you can use it in your career. However, continuing to learn complicated conceby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Quoterkj So you'll be a Doctor of electrical engineering cool No, not a doctor. I have no desire to pursue a PhD. This is a masters degree, not a doctorate. QuoteI know how two kids will affect projects but you might find some time for your old flame sitting in the garage Let us know when you graduate, we'll all have a toast, internet style... Rick Will do. It will be abby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
That's awesome. About two paragraphs into it, I thought to myself "this must be Sam Smith." Looked up at the byline, and sho 'nuff... I love his writing.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteEarendil QuoteCab Treadway The only reason we foresee needing a new car is our second child is almost here, and the E46 is not exactly ultra roomy, particularly with two very tall passengers in the front and two car seats in the back. If you ever feel the need to give it to a new and loving home, that will appreciate the room it provides, you know how to find me We do love the car, andby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteMichiel 318iS So what looked expensive at the time turns out to be real cheap over time. I think that's true for most cars, if you maintain them and continue to operate them long term. Once the car is paid for, if you maintain it properly, it should continue to operate well for a long time (assuming it's a decently built car to begin with) and end up being relatively inexpensiveby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Cab, what is your thesis on? I'm doing a no-thesis option. My school has a couple of ways to complete the program. You can do 27 credits of classwork plus thesis, 30 credits plus some kind of research project, or 33 credits of classwork. I knew that I would likely find it very difficult to find time to do either a thesis or a research project, so I chose the all-clasby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Quoterkj After school is finished what will you have to show for it? I'll have a masters degree in electrical engineering. What that, in and of itself, means to my company is yet to be determined. I am not guaranteed any kind of raise or promotion, but if nothing else, it's a good thing to have on my resume if my company decides to not (financially) recognize it. Either way, I feelby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Lots of rain over the weekend, but no flooding in or around our place. A few roads this morning on my commute had some deep puddles, and the traffic was moving more slowly than usual, but it really wasn't bad. We're headed out of my two favorite seasons... Fall is by far my favorite, and winter is fun. Spring here is so muddy, and seems to have few of those really nice days. Itby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Unfortunately, as far as driving enjoyment goes, they honked it up with the E46 version. It's still 63/37, but open diffs all around with active controls for both the "LSD" and the center diff. The one time I took it to an ice race, it was just awful. If I turned DSC off, I couldn't get moving thanks to the open diffs. But if I had DSC on, as soon as the car started to driby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Quoterkj One year, I will get up to see Ferdinand and stop by and have a coffee with you guys, that's cool, yes? Rick Anytime, buddy! Just give us a bit of a heads-up on your way, I'll have a pot brewing. And if you need to grab some shut-eye, the back seat of the E30 out in the garage is hardly ever occupied.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
I have 8 sets as well, but my 8 are for 4 cars, not 3. Funny how they multiply though, isn't it?by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Watching those moguls makes my knees hurt. I can't believe the American woman who is 35 and has had 3 surgeries on EACH of her knees, and yet is still competing. Wow. We caught some of the opening ceremonies. Mrs. Cab got a kick out of all the in-place dancing while the athletes were entering. I've always had a thing for Canada. Someday I'd like to move to Nunavut. Faiby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Isn't it amazing, when seen next to each other, that the E90 is "related" to the E30?by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Hi Ernest, I'm very sorry to read about your grandmother. Good luck with your restoration project, and I'm glad you found us again!by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
"From the mouths of babes..." My almost 3 y/o daughter loves to play in "Daddy's black car" in the garage. Maybe someday, hopefully before she graduates from college, she'll actually get to ride in it.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
It's never totally disappeared... The old BEN had some issues that Gus was kind enough to fix for us, but after a few months we were taken over by some Russian site, and Gus fell off the map. I tried several times and several email addresses to get in touch with him, but he was non-responsive. So after a while on the emergency backup BEN site, we struck out on our own, with Dave G takingby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX QuoteFerdinand You mean these? Those are great! Can I share them with some folks on a different forum? Hehehe... as if there's anywhere in the world Ferd hasn't already posted them himself!by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
We're getting some, but not as much as predicted. So far only about 3-4 inches, but it's still coming down. We're just hanging out, have Xmas music playing, and finishing up the house decorations. Have nowhere to be or shopping to do, so we'll just enjoy it. Probably get the kiddo in her snowsuit pretty soon and go out for some snow angels.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Thanks, guys. We're having a great time, she is SO into Christmas this year. It means so much more, seen through the prism of your child's eyes. QuoteArcheo-peteriX Won't be long before she's wanting to learn to drive the E30 She has actually loved to play in any and all of our cars for quite a long time. She doesn't get to play in the E30 very much, being theby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Woke up to a bit of a winter wonderland this morning... Not enough snow to worry about, but it was neat to see, and the kiddo was incredibly excited. Then we went to see "The Enchanted Village," a circa 1950s Xmas display that is on exhibit at a local (huge) furniture store warehouse. The displays are motorized and are very neat looking. Pretty awesome, especially coby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
As we move into the end of the year and I prepare for a bunch of time off (only 8 more days of work for me this year, after today!), I and my family have much for which to be thankful. In a few months, Katelyn (who turns 3 in Feb) is going to be a big sister! We tried to plan for kiddo #2 coming along shortly after I finish grad school, and sure enough, the due date is just about a month afterby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
I'm taking a class on Wireless Communications right now, and this is one of the topics we have discussed. Especially with the advent of "smartphones" like Blackberrys and iPhones, we are exposed to more and more radiation. Smartphones have to put out significantly higher power levels to deal with the increased bandwidth required for the high speed data transfer as well as voice.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
I've also heard that they're experimenting with 3-cylinder engines, and BMW-badged FWD cars. I could definitely be happy with a diesel 1-series hatch/wagon or 3-series wagon as my next commuter car in a few years.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
Quoteigor325 QuoteDave_G (*)By "I", of course, I mean "the guys at the garage down the road." I do all the work on my E30 myself, but when it comes to replacing rear wheel bearings, that doesn't count as "work" -- more like "self-inflicted pain." Actually, it's not too bad IF you have the right tools (without them it's a pin in the neck).by Cab Treadway - Technical Forum
QuoteFerdinand Wow, you've been married longer than I thought! Well, the order in which events occur all depends on one's view of the time/anti-time relationship...by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
You had the good taste of being born on my anniversary! Hope it's a nice day for you.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
No, she did that on her own. She didn't like riding enough to brave the roads out here, especially with all the sand that gets put down in the winter. She hadn't been riding very long when she moved here from the left coast, and she was not comfortable riding here. I had a motorcycle in college, that's the perfect vehicle for that atmosphere, IMO. Great on gas, always get parby Cab Treadway - Community Forum
I've never really been a fan of the E21, and from what I've read, there's good reason for that. I would rather take that $600 and put it towards something else.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Sure hope Cab never needs parts when his warranty is shot Me, too. So far so good. Warranty is gone, it was 3/36, and I'm at a little over 3 yrs, and 53k or so. Just need another 7 years or so of trouble-free driving.by Cab Treadway - Community Forum