BMW
If I had $10k to spend today . . .
Monday, June 30th, 2008It seems that this is your first visit. Would you like to subscribe? Enjoy your visit!. . . on a car that didn’t have to be my daily driver, here’s what I would look at. All of these are available on Ebay as this is written with a Buy-it-now of less than $10,000.
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What was I thinking?
Friday, June 20th, 2008We’ve all had those moments when we knew that we were making a mistake, but went ahead with it anyway. Even though fixing the mistake would be much harder than just doing it right to begin with. We kid ourselves into believing that it’ll probably work, then kick ourselves afterward.
My latest what was I thinking […]
Sorry I haven’t updated . . .
Sunday, April 6th, 2008It’s been a bit hectic here.
Where’s my water pump?
My car is angry with me.
BMW trials and tribulations
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 In the past few weeks, I’ve had more than my fair share of car trouble.
First, the cooling fan exploded on my 1991 BMW 750iL. Just flew to pieces. In the process of flying about under the hood, the fan blades managed to poke five (!) holes in my six-month-old radiator. They […]
G-Tech Pro RR - or - I want to be a test driver
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
My buddy Mike just got a G-Tech Pro RR. If you’re not familiar with this (or even if you are), it is a small windshield-mounted box which measures acceleration - both lateral and longitudinal. What this means is that it can give you your 0-60 mph times, quarter mile times and speeds, and cornering g-forces. […]
Engineering Overkill part 2: BMW door locks
Monday, October 2nd, 2006What can be improved on typical car door locks? After all, all they have to do is lock and unlock the car, either with a key, lock button, or remote.
Let’s look at the E32 BMW door locks and see what they added. Remember, these cars first came out in 1988.
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Why do I love my BMW? Engineering overkill.
Monday, October 2nd, 2006The picture to the right is a diagram of the E32 (1988-1994 7-series) BMWs’ windshield wiper assembly. What is not immediately apparent from this diagram is the level of attention given to the engineering of this seemingly mundane system.
To wit:
When in slow speed, the wipers will switch to delay mode when the car is […]