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Snow tires still on, but I was thinking yesterday about a set of Hoosier R7s for the race car should there ever be a season this year so maybe...
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Due to rising usage, I seem to remember seeing that YouTube has been posting only in standard p levels. Also depending on your internet speeds upload times at 1080p can take a while. Since I've had to switch to online instruction for my students and my home wifi is pretty slow I've been exporting my videos at 420p. Nothing high end, just off the cuff Quicktime videos since it's only me talking and supplementing class materials I've already provided. Did a few on Youtube and since then have posted the rest per what the university wanted on Stream/Teams.
For race videos the past few years I was using Moviemaker. I fall into what Dan accurately described as the monkey-level of production skill sets and yep works fine for my needs. 😁
Watching the videos that Jake and other folks have put together is impressive.
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The 2008 and 2009 graduating classes were hammered by the state of the job market. Short of folks with degrees in health care or IT related fields, this class will also have it rough if not worse.
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1 hour ago, B C said:
In just a few minutes I will go fire up the machine and see how it goes.
Watch for explosions/factory meltdowns on the news......
This all sounds strangely familiar to the e30 startup stories from a few years ago.
All will be listening/watching but the difference is we're not taking up a collection if the "head gasket" leaks...
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2 hours ago, wally509 said:
I wish someone could explain to me this fixation on hoarding toilet paper. Are people thinking it's going to be the post-apocalyptic currency? Maybe where the single ply Scott's will be like $1's, Angel Soft $5's and the Charmin Ultra-Soft will be like $20's? I've heard stories of black Friday style fights in Costco over cases of TP. WTF??
Funny if you do an online search you get everyone from new pundits to economists and physcologists laying out the assorted theories and explanations.
I summarize a few of them here and add some of my own interpretations.
The "herd mentality" explanation: I need to do it because everyone else is doing it and they know something I don't. This of course leads back to who is the TP hoarder "zero" and why are/did they start buying.
The "control mentality" explanation: The world is spiraling downhill and buying stuff is an attempt at control. Yet this is too broad and still begs the question of why buy TP versus hoard something else..
The "basic needs mentality" explanation: if I need to stock up on food and water for a period of shut-in/dislocation then I also need to stock up on TP because in the most basic biological terms what goes "in" sometime later comes "out." Since we are not a land of bidet users (and the WI sub corollary: since it's winter and no leaves on the trees as a fallback option) TP is the answer. This argument has merit and is intensified by an array of family shut-in corollaries.
-Basic needs Corollary 1: all the bathroom "business" I used to do at work, mall, etc I now will be doing at home, so my TP buying needs increase.
-Basic needs Corollary 2: the kid(s) are home and not doing their daily "business" at school or at the neighbors or mall, so my buying needs increase.
-Basic needs Corollary 3: at the risk of giving offense stop thinking like a "guy" and consider what may be gendered differences in consumption patterns in your household (be it female spouse/SO and or kids). Somewhat re the latter I remember my younger teenage sister and her friend visiting me in college at my off-campus apartment and after leaving them alone for the day I came home to find that they had gone through 4-6 rolls of TP. The point is given the potential "gender disparity in use" corollary to the basic needs mentality explanation, my buying needs increase.
Individually or in concert, these explanations result in empty shelves.
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Interesting, I've had filler in the bolt holes of both of my e30s when I did the subframes. The bushings had never been done before so maybe that's the difference?
Great suggestion on removing the sleeves if you've got enough sticking out. I've tried the big lag bolt approach with mixed results, and when it didn't work ended up using small flat bits and other drill bits just to ream out the sleeve.
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As a counterpart to some of the idiocy in the land of Covid-19, there are good people in the world:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-bmw-2002-10/
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I teach at Marquette. Spring break ends this week, and next week per today's announcement the excitement starts. A "transition" week starts 3/16 where we're still supposed be requiring assignments but no class meetings, and then following week until 4/10 everything shifts to online instruction. Students to stay away from campus from 3/16 - 4/10. I expect it will go longer as well.
Interesting indeed.
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Beautiful car. Congratulations!
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My best suggestion is to contact Bill. I know he has a couple of full prep and repaint projects in the pipeline as well as smaller projects. He can give you a much better sense.
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sorry folks, screwed up the number in the original post, the correct number is now listed: 414-531-5768
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Hey guys:
A good friend of mine Bill Nicoud has opened a part-time shop "Bill's Customs Painting and Striping LLC" in Port Washington. Bill as some of you know is a BMW guy since the early 80s with a current stable that includes a white e30 M3, a recently restored blue 2002, and now a ZHP coupe. He has been in the custom paint industry for decades and does high quality work. His paint work on specialty cars for SpeedKore Performance in Grafton over the past several years has been recognized at SEMA and by Hot Rod Magazine. He is an active member of Pinstripe Legends and his striping work can be found on several cars of Badger Bimmer members as well as on charity auctioned specialty gift items ranging from tool boxes to wall art.
He's already got a number of jobs lined up but if you're looking for some high quality paint or striping work you can reach him at 414-531-5768 [this is the correct number]
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E46 was also back to back years (first when I bought it and then the year after). I used Wilde Toyota since it was close and fast and they had worked on the Tundra. They drove the car.... came back clean with no mileage run up so I guess all good.
F150 last year was at a shop just west of Moorland on National Ave (north side of street). I think it used to be a Firestone or MIdas? No inspection pit, the bay they drove into was just a slab.
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What did you get charged at Midcoast? And do they mount used tires?
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Re PS fix. Well I'll be. Beats the zip tie fix on mine. Dorman part#?
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Good deals!
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Glad they found a place! Will MKE SCCA be using the same venue? Losing Miller Park was a blow to autox folks after all these years.
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Hey Dave, 😁. You should be working on your race car anyway!!
Fyi for other folks he's got a couple of these so no worries.
When I bought my first e30 I couldn't figure out why the radio would cut out and blow fuses whenever I turned on the rear defrost. Rats nest wiring by a PO.
Rich
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Stopped working how exactly? No power to unit, no output to speakers (both sides, one side, front/rear), or uneven output (radio, versus aux/other)? If things worked fine in the past but don't now common answers you've probably already checked are either: fuse(s), loose connector(s) at the head unit, antenna issue(s), or ground(s). The work of POs and wiring rat's nests can also be an issue.
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On 2/7/2020 at 9:06 AM, Jdesign said:
- Two of the bidders said they would have bid more, BUT the notifications BaT sends out warning the auction ends in 30 mins via text and/or email went off 7 mins to close and when they checked in to bid, it was already too late. I believe them as I got the same text 7 mins before the close. Oh well, I was happy with the price and feared relisting it would bring a lower price.
Never done BaT. Just read the FAQ, so you have to place each bid individually? Not like Ebay where you can put in a max bid amount and it automatically bids for you up to your max?
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I'll take them. Could always use extra.
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Some additional body pics might help. "Typical e30 rust" can mean some combination of rotted trunk wells, rear apron, rockers, floor pans, frame rails, and door skins and seams as well fender rot (which has been addressed in this case). Levels of rust tolerance for a project car also vary given the diverse skill set of folks with cutting, welding, and POR-15 slinging. Rear of the car looks pretty clean from the pics in the thread. A little more detail and pics of the typical problem areas might help set a hook in someone.
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What powertrain setup is in that beast? With those wheel and tires on a stock engine it wouldn't have the power to move.
I had an old 65 Bug many many years ago. Carried an ice scraper in the car for "defrosting" the inside of the windshield. RWD plus engine over the rear was a blast to drive in the snow. Replaced an engine by putting cinder blocks under the original, unbolting things, and then lifting the car up and over the engine. Install was the reverse. Fun times.