The Basics:
1996 BMW 328is, Alpine White
2-door coupe, 5-speed manual transmission, 2.8L I6, 2.93 open diff
164,xxx miles
SOLD!
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FS: 1996 BMW 328is (E36) 5MT Alpine white coupe
August 24th, 2009Pictures from Germany
June 24th, 2009
Fresh back from Texas
February 16th, 2008
2/08 17″ ’95 M3 wheels from black car
5/08 Koni SA Yellows, H&R Sport springs, wheel stud conversion, fresh bushings, control arms, tie rods, UUC Swaybarbarian SpecE36 bars
6/08 Rear Brembo OE rotors, Axxis/PBR street pads
7/08 15% window tint
8/08 Front OE rotors, Axxis/PBR street pads
RIP
February 12th, 2008
1/31/2008
Murdered by a Dodge Ram while unoccupied in a Papa John’s parking lot. What a disappointing way to go.
Purchased: 12/22/2006, 155k miles
Totaled: 1/31/2008, 182k miles
Absolutely the best of the four BMWs I’ve owned thus far. So what’s next? … Wait and see.
Recent event photos
August 6th, 2007
Grenada MS Autocross – Mississippi SCCA – June 16/17
June 20th, 2007 |
| Grenada MS Autocross – June 16-17 2007 |
BMW CCA HPDE/Track Day at Barber Motorsports Park
June 1st, 2007May 26/27, 2007
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| Barber Motorsport |
BMW Ultimate Drive – Susan G. Komen for the Cure
May 15th, 2007While I was in Birmingham on April 24, I joined some fellow members of the Heart of Dixie chapter of the BMW CCA to drive the fleet of Susan G. Komen cars from Birmingham to Knoxville. For every mile driven, BMW donates $1 for breast cancer research. I drove a 2007 Z4 Coupe on this leg.
The BMW Ultimate Drive was also in Huntsville on April 27 so I took Dad down with me, and we were able to test drive the 335i coupe, the 335i sedan, and the new X5 SAV. The 335i has an impressive, wonderful engine, but the car overall leaves me a bit underwhelmed. I’m hoping that powertrain ends up in a 1-series soon. |
| BMW Ultimate Drive – Susan G. Komen for the Cure 2007 |
Project: Makeshift Racing
May 15th, 2007On December 22, 2006 I bought a black on black BMW 325is manual coupe to replace my gold 325i manual sedan that was totaled. On February 1, 2007 I got caught in an ice storm and slid off the road, into a ditch, and turned on the roof in the “new” car. State Farm declared that one also a total loss, but it was still in decent condition. Since February it has been an on-going project for David (my brother) and I to repair and convert to a trackable driver.
I’ll post more details on the car later, but its due for its first track day at Barber Motorsports Park on Memorial Day weekend, immediately followed by an SCCA National autocross on June 1-2 in Huntsville. On July 17-18 we’ll be going to Deal’s Gap. |
| 1992 BMW 325is Blk/blk Coupe |
End of an era
December 28th, 2006The gold 1992 BMW 325i sedan is no more. State Farm has declared it a total loss after a front-end altercation in a parking lot (no-fault accident).
I bought this car in March 2005 with 172,000 miles. As of December 2006 it has 233,400 miles, still on the same engine, transmission, clutch, etc. That’s 61,400 miles in 20 months, or almost exactly 100 miles per day average. It made two appearances on track — Talladega Gran Prix (TGPR) and Barber Motorsports Park, and three trips to Deal’s Gap (Tail of the Dragon). I’ve salvaged the suspension (Bilstein Sports/BavAuto springs) to reuse on the next car, along with my personal additions. RIP
Accident damage
BMW E36 Links
November 29th, 2006These are mainly for my own reference, as I’m at work and won’t have these bookmarks when I get home to work on the car. I bought another BMW today, same as the one I already have — a 1992 E36 325i sedan, 5 speed manual with 201,000 miles in decent condition. Definitely needs some attention, but that’s what this is for.
Installing a Valentine One Radar DetectorE36 electric window fix
E36 back seat removal
Gauges
Other guides
BMW DIY
Understeer.com
Installing gauge cluster trim rings
Live from the BMW Performance Center, Spartanburg, SC
September 15th, 20067:50am – Got in around 7:30pm ET yesterday, 6h 15m drive from Pulaski to Greer, SC. Terrible traffic in Atlanta. Got a good night of sleep, woke up early. About to leave hotel and head to the Performance Center. Updates to follow.
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4:45pm – Back at the hotel. Activities today included slalom course, ABS braking exercise, skidpad, another slalom, oval skidpad/mini-race, powerslides, and timed autocross. I had the best autox single run time, but only by a couple tenths. I’m exhausted.
Morning started out slow, classroom session was overly simplistic and nothing new (define apex, etc.) and the first few exercises were easy, but looking back built up both confidence in the car and set some benchmarks for the rest of the day. I’m the youngest in the group by quite a few years. Many in the class don’t even own BMWs. One of the instructors does WERA road racing. Going to get dinner and get some sleep. More tomorrow.
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Day 2: Wow! Delayed posting this, I’m back at work, but what an awesome time. Due to special circumstances, we got bumped up to M3s from the 330is we drove on day 1. Amazing cars, and I may be convinced on SMG now. More slalom, skidpad, emergency braking, emergency lane change, just at faster speeds. Also more autox. Then we got to test-drive the Z4M Roadster, M5, M6, 760Li, 650Ci, and X5 4.8L on the autox course. After that we took the X5s out to the off-road course for a bit of fun.
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BMW Performance Driving School
August 22nd, 2006
Little of this, little of that.
August 19th, 2006Some cool stuff I’ve found lately:
· RumbleStripRadio: a motorcycle racing podcast, covers MotoGP, WSBK, AMA…· MotoGPod: another, focus on MotoGP
· Rossi Files: blog of Valentino Rossi news, etc. Some of you know I recently got a used Powerbook G4. So far, I love it. Here are some Apple links. · Applepedia: Like Wikipedia, but for Apple/Mac stuff.
· VersionTracker: software repository The pictures are posted from our trip to The Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park. And if you missed it, my album is still online from the AMA Superbike round at Barber back in April.
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Busy weekend for the Bimmer
December 14th, 2005- Saturday, 17 December: Killboy’s Winter Deal’s Gap Car Run
- Sunday, 18 December: SCCA RallyCross, Alabama International Dragway
- Monday, 19 December: private track day, Talladega GP Raceway
Bimmer at the Gap — photo by Killboy.com
November 22nd, 2005
Vehicle Updates
March 11th, 2005Right, so the Jimmy is for sale (see below), and I’ve bought a 1992 BMW 325i 4dr 5sp that’s in Boston. I’m flying up Monday to pick up the car and drive it 1,250 miles back home by way of Buffalo where I’m meeting Ed Saki to pick up some parts for my EX500. Hopefully I’ll have that bike built back up in the next month or two.
In other good news, I got to pick up the Jag from the shop today. It’s a 1986 Jaguar XJ6 sedan. New transmission seems to shift good; the engine is running a bit rough since it has sat idle for over a year now. It needs a new battery, master cylinder, and some work on the steering, which I think is far too loose. At any rate, I’m glad to have it back, and look forward to getting it back on the road.
