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Re: [OM] Scratch one BMW

Subject: Re: [OM] Scratch one BMW
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:15:35 +0000
Remember those cars are made for the autobahn with no speed limits.  I
never got my little BMW 320 above 140mph but it was solid as a rock.

And concerning run-flat tyres - no thanks - too firm over the potholes they
call roads here.
jez


On 5 November 2013 15:56, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >      Could also be that the rim is bent or the tyre is damaged.  A quick
> and easy test would be to mount the spare and see if the vibration goes
> away.
>
> As there is enough bent up, I'm thinking the vibration (it's actually
> very minor, but it wasn't there before) is tire/wheel damage or a
> shimmy from the toe getting knocked out.
>
> The sad thing is that the vehicle is so large that the impact damage
> really doesn't look all that bad.
>
> These newfangled Xenon projector headlights are wonderful, but...
> What they light up, they light up extremely well. However, that sharp
> line at the top of the low-beam coverage is so complete that there
> isn't enough spill light to give you any idea that there is anything
> out there. With older-style headlights, you can't tell what is out
> there, but you usually know something is out there. At 80 mph, low
> beams give you less than 4 seconds of visibility--and I had them
> adjusted up as high as I could without blinding oncoming cars.
>
> Friday evening, I went back to Iowa a different way. Just had regular
> maintenance (oil change, lub, filters changed and tires rotated). I
> won't say which state(s) it was in, but traffic on this particular
> 2-lane highway through desolate countryside was very light, but very
> very fast. I averaged 90-100mph and never passed a single vehicle.
> Amazingly enough, my gas mileage was still almost 25 mpg!!! It is
> amazing how stable and positive control the vehicle is at those
> speeds. That steering gets proportionally heavier to prevent bad
> things from happening and the first couple inches of steering wheel
> movement are almost a null zone, anyway.
>
> No deer on that road.
>
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