What did you do to your e36 today?

[ducky328i]

what did you drive up under?

[cmybimmer]

Nooooooo!!!! Wtf happened????

what did you drive up under?

That paused my brain for a few seconds

[ducky328i]

i blame california schools.

[m2pc]

It was a road rage case actually -- some jerk in a KIA Sorrento cut me off and slammed on the brakes.
Insurance claim pending, car will be in the shop bright and early monday AM!

The worst part is it will probably be my fault due to the nature of these types of accidents (rear ended). I saw the guy driving crazy prior to the indicent, on several streets, but unforunately someone who only saw the collision pulled over with this guy to back him up... Nobody that saw his erratic behavior pulled over to help me.

The only good part will be I may get a hood/valance respray out of this. Lots of rock chip action going on up there.

Still, I'll be out of a car, may have to pay the $500 deductible, and be out of my car for a week or so.

Events like this really shake you up -- everyone be careful out there and SLOW DOWN!

[ducky328i]

sucks dude...hope it works out for you!

[cmybimmer]

It was a road rage case actually -- some jerk in a KIA Sorrento cut me off and slammed on the brakes.
Insurance claim pending, car will be in the shop bright and early monday AM!

The worst part is it will probably be my fault due to the nature of these types of accidents (rear ended). I saw the guy driving crazy prior to the indicent, on several streets, but unforunately someone who only saw the collision pulled over with this guy to back him up... Nobody that saw his erratic behavior pulled over to help me.

The only good part will be I may get a hood/valance respray out of this. Lots of rock chip action going on up there.

Still, I'll be out of a car, may have to pay the $500 deductible, and be out of my car for a week or so.

Events like this really shake you up -- everyone be careful out there and SLOW DOWN!

Damn dude, sorry to hear!! At least you're doing ok (assuming so, at least )

i blame california schools.

Agreed

[ponchiz318]

It was a road rage case actually -- some jerk in a KIA Sorrento cut me off and slammed on the brakes.
Insurance claim pending, car will be in the shop bright and early monday AM!

The worst part is it will probably be my fault due to the nature of these types of accidents (rear ended). I saw the guy driving crazy prior to the indicent, on several streets, but unforunately someone who only saw the collision pulled over with this guy to back him up... Nobody that saw his erratic behavior pulled over to help me.

The only good part will be I may get a hood/valance respray out of this. Lots of rock chip action going on up there.

Still, I'll be out of a car, may have to pay the $500 deductible, and be out of my car for a week or so.

Events like this really shake you up -- everyone be careful out there and SLOW DOWN!

Should've rammed the guy between both vehicles once he got out to check the damage. I hear dead people can't talk
Fuckin asshole.

Drove it to work. Found out my bumper should get painted sometime next week.
Will wash the car tomorrow.

[dickie g]

I hear dead people can't talk

good call, thats pretty funny

[thedude60126]

Fixed my secondary air pump. Turns out the relay was bad.

[m2pc]

Thanks guys -- I'm OK but the car is not... just glad nobody was hurt.

[slocar]

Drove around; first went over some rough dip and scraped something on the underside pretty bad, then I somehow got stuck going over 5 biggest speedbumps I've encountered in the last year. It felt like rock crawling.

[Okin]

Dropped it, put my painted white Sportstars on it, New rubber, alignment, CF DTM Mirrors.... and more to come.

[Swab]

Well within the past week I installed new springs, front & rear, shocks in the rear, summer tires & rims, new radiator, new fan, painted and installed new fender, fixed driver side door handle, installed bumper, fog lights detailed and buffed the whole car, detailed the interior, fixed falling off trim pieces, and pissed the gf off because i've been in the garage all week.

[philip77o]

OMG after 5 months she's out today ! New 3.91 LSD, UUC urethan rtabs and subframe... and a couples of new rear trailing arms oem bushings. It feels so great to drive my bimmer . I just finished to reassemble everything today...

[ducky328i]

Dropped it, put my painted white Sportstars on it, New rubber, alignment, CF DTM Mirrors.... and more to come.

dude, that looks awesome...white wheels compliment teh car niceley. but level with us all...how much can you REALISTICALLY see out of those mirrors?

oh...and...umm....PM where you got them from

OMG after 5 months she's out today ! New 3.91 LSD, UUC urethan rtabs and subframe... and a couples of new rear trailing arms oem bushings. It feels so great to drive my bimmer . I just finished to reassemble everything today...

good to hear, man...i know you've put a lot of work into that thing. how did you end up doing the subframe reinforcements? did you buy the plates or fab up your own? how do you like that 3.91?

[thedude60126]

OMG after 5 months she's out today ! New 3.91 LSD, UUC urethan rtabs and subframe... and a couples of new rear trailing arms oem bushings. It feels so great to drive my bimmer . I just finished to reassemble everything today...

Excellent can't wait to see some pics

[Seans M3]

Thanks guys -- I'm OK but the car is not... just glad nobody was hurt.

Dam, sorry to see what happened to your car. Dont worry, A**Holes like that will always get theirs in the end.

[MParallel]

well, my wiring did not match up with any of the wiring in DIYs to get DRLs working. we didn't really get them here in the states. it really wasn't a lot of work, more like a lot of headaches and studying schematics and talking to people more knowledgeable than myself. seems like some DRL modules have a pin#7 and some don't...mine didn't....so my fog light circuit wasn't grounding. like i said...not hard work, but a lot of headache...

Not sure what you define as DRL's on an E36 anyways. I don't know what us spec cars had? I do see lit turn indicators sometimes.

Funny how much cars can differ in between countries. But I'm sure your lightswitch has 2 settings just as ours. 1 click to only have the smallest lights turned on (parking lights/city lights) and second click to also have the low beams on (which some call main beams).

Anyways, from click one, over here in Euroland, can turn on the front fogs as well. Only thing we can't is turn on the fogs by themselves.

As running foglights is only legal in less than 200 meter sight or snow, I much have had them on as much as 15 minutes in (nearly) 4 years of ownership.

[dickie g]

Dropped it, put my painted white Sportstars on it, New rubber, alignment, CF DTM Mirrors.... and more to come.

cool looking ride man, i like it

[slocar]

Not sure what you define as DRL's on an E36 anyways. I don't know what us spec cars had? I do see lit turn indicators sometimes.

Funny how much cars can differ in between countries. But I'm sure your lightswitch has 2 settings just as ours. 1 click to only have the smallest lights turned on (parking lights/city lights) and second click to also have the low beams on (which some call main beams).

Anyways, from click one, over here in Euroland, can turn on the front fogs as well. Only thing we can't is turn on the fogs by themselves.

As running foglights is only legal in less than 200 meter sight or snow, I much have had them on as much as 15 minutes in (nearly) 4 years of ownership.

Works the same on US-spec cars.

[tlamm]

I drove a good 80 miles through some twisty cornors and stuff like that. Man my racelands are pritty good. Can't wait till i can afford a really good set of billy's on my car.

I also got a new record of mpg of 28...lol

[ducky328i]

Not sure what you define as DRL's on an E36 anyways. I don't know what us spec cars had? I do see lit turn indicators sometimes.

Funny how much cars can differ in between countries. But I'm sure your lightswitch has 2 settings just as ours. 1 click to only have the smallest lights turned on (parking lights/city lights) and second click to also have the low beams on (which some call main beams).

Anyways, from click one, over here in Euroland, can turn on the front fogs as well. Only thing we can't is turn on the fogs by themselves.

As running foglights is only legal in less than 200 meter sight or snow, I much have had them on as much as 15 minutes in (nearly) 4 years of ownership.

DRLs light the high beam bulb to 40% power as soon as the ignition is turned on. they are NOT city lights, nor fog lights. the DRL module did not have the necessary pins to ground my fog light circuit, so i had to do a little extra research/wiring.

[cmybimmer]

I also got a new record of mpg of 28...lol

lol wtf?? Im at 21.6 mpg

[tlamm]

Are you driving citty or highway? I have mostly highway.

[cmybimmer]

Are you driving citty or highway? I have mostly highway.

Mostly highway

daily route:
Drop bro to school ~ 7mi freeway each way
My school ~ 12mi each way
pick up bro/sis from school ~ 7mi each way

I do some running around when bored tho, so...... lol