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#2 of 30156 Sport tires by mfeldman Oct 03, 2000 (3:53 pm)
I originally was interested in premium package, but then drove the sport package. I really like the handling ,seats and look of the wheels. But how many miles can I expect from the tires? Irecently looked at a Lexus IS 300 and the sticker had a special "warning" that the tites would get less than 20k miles. I drive 15k-plus per year and don't want to speng 1k on tites each year. Is it reasonablle to expect 35-40k from these tires? Replies to this message: lee700 (Aug 27, 2004 1:45 pm) kyfdx (Aug 27, 2004 1:54 pm)
#3 of 30156 Car Alarms by dparis1 Oct 04, 2000 (12:13 am)
My new BMW 330I has arrived. Will be picking it up next tuesday. The sales manager asked me about the alarm. Do I want to set it up with visual and sound or just visual. Any comments on this?
#4 of 30156 dparis1 by larryintn Oct 04, 2000 (2:22 am)
Visual and sound. Also, you do NOT want the alarm to disarm when the driver's door is unlocked with a key. Only with the remote and with the key in the ignition.
#5 of 30156 larryintn by dparis1 Oct 04, 2000 (3:11 am)
Why is that? Remote and key in ignition?
#6 of 30156 dparis1 by larryintn Oct 04, 2000 (4:18 am)
If the key in the door will disarm the alarm then a theif can disarm the alarm by picking the door lock.
#7 of 30156 larryintn by dparis1 Oct 04, 2000 (1:26 pm)
The dealer said the BMW door lock cannot be picked. (I knew he would say that). Even with the door open the car will not start without the proper key. Unless you are Nicholas Cage looking to steal a 330i Thanks for the help Next Tuesday. Counting down the hours!
#8 of 30156 dparis by larryintn Oct 04, 2000 (8:02 pm)
The door lock can be broken. It happened to a guy from NYC several months ago and the alarm didn't go off. He posted an account of the incident at www.bimmer.org so you might try searching the archives for it.
#9 of 30156 diadem by larryintn Oct 04, 2000 (10:02 pm)
- I don't know which kit works with the Timeport. Check with Motorola. The BMW kit, as I understand it, requires a special StarTAC with BMW-specific software. - The BMW kit would come from a BMW dealer. I put in the Morotola kit and bought it though someone on eBay who appears to be a dealer. - I'm documenting my installation at http://how.to/startac The site is still a work in progress as I'll be adding more pictures and text descriptions over the next few days and weeks. - Yes, it works well. The caller can tell they're on a speaker phone but it's not a problem. The BMW's speaker is pretty good.
#10 of 30156 Jingle/Holliwood by dparis1 Oct 05, 2000 (10:12 pm)
Thanks for the APR information. I have just received a loan from my new bank- First Financial Credit Union at 6.5% BMW is offering 7.99% Receiving the car on TUESDAY!
#11 of 30156 rcdejesus by larryintn Oct 06, 2000 (3:20 am)
There won't be any damage as the car's engine will adjust to the lower octane. You will lose a noticeable amount of power and your fuel economy will decrease. One person ran a couple of tanks of 87 and measured the change in MPG and found that it's actually cheaper to run 93, assuming a 20¢/gal cost difference, as the lower cost of regular is more than offset by the reduced efficency.

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