Does anyone know of any sites similar to this for BMW's? Thanks.

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Go to www.bekkers.com. (http://www.bekkers.com.) They have a mix MBZ & BMW board.

Also try:
www.unofficialbmw.com (http://www.unofficialbmw.com)

There is a BMW mailing list run by a good friend of mine Rob Levinson. Go to http://www.bubbaclub.com/bmwuucdigest/

The list is well run and has a very good quality signal/noise ratio among its posts. Say hi to Rob for me. His list is the closest thing I've seen to a MercedesShop for BMW owners/enthusiasts.

Enjoy...Lee

Hello,

Any one know of a web site like this for Porsche's?

Thanks

For BMW's try www.eskimo.com/~dalus/bmw (http://www.eskimo.com/~dalus/bmw)

Just finished it cover to cover. A great book to have around even though it's not directly MB related material. Most of the articles and tips can help to better your Mercedes-Benz "driving experience" so to speak. Highly recommended. Available at Borders and Barnes & Noble for around $30. Too bad no one has written a Benz equivalent! I guess they figure MB owners as people with more money than sense who have their work done at dealers. Shame shame.


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Rgds,
Aaron Greenberg
MB technician
Precision Motorcars, Cincinnati, Ohio
'67 250SE Cabriolet
'77 450SL
'79 6.9
'80 300SD
'85 380SE
'89 420SEL
'93 300E 2.8

Dear all.

I am looking for web sites which are similar to mercedesshop.com
Any tips or concerns will be helpful.
Thank you very much for your time and your help will be greatly appreciated.

Pete rgards

www.bimmerforums.com

They have an extensive forums for all types of BMWs as well as the new Mini, and Porsche.


www.roadfly.com

www.bimmer.org

Good morning, Does anyone have a suggestion for a similar BMW site. This site has been a great recource for my Benz and I'm hoping there is one for the B.

Thanks
Brian

try www.roadfly.com, I believe this is the former www.bimmer.org board and there should be a seperate forum for each model series.

But, of course, no site could be as good as this one.

Hey guy thanks very much for the lead. I will check it out and I have to second your comment about this forum being the best.

A happy New Year and great health to you and yours.

Brian

www.bmwplanet.com and www.bimmerforums.com when its not down

No, I'm not abandoning my favorite marque. But my little brother has done it again. Anyone see the reference last week that the Gumball rally was coming to America? Well, my brother has entered and been accepted. One small problem - he now needs a Gumball appropriate car. Despite my attempts to steer him toward a reasonable car (something new, something with a warranty, something made by MB...) he has fixated on getting an 8-series BMW - an E31, I think it's called. These are relatively rare birds - I've only occasionally seen one, never even met anybody who owns one. So we need to learn about the car. Can anyone point me to a BMW site that is, oh, 10% as useful as MBshop? Better yet, anyone have any first or second hand experience with this car? Thanks,

- Jim

I'm just learning about BMW Forums and am interested in being informed of others as well. I may need them after this weekend, I'm going drive 2 hours to take a second look at a 1998 540i Sport...
I went out there last weekend to drive a 1997 E420 Sport (Sportline suspension & 17" AMG wheels) and the 540i was parked next to it, so I test drove them back to back and couldn't believe the difference.

The trouble is that some of their fora, such as the E30 group which I need to check now and then regarding repairs for my son's 210,000 mile beater, are dominated by adolescents who are either fantasizing about cars they don't own or bragging about the abnoxious stereo noise box that they just put in the car that their rich grandmother bought them for their 16th birthday. Not so true of the earlier model boards, though

Here are some useful links:


http://www.clube31.com/

http://www.bmwlinks.com/

http://www.bmwworld.com/

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e31/


Try these out and let me know if you need any more or anything else.

Watch the engines on the 840i. These cars and engines were produced during an era when BMW was having problems with the compatability of the engine alloy vs. North American gasoline (with a high sulfur content). If I recall correctly, the sulfur was scoring the cylinder bores, with much mischief ensuing. BMW changed engine block alloys and replaced some engines as a result. This problem did not affect all of these engines, but more than a few. I don't believe the V12 850 models had this problem.

Make a point of hitting the archives of a few 7-series boards on this matter.

Frankly, I would also consider a good 928 s4 or an AMG'd 560SEC as good candidates for such an adventure. A late model Corvette has the power, the legs, and about 12,000 Chevy dealers across the country to back you up.

The V12 models were not affected by the sulfur problems.
That was a V8 issue only for the 1994-1995 model years (The 3.0 liter and 4.0 liter V8s found in the 5 series and the 4.0 liter in the 1994-1995 7 series).

In regards to the 8 series, the V12 engine was available in 3 sizes- this info pertains to US models-

5.0 liter (850 i) 1991-1992-1993-1994,
5.4 liter (850 Ci)1995-1996-1997,
5.6 liter (850 CSi)1994-1995-1996

The V8 engine was available with

4.0 (840 Ci) 1994-1995
4.4 (850 Ci) 1996-1997

Basically, avoid the 1994 and 1995 840 Ci models

(This info is based upon my memory)

Thanks for the pointers, I appreciate the assistance.

- Jim

No Problem Jim

Anytime

Another good reference.

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/~dalus/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

Does anyone know of a forum similar to this for BMW's.

Bud
1991 300E

I have used this one http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/
and had good response (90 735 i, its for sale)

My buddy has an old BMW and does a lot of work on the car himself. Can anybody refer a BMW site he should know about that can help a struggling DIYer?

if he has an e34 series bmw-then he should try www.bmwe34.net

http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/


Hope that helps!

Does anyone know of a technical forum for BMW's similar to this one?

TIA,
Bud

Try
http://bimmer.roadfly.org

or

http://firstfives.org (if you have a 5 series this is a great site)

good luck, Lance.

Thanks Lance,
It's been nearly 20 years since I switched from BMW to Mercedes but I am seriously considering a new E39 if I can find a deal when the new 5 Series comes out.

Bud

...there is also www.bimmerforums.com

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good BMW forum like this one?

If not maybe somebody also has a BWM with this problem. Its a 96 740iL and if you put the climate control in any position other then vents the heat blows out the defroster and heater ducts. Cold air comes out the vents but heat everywhere else.

I talked to the helpful BMW service manager and he told me the problem was the control head but I just tried a different one and it does the same exact thing.

Any help would be great,

Thank you!

http://www.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/

That site is no where as good as this one!!

C'mon ..there must be some cross drivers here ...BMW is just as good as Mercedes....LOL

We have a BMW Forum not quite as large as our Porsche forum but its growing. Steve

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=216

there is also www.bimmerforums.com

This is taken from the roadfly - bmw - E39 (5 series) board by Jim Cash dated 20010801.

Maybe you knew this, but if not this might be helpful - especially in this hot weather with the A/C on.
I recently experienced some occurrences of hot air coming out the floor vents - at times.
Well I had noticed it several times in the past, and I have seen it mentioned by several others, but this time it was really annoying so I decided to do something about it.
Did a lot of research, and also referred the issue to a BMW technical source.
I uncovered some info about “hot air from the floor vents can occur if you have the centre dash vents pointed downward, especially if the stratification dial is set to full cold".
Well I did not have the vents pointing down, but the dial was set to full cold (not that we usually have it set there but it was on this occasion)
Just after I found this I got a detailed explanation back from BMW, which does explain what was happening.

I paraphrase as follows - adding detail that I also know:
The A/C compressor (which has a variable output) runs almost all the time when A/C is siwthc on - enough to keep the temperature of the evaporator just a few degrees above the freezing point. This way the A/C system chills all the incoming (or re-cycled) air “as much as it can” - to remove humidity.
Then it uses the heater to “re-warm” the air to the extent required to achieve the desired temperate - as set on the controls.
When the interior temperature is much higher than the requested setting the heater is not used to any extent. But as the interior temperature gets closer to the desired setting the heater comes into play to a greater extent.
This is all logical, and many of us already knew this part of the operation.

What I did not know was that the re-heated air can only get into the vents if that stratification-blending dial is at lest partially open. If it is fully closed (3 blue dots for full cold to the dash vents), then when the cabin temperature sensor (behind that small grill) detects that the cabin temperature is falling below the requested setting it requests the system for heat, but with the manual blending dial closed the only possibility the system has is to dump some hot air through the "floor vents".
And “dump” it does - with alternate blasts of hot air then nothing, with maybe an occasional wiff of coolish air.
Sooooo - to avoid over chilling the forehead, while occasionally scorching the feet it is necessary to have that stratification-blending dial set partially open (BMW said towards the centre setting). I will try it at 1-2 blue dots and see what happens).

This info about the blending wheel was not in my 97 manual, and I suspect it is not in the later ones either.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Jim Cash

PS - apparently the "manual" blending control is eliminated from the new 7 because of the confusion American drivers have had with this stratification feature.
Europeans, and many long time BMW owners have loved this manual control for years - I suspect there is going to be some concern about taking away some of the flexibility for the sake of making it easier for new oweners to understand.
Just as long as they somehow retain the stratification capability without extremes of temp difference.
Personally I wish they would figure out how to remove heat, at source, from the surround surfaces (dash, windows, etc.) before it radiated into people.

The reason Beemer forums are useless is that most bmw drivers are interested only in bodykits and wheels. This is because the majority (no offence to any beemer owners present) are show ponies.

I am a BMW freak and I personally prefer a BMW over a MB. I had 12 BMWs and my 190e is my first MB. Never owned any other cars. Never towed one of them, and the 190e got towed 4 times. Please don't think I am offended by your statement. I would have to agree (to some extent) with you about BMW forums. I can only suggest that if one has a BMW and would like to address a problem and get a professional advice, he/she should subscribe to the BMW Roundel magazine. There are true professionals people with a high level of knowledge that can and will help almost always.
Just my 0.02 cents from an experience.
PS. I keep my Bimmers stock and never cared for wheels or body kits.

If it's a 2002 turbo, i might consider a purchase.

I used www.roadfly.org for all sorts of help with my 1988 735i (E32 body) 5-speed. The people that hang out on the boards for older body styles are very knowledgeable - and their advice save me thousands in repairs. I'll agree that most of the current body style boards are frequented by people looking for body kit sources and lighting upgrades - but the older boards have some real sharp folks on them. Roadfly is definitely the best BMW board out there.

Troy
1995 E420
1988 BMW 735i 5-speed (1 of only 400 imported by BMW 1988-1990) FOR SALE

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

I have always found this site extremely helpful. Most action on the 3 series boards because of more cars. May want to post to both the 7 series and 5 series boards, think the set ups are similiar.

What is a good BMW forum?

What is a good BMW forum?


www.maxbimmer.com

Why ask this on a MB forum :mad: , jokes man, I like BMWs as well. I would mind picking up a mint E30 :cool:

Pelicanparts.com

Very good for Porsches and BMW's

Pelicanparts.com

Very good for Porsches and BMW's

Also try ROADFLY.COM

www.maxbimmer.com looks like a nice forum.

www.Pelicanparts.com looks pretty awesome, where the heck is a Mercedes equivalent to it?

www.roadfly.org Looks good at a first glimpse.

Thanks Gentlemen.

http://www.e38.org/

What model/year BMW? There are hundreds of forums and some are very specialized.

What model/year BMW? There are hundreds of forums and some are very specialized.

's true. For the E34 ('89-'95) 5 series, I like www.bimmer.info/forum. There's also a V8 mailing list for the E34.

For the all-out, fire-breathing M3/M5 crowd, www.uucdigest.com


The newer the model, the less Internet activity you'll find. Just like MB.

Russ M.

'82 300cd, 300td
'95 BMW 540i
'87 BMW 325ic
'83 BMW 633Csi
'71 MB 250/8

Here's a link that might interest some of you:

http://boostjunky.com/topten.html

Take a look at #1 Erik Kilander's ride and click on the "Visit" tab on the end of the line for pics.

Not so much a forum, but a handy reference site non-the-less...

CLICK HERE (http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw_home.html)

MV

www.maxbimmer.com looks like a nice forum.

www.Pelicanparts.com looks pretty awesome, where the heck is a Mercedes equivalent to it?

www.roadfly.org Looks good at a first glimpse.

Thanks Gentlemen.


The MB equivalent of Pelicanparts is Mercedesshop.com :D

www.bimmerforums.com is fairly active :indian_ch

Try this one:
www. i'm a bmw- driving yuppie & think I own the road, so get the hell out of may way.com. :D

Try this one:
www. i'm a bmw- driving yuppie & think I own the road, so get the hell out of may way.com. :D

BMW is a car for a spirited driver and most owners exercise that. BMW is cherished for its fun factor - the car is alive. Maybe you should try an M3 and share with us your comments...you may become the one who ends up telling everyone to get out of your way ;) .

BMW is a car for a spirited driver and most owners exercise that. BMW is cherished for its fun factor - the car is alive. Maybe you should try an M3 and share with us your comments...you may become the one who ends up telling everyone to get out of your way ;) .

I HAVE driven most of them ( including the M3, M5, etc. ).
Having & visiting a nephew in Germany that's an engineer, at BMW in Munich, has it's priviliges. :)
Still does'nt change my mind about MOST BMW drivers.

mates,

i've snagged a bmw 328i convert. could you refer me to a site similar to this, but for b'mers?

thx

Boooooooooo! :D
Try here: http://www.bimmerworld.com/links.htm

http://www.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/

http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/index.htm

The forums links are on the left side of the screen

http://www.unofficialbmw.com/phpBB/index.php?sid=55f1bd68aa5d12aad5012004dc7fe365
Depending on the year, it is either an E36 or E46 series

www.bimmerforums.com