UroTrash

hmmm, I gave that thingie a vasectomy within 18 hours of owning my car.

Carl

I'm a urologist (UROtrash, get it?), I love your description!

First time it's ever happened. I've been left stranded by a broken linkage, pounded on dust caps, faced sticker shock for trim pieces, but they were 'brushed off the shoulder' as a part of normal 2002 ownership. This morning was different.

This morning looked to be another normal 30 mile commute (except for the rain, and it's ability to make so-cal driver's disregard common sense). But after 2 minutes of driving, an ear piecing buzz began emanating from the steering column. It felt like a jackhammer directly placed in my eardrum.

This was my car's death wail... I was going to die.

It would be over in a minute....

but NO, death was too kind, it buzzed ALL THE WAY TO WORK. I wanted to purposely crash into other cars, drive off a cliff, or something suitably extreme.

WHOEVER at BMW decided that that noise was an adequate noise to inflict upon consumers was a sick man. Needless to say I've since disconnected that little relay-of-death (hope it does not effect other things).

Your 2002 is clearly worthless. Give me your name and address and I will send a truck to haul it away, free of charge to you.

My little pea-brain wonders why you can't just use some high pressure lithium grease and call it good?

....and another tidbit - the 205's on 320i offset ET21 rims will

make yer car more difficult to turn the steering wheel, forget parking!

and your steering will actually feel flabbier, less sharp and 02 like.

people just like the look though (?)

Skinny tires rule!

If really depends on the gauge cluster you have. Since I'm using the older 'silver dollar' on my project, I went with the Series 1 VDO Gauges and I think they match very well. The only thing that would make them better is if the center part of the needle had the small brushed aluminum cap like the stock BMW gauges, but they still look darn good.

Since I'm guessing you have the later style gauges I would agree that the Vision series is probably the best match.

Yes, I should have said, this is for a 1975 car.

They look about as close as you'll get. Only other ones that are close are the Cockpit series. Cheapest place to buy gauges is www.egauges.com, a number of guys around here have purchased their gauges from them.

thanks for the egauges tip!

I'm getting ready to add some VDO gauges to one of my cars.

As far as I can tell, i should order "Vision Black" series gauges? Do these look like the best match for the 2002 or is there another series that's better?

Thanks!

http://www.vdodepot.net/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=68&Itemid=1

Delivered today, 39 years ago today. I guess this is her last birthday, 39 forever??

Birthday gift of a new, to her, rear end. A 3:64 LSD. Thanks to Troy, Skip and Tim.

Don

Geaux Inka!

The "Bangle Butt" almost cost me a job in highschool. I had just finished an interview at Keith Martin's Sports Car Market for a short term gofor job in Monterrey. Walked out side with the interviewer and made a disparaging remark about the M5 parked out front. I assumed it was a press car because since when do automotive journalists have the money for brand new M5s, just my luck it was his birthday present from his wife. Luckily he had a sense of humor and a few weeks later I was in a 3.0 cs on my way to Monterrey for one of the best car experiences of my life.

Like my grandma always said:

"If you don't have anything nice to say about someone...come sit next to me."

I admit, buying that shirt for my daughter; that is the most expensive t shirt I have ever bought in my life.

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

A VEGA!? Boy you really know how to hurt a guy :-)

Sorry! It hurt my feeling too!

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

That would piss me off!

You said it! I used to HATE that!

when I had mine, people thought it was a Vega.

I'll be knocking on yer door this Sunday

in my leathers so you can

let me take a turn on each.

Plug the tyre warmers in - I'll be there....

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You'll have to have a time machine!

I personally voted twice for Tamburini with my own dollars:

what's the matter with these !!

this is DOPE !

Too cool!

I just ordered one for my 2002-loving daughter!

Thanks for the heads up!!!!

Actually mine was a 1972 without the black hood. My room mate had a 73 or 74 with the black hood.

Chris Bangle did to BMW what Pierre Terblanche did to Ducati, just awful.

Like my very first car except mine was green. I like it!

OK, did the job today. Actually my daughter did the job, changed the master, slave and the hose (using the SS hose in this thread).

Job was pretty dog-gone easy and the nice stainless hose made it even easier. Much nicer than the brittle 37 year old hose that was on there!

2 thumbs up to Harry!

No, not excited about the Toyota at all.

I could get 3 or 4 2002s for the money!

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What makes these little cars so dog-gone appealing?

Why do we all love them so?

Here are the usual answers:

They handle so well!

-Yes, they handle well, but many cheap, modern Japanese economy cars can handle even better.

They may not be crazy fast but they are quick!

-Yes they are quick, but many other more cars can match that easily.

The engineering/workmanship is outstanding!

-Yes, that's true. Just as true for many other cars as well.

The heritage, being the first car that created the genre: Sport Sedan!

-Now we are getting somewhere.

I will submit, that the reason we love these little cars so much has to do in equal measure: their "cuteness", their handling, their sprightliness, their heritage, their diminutive size, their remarkable interior room, their utility, their increasing rareness, their simplicity of maintenance/restoration, their low cost of ownership and most of all their "just rightness"!

how I love the early cars. And the Baur targas. And the convertibles. And the Tourings. I even love the squaretails. I love them all. I light up when I see one in traffic.

Really, what is it about these cars?

I swear, I just love everything about them. from the time over 30 years ago I got my first and marveled at the owner's manual with the little boy pictured through out the document, to last night when I go to the garage and see my 1975 up on the lift waiting its chutch hydraulics to be installed.

These little cars are just "more than a sum of their parts". They are so special and so endearing. So non-pretentious. So just right.

I need a life time supply.

Only if it leaks.

I actually just put mine on today, havent bled it yet. But quality far surpases the stock tube that was on mine prior. 11 mm tightened right up.

did you use teflon?

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