In reply to Dusterbd13 :
Does it cycle on when you start the car?
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
Does it cycle on when you start the car?
In reply to EastCoastMojo :
Dunno. Didn't pay attention.
Im really hoping its fixed finally.
Dusterbd13 said:The bmw has had the cel off for 3 consecutive drive cycles.
Im wondering if the bulb burned out.
Pretty sure that actually happened to an old Jeep I had.
I've been driving the humongous truck I bought to work. You know, just me in the truck with an 8ft bed full of air like a true American.
The angry diesel boosty noises is addicting, especially with no muffler. I'm not used to people moving out of my way. On Friday, someone backed up because the nose of their car was poking out into the road.
Huh, the Wrangler never gets that kind of respect.
It's like driving a long white school bus. Parking lots are still a bitch though.
This monster still needs a name. Any suggestions?
In reply to stanger_missle :
Moby Dick
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
BMW CEL bulbs are made of the most durable bulb materials known to man. Because they have to be. :-(
mazdeuce - Seth said:
I'm super excited about my new (old crappy) Miata and completely ambivalent about the R63. It also drives my wife insane how much I love my crappy Accord. The heart wants what it wants.
There's little better than a car that's fun to drive and cheap to fix.
Really though. I bough the Saturn to learn to drive cars with 3 pedals. I'm having a bit of fun pitching it into corners but I'm still really timid with it because I'm not comfortable with a stick yet. I feel like the car is going to be a lot more fun than my pair of old v8 pony cars once I get more confident with it.
Daylan C said:Really though. I bough the Saturn to learn to drive cars with 3 pedals. I'm having a bit of fun pitching it into corners but I'm still really timid with it because I'm not comfortable with a stick yet. I feel like the car is going to be a lot more fun than my pair of old v8 pony cars once I get more confident with it.
It's like riding a bike. At first it seems like you have to do so many things at once... balance, pedal, and steer. But you just need to do enough of it so that those actions enter more-or-less into the subconscious.
Driving a stick, you're worried about getting the shifter into the right x-y gear space, and matching the gas and clutch so you don't stall the engine... and get honked at by people around you. The key thing, is training your left foot to be able to find the point where the clutch starts grabbing the flywheel (i.e. taking up the slack/deadspace between them) and getting to that point "quickly" and repeatably and being able to "guess" how much gas pedal deflection you're going to need to get/keep things moving.
you'll get there. it won't be "more fun"... just different fun 
enjoy! good luck! keep up the practice!
I work for GM and I forgot that the Buick Cascada exists. In fact, apparently they still are in production. That's news to me.
So, my current Pandora station just played Throbbing Gristle's Hamburger Lady... and I still know most of the words.
sleepyhead said:Daylan C said:Really though. I bough the Saturn to learn to drive cars with 3 pedals. I'm having a bit of fun pitching it into corners but I'm still really timid with it because I'm not comfortable with a stick yet. I feel like the car is going to be a lot more fun than my pair of old v8 pony cars once I get more confident with it.
It's like riding a bike. At first it seems like you have to do so many things at once... balance, pedal, and steer. But you just need to do enough of it so that those actions enter more-or-less into the subconscious.
Driving a stick, you're worried about getting the shifter into the right x-y gear space, and matching the gas and clutch so you don't stall the engine... and get honked at by people around you. The key thing, is training your left foot to be able to find the point where the clutch starts grabbing the flywheel (i.e. taking up the slack/deadspace between them) and getting to that point "quickly" and repeatably and being able to "guess" how much gas pedal deflection you're going to need to get/keep things moving.
you'll get there. it won't be "more fun"... just different fun
enjoy! good luck! keep up the practice!
You'll get to the point soon enough that you will someday notice, you aren't thinking about any of it anymore. You're just doing it.
I remember when I was trying to learn stick. It was in my dads recently purchased E30. When he test drove that car, it was probably the first time he'd driven stick in at least 5 years. I don't think I'm exaggerating at all, I think he'd gone that long without driving a manual transmission. He jumped right in and took off. I remember getting so frustrated that he could do that after not doing it for 5 years, and the third time I drove one, in 3 days, and I still couldn't get it right. That was 13 years ago.
Then I jumped in my Miata a week ago. First time I'd driven a stick in about 3 months. Didn't even think about it. Didn't even notice it was a stick, I was just driving it.
I had a similar experience. I had been driving a Honda Civic and was still getting used to it. I hurt my left foot pretty badly, and the doctor told me I had to wear one of those giant boots until they had X-ray results back. Okay fine. I hobbled back through the parking lot, climb in the driver's seat and quickly realized I wasn't going anywhere. Called my mom because she worked down the street. She walked over and drove me home in the Civic. She probably hadn't driven a stick shift in 15 or 20 years. By the time we were out of the parking lot, she was driving smoother than I was capable of driving that car, and it was a really tough car to drive smoothly. The throttle body was pretty sticky, so the gas pedal would sort of snap open. That was a pretty humbling experience.
In reply to bigeyedfish :
one of my best friends, in the first 6months of owning his '91 miata (this being in '98) let his Grandfather drive it. Said Grandfather hadn't driven stick in, I don't know when... and afaik never driven a miata; proceeded to pull a clutchless 1-2 shift less than a block from the house. 'Cause, that's how they learned back in the day.
One of these days, I'll get around to learning that.
Unquestionably, the single greatest upgrade to my garage this year was bumping up a size on the pants that I wear when I'm working out there. It was a move that was long overdue, and it makes every job a little easier.
In reply to Woody :
There is so much more room for activities.
My wife's mazda5 was acting up this morning.
I took it out and beat the piss outta it for a few minutes and sent her to the store.
Didn't even pull the codes before clearing them. If it happens again ill worry about it.
In reply to Duke :
Somehow my only gift is remembering song lyrics. A few weeks ago I was in a thrift shop on St Marks Pl in Manhattan looking for an emergency tie when King Missile’s Detachable Penis popped into my head and was stuck there for most of a meeting I was in.
I have ave seen a tiny little mouse run by a few times tonight. I’m debating whether I should put out a trap or a snack. It’s nice not being alone.
But Throbbing Gristle, of all things? That’s a super creepy song, too.
My super gift is walking into the living room and identifying almost any movie in 5 seconds or less - even if I have never seen it.
I was thinking about iceracer's burnout thread on the way home from work today. Its been years (like a decade) since I last did a burnout.
So I had to see if a giant turbo diesel pickup can do a burnout.
Yep. Quite nicely I might add. The damn traction control cut it short though.
More research is needed 
Wally said:In reply to Duke :
I have ave seen a tiny little mouse run by a few times tonight. I’m debating whether I should put out a trap or a snack. It’s nice not being alone.
Been there. Did the snack thing by "accidentally" leaving the cutting board on the counter. Seems they don't care where they poop or peep. Mice are literally E36 M3ty roommates.
Today's minor confession:
I'm a car guy, and I think burnouts are stupid.
In reply to Duke :
Well, burnouts think you're stupid!
Actually, burnouts are kinda stupid, but lots of stupid things are lots of fun.
My confession: Neither of my cars will do a burnout on dry pavement.
I’m too tire-cheap for burnouts.
stanger_missle said:I was thinking about iceracer's burnout thread on the way home from work today. Its been years (like a decade) since I last did a burnout.
So I had to see if a giant turbo diesel pickup can do a burnout.
Yep. Quite nicely I might add. The damn traction control cut it short though.
More research is needed
Been even longer for me.
Pretty sure my 2wd, shortbed, regular cab Hemi powered Ram with 3.92 gears and posi WILL do a burnout, but the thought of $500 worth of tires on the back axle prevents me from doing so.
I DID want to get a pic of a nice smokey burnout just before putting on the new tires, but when I had about the 3rd flat in a week as I was going past the tire center, I pulled in and got new ones without having the opportunity to do so.
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