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Burlington Bees Pitching At A Glance
Team ERA: 3.45 (second in the league out of 16 teams)
Strike-outs/Walks: 1028/400 (fifth-least and fourth-least in the league, respectively)
Team WHIP: 1.24 (tied for first)
Pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched are discussed in this article.
It was a successful first season in Burlington for the Oakland A's, as their Midwest League affiliate finished fifth in the league in wins and earned a playoff berth. Although they fell short of a Midwest League title, the Bees featured a number of strong individual performances, as well as a solid overall team performance.
As is often the case with Midwest League teams, pitching was the backbone of the Bees' success, especially during the team's red-hot start to the season. Burlington went 45-25 during the first half of the year, securing a first-half division title. As a number of their top starting pitchers graduated to High-A and above, the Bees slumped some in the second half.
Two of those early season stars were right-hander A.J. Griffin and left-hander Jake Brown. Both breezed through their first two months in the Midwest League and were rewarded with early season promotions. Griffin made eight starts for the Bees, going 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA. His first start for Burlington was a near no-hitter and he never looked back from that outing. He struck-out 46 and walked only five in 52 innings and he allowed only 36 hits. His WHIP was a team-best 0.79. Griffin would ultimately pitch for all four of the A's full-season affiliates in 2011 and he finished with 156 strike-outs and only 32 walks in 160.2 innings.
Brown nearly matched Griffin's Burlington numbers. In eight outings, he went 4-0 with a 1.62 ERA and he posted a 39:6 K:BB ratio. The soft-tossing lefty utilized an array of breaking pitches and change-ups to keep the Midwest League hitters off-balance. He was unable to replicate that same level of success with the High-A Stockton Ports, although he improved with Stockton as the year went on.
With Griffin and Brown moving on to higher levels early in the season, the ace mantel fell to right-hander Blake Hassebrock. The A's eighth-round pick in 2010 had a rough first professional season, but he righted the ship in 2011. In 26 starts, he posted a 2.64 ERA. Hassebrock had a 110:46 K:BB ratio in 139.2 innings and he allowed only nine homeruns. He also induced nearly two groundouts for every flyout.
Right-hander Josh Bowman was also a steady hand in the Bees' rotation. He led the team with 154.2 innings pitched and posted a 3.55 ERA. Bowman, like Hassebrock, did a good job of keeping the ball on the ground and he allowed only nine homeruns. He struck-out 98 and walked 44. Bowman's ERA jumped more than a run after the All-Star break, but his peripheral stats were nearly the same for both halves of the season.
Nate Long, Jonathan Joseph, Jose Macias and Tyler Vail were the other pitchers who logged a significant number of starts for the Bees. Long split his season between the rotation and the bullpen, starting 15 games and relieving in 11. He posted a 3.42 ERA and saved three games. As a starter, the UT-Arlington alum had a 3.62 ERA with a 74:34 K:BB ratio in 79.2 innings. He posted a 2.86 ERA and an 18:8 K:BB ratio in 28.1 relief innings, most of which came early in the season. Long was the A's 16th-round pick in 2009 and had a 3.10 ERA for short-season Vancouver in 2010. The right-hander saw a number of improvements in his statline from 2010, including a jump in his K/IP ratio and a fall in his H/IP and HR/IP ratios.
Joseph missed the first six weeks of the season with an injury. He too split time between the rotation and the bullpen, logging 14 starts and seven relief appearances. The Dominican right-hander had a 3.05 ERA between short-season and Low-A ball in 2010, but he struggled to replicate those numbers in 2011. He had a 5.67 ERA in 81 innings for the Bees. Joseph allowed an uncharacteristically high number of homers (11) and gave up more hits than innings pitched. He also struck-out only 73 in 81 innings after striking out 90 in 94.1 innings in 2010.
Macias was impressive for Burlington. The right-hander had a 3.46 ERA in 80.2 innings over 16 starts for the Bees. He began his season at extended spring training, joining the Bees in late May. Macias struggled in June and July and was actually sent down to short-season Vermont for a brief period. After four impressive starts with the Lake Monsters, Macias returned and dominated for Burlington down-the-stretch. Over his final seven starts, he allowed six earned runs in 41 innings pitched (1.31 ERA) and struck-out 33 while walking six. For his entire year, Macias allowed only five homeruns in 102 innings pitched and posted an 83:24 K:BB ratio. The former collegiate infielder is in only his second full year of being a pitcher.
Vail came into the season as arguably the most highly touted pitcher on the Bees' staff. He was also the youngest, and it showed. The A's fifth-round pick out of high school in 2010, Vail made 13 starts for the Bees. In 57 innings, he posted a 5.68 ERA and a 34:28 K:BB ratio. Things actually got worse for Vail when he was sent down to short-season Vermont. He posted a 6.05 ERA and walked more batters than he struck-out in 38.2 innings for the Lake Monsters. Vail actually had good life on his fastball throughout the season, reaching the mid-90s at times, but he struggled to learn to command his secondary pitches. The A's are still high on the soon-to-be 20-year-old and he should get another crack with Burlington in 2012.
Burlington had an outstanding bullpen throughout the season, anchored by closers Daniel Tenholder and Zach Thornton. Tenholder led the team with 11 saves and he posted a 3.02 ERA in 53.2 innings. The slim right-hander struck-out 58 and walked 18, while allowing four homeruns. It was a second strong season in a row for the A's 2009 19th-round pick, who had a 1.86 ERA in 38.2 innings for short-season Vancouver in 2010.
Thornton spent time as both a closer and a longman for the Bees this season. He finished the year with 83 innings pitched, good for fourth-most on the team. He tied Tenholder with 40 relief appearances and he had five saves. The Oregon alum posted a 2.39 ERA and he struck-out 82 in 83 innings while walking only 22. Thornton also allowed only two homeruns and held opposing batters to a .204 average. He got a brief taste of Double-A baseball at the end of the year, tossing an impressive three innings for the Midland Rockhounds. In those three frames, he allowed only one hit and one walk and he struck-out four. Thornton was the A's 23rd-round pick in 2010.
Dominican right-hander Pedro Vidal was another stalwart in the Bees' pen. He was nearly unhittable, posting a 1.95 ERA in 69.1 innings. He struck-out 73 and walked 23 and held opposing batters to a .185 average. Vidal also saved five games. This was his first opportunity at playing full-season baseball.
Drew Tyson was also a workhorse out of the Burlington bullpen. The right-hander had 33 appearances and posted a 3.81 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched. The A's 17th-round pick in 2010 had a 36:19 K:BB ratio and held opposing batters to a .246 average. He also made two appearances for Vermont, tossing three scoreless innings with three strike-outs.


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George Noble (3 February 1891 – 9 July 1949) was an Australian plumber, gasfitter, politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 1 term from 1947 to 1949. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Early life[edit]
Noble was born in Darlington, New South Wales and educated to elementary level. He was an early and notable player of Rugby League after the sport was established in Sydney in 1908. Noble was apprenticed as a plumber and gas-fitter with the New South Wales Government Railways and employed as a gas-fitter from 1913 until he was dismissed during the Australian General Strike of 1917. He was subsequently re-employed with decreased seniority. Noble was elected as an alderman of Alexandria Municipal Council between 1928 and 1932. A member of the Australian Labor Party from the age of 17, he was a member of William McKell's campaign committee for 21 years.[1]
State Parliament[edit]
In February 1947 the Premier and member for Redfern, William McKell resigned to take the position of Governor-General. Due to the proximity of the dissolution of the 35th parliament, a by-election was not held. Noble successfully contested Labor pre-selection for Redfern and was elected to parliament at the May 1947 election. However, he died suddenly 26 months after his election.[2] He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.
- ^ "Mr George Walter Harry Noble (1891 - 1949)". Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006. New South Wales Parliament. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ Antony Green. "New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007". New South Wales Parliament. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
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the only way i see you getting paid with zero experience is crewing. You dont need experience to crew on some boats. I met a girl from northern Canada who was vacationing in mexico, and when she was in La Paz, someone asked her to crew on their boat. she said yes and has been living on it ever since. The best way to learn is to find someone who really knows their stuff and start off with wind theory. points of sail. understand what you are dealing with before you get out in it.
i learned to sail when someone stuck me in a laser and said "go". i spend a lot of time in the water, needless to say. not the best way to learn, but a fast way to learn!
good luck. sailing is amazing and i encourage anyone and everyone to get into it.
Severan, by all means look for a racing team that's willing to let you sit on the rail for a couple of seasons while you learn the ropes. Or go to the public library and read everything you can about sailing, then go find a boat that's cheap enough to be considered "free", buy it, take it out on the water, and start praying.
If sailing is a skill you would consider valuable, you should be willing to pay a little bit to learn how to do it a little bit. Three days of lessons will go a long long way to kick-starting your sailing career, will make you more attractive to skippers looking for crew, and will probably cost less than a month's rent.
I would also reconsider your analyst job offers. Sailing lessons and a used 27' boat start to resemble "free stuff" when you start raking in a sizable salary (if you're a wise spender). Insist on a mariner's career and sailing will probably always be very expensive to you.
Severan no need to justify yourself on wether you paid for your education or not, you asked for advice and most people have helped you out i agree that you should help out at a club for free lessons and advice.
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Thanks for the classy comeback.
Good luck getting started.
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|welcome to the sailing community. an interest in sailing is a start. i didn't get bitten by the bug 'til i was 26 myself, although i've been around water for most of my life. before moving to ga., i worked the water in the tangier sound, chesapeake bay area. yes, there are lots of marinas and schools of instruction i'm sure you could find plenty of takers for your offer. just remember, take pride in what task you are performing for them, for some may be quite menial and seem to offer no incentive towards your learning to sail. but part of sailing is knowing everything about your vessel, and what better way to learn than starting at the keel and working your way up. scraping barnacles is a suckie job at best, but somebody's gotta do it. also the suggestion of getting something small to start with is a good one. a small open cockpit with a jib and main would do the trick. practice, practice, practice. congratulations on your level of education and obtaining your pilots license . the pilots license i would like to obtain is the one that puts me behind a ships wheel. i'm terrified of gravity, although i've flown a few times. good luck, and once again welcome........
|Welcome severan. Sounds like you're looking for a job at a marina. You'll figure out the rest from there. Might as well go to Florida or some place where sailing isn't seasonal.
Bubb2, thanks for your replies. I guess I should clarify a bit for best advice. I did pay for my education, working and going to school around that. I have several job opportunities but somehow being an analyst for a brokerage firm isnt exactly appealing to a guy like me. The work I currently do is mostly in the non profit sector, though the inefficiencies of such and the rock-headedness of people with causes but no plan has soured me on straight non profits.
With that said what i meant by subsistence was; is there a way to do some grunt work, such as bottom painting, or dockhand, that could pay for very basic cheap living costs on a coast while I hang about and try to volunteer on a crew to learn the ropes and maybe try and get some certs?
Thank you all for the replies, I'm an obvious newbie.
|To answer the question about free sailing lessons. Depending on where you live, Many sailing schools launch boats in the spring. I know of a few that have in the past, traded sailing lessons for boat work mostly bottom painting.
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So what is Minecraft? It is a sandbox game which gives players the ability to create objects out of textured blocks in a 3D environment.
But let us talk a little about the USS Enterprise-D. With the registry of NCC-1701-D it is the sixth ship to bear the name Enterprise. It happens to also be the largest ship, to bear that august name, in existence so far (the Enterprise-E is smaller and ignore JJ Abrams version. He was obviously compensating for something?).
The dimensions for the Enterprise-D are as follows:
Length: 642.5 meters Width: 467 meters Height: 137.5 meters
For us Americans this is what those dimensions are in feet.
Length: 2107.9 feet Width: 1532.1 feet Height: 451.1 feet
The Enterprise-D had a crew of slightly over a thousand including families and has a total of 42 decks.
While it may not have been the longest ship of that name (Enterprise-E was about 685 meters long) it certainly made up for it with its girth (giggity).
Now it may sound like a large ship but reading those numbers don?t do it justice until you see a fairly accurate representation of it. Of course I?ve heard of Minecraft but don?t know much about it. All I know is that when I saw the video showing me the Enterprise-D I knew that I would have to get this game just so I can check it out for myself.
Pretty crazy huh?
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[Marlene] Shes always been on my mind. I always wonder about her and worry about her, if shes alright and I feel that shes sick.
Marlene and June first met 15 years ago through the spiritualist church. June was discovering her spirituality and Marlene became her mentor.
[Marlene] June was a very sad person. She had just lost her husband and was floundering with life. She just wanted company and somebody that she could talk to outside of her family. Thats when the friendship started.
The women lost touch when Marlene moved away to live with her daughter, Karen. Its been almost ten years since they last saw each other.
[Marlene] I just feel that the sooner I get down to see her, the better. My mind will be at ease as well as hers. I know she knows Im coming, she hasnt been told, but she knows Im coming.
Five hundred kilometres away on the Gold Coast, Marlenes hunch that her friend needs her is right. June has just come home from an 11 week stay in hospital after suffering a second stroke.
[June] I started to give up. As you can see my garden was my pride and joy, and I had this stroke and I couldnt believe that I wasnt even allowed to bend over an pick out a weed. I didnt know what to do. I thought it was the end of the world.
[Ken - June's partner] She knows it and I know it that she probably doesnt have too much longer to live. Shes going downhill, I dont say it to her and I dont have to and one of her dearest dreams was to see Marlene before she passed on.
[June] She was a good person Marlene. I took to her like a mother because no matter what I did she helped me. She was always there to help me. I want to find Marlene, I want to find her.
In actual fact, it was June who contacted us here at Can We Help?. She was worried because she got the feeling something was wrong with Marlene too. When we finally tracked down Marlene we found out that she facing a major operation and with Junes own health failing, we knew we had to pull out the all stops to get these two old friends together.
[Karen Marlenes daughter] Shes got a big battle on her hands. Her bloods not good, shes diabetic and its a huge operation.
Marlene was facing a seven hour train journey to the hospital in Brisbane. So we thought wed help her out a bit too. We arranged for her to fly there instead, with a stop off at Junes on the way.
[Marlene] I havent seen her for so long and shes sick and I dont know if Ill ever see her again because I dont know how Im going to get on in my operation so its a sad and a happy time.
Back in Brisbane, its up to Junes partner Ken to break the news that were about to reunite her with Marlene.
[Ken] Marlene was something special as far as I was concerned. She brought June and I together so thats something I will always thank her for. And to see the friendship between them and have them reunited in the flesh, thats something I that I really want to see myself.
[Ken] Weve got a surprise, this afternoon about 1 oclock, Marlenes going to be here.
[June] Oh great, absolutely wonderful. Its never going to be this long again. Ive found my friend and I just thought it would never happen.
[Ken] The fact that she realised that shes going to see Marlene today, thats done her more good than any of the medication they could possibly give her.
[Karen] Shes really excited and shes really positive about the operation because shes got June back in her life and shes making her life again and she hasnt had that for a long time.
[Marlene] What Im looking forward to most? Her smile, her eyes the way they light up. My tummys going round in circles and Im getting quite fluttery. Im very excited now. Its not going to be long before I see her.
[Karen] The fact that they can share a remarkable friendship and both be in a place in their lives where theyre up against it and just having that moral support from someone who you have that special relationship with, I think thats really important for both of them.
[June] Hello my darling, I didnt think Id every see you again.
[Marlene] I didnt think Id see you either but Im here now. How are you?
[June] Getting better every day.
[Marlene] Youre not the person I left, are you?
[June] Ill be better now youre here.
[Marlene] I feel very happy but I feel very sad as well because the stroke has changed her so much. But shes still got her smile and thats good.
[Ken] I think its absolutely wonderful. To see Marlene is the best tonic, the best medicine she could ever have to brighten her up. To put their arms around each other and kiss and weep on each others shoulder is a marvellous thing for them.
[Marlene] I will get through this operation, there is no doubt about that because I need to be here with her. I need to be around so that she can ring me or I can ring her.
[June] When you have good friends you shouldnt ever for any reason at all lose track of them. Shes not changed, my Mars, shes not changed.


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How We Fight: Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War
Assistant Professor of Political Science Dominic Tierney's talk explores the American experience of war since the Revolution.
Assistant Professor of Political Science Dominic Tierney's talk, based on a forthcoming book, explores the American experience of war since the Revolution. The project explains why people back some conflicts, but not others, how the United States fights, why Washington wins and loses, and how Americans remember and learn from war. His talk contrasts the American experience of war in two types of military conflict: interstate war (where we fight against other countries) versus nation-building (where we fight against insurgents). Inspired by idealism and vengeance, we view interstate wars like World War II as a glorious crusade to overthrow tyrants. These same cultural forces, however, mean that we see nation-building in places like Somalia or Afghanistan as a wearying quagmire. In other words, Americans are addicted to regime change and allergic to nation-building.


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How Are Leading Technology Service Providers Bringing Innovation To Clients?
Posted by Christopher Andrews on April 26, 2010
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Over the past few months, I had the opportunity to interview representatives from 10 leading technology service providers about how they help their clients innovate. My recent research summarizing those interviews is available to Forrester clients on our website. For those interested in the high level points I raised, here are a few of the key findings:
- Providing innovation to clients is still a priority for most service providers. Despite some frustration with the general nature of the term "innovation", it continues to be a priority for leading service providers and their clients. While innovation is not a fad, however, the nature and focus of innovation programs changes along with market trends. Today's innovation efforts are focused on themes like business flexibility and agility – a reflection of both new technologies (like cloud and social computing) and the post-recession interests of business professionals (such as cutting costs while still maintaining growth).
- The distinguishing factor in client innovation programs is target audience. Each company we spoke with takes a different approach to innovation, one that is linked to its history of serving different stakeholder audiences. For example, we started to see a clear picture of IT-focused innovations from low-cost services companies like Wipro. By contrast, the innovation focus of companies like IBM Global Services and Accenture are more focused on business and executive-level audiences. We found that defining innovation through the lens of key innovation stakeholders is a helpful way to clarify innovation discussions and bring focus to innovation management.
- We are seeing more unique methodologies from service providers. With the continuing interest in innovation, more service providers are coming out with methodologies and frameworks that support the innovation discussion. Capgemini's TechnoVision methodology, Fujitsu's FutureScape methodology, and Accenture's High Performance Research are examples. These methodologies are important in aligning the companies around the innovation needs of clients, and helping the service providers develop real, repeatable innovation competencies.
If you're interested in this innovation discussion (particularly the emphasis on defining innovation through the lens of stakeholders) look for my next blog post on the ecosystem of innovation stakeholders. Also, the research of my colleagues, Liz Herbert and Daniel Krauss, highlight two very different types of innovation offerings from leading services providers which tie nicely to this model.
My questions for readers are: How do you ensure you are getting the innovation you need from your services providers? Please leave your comments and I will incorporate them into future blogs/research.
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Oldest U.S. female military veteran dies at 108 in Texas
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Lucy Coffey, the oldest living female U.S. military veteran, has died at the age of 108.
Coffey, who served with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War Two and retired after nearly three decades of military-related service, died on Thursday morning in Texas, the Bexar County Veterans Service Office said.
She was working at an A&P grocery store in Dallas in 1943 when she joined the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, according to her Department of Defense biography.
President Barack Obama, who met Coffey last year at the White House, said on Friday, "it was clear that the passage of time never dampened her patriotic love of country or her pioneering spirit.
"As we remember her life and salute her service, our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and loved ones today," Obama said in a statement.
Coffey served in Japan, New Guinea and the Philippines, where she was promoted to staff sergeant and received the Philippine Liberation Ribbon for service during the Luzon Campaign, according to the Defense Department.
After the war, Coffey remained in the Pacific region, working as an Army civilian in Japan. She then transferred to Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio in 1958, where she worked as an accountant until retiring in 1971. She remained in the San Antonio area.
"Her contributions to our country and community will never be forgotten," the Bexar County Veterans Service Office said in a statement. Continued...


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A Mercer Island Sports Blog
Earlier this month, Mike Loveday of LaxRecords.com updated his all-time winningest high school lacrosse coaches list, adding two names from Washington state. The first name appearing on that list from Washington was Mercer Island head coach Ian O'Hearn with 230 wins, with Issaquah head coach Brandon Fortier right behind him at 228. Both coaches have been at their respective helms since 2002, with O'Hearn compiling an all-time record of 230-56.
Mercer Island and Issaquah both tied with Bellevue for first place in the Division I KingCo standings with division records of 11-1. Mercer Island finished its season with an overall record of 18-2, while Issaquah went 17-3.
LaxRecords.com's all-time winningest coaches list compiles the winningest lacrosse coaches throughout the country, with a minimum of 200 wins. For the complete list, see the original post at LaxRecords.com.
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Sunshine Coast JEEP club
another trip out.. another video and Ill add the story written by Sven and Magdalena of XXXPEDITION later..
was a great weekend and Im glad I went out to meet these people.. Genuine and friendly.
anywho heres a video of my day out with them
hope you like it..
Looks like you all had a great time there, H.G. Thanks for sharing the video with us. Nothing like meeting new people with common interest, and enjoying the great out of doors. Nothing is better than doing some wheeling, and forgetting the troubles and cares of everyday life.
thanks for the video...looks like some fun wheeling
ok this took me longer than expected to post but here it is..
From the XXXPedition Web Site
On the day we arrived Down Under we were contacted by Roger, known on the board as "Kyro", who announced on ausjeepoffroad.com that we were in the country. From thereon several members of the Australia-wide board contacted us and invited us to their area. Throughout our trip, we stayed in email contact with Roger, and upon coming to the Brisbane area, we made plans to meet up. He organized a club run and we went to Landcruiser Mountain Park, an off-road park established in 1988. It's a huge area on private land still serving as a working cattle ranch and holds several 4x4 events throughout the year, some drawing as many as 5000 people.
We met up in Kilcoy and topped up our tanks before heading to the park. Nine Jeeps came out to play, some staying overnight for the weekend. After setting up camp, the convoy started the first trail. The terrain is mostly loose dirt with rocky sections. The forested, hilly property offered more than enough trails of different ratings. We were told that usually creeks run within Landcruiser Park and some mudholes had to be tackled, but due to a drought since the late 1990s the ground was bone dry. Nevertheless the group found plenty of challenges to enjoy. We snaked through Cruiser Canyon, ARB Alley, along Rav Ridge and Old Man Emu Way among a few. Dave in his gray TJ was leading the group and was looking for obstacles along the way to make the four-wheeling experience more enjoyable .
And some sections prooved to be challenging enough to catch plenty of air for a good photo-op. Manouvering trough a narrow rock garden with boulders on either side and a crack in the middle required more than only articulation. The XXXpedition rig's rear tire did not stay on the rock and drove into the crack lifting the left front tire in the air .
After getting all vehicles through safely we pushed on through the valley to a row of big boulders to be climbed .
Navigating up and down the steep hills on loose dirt with many off-camber sections required our full attention. Erik in his Inka-gold Wrangler was filming and often chose a comfortable position with good view to do so
On one of the twisted climbs Rupert popped a bead and lost all air in his left front tire .
Using the deep holes of the track he lifted the wheel of the ground and we reinflated the intact tire with our on-board compressor. Except this minor misshap and a torn off fender flare on our rig the group suffered no damage on this weekend. We stopped at a wide area and lined up all vehicles for a group shot where almost everybody took position for a good picture .
At the end of the day some left to return home while a few of us stayed back to camp out in one of the few camp areas. We built a nice fire and sat around for hours talking and discussing ideas.
The next morning we tackled some more trails. Dave lead again and was in search of a challenge. We had to winch one vehicle up a steep hill on very loose dirt but otherwise had no hold-ups. We returned to the rock garden we had enjoyed the day before and manouvered our rigs over the boulders without major issues. It was interesting how different the trail was in reverse direction.
After a late lunch we packed up and passed by the parks office to air up and sign out. Again we made a bunch of new friends and enjoyed the time out with fellow four-wheelers in a great off-road park.
Thanks to Kyro for setting up a fun weekend...
more pics here.
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- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup shredded carrot
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- Celery ribs, cut into 3-inch lengths
- In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, carrot and seasonings. Stuff into celery. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour. Yield: 2 dozen.
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|Tomato-Cucumber Salad with Parsley and Mint
In large bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, parsley and mint. In small bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil and mustard. Add to tomato mixture and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Serve chilled or at room temperature.
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Las Vegas update
Las Vegas update.
As our plane cleared the mountains the valley came into view and it was really spread out, a lot of growth. The plane banked and all I could see was mostly wing; we had the wing seat. It straightened out for final descent and I saw parts of the airport and Tropicana Blvd and something caught in my chest and I lowered my head and I fought tears. Kelli reached out and grabbed my forearm and I didn't cry, but later on I wish I'd just let it come. I felt numb for most of the rest of the trip.
We land and went through the routine of getting our baggage and getting a shuttle to the car rental pavilion. The airport grew and the town grew and everything got big. We get outside and grab a shuttle and I'm in desert again; the heat is like weight, it feels good. The car rentals were consolidated into one area, one building. We get up-sold from economy to a full sized Chevy Impala, only 16 more bucks a day. What the hell.
We are staying at Hooters, just behind the Tropicana. Hooters used to be the San Remo, which used to be the Polynesian. They built a new casino and kept the old towers and swimming pool. It's alright, comfortable and pleasant; a kind of tropical beach theme and of course tits and hot pants. We unpack and settle in. The rooms are okay but just a little seedy. I don't recall much about our first afternoon but in the evening we went out trying to find a Wal-Mart in the southwest quadrant of town. Izabel needed a bathing suit. We went up Tropicana. I thought it was on Spring Mountain. I was trying to remember. We stopped at a gas station and I asked a very friendly young black man and he directed me to two possible Wal-Marts and he gave me directions to the closer one. It turns out there are like about a half dozen Wal-Mart's in the Las Vegas valley. When I got back into the car Kelli said, "That man had a gun!" I look and see a piece in his waistband. I remember years ago being at a gas station in North Vegas and as I was pulling out with my passenger I saw a husky black man with a pistol tucked into the small of his back. My passenger pointed it out, "Look! That guy's packing!" After Wal-Mart we went back to the hotel and ate in one of the restaurants.
Kelli and I had one room and her teenage daughter and young adult son were sharing a room on the same floor. Kelli and the kids were interested in exploring the strip but I was more interested in chasing my memories, going to the places I used to work, my old neighborhoods. We did a little of both. Much of what I was looking for was gone anyway. I knew it wouldn't be the same–wouldn't even be there, but being physically there, moving through it was powerful and disturbing. It affected me more than I had anticipated.
The next morning we went to NYNY and the MGM and later on to the Luxor, just doing the usual tourist stuff. There is a lot free entertainment in Vegas but the town is not really cheap anymore, not like it was. It's hard to Self Park close to a strip casino and I was walking with a cane. Kelli was driving the Chevy and was intimidated by the six lane strip traffic. She didn't have time to look around and enjoy the sites and she was stressed and not having fun.
We looked around in a souvenir shop in the NYNY. I asked a lady at some kind of ticket kiosk who owns this joint now but she looked at me like a deer caught in the headlights. She had some kind of European accent, "I…I…don't…know!" Not long after I asked her, "Is there a food court in here?" I know there is one. "No! There is no food court!" Okay. We go upstairs and there's a big food court and we have one of those soft NY pretzels. The lady was nice, but who knows? Maybe she was scared for her job. When I lived in Vegas the NYNY was owned jointly by MGM; by Kirk Kekorian and Primm; Gary Primm and I worked for the Primaddona Corporation as a dice dealer, at State Line.
We finished the pretzels and took a tramway over the strip to the MGM and on the way there I gave a beggar a toonie, a Canadian two dollar coin. I explain that the dollar is at par or maybe he can feed a slot machine. He seemed happy enough; he seemed to be pulling down decent money. We get into the cavernous MGM and there is a black lady flogging discount show tickets. "Where is Mr. Ed?!" She laughs, "No more Mr. Ed, he's been gone a long time." That's too bad because Mr. Ed was a mechanical horse at one of the bars and he would wake up and talk sometimes. Touting track bets or some such nonsense. I enjoyed sitting there soaking while a fake thoroughbred lipped off about some horseshit. Anyway I was finding out that time stands still for no man, especially a man as insignificant as me.
We caught the tail end of the lion show in a huge glass atrium. I wandered back a ways onto a section of the huge, soulless casino floor. It was early afternoon and the lids were up on some of the games and some had action. I wasn't enthralled; I just wanted to see what might come back to me, watching a dice game for instance. We were still looking for show tickets and weren't even sure which show but one of the Cirque shows and we ended up seeing the Mystere thing at Treasure Island.
Anyway we leave and go to the Luxor and I'm asking where the talking camels are? No talking camels, no Nile River, no fuck all. But they do have a show of preserved bodies and body parts and it was interesting, real bodies in some kind of plastic resin; dissected, different parts exposed everything, genitals and fetuses. The fetuses were disturbing, well delineated at just a few weeks gestation. The end of the exhibit opened into a souvenir shop that sold tee shirts and plastic body parts and what not.
After all this we go back to the hotel and Kerri is up and we all relax for a while and then in the evening we go to the Miracle Mile shops in the Planet Hollywood casino complex and find an Italian type restaurant and across the atrium, the walkway, is an enormous life size replica of an ocean liner, like the front of it and maybe a third back and it is rising up from the shops in front of it.
On Tuesday Kelli and Izabel wanted to do some shopping and they didn't need me slowing them down so I stayed at the hotel and watched TV and when Kelli got back to the room she asked me do I know who Ernie Shavers is? And yes I do know who Ernie Shavers is. "Do you want to go see him?" "Is he still there?" So I get up and we drive over to the Miracle Mile shops. Shavers is at a memorabilia shop signing autographs. He is seated at a folding table sideways to the entrance and he is a clean shaven muscular man, not a really big guy, not really tall but broad through the shoulders. Shavers was one of the premier punchers in heavyweight history.
Anyway, he's on his cell phone and he glances at me. He knows why I'm there but he's not interested. Shortly he hangs up and I ask him, "Sir, can I shake your hand?" He reaches and I try to tell him about other boxing icons whose hands I shook but he isn't interested and I drift off.
I go talk to the owner of the shop and he shows me a picture of Mike Tyson, "Mike is doing well now, he's happy and he's a family man." I tell him that's nice. The shop owner informs me that Ken Norton is due to arrive shortly and as he's saying that Norton walks in from the back using a walker. He's a big man, tall, and muscular and he looks good despite having difficulty walking. Ken is very open and friendly. I tell him that I just want to shake his hand, that I don't collect autographs. He doesn't seem to mind. We talk a bit of boxing. He shows me that famous picture of him chasing Ali on a football field. They both got trunks and gloves on. But they are wearing street shoes. He points, "1970's." The shoes have stacked heels. Norton is difficult to understand. He has neurological damage from his auto accident years ago.
I start to be embarrassed. I don't want to patronize him by pretending to understand him when I don't. I thank him profusely and we step out into the atrium and I am walking ahead maybe six paces and I start to weep. "Ken Norton, I don't believe it." I can't say why I cried; the passage of time, a great athlete's deterioration, my own decline?
After this we decided to drive down the strip and I wanted to go downtown. We're driving and I'm trying to figure out what used to be where and what's gone and it isn't easy. There are a few landmarks like The Riviera, Circus Circus, and the Sahara, one of the joints I worked, was fenced and empty, awaiting demolition.
I was feeling disoriented. The Holy Cow was empty, finished. It used to be called Foxy's and I drank there when I lived in Naked City. The Stratosphere seemed like it was in the wrong place. Naked City was half gone and what was left was more desolate and cracked out looking than ever. We headed straight down LV Blvd past where it splits off onto Main. Still the numerous wedding chapels, cheap motels and bars, one of the porn emporiums' I used to frequent was still there. Dino's was still there. We were moving with traffic and I was trying to catch as much as I could, but it wasn't enough. I was trying to orient my memories with the destruction of my past and of course I couldn't do it, not in four days that's for sure. It was always pretty gritty around that area; now parts of it looked like urban wasteland.
We get downtown and make a left on Ogden. I direct Kelli; might as well park in the Vegas Club. The Vegas Club underwent a renovation some years after a quit working there. They made more casino space; more slots. Most of it seemed the same. I noticed they only have two dice tables now and they don't run quarters anymore, now it's a five dollar minimum. The one open game had about four players at maybe three PM.
We step out and look at the celestial vault that runs above Fremont from Main to LV Blvd. It lights up at night and presents a florescent light show. It has shows every hour. We walk over to the Golden Gate, my second dice job in 1988. I talk to some dealers on a dead dice game. I notice that it's a five dollar minimum. No more quarters. You probably can't find a quarter game anywhere in Nevada now; anywhere in North America. Jersey never had quarter games.
I start talking about my journey through the Vegas dice subculture. I'm talking to the stickman. There is another man and a woman dealer on base and a floorman. "I started at Little Caesars, that's gone now, then I worked here, then the Plaza, then I got fired and went to the Landmark, that's gone now, then the Barbary, that's Bill's now, then I got juiced into Caesars, then…
By this time the floorman had turned away and presented his back to me and I was winding down. I was wondering what they cut, but I didn't ask. I mean this is a raw break-in joint. They were lucky they didn't have to deal quarters because it is relentless and you have to know what a bet really pays. You have to pay a winner to the nearest quarter, which makes you think.
I was hoping for a souvenir from one of the joints I worked in but they didn't have anything germane to the place; just satin jackets for royal flush winners and what not.
We go next door to a big souvenir emporium which has the usual stuff and clever toys and Vegas chips, Vegas shot glasses, layouts, fake lighters and pens that deliver a shock, every fucking thing. Kelli and Izabel buy some stuff but I don't buy anything.
Down the center of the pedestrian mall are also souvenir kiosks. We wander along and pass the Mint side of the Horseshoe. When I look on the Binion's side I see the front street facing dice game is manned by a women crew. The dealers and the stick are wearing Stetsons and hot pants. I never saw a lady dealer on dice at Binion's in the nine years I lived there, but the place isn't even owned by Binion anymore. Benny's son Jack lost his gaming license because he was a junkie. I think he's dead now and the Binion family, what's left of them, let it go. Another piece of old Vegas recedes into the sunset.
I want to look in the Fremont, across the street. We go in there and I spot a busy dice game and for a minute I'd swear it was the exact same Hawaiians I dealt to in 1993 before I got terminated for failure to complete probation, which is not the same as getting fired except for one hundred percent in practice. I mean you can come back in six months and give it another shot and they could tell me, "Get the fuck out of here! We already got rid of you before. "
I was looking for a Fremont baseball hat but no; we bought some ice-cream instead. We stop and the Four Queens appears the same from the outside. The Fitz looks the same. Kelli wanted to see the Nugget but now we're tired or my legs hurt but we walk back to the car and drive east on Ogden and come up on the El Cortez. It looks about the same but different somehow. The entrance moved or it got bigger or something– a renovation.
This whole time in Vegas I was trying to update my memories, make things fit in my mind. Fifteen years is a long time and Vegas never stands still, but I think it changed and grew more in the decade in a half since I left than maybe any decade previous. Explosive growth! And now they overbuilt and the town is in deep recession.
We head back to the hotel and its late afternoon. We meet up with Kerri, Kelli's son. He likes to sleep late. In the evening all of us drive out to Summerlin, Kerri is meeting up with some on-line gaming friends. It's in the northwest quadrant of the valley. On the way there the I-95 is backed up, bumper to bumper. I'm not sure, I don't remember that kind of congestion and besides the freeway has another two lanes now. Finally we come up on a multiple car accident. They're clearing it away and we start moving again.
We drive and I catch glimpse of areas I know. The development is stunning. It looks fairly prosperous out here. My vision is obscured by enormous sound baffles but I can see at intersections and over passes.
We find our turnoff and then proceed to get mildly lost. We backtrack, we phone his friends and finally we drop him off and head back. We have to pick him up at about 11oclock.
When we went out to pick him up that evening, Kelli overshot on the turn off and I directed her onto the next turnoff so that we could backtrack and get on the freeway again and pick up the right exit. We were looking to go northwest on the 95. So as we got off the freeway we are on Ogden partially under the freeway. There is a huge new retail building and camped out under the freeway are at least a dozen tents, homeless squatters. There is about 10 meters between each encampment.
There are tent cities like that all over the valley. There are people living in the flood tunnels underneath the strip, under the casinos. During the four days that our visit lasted there I saw areas of third world blight coexisting with the massive opulence of the casinos. It was always that way. Now it seemed worse than ever.
One in seven houses vacant, over 14% unemployment, people are upside down on their mortgages, every time they make a payment they are losing money, a negative investment. An estimated nine years for property values to rebound. Almost all dealing jobs are extra board now. No benefits, no promises, working week to week and day to day. It can take years to get on steady. Or you can buy a job for seven or ten thousand bucks for a good job. If you can deal of course. You gotta be good.
Why tear down a perfectly sound and good casino that's showing a profit? But that's Vegas. The town devours itself and devours the weak and unwary. Did they overbuild? They overbuilt, there's a room glut but curiously the town is not cheap anymore not even downtown.
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A two-week trial scheduled to begin Monday at 9 a.m. in federal court in Salt Lake City could settle the decades-long dispute. And if U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins sides with the county, it will be the first successful "quiet title" action since repeated rulings have declared that going to court road by road is the only way to settle county and state claims to corridors that cross federal lands.
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The fight over the two-track road -- which jogs in and out of a stream bottom for about 10 miles in the Needles section of the park on the way to Angel Arch -- has pitted off-highway-vehicle enthusiasts, the county and the state against the National Park Service and conservation organizations.
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance successfully sued the National Park Service to close the road to off-highway riding due to environmental damage, a decision the NPS made provisionally in 2000 and finalized in 2003.
San Juan County sued, seeking to reopen a 7.5-mile stretch under Revised Statute 2477, an old mining law that granted rights of way across public land. That law was repealed by Congress in 1976, but existing claims were grandfathered in, leading to a series of road-ownership disputes that must be argued road by road in federal court.
The state intervened, arguing the county owned the road partly because it had been in general use even before the park's designation in 1964.
An unpaved, ungraded road -- which crisscrosses Salt Creek, the third-largest source of water in the park -- leads to Angel Arch, a popular destination for park visitors.
The canyon is known for its large, though mostly unsurveyed, collection of Anasazi ruins and artifacts. Its year-round stream also is home to three native fish species -- the flannelmouth sucker, bluehead sucker and speckled dace.
The list of witnesses for the federal government includes several Park Service and Bureau of Land Management officials, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist, a cultural-resource manager and "an early visitor" to the Needles district of Canyonlands.
A Park Service study conducted several years ago concluded that even a few vehicles can lead to significant damage to vegetation, in violation of the federal law that created the national parks system.
The county's representatives say they have no intention of harming the environment, but the history of the route clearly shows its use dates to the late 1890s, when homesteading, cattle ranching and other agricultural activities depended on the road.
During the southeastern uranium boom of the 1950s, Salt Creek road had been bulldozed and improved for mining activity as well as Boy Scout expeditions, the lawsuit states.
The county's and state's witness list includes people with long memories of using the road, said County Attorney Craig Halls -- who recalled, as a member of Monticello High's Class of 1969, driving Jeeps up to Angel Arch.
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Hi all. I am new into the digital part of the forum. I came acrcoss a Marantz cd-54 and would like to know if I can tweak this unit up. It works fine and to me sounds better than what I have ever had. If any one has a service manual with a schematic included this will be a good start.
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The Marantz CD54 is a version of the Philips CD104.
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I've recently managed to acquire a Marantz CD54.
The unit works fine, with a characteristic 1540's sound signature, but it would be nice to have a complete service manual for it :cool:
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Okay so the battery in my 2008 BMW 328xi has never been replaced since the car was newly bought and I'm thinking it's on it's home stretch since the portable battery testers they use at Autozone are saying it's bad.
Now initially I thought well it's just a battery how big of a deal can it be?....but the more research I did the more confused I got, mostly about the whole business with AGM batteries and battery registration. Either way I know that the dealer quoted me $430 for a new battery and registration. A local indy quoted a bit less at $380...but this is still a lot for just a car battery.
My stock battery doesn't seem to be an AGM one since it has the little magic eye thing that displays green still. The label on it reads as follows:
12V 90Ah 720A
My question to you guys is this:
Will a simple EverStart Maxx battery from WalMart work just fine? It's got the vent port and looks like it would fit just fine.
The specs and warranty look good, and at a bit over a hundred bucks installed it's a heck of a lot cheaper than getting an AGM battery installed and registered.
Last edited by Yangorang; 08-20-2013 at 05:43 PM.
umm a battery is a battery... get a good one that fits and it will give your car power to turn over ......
But the wrong battery (or an unregistered one) can cause problems over the long haul. Your original battery lasted 5 years, how much longer are you keeping your car?
Pretty much for as long as it runs...it only has 23K miles on it so far so heh...
The registration seem to be most important when switching between lead-acid and AGM types?
OK here is the deal. Find a battery with the same CCA and close on the AH rating. Walmart if they have one would be fine. Advance Auto has an exact replacement and others too. Once you have the battery I suggest the following. Use a small voltage source to keep all presets and the electronics happy. When I do this I simply use my Battery Tender Junior attached to the engine bay jump lugs. Disconnect the negative cable first and be careful with all cables. The IBS is part the negative cable and I protected it from damage and bungied it out of the way. Use Utube to see how to disconnect the connectors that hold the cabling on top of your battery. You should also have some hold down bolts that are long like maybe 8" on the inside toward the trunk or aft toward the rear of the car for the battery itself. Remove and take pics before removal all the hardware you remove. Once you get to the positive post if it is like most you will need to disconnect a few other cables to eventually get the positive cable off. Mine and typically most use a 10mm socket to loosen a hold down clamp for both pos and neg posts. Protect the positive cable too since it has power running to it with the source you have to keep your presets. The vent hose comes out and then with nothing holding the battery and sufficient clearance the battery should come right out.
Installation is the reverse.
Now if you have an OBDII cable you can travel over to the E90 forum under this
Smooth has software that will run on your laptop and allow you to register your own battery. No OBDII cable? Think about buying one or see if anyone in your area will let you use it for about 10 minutes. I have used Smooths software and others and it works just fine. Also don't sweat the fact you might not get the battery registered right away. After all the IBS to DME software and firmware is there to increase your battery life. A month or two will make little difference in the battery life.
Now if you choose to use a different CCA and AH battery you can still register your battery using Smooth's free software but it will provide the wrong charging algorithm for your new battery. This is where coding comes in to set change the AH to what is available in the BNW software. Thus the reason to stay with the right or close CCA and AH battery.
In the end if you are careful it simply isn't that hard. When you get this all done disconnect your source for powering the electronic memories and try to start your car. I have done this before on these cars with zero issues no codes, etc. However if you are rough with the IBS on the negative cable and break it you are now looking at a couple hundred bucks needlessly wasted.
There are no special tools to do this and the registering of the battery is simply not that hard. OBDII into the car follow Smooth's instructions and you will have it done.
Hope this helps...
Last edited by fun2drive; 08-20-2013 at 06:27 PM.
There was some kind of recall related to a battery cable earlier this year. I have an 07 E90 that was covered under this and used that as my excuse to go to the dealer to get a new battery as mine was nearing the end of its life too. Don't remember the exact cost, but it was about $330 installed plus tax. There is a little more to removing/installing this battery than there is for cars where you just raise the hood and there it is. Also, as the poster above said, there are lots of electronic memories to protect and while you can recover them, or reinstall later, I thought it was more of a PIA to do that than just get a BMW tech to do it. Same reason I would not trust a Walmart guy to do it, although I am sure some indys would know the procedure.
Last edited by MikeTerp; 08-20-2013 at 07:06 PM.
So if I find the same type battery with 90Ah capacity and the same or higher CCA I should be able to simply use BMWLogger along with a K+DCAN cable to just do a 1click new battery registration right?
Does someone know of a battery for sale that matches the 90Ah 160RC of my original battery? I've been having a hard time finding a close match.
How can I confirm the battery currently in my car is the lead-acid type? Am I correct in assuming it is lead-acid because it has the little magic eye thing?
Last edited by Yangorang; 08-21-2013 at 02:20 AM.
OEM BMW batteries that are white are non-AGM, lead acid. Black is AGM.
You won't damage anything (well if you want to get technical, a weak battery will strain your electrical system, mainly your starter and it can cause it to prematurely fail), but you will shorten the life of the battery. If an improperly spec'd battery is installed, the car will either under or over charge it, decreasing the battery's performance and lifespan.
Battery registration does 3 things:
1) Tells the car a new battery is installed
2) Records the battery's condition at 80% charge for reference
3) Logs mileage
There are many charging profiles stored within the car ranging from 56Ah to 110Ah, AGM and non-AGM. The more important aspect you maintain is that your keep the same type of battery, AGM vs non-AGM. AGMs charge differently than non-AGM batteries. They store current differently and have different charge rates and maximum charging voltages. Ah rating just refers to the reserve capacity. The higher the rating, the longer it can provide power.
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The car itself doesn't store user settings, like radio presets, seat positions, etc. All those user settings are stored in the key fob. They only setting that gets erased after disconnecting the battery is the time and date. The car will re-initialize it self after power is restored, with the exception of the SAS sensor. However, driving a few hundred feet and turn the steering wheel lock to lock will re-initialize this sensor.
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Btw switching from non-AGM to AGM and vice versa requires coding the car, then registering the battery.
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Annoyingly I still can't seem to find an aftermarket battery that matches up just right with the original. Here's what I have so far:
Original: 720CCA 720A 160RC 90Ah
Everstart Maxx H8: 760CCA 140RC 76Ah according to ProductExpert / 150RC 80Ah according to 686810
Duralast H8-DL: 825CCA 1000A 150RC 75Ah
Autocraft 49H8: 760CCA 950A 160RC 95Ah (closest I've seen but I haven't got an Advance Auto around here)
Super Start Extreme 49EXTJ: 900CCA 1080A 185RC ??Ah (O'Reilly guy simply said Ah isn't important)
Douglas 61 21 8 381 762: 650CCA? 720A 175RC 90Ah ; $115.60 + shipping from BMWPartSupply.com
Exide 61 21 7 586 962: 720CCA 720A 160RC 90Ah ; $234.54 + tax from dealer ; $187.63 from BMWPartSupply.com
Interstate MTP-H8: 720CCA 900A 176RC 85Ah ; $252 installed and registered by indy shop
Any other suggestions?
Last edited by Yangorang; 08-22-2013 at 08:52 PM.
Douglas filed for bankruptcy last year and is in liquidation. Don't buy one unless you don't care about a warranty.
Exide filed for bankruptcy reorganization in June of this year and is trying to shed debt and environmental claims so it can continue in business. This is the second time around for them. They say they will continue operating, but who can be sure.
Johnson controls now has most of the battery market and sells a number of house brands.
Bosch makes the batteries for Excide by the way.
Douglas I don't know about.
Also white is the color at least for my AGM E93 335 battery. I replaced it with the same AH and close CCA again with an AGM.
Just get it close. If you are within 10-15% it isn't really going to matter much especially if the replacement battery is a little more capable since you can't overcharge the battery that way.
Also IBS gathers way more information than just "resistance" which it provides to the DME to determine the charging algorithm. I can consult my technical documentation on this but there are about 10 other parameters that it collects.
Yes the current K+DCan OBDII cable should allow you to reset the registration back to a new battery. I suggested Smooth's software since it is free to members and works.
No one can tell you to include BMW what improvement in battery life this provided. This is again another example of an overly complex solution to a problem that isn't a problem. My background is electrical engineering and while this would be fun to build a system like this its utility vs cost to register is questionable...
Last edited by fun2drive; 08-22-2013 at 12:29 PM.
Since it's also cheaper it might still be a good buy for me. Personally I've never had to warranty a battery in any car I've ever owned. They always end up lasting way past it anyway.
Last edited by Yangorang; 08-22-2013 at 12:46 PM.
Don't overlook purchasing one from your dealer. When our E46 battery died a few years ago the dealer sold me a nice white OEM for $98 bucks ..... poped it in myself ....... I was amazed.
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So another question: AGM batteries from what I understand are supposed to be more hardy overall right with longer lifespan and lower discharge? Yet they seem to cost a crapload more and generally have shorter warranties? My opinion thus far is that they're not worth the trouble - does someone want to convince me otherwise?
Totally lucked out last year with AAA.
My battery died on my '08 535xi and the AAA (under my fater-in-laws plan) guy came out and was fantastic. Funny, at first I was like "but this is a BMW" but within a few minutes I could tell he knew his stuff. Lucky, I'm not the hot head I used to be.
Total cost for replacement and labor was $140!!
For once I was very happy with the price...and service.
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Alright so in the end I got an Interstate MTP-H8 installed by a local indy shop. It was $187 for the battery and then $42.50 for the registration.
I could've probably done it myself but the Interstate warranty is quite long and they don't charge the $42.50 again if it needs to be replaced under warranty.
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allright thats good to know!.
I plan to not drive it till next season. as it needs paint and i am working on stuff.
i have all the door panels off and seats out. I pulled the carpet and got it steam cleaned and then stain removed.. it looks fantastic! i will take pictures tomorow in the day light.
so i plan to get a sadelery shop in town to professionaly un-treat the leather and then re-die the leather in the car black.
i have a 3000K cap maximum on spending on this car. ( not running costs or maintence.. just restoring money)
i beelive i will be about 1200 dollars for all the leathers and such. then i will be buing all new seals for the doors and top too. and then what ever else i need... also upgraded stereo... I have all the bose speakers out of it.. in unknown condition.. my headunit never worked so i cant tell if the speakers are good. but they will be for sale tomorow i am guessing..
i am pretty excited! more excited then i have been in a long time!!
- 07-28-10 09:53 PM #17Cadillac Owners Member
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- 07-29-10 08:13 PM #18Cadillac Owners Member
- Automobile(s): 2007 Silver STS V6, 1990 Red Allante
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- Mar 2009
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Re: going to look at a 1990!
Good luck!
I also have a 1990 and she has 130,000 miles on her. I prefer the manual top header latches that the '90 Phase I cars have over the 90.5 Phase II electric header latches. Mine is running well after I replaced the fuel injectors and some other minor work. Keep up the maintenance and you'll have fewer problems.
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