ultraCOOL… (for geeks?)

[PandaBear]

hey hey… ever have those feelings of “just gotta get one”.

Thought this was cute:-

(its a clock that reads in binary)

oh yeah!!

(name badge… with scrolling LEDs)

Until I saw this…

oh boy oh boy oh boy…!!! :p:p:p

[jamiekulhanek]

Man i never understood binary!!

Dont tell me thats a fuggen tape deck?? I threw all my tapes away!!

That name badge could be fun in the workplace.

[z-beam]

a tape deck for a pc, thats soo retro.

and as for the clock can you read it panda?

[PandaBear]

01: 0001
02: 0010
03: 0011
04: 0100
05: 0101
06: 0110
07: 0111
08: 1000
09: 1001
10: 1010
11: 1011
12: 1100

no idea how the LEDs are aligned; supposedly 3 lots of numbers H:M:S.

Probably groups of 6/7/7 LEDs able to read max of 24:60:60 that’s all I can imagine.

[Admin]

Give you a hint… blue clock reads 10:48:36, red one reads 12:26:16.

“Super geek, super geek, he’s super geeky, yow….”

Edited by – Incredible_Serious on 18 June 2004 17:24:20

[Super Max Power]

I like the tape deck – I have tape holders built into the center console of my BMW (e30 318is), right behind the parking break. I went and found all my tapes so I could fill the holders ? with the deck I could dub all the ?good? tapes and listen to them on computer also.

[Super Max Power]

What about an LP for the computer?

[z-beam]

smp, i just got given a red 318.1 (1998) from my mum. cant wait to get the beast up here

thanks for the binary lesson panda and (welcome) incredibly serious!

i can make sense of the dots now! do the make a 24 hour time one?

[jamiekulhanek]

I don’t have the patience to read that clock!!! 5 minutes, a pen and paper to tell the time lol.

[merc-blue]

lol yeh i got this nifty thing called a watch its real compact adn easy to read i can even strap it to my wrist with a incorporated strap.. lol… nah u want geeky cool check out green lasers.. me n a mate are gonna get some.. lol and even better are heavy water tanks… asll they are is a tank of heavy water with bubbles… BUT ITS HEAVY WATER

[PandaBear]

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smp, i just got given a red 318.1 (1998) from my mum. cant wait to get the beast up here

nice score!! that’ll be a E36, a much better body than E30.
Very solid car without much unusual problems and a basic 318i will
have less electronics than bigger cars to bugger up with old age.

Eurovox headunit isn’t too bad, just needs decent speakers. 😀

[jamiekulhanek]

I scored the skyline in my Avatar (for free!!!!), and the other day was given a silver 1983 Bluebird by my sister…….dunno wtf to do with it!

[Super Max Power]

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nice score!! that’ll be a E36, a much better body than E30.
Very solid car without much unusual problems and a basic 318i will
have less electronics than bigger cars to bugger up with old age.

You must have rocks in your head panda – the e30 platform is a modern classic. Light weight, nimble and affordable. Any true BMW enthusiast knows the e36 was a step back in development of the brand, everything was made cheaper and more throwaway. Enough of the soapbox.:angry:

[z-beam]

throwaway indeed, the sunroof and window winders are busted as well as the front dashboard neeing some serious replacements. i dont think i’ll go the way of getting bmw replacements tho, i”l try to find some other bits that’ll fit. and cover the dash in a james squires beer mat!

[PandaBear]

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You must have rocks in your head panda – the e30 platform is a modern classic. Light weight, nimble and affordable. Any true BMW enthusiast knows the e36 was a step back in development of the brand, everything was made cheaper and more throwaway. Enough of the soapbox.:angry:

Nah, I like some Beamers too and I think 1992 E36 makes the grade. They are a heavier shell (more of a cruiser) than the 10y older E30 but I think they’ll survive age better… all the E30s I’ve been in lately are getting rather creaky & wobbly. :smiley2:

More impressively are their larger cars… love affair started when I had to punt a E28 728i waaaay faster than a limo should go – and wow, you’d never believe how well it hangs on. The Fives are great too, even the E34… but the bigger cars are annoyingly complicated with little fiddly things that can go wrong.

Try move an S or E-class too quick and forget it – Think Diana. :dead:

imho I think BM went downhill when the Z3 (ugh!) came out. Someone threw me the keys to a first-batch 1.9 and it was horrid – underpowered, overtyred and build quality wasn’t that flash.

As for the recent Bangle bungles… :shock::dead:

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Still have a softspot for E30s though, especially the ones with the raised bootlids!! 🙂

But yeah, most examples of the cooking models are getting towards their 20th birthday. Fixing them will be a big headache & wallet-pain for newbies, but they’re pretty straightforward & simple if you know your way around. Parts never cheap though.

[merc-blue]

hey panda what is that / i want to get a mid range tamiya chassis with that shell.. is that the M3 (old one not the new) i love that car
specialy with the dished rims…. oh yeah

[PandaBear]

The Tamiya M3 shell is nearly 10 yrs old now & a highly collectible item – they change hands today for crazy prices. Wing, grille & mirrors are ABS plastic and there’s real chrome cups behind the headlights – can put bulbs in them.

That shell was painted for display only, never ever run. Its just sitting on an old TA03, one of our retired race chassis. TA03s were a very good car for its time and still a very interesting design but a little outclassed today.

The “AutoTech” M3 variant is rarer than the others too… Tamiya didn’t ever make a full kit of that car, it was only available as a bodyparts set.

Have a look under the side mirror too… top name is “R Ratzenberger”. Name mean anything to anyone?

(hint… exactly 10 yrs ago, Senna wasn’t the only fatality at Imola)

[Admin]

Hey Willy… can I have my M3 back now??? lol…

I guess I’m not the only one looking forward to the M3 shell re-release… want to do a Motul tarmac rally one if I can…

Yeah, Roland the Rat… amazing that you never hear of people remembering his death…

Alex

[z-beam]

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smp, i just got given a red 318.1 (1998) from my mum. cant wait to get the beast up here

nice score!! that’ll be a E36, a much better body than E30.
Very solid car without much unusual problems and a basic 318i will
have less electronics than bigger cars to bugger up with old age.

Eurovox headunit isn’t too bad, just needs decent speakers. 😀

new stereo eh? i could definatly agree to that! thanx for the heads up panda!

btw, you had a go with your f40 sbcg yet?:)

[PandaBear]

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btw, you had a go with your f40 sbcg yet?:)

nope, last touched when we wanted to know its freq. :p

(hmm… I got that for xmas 2003 didn’t I? brother gave be a Garfield for b’day 2004, so must have been xmas 2003. getting old, everything’s getting too hazy…)

I did end up running a Tamiya F40 at the track earlier this yr though. Interesting handling with 15yo sponge tyres.

[PandaBear]

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I guess I’m not the only one looking forward to the M3 shell re-release… want to do a Motul tarmac rally one if I can…

58323 Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo is a TT-01 and its the common Snchitzel one… not Rat’s AutoTech hehehe.

Strange… Tamiya don’t seem to be releasing a spares bodyset for it. Don’t think they’ve released a spares bodyset of the Guilia Alfa either (earlier re-released on M04M).

So if you want one you’ll have to buy a TT-01 kit. 👿

Which, from sounds of it, won’t be arriving in Oz?
Ditto M04M.

[Admin]

Um…….. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[merc-blue]

lol. hows a TT-01 go on track… in a stock 540 race.. somthing that limits mods tons.. or do people just race stock losi XXX and stock x-rays and stock mission2s…. and the TT-01 would get owned?

[z-beam]

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Interesting handling with 15yo sponge tyres.

was there anything left of them by the end of the race?

[PandaBear]

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was there anything left of them by the end of the race?

I only ran a pack or 2 thru it that day, just out of curiousity more than anything. The LeMans/GrpC cars come std with a SportTuned motor so that’s what it ran, on original kit stock tyres. Performance is only so-so… 2WD RWD is a handful to drive, -kept up with the Minis but definitely need to slow down for corners- not something you’d try for a newbie.

Then again, same motor & gearing in a 4WD TC wasn’t much faster either. Just heaps easier to handle.

[z-beam]

got the car up from newcastle today, turns out it is an e30, but its all nicely tuned and no rattles to be heard of…

its idling a bit hard though…. to many revs.

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