BMW

BMW Security Keys tricks

• by Oleg

This funny story about how Bumbling carjackers could not start BMW reminded me of story of one of my coworkers. He is primarily Nissan – Infinity kind of driver, never owned anything European.

So couple of years ago this guy went for trip to Germany and decided to rent some brand new 750i. Then, he was telling that, he just sat there in the car for like 30 minutes unable to start that car, embarrassed to ask anybody until he tried all the options he could think of and to read the manual in German which he did not understand. Exhausted he turned for help to some cab driver who knew some English.

And of course it was something very simple he just needed to apply the brake pedal.

On another side of the “keys” topic. Look at this video, those guys found that way to scan the BMW locks.

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4332050438141762214[/googlevideo]

Web Hosting

Cheap Domains and Reliable Web Hosting

• by Oleg

Several people asked what web hosting we found to be fast and most reliable.

We found that it make much more sense to have different providers for domains and web hosting. So for now it looks like 1&1 has very inexpensive domains – .com are like $7 a year and that is including option to use private or public registration. I see a lot of people use www.GoDaddy.com
, but I personally never used them , here is the banner for your convenience

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Here is banner to 1&1 if you just want to take a look at their site.

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Regarding Web Hosting services. We have tried at least 4 different shared web hosting companies and two of them we liked so far. There are a lot more providers out there, but I’d like to note that we were looking for pretty feature rich packages like we had to have SSH access, dedicated SSL certificates and so on.

Number 1 of 2 is Hostgator ( the banner below ). It is very fast one. They have policy that they do not stick as many users as they can on single server, they also have a choice of version of MySQL and PHP. Did I say it is very fast? Do not judge by this site since performance. This one is on totally different hosting and it can serve as example of how slow it can get when provider sticks as many accounts on same servers as they like.

You can also find that 1&1 which is number 2 that I recommend for domains has some nice packages. There are some features that I liked about 1&1 hosting – their control panel allows you to have domains in directory that you want and multiple domains can reside in totally different directory structures which is not possible with typical cPanel. And their hosts are somewhat slower than Hostgator.


Business Development / Shopping / Sport & Fitness

Sportswear, Fitness Gear and Clothing store

• by Oleg

BITSPN,Inc. opened new store. They offer Active wear clothing, Chammyz Sportswear, fitness and sport’s gear and just women’s and men’s clothing.

Chammyz apparel have become an instant classic among active people everywhere, especially divers. Their unique performance properties wick water from your body and evaporate through a natural moisture management process.

When you plunge into the depths, you expect state of the art performance from your gear. Expect the same from your after dive apparel. Next time you emerge, slip into Chammyz and experience a whole new level of performance, warmth, dryness and comfort.

Active people demand performance and style from their garments. We combine the two in a way others can only envy. Chammyz appeal extends to divers, surfers, boaters, swimmers, hikers, climbers, campers, walkers, skiers, snowboarders and just about anyone who loves to lounge in unparalleled comfort and style.

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BMW Maintenance Warranty and Brakes

• by Oleg

I swear BMW planned it. It happened to me twice already.

My brake light came on just couple of weeks after manufacturer’s warranty expired, so their maintenance program is not going to cover the replacement. Previous time I managed to get extended warranty for one year from them. It was like $600 and brake job couple of weeks later was around $500. So warranty kind of paid off for itself.

So since I have the occasion I am going to do this job myself on 525i, take lots of pictures and post them here after the site update.