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I would particularly be interested to learn why he is no longer propelling the band he helped make famous.
NOTE-it is GIPSY KINGS with an i, not a y.It is a miss-spelling and not surprising as the band members didn't spend a lot of time in school.
ROAD RAGE: part of the reason why there is always some fool puttering along in the middle or centre lane oblivious to the BMW gracefully cantering down the left lane is the fact that to many Americans, traffic, the road and other drivers are the last things on their minds. I see so many people pulled over for speeding on I94 by cars with huge banks of lights on top and a driver wearing a hat like the ranger on Yogi Bear and the cop has been following them...hello! rear view mirror? Well that's something for hanging dice and air fresheners on I guess. Maybe they are too busy yakking on their cell phone or wrestling with a 128 oz Big Gulp to notice other cars wishing to get somehwere because their drivers have a life in progress.
I recently hit my favorite stretch of road- a two mile straight of glassy smooth tarmac west of the Michigan city exit on I94. I was in the left lane,moonroof open, Gipsy Kings wailing "Montana" doing 80 or so. I pressed on the gas bound for 100mph, flexing my facial muscles for a big Bimmer grin. Onward!...and then a woman in a minivan pulled out into my lane 50 ft ahead and proceeded at 81mph to overtake another van doing 80 and a half mph. We were almost in Canada before she passed and moved out of my way, oblivious to my presence. I think she looked in her rear view mirror once but only to check her eye-shadow.
BMW UK...thanks Gurumike for the link....went there and built my 325i "SE"...at current rate of exhange of 1 Pound=$1.67 my car came out to $46,876!! That's over $15,000 more than I paid!
They do however have 14 or so INTERIOR colors (many of them cloth) and some leather colors costing over $2800. They don't list PP or SP but seem to have an a la carte approach to options.
Worth a look see-they also have some cars there we won't get a chance to buy. Check it out.
Audi 2.8 Quattro (high spec)
US - $35,000
UK - $25,400 (before VAT @ 17.5%)
At current rate of $1.38 to the pound, that makes the British price $35,044. I picked 35k for the US car before I did that calculation!!! I got the UK price from Autocar magazine which lists list prices by specific model.
BMW 330i sport (the highest spec 330) 24,500 pounds, $33,800 !! Most US cars list around 40k. And yes, the Audi Quattro is more expensive! (That price is for the new model).
After a quick read of the E46fanatics site, the Universal Transmitter described on that site seems to be an earlier model since you can now choose between a model for the E46 or E39. Only the E39 model requires the purchase of a separate panel. The black panel supplied with the E46 model looks fine and matches the lighting panel of the 325i wagon.
BTW, The instructions described connector and wire colors in detail but you really don't have to worry about which connector to use because only one fits -- they are keyed.
Hitch-web is great to work with and will FAX-back installation instructions so you can see what is involved. They also sell an electrical isolation device (can't remember the name now) that goes between your car lights and trailer lights so that they don't trigger "broken bulb" indicator on your BMW's dash.
Unfortunately, the hitch attaches to the bottom of the spare tire well because, to the best of my knowledge, there are no frame members back there. It mounts with backing plates inside the recessed ribs of the well and sandwitch the well between the backing plates and external hitch. I purchased one for the 325xi wagon but need to find time to install it.
About 3000 posts ago (I think it was in mid April) I had mentioned that my dealer told me that mine was among the last 325xi MY 2001 to be built and that I had just made the deadline in terms of ordering!! I guess he was on the ball and should get brownie points for being well informed!!
P.S. NO MORE 325XI FOR YOU!!
I saw a Mustang with clears this morning - I guess the clears are becoming popular across a broader range of cars. It looked like bubble wrap. Oh, he also had Mustang written over the front windshield just in case someone was still confused about the type of car he was driving. He also had a fake 5.0 sign to back up the HP gain from the clears )
By the way, how's the car ? My dealer expected mine to arrive last Saturday but, when the truck arrived late in the afternoon, it wasn't among the vehicles delivered. His updated paperwork then forecasted delivery for yesterday, but it wasn't there when I stopped by early yesterday afternoon, and I don't think it made it there later in the day. Nevertheless, he said he was confident I would be able to take delivery by tomorrow at the absolute latest. Seems like a loooooooong time for a truck to travel from NJ to Northeastern PA. Actual travel time (without stops, of course) is only about two hours or so.
By the way, how's the car ? My dealer expected mine to arrive last Saturday but, when the truck arrived late in the afternoon, it wasn't among the vehicles delivered. His updated paperwork then forecasted delivery for yesterday, but it wasn't there when I stopped by early yesterday afternoon, and I don't think it made it there at later in the day. Nevertheless, he said he was confident I would be able to take delivery by tomorrow at the absolute latest. Seems like a loooooooong time for a truck to travel from NJ to Northeastern PA. Actual travel time (without stops, of course) is only about two hours or so.
As far as production after 4/31/01 should have new fan- My door jam says 5/01 and I had the Siemans which was just replaced by the dealer. I'll have to look at the door jam again and make sure I read it correctly
2. safety, no batt acid flying up in passengers face .
Regards,
DL
front 33psi
rear 38 psi
Interesting note is that the jump start connecting point is in the front of the vehicle
When it comes to design (my apartment, websites, etc) I believe a minimal colour scheme can be much more attractive than plastering contrasting colours everywhere. For a a BMW, for example, a dark coloured car (Orient Blue, or black) with just red and clear tail-lights looks wonderful to me. For something like silver or grey though, you need a little bit more colour to spice things up.. which is why I prefer amber signal lenses on those colours.
That's in addition to the weight balance and chances for explosion. The battery blew up in our saab, and the acid eventually ate through a $300 battery cable. Uck.
dave
Battery is in the trunk for reasons already pointed out - Safety (it's out of harms way) and weight distribution.
On the AWD option, I was at work until 5.30 PDT (8.30 eastern) and I heard or saw no newsletter from BMW on this no more AWD situation.
I just checked the bulletins on Centernet and there's nothing on AWD supply "problems". I will check with Jon at work today to see if there's any info I'm not aware of but my thoughts, people, are that there's no hot-off-the-press fax from BMW cancelling AWD.
Hey, thanks for the U.K. numbers. We have it very easy in this country indeed - cheaper European cars on top of much cheaper gas. Higher salaries average and lower costs - overall, higher standards of living and better purchasing power.
I try to keep it below 4000 rpm, but on a couple of occasions have crossed it...that is unavoidable...the steptronic is very smooth, and the AWD is great in the rain (tested to the fullest in the rain over the weekend).
The Xenons.....oh.the Xenons!! u will see for urself!
I hope u get ur car today.!!!
good luck!
Kinda hated to leave CT, but the taxes were much too low so I moved to MA!
Say hello to Stew Leonard ( I imagine he's out of "prison") for me.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Steven
You wouldn't be implying that the car handles poorly in winter, now would you? Because I just signed 3 years of my life away on one of these babies. And short of moving back to the US, I don't see a way to avoid winter driving.
This is the first RWD I drove and I liked the fact that it didn't seem to lurch forward like most of the FWD/AWD cars I've driven (I don't know if that makes me a natural RWD driver or a really bad FWD one!!)
I'd mentioned earlier that I would consider adding bags of salt to the trunk in winter but I don't know if that would be necessary for such a well balanced car.
I bought a "Chevy - Like a Rock" mud flap and installed it onto my new M3. All you have to do is 'black out" the name Chevy and paint in "BMW". Auto journalists always regard BMWs for their solid structures so I wanted to get that point across. I drilled the flap in with a standard bit used for concrete.
I also replaced the standard M-spec alloys and installed American Racing chromes. Very nice - really transforms the car.
Now I'm looking for a "Fear This" sticker for the top of the windshield - can anyone tell me where they bought theirs?