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Best Regards,
Shipo
Does it show that the car has been recently parked and that the owner will be returning shortly? Would make sense, I guess...
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Not sure what you mean by the flashy wheels, unless talking about SP. I'm not sure if the 325 SP gets the same wheels as 330 SP.
Discount depends on where you live. In major urban areas, you're looking at close to MSRP in most places.
I'm glad you finally got your Bimmer. I just can't wait until I'm in my late 40's. It already bothers me that my family situation has matured to the point that I have to make a huge (IMO) sacrifice - I can't get the 325Ci.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
my first ride was a manual German car
a 6 volt 1961 Beetle Bug
off to work ,
DL
The problem is that neither my wife, nor I want to drive it on a daily basis. She currently does, but she complains constantly about it. When she threatens to make me drive it, I tell her that if I have to drive a 6-passenger vehicle everyday, I'll trade the van and get a Cadillac Deville (I actually like the new Deville, and it beats a LeSabre, van, or an SUV). That shuts her up for a while. You see, the problem is that we don't need a 6 passenger vehicle everyday, but when we do, we have to have it.
So...my plan is...when my son turns 16, HE gets the van or full size SUV (probably bought used), for his everyday car. I can then justify having a third car. He will have to pay for his own gas (10 mpg on a Tahoe), so that will teach him the value of conservation. Then, I can have a 3-series, and my wife can have her dream car, an AWD Subaru, Volvo, or VW. (I know,...but that is one of her knocks on the van - that its bad in the snow - she had a Subaru Forester before the van, and absolutely loved it - which I'm reminded of daily).
Don't worry about him having an SUV roll-over accident. I don't plan to let him out of Pleasant Hills until he has mastered and demonstrated the art of moderate driving.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2. Being fairly close in age to you, I'd try and go with a 325Ci with a 5 speed. Now's the time to enjoy a BMW 3 coupe with a 5 speed!
Dave330i: I got Bar-Mitvahed in '89.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
And it took me forever to learn to drive.
Bought a '68 Fairlane with a 390.
I drove like a jerk.
Lost license for drag racing within a year.
Sold car.
Paid the price with high insurance for years to come.
CNorthrup
$1,500 is a good discount when you have a job... but it's worthless if you don't
I started with a '69 Charger RT (in 1980) and totaled it two weeks later. I wouldn't mind having that car again.
Isnt that what roof racks are for?
-hh
Dave330i: real dinosaurs talk about where they watched the Apollo 11 moon landing. BTW, heard on the news this AM that the Thomas J. Kelly, the Engineer who invented the L.E.M. died this week.
One online report is here.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
I have my Honda Civic Si that I was going to sell, but decided to keep it (we only owe on it for a year more). She doesn't know she's going to get that car... yet. I didn't want her trying to learn the driving concepts AND a manual transmission at the same time. Just too many distractions for a 15 or 16 year old.
Once she gets her license and starts driving the Jeep or Honda, she will be expected to make contributions towards insurance, gas, and/or car payments. She is not getting anything handed to her (ideally she'll get the Honda when 18, not 16). She has to earn it. If she doesn't pay for part of it, she loses the privileges of driving. No pay... no play.
Since we gave her these ground rules about the job and paying, she is really working on her determination and dedication to something. She is realizing that driving is not a right or a forgone conclusion; she is learning that to have the privilege she also has responsibilities.
It doesn't hurt her to know that I am serious about the taking away privileges with it too. Whenever she wants to get snotty about things, I gently remind her that maturity is a factor in our letting her drive.
Our philosophy is that driving is more than just being the magical 16. It takes discipline, focus, and a maturity to handle a 2000+ lb weapon.
-Paul
I got my license on August 11, 1981. Applied for my permit the day I turned 16, in May 1981. My first car was a hand-me-down from my Dad,...a 1976 Pontiac Catalina. It must have been 30 feet long, with non-radial tires, no AC, no power accessories, and an aftermarket stereo with bad speakers and serious station drift. But it had a huge backseat - if you know what I mean.
The other car I drove was a 1978 GMC 4WD pick-up, a stripper with a three-on-the-tree transmission. The thing was a rust bucket. The clutch had about 16 inches of play, and if you weren't at exactly the right RPM (which I seldom was in those days) it was virtually impossible to shift from first to second without a little hitch. I drove that combination of vehicles until I graduated from college 7 years later. Now you can understand why I have serious car-envy.
Must it be factory? Thule racks probably fit as well.
Besides, how would I get it up there?
Lay the HW tank over horizontally, and then pretend its a canoe: two people, one each end. Lift, position, secure.
-hh
I will be there in May. I am getting married there. My fiance is a Cypriot and came to the states ~ 5 yrs ago.
I get there once a year.
On another subject: I do alot of highway driving to seminars and out-of-town meetings. Have any of you guys ever used a hood bra on your E46? Do they scratch or leave marks? Does BMW make one, or are they only available as aftermarket? I don't know if I would consider one, but they do keep the chips and dead bugs off the paint. Comments?
Still, for $20, I guess it is cheap insurance that you won't be hassled because you DON'T have one.
On e46fanatics.com it says how you can ask about the "port check" to see what if any issues there were with your car upon receipt in the USA. The VPC in Charleston is saying (according to my dealer) that there is no such thing. Has anyone been successful in getting this information?
Most of the people I ended up hanging out with (other than my Cypriot friends) were fellow foreign students, Canadian UN peace keepers and US Marines (yummy). I also got invited to see a British Air Force parade at the decomissioned Nicosia airport.
I'd love to go back sometime...see how much things have changed. Of course none of the people I know then would be around. It's a beautiful place and the people are wonderful.
What part of Cyprus will you be going to?
Bill
1. click once opens the drivers door, twice for all doors.
2. Key stores climate, radio, seat and mirror positions
So, I have been active on these boards for several years, I have learned quite a bit about cars in general and BMWs in specific. Among the things that I have learned, ED was something that I have paid a lot of attention to, that said, how is it that I did not know that I would be receiving a big thick padded mailer labeled “Important European Delivery Information Enclosed” from BMWNA?
Inside the mailer I found a nice folder labeled “BMW European Delivery Program” containing “BMW European Delivery Confirmation Essentials”, which are comprised of:
1) A Credit Card sized presto-chango expando-map explaining how to get from the Munich airport to the ED center via the roads or the rails.
2) An eight page “Quick Reference Guide” containing many necessary tidbits of information to make you more informed about the process.
3) A nicely illustrated map titled “Walks through Munich” by Bert Lief.
4) A “Complimentary Breakfast or Luncheon Voucher” provided by BMW of North America, LLC.
5) A beautiful full color brochure from Condé Nast titled “The BMW European Delivery Travel Program”, which is essentially an advertisement for the various Condé Nast ED itineraries that can be bought for what I am sure is a “Nominal Fee”. ;-)
6) A brief personalized letter confirming the car, color and equipment, along with a few instructions.
7) A standard form letter, explaining the contents of the package.
8) A page containing all of the ED drop-off points (also in the “Quick Reference Guide”)
9) A three-page document listing various hotels in Munich convenient to the ED center and the Airport.
10) A nice “EURoad” booklet titled “The Complete Guide to Motoring in Europe” (again, by Bert Lief). This booklet contains a “Basic Planning” map, Itinerary Planner worksheet, a fairly complete list of ferry services extending from Oslo to Dublin, a Time/Distance calculator for many major cities in Europe, driving tips, a small lexicon of phrases in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Danish, Swedish and Portuguese, a metric to English conversion page, 11 pages containing a few hundred hotels scattered around Europe, 28 pages of maps of individual countries and a number of cities as well, 14 pages containing 34 recommended trip itineraries, and finally, an illustrated/annotated list of European road signs.
11) A “Complimentary Gift”, mine was a BMW Pen/Flashlight that glows in a cool iridescent purple.
Maybe I am just easily impressed, however, I was not expecting this, so, it came as a delightful surprise.
Best Regards,
Shipo
Ironic side note:
The postmark on my packet was from the Woodcliff Lake, NJ Post Office. To get from BMWNA to said Post Office, somebody had to literally drive down my street, right past my house AND pay $3.50 to then mail it back to me. ;-)