BMW E60 Owner's Car History
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Originally Posted by Flowerfred' date='Aug 5 2004, 05:40 PM
You boys remember the excitement? Ice? DD? 
My car got delivered to the dealer on a public holiday, and I drove to my dealer to take a look at my car over the fence...
And the very next day I was there to say hello to my baby... I'm still exited when thinking back...
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From: Toronto, Canada
I started driving at 18 in 1976:
- 1957 VW 1200 (Beetle) - Drove it to the ground in 1988. This one was fun but at the end I spent more time under it than driving it. Could do an engine rehaul by myself in two days.
- 1988 Lada 1300. First new car that I bought. Decent ride being behind the Iron Curtain.
- 1987 Renault Alliance - Secondhand, first car in Canada. Lasted a whole year.
- 1992 Ford Taurus Wagon. I was one of the lucky ones - no problems for 6 years. Nothing fancy, but good to move family and dog from A to B.
- 1996 Honda Civic - wife's car. Solid and reliable.
- 1998 Mercury Sable - another family vehicle.
- 2004 BMW 530I. The car is a gem in every respect. You can argue that based on my previous rides anything in this class will make me happy. However I have driven a variety of high end cars on business trips and in test drives - nothing drives like the E60.
- 1957 VW 1200 (Beetle) - Drove it to the ground in 1988. This one was fun but at the end I spent more time under it than driving it. Could do an engine rehaul by myself in two days.
- 1988 Lada 1300. First new car that I bought. Decent ride being behind the Iron Curtain.
- 1987 Renault Alliance - Secondhand, first car in Canada. Lasted a whole year.
- 1992 Ford Taurus Wagon. I was one of the lucky ones - no problems for 6 years. Nothing fancy, but good to move family and dog from A to B.
- 1996 Honda Civic - wife's car. Solid and reliable.
- 1998 Mercury Sable - another family vehicle.
- 2004 BMW 530I. The car is a gem in every respect. You can argue that based on my previous rides anything in this class will make me happy. However I have driven a variety of high end cars on business trips and in test drives - nothing drives like the E60.
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Short and sweet for me....
1999 Honda Accord coupe
2004 BMW 530i (delivery August 04)
I'm not going to tempt fate by saying the E60 is the best car I've owned, because I haven't received it yet! But I'm hopeful...
Have to say I've had a great experience with the Accord: totally different class of vehicle of course, but I've really had pretty much zero problems with it in 5 years of ownership. Production volume on that scale (for the Accord), and a simpler car really helps drive down the problem rate, evolve good ergonomics, reliability, etc... The E60 is a much more complex auto so i'm expecting more "personality"
1999 Honda Accord coupe
2004 BMW 530i (delivery August 04)
I'm not going to tempt fate by saying the E60 is the best car I've owned, because I haven't received it yet! But I'm hopeful...
Have to say I've had a great experience with the Accord: totally different class of vehicle of course, but I've really had pretty much zero problems with it in 5 years of ownership. Production volume on that scale (for the Accord), and a simpler car really helps drive down the problem rate, evolve good ergonomics, reliability, etc... The E60 is a much more complex auto so i'm expecting more "personality"
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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Actually is our car a HE or a SHE??????
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Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Aug 6 2004, 02:16 PM
Actually is our car a HE or a SHE??????
It acts like it is female sometimes...
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Depends. Racing through the gears and juicing the pedal, gotta be a HE. 
Sweeping flawlessly through wide curves while accelerating, gotta be a SHE. 
Sitting in the bright sunlight and looking good, gotta be a SHE. All soiled with smashed bugs on the windshield, wet road slime down the sides and rear, and wheels black with dust, gotta be a HE.
Works for me. YMMV.
Sweeping flawlessly through wide curves while accelerating, gotta be a SHE. Sitting in the bright sunlight and looking good, gotta be a SHE. All soiled with smashed bugs on the windshield, wet road slime down the sides and rear, and wheels black with dust, gotta be a HE. Works for me. YMMV.
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From: hudson valley, new york
Actually, all of cars have always had female characteristics, even the new E60 when the idrive decides to act up. 
The amazing thing is that people think that I am nuts because I sometimes talk to an inanimate objects.
The amazing thing is that people think that I am nuts because I sometimes talk to an inanimate objects.
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From: Montreal, Canada
American---> Japanese--------> European
2004 E60 530i Jet Black
2000 E39 528i Jet Black
1997 Volvo s70 Graphite (dark grey)
1989-1997 Company cars..you don t want to know..but convenient when bringing up a family
1987 Toyota Celica Dark grey
1984 Toyota Celica Black
1980 Camaro Berlinetta Black
1970 Plymouth Challenger Copper
Call me conservative..black and grey... going faster and faster!
2004 E60 530i Jet Black
2000 E39 528i Jet Black
1997 Volvo s70 Graphite (dark grey)
1989-1997 Company cars..you don t want to know..but convenient when bringing up a family
1987 Toyota Celica Dark grey
1984 Toyota Celica Black
1980 Camaro Berlinetta Black
1970 Plymouth Challenger Copper
Call me conservative..black and grey... going faster and faster!