my son has a ride!
09-03-2008, 02:04 PM
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My Ride: 2010 M5 alpine white, black full leather, etc.
Well folks, it was time. My son is entering his sophomore year at Colby College in Waterville, Me. and it was time to have him enter our BMW family. Prestige BMW, where I did my purchase, had an '02 E46, 325xi. with around 48k. Driven by a local Ramsey area woman, it was bought at and serviced at Prestige so my service pro, Jim, knew all about the vehicle. It was only at the pre-owned dept. for one day. Silver with gray, premium pkge., new tires and Eddie threw in an mp3 plug-in gratis. He also made a very long cell phone call to him explaining every aspect of the vehicle to him. It was clearly important to this guy that it was a first vehicle. I appreciated that for sure. The vehicle was meticulously cared for. I had never driven this model and I was quite surprised how nimble it was even with all-wheel drive.
My son was working in Washington DC at the time and I called him with the news, but the look on his face when he first saw his "new" ride spoke a thousand words!
This time of year we head off for Truro on the Cape and this year it was a tandem run. Good thing because he could really give the thing a proper shake down cruise to check everything out. It performed admirably! The he took it off to school on Sunday. That was quite a feeling for me. I wish him love, happiness and safe driving. We now have a new member of our beloved BMW family!
My son was working in Washington DC at the time and I called him with the news, but the look on his face when he first saw his "new" ride spoke a thousand words!
This time of year we head off for Truro on the Cape and this year it was a tandem run. Good thing because he could really give the thing a proper shake down cruise to check everything out. It performed admirably! The he took it off to school on Sunday. That was quite a feeling for me. I wish him love, happiness and safe driving. We now have a new member of our beloved BMW family!
09-03-2008, 02:11 PM
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Congrats Lee. That's awesome!
Hey - I know we still need to do lunch one of these days. I haven't forgotten.
I'm out this week, but should be back in the office next week.
Congrats again on your sons new car and him going to Colby. Great school!
Hey - I know we still need to do lunch one of these days. I haven't forgotten.
I'm out this week, but should be back in the office next week.Congrats again on your sons new car and him going to Colby. Great school!
09-03-2008, 02:13 PM
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Nice purchase, I bet the boy was pretty excited for the new ride! Tell him welcome to the family from all of us. 
09-03-2008, 04:14 PM
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I still remember driving my 535 home this summer as a 19th birthday present. Would just sit in the car and play around with the stuff while it was still off, waiting for those damn insurance papers to come in.
09-03-2008, 04:15 PM
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Lucky guy! Great ride, hope he enjoys it and drives safe.. welcome him to the family from the crew at E60.net 
09-03-2008, 05:03 PM
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My Ride: 2011.5 Alpine White E90 M3 | Black Novillo Leather | Carbon Fiber Leather Trim | ZCP | ZP2 | M-DCT | Navigation | Moonroof | 6FL Mods: TMS 12.5mm spacers all around l Hawk HPS Brake Pads l OEM M3 Edition Grills l Paint Matched Side Gills l Key Hole D
Originally Posted by mrfva' post='661247' date='Sep 3 2008, 05:19 PM
Lucky kid 
him to the BMW world for us 
