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07-17-2008, 06:07 AM
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When people cannot tell the difference between an Mtech front bumper and an M5 front bumper... its annoying when people constantly say, why are you trying to get an M5 kit, just buy an M5..
Its not an M5 front!!!!!!
Its not an M5 front!!!!!!
07-17-2008, 06:09 AM
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My Ride: 2006 BMW 525I/TITANIUM SILVER METALLIC/GREY LEATHER INTERIOR/EURO RED REFLECTORS/20% TINT/EURO STICKER/BMW CCA STICKER
Originally Posted by Hyper_545i' post='626436' date='Jul 17 2008, 10:06 AM
Jersey drivers?? You guys might know how to get around the city but thats about it. I think most left lane hogs on the highways are either from NY or PA.
Sorry, just calling it how I see it.
Sorry, just calling it how I see it.
07-17-2008, 08:13 AM
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My Ride: 2006 530xiT Titanium Silver, 6-speed Manual, new style Start/Stop ignition, Black Dakota Leather, anthracite maple wood trim, heated seats front and rear, heated steering wheel, headlight washers, automatic tailgate, auto dimming mirrors, Logic 7, 6-disc changer, sport seats, shadow line trim, rear sun blinds, PDC, adaptive xenons, 18" style 123 wheels, , navigation, voice control, bluetooth, BMW roof rack + bike attachments,
What really get on my nerves, especially lately, is when someone ask me what kind of gas mileage I get. My question to them is, why do you give a fu**. If you really need that info, go online and get it. Or is that you just want to talk how your little Prius or whatever piece of sh** you drive gets 100 miles per gallon. FYI, I don't care want kind of mileage I get or what anybody else gets either. All know is I love driving my BMW. That is what is important to me, not gas mileage. By the way, I rented a Prius for a weekend and my opinion is that the Prius is a total piece of crap to drive. So what if it gets great mileage. It gives me great pleasure (and my wife as well) when I see someone driving a Prius, that they are currently being tortured by the most uncomfortable car seats ever made and that the car as the handling characteristics of a horse-drawn carriage (I wonder which one gets better gas mileage?).
OK, I'm done.
Sorry for the ranting, but think I am suffering from full-size SUV withdrawal. I think I will go check out the new Toyota Sequoia 4x4 to help me feel better.
OK, I'm done.
Sorry for the ranting, but think I am suffering from full-size SUV withdrawal. I think I will go check out the new Toyota Sequoia 4x4 to help me feel better.
07-17-2008, 08:16 AM
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People sitting in the left lane (outside lane) on the autobahn, day dreaming / site seeing / on the phone / playing with themselves, and the inside lane is empty 
I wish I could send them bills for my break* pads! When are BMW going to offer those James Bond cannons for the front of the car? No need to fit the active distance control module, just put the cannon there instead!
(* sorry, couldn't resist spelling it that way )
I wish I could send them bills for my break* pads! When are BMW going to offer those James Bond cannons for the front of the car? No need to fit the active distance control module, just put the cannon there instead!(* sorry, couldn't resist spelling it that way
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07-17-2008, 08:31 AM
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07-17-2008, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by xBMWx' post='626534' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:16 PM
People sitting in the left lane (outside lane) on the autobahn...
07-17-2008, 09:51 AM
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My Ride: Jan 2006 E63 650i Sport
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It is, but does not come with much of a penalty as far as I am aware. In Germany they have a very stong focus on drivers driving to close to the car in front to "push" them out of the way, i.e. sitting on their bumper, putting their indicator on, flashing them etc. There is basically a zero tollerance attitude from the police. However they also realise that if someone is just going to sit in the left lane, at some stage the driver behind will be forced to push a little so the driver in front gets the message / notices that the person behind wants to pass. You hear of police also penalizing these left lane drivers, but chances are the car that "pushed" the car sitting in the left lane will be the one that gets pulled over!
07-17-2008, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by xBMWx' post='626534' date='Jul 17 2008, 09:16 AM
When are BMW going to offer those James Bond cannons for the front of the car?
07-17-2008, 10:05 AM
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My Ride: 2008 528i, Space Grey, Nav, PDC, Premium, Sports, Grey Leather, Xenon, Cornering...
I completely agree with the whole "you have to be a baller" (rich) to have a nice car... Ever hear of hard work or saving money? I get that a lot at work. The funny part is, I am in the Army. Everyone knows exactly how much I get paid. Even better, people that out rank me tell me the same thing. Like they forget they make way more money than I do...
DRINK WATER!
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DRINK WATER!
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07-17-2008, 10:45 AM
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My Ride: 2006 BMW 550i Monaco Blue
I hate it when my co-worker always brings up the fact that I drive a "B.M.Weeeew" every time I am introduced to someone for the first time. I feel like saying "WTF its not because I make so much more then you a$$white, but rather because your to much of a dumb sh!t to manage your finance so that you could do the same.......and.......and even if you did fall over some capital you would probably go out and buy a freaking Pontiac and dump another 10k into it tricking it out."
But I don't I just stand there smiling.
I feel like saying "WTF its not because I make so much more then you a$$white, but rather because your to much of a dumb sh!t to manage your finance so that you could do the same.......and.......and even if you did fall over some capital you would probably go out and buy a freaking Pontiac and dump another 10k into it tricking it out."But I don't I just stand there smiling.