Road Trip
08-01-2009, 06:42 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530xiT: CPO purchase in 2008, used by a BMW exec previously, and like-new when I got it. Compared to my other cars, at first I thought it felt heavy and steering was too heavy. Now, I really enjoy driving it in town and on the freeway. On my
just a few self portraits during a road trip from SF to Dallas
08-01-2009, 06:44 AM
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My Ride: Alpine White 2006 530Xi (SLD)
Nice pics! How was the ride itself? Boring or cool?
Ok, now that I'm done with my serious questions, here's the smartass part of my post:
So you're the guy that was looking for a car bra!
BTW stacking pics is really kind of a requirement
Thanks for sharing the pics, man! Love roadtrips
Ok, now that I'm done with my serious questions, here's the smartass part of my post:
So you're the guy that was looking for a car bra!
BTW stacking pics is really kind of a requirement
Thanks for sharing the pics, man! Love roadtrips
08-01-2009, 07:19 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530xiT: CPO purchase in 2008, used by a BMW exec previously, and like-new when I got it. Compared to my other cars, at first I thought it felt heavy and steering was too heavy. Now, I really enjoy driving it in town and on the freeway. On my
1) car drove awesome. the car wants to run and just feels great at speed. on the road to Carlsbad Caverns, was cruising at 95, and it was perfectly stable. brought it up to 100 to set the max on my GPS. while the car would do 100 no sweat, thought about the wind load of the Yakima pod on the roof rack and kept it to 90
2) no man, I've used Colgan bras since my 91 525i. btw, at 100, no bra issues
3) sorry, didn't see or know that it would go sideways. where's the stack control?
2) no man, I've used Colgan bras since my 91 525i. btw, at 100, no bra issues
3) sorry, didn't see or know that it would go sideways. where's the stack control?
08-01-2009, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by yeewiz' post='961913' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:19 AM
1) car drove awesome. the car wants to run and just feels great at speed. on the road to Carlsbad Caverns, was cruising at 95, and it was perfectly stable. brought it up to 100 to set the max on my GPS. while the car would do 100 no sweat, thought about the wind load of the Yakima pod on the roof rack and kept it to 90
2) no man, I've used Colgan bras since my 91 525i. btw, at 100, no bra issues
3) sorry, didn't see or know that it would go sideways. where's the stack control?
2) no man, I've used Colgan bras since my 91 525i. btw, at 100, no bra issues
3) sorry, didn't see or know that it would go sideways. where's the stack control?
To stack pictures, you just have to physically stack the photo attachments in your post vertically. So you draft post should look like this:
[photo1.jpeg]
[photo2.jpeg]
[photp3.jpeg]
and so on
08-02-2009, 05:01 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530xiT: CPO purchase in 2008, used by a BMW exec previously, and like-new when I got it. Compared to my other cars, at first I thought it felt heavy and steering was too heavy. Now, I really enjoy driving it in town and on the freeway. On my
thanks all. oh, finally figured out how to move the images around, thanks sdg. here's a couple more shots to test stacking
08-02-2009, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by yeewiz' post='962688' date='Aug 2 2009, 09:01 AM
thanks all. oh, finally figured out how to move the images around, thanks sdg. here's a couple more shots to test stacking
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Nice pics. You have figured out stacking.
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My Ride: Jan 2006 E63 650i Sport
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Sport version (includes: sport-seats, sport-suspension, M-Sport steering wheel, Anthracite headliner, Shaddow Line), Saphire Black, Black Dakota Leather, Anthracite Maple Wood trim, Steptronic Auto, Xenons, NAV-Professional with Voice Control, TV, CD-Changer, Bluetooth, Logic7, Head-up Display, Comfort Access, Seat Heating front, Auto Dimming & Folding Mirrors, Extended Auto Air Conditioning, PDC.
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Spacers 5mm front & 15mm rear
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20" Alpina Softline (Classic) with Dunlop Sport Maxx non-RFT (255/35/20 & 285/30/20)
Great pics, thanks for sharing 