Road Trip: The Conclusion
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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
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ok, made it back. returned to SF from Dallas via Oklahoma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Grand Canyon, Arizona, Las Vegas, with many stops along the way. put 5000 miles on the odometer
3 words re Grand Canyon West Skywalk: Holy Crap, WOW!
4 words re Grand Canyon West: Holy Crap, NO guardrails!
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3 words re Grand Canyon West Skywalk: Holy Crap, WOW!
4 words re Grand Canyon West: Holy Crap, NO guardrails!
some shots for your perusal
![Road Trip: The Conclusion-530xit_route66_1042.jpg](https://5series.net/forums/attachments/e61-touring-discussion-4/87979d1482365387t-road-trip-conclusion-530xit_route66_1042.jpg)
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Originally Posted by yeewiz' post='986222' date='Aug 23 2009, 02:02 PM
Glad you made it back. I wish I lived in the west coast, so I could do a trip to Grand Canyon like yours. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by yeewiz' post='986222' date='Aug 23 2009, 02:02 PM
Glad you made it back. I wish I lived in the west coast, so I could do a trip to Grand Canyon like yours. Thanks for sharing.
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My Ride: 530I Silver gray with gray leather with Premium Package, Logic 7 Premium sound system with Ipod interface, xenon adaptive headlights, Active steering, Power retractable rear sunshade, Comfort seats, Cold weather package and M5 OEM 166 wheels, Sprintbooster. Ceramic Tint all around, Bilstein Sports shocks with Eibach springs, Brake performance Rotors and Axxis ceramic pads.
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Great View thanks for sharing.
P.S. where did you get your BRA, I'm planning on doing a road trip to Houston and looks like a good idea to avoid road chips.
P.S. where did you get your BRA, I'm planning on doing a road trip to Houston and looks like a good idea to avoid road chips.
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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
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My Ride: 2008 535i Monaco blue/cream beige, light poplar trim, sport, nav, premium, Logic 7, 6 speed manual
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Departed: 2006 530xi Silver gray/black, anthracite maple trim, cold, sport, nav, premium, Logic 7, 6 speed steptronic, bluetooth, adaptive xenons
Departed...2002 525i White/beige, 5 sp manual
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Nice shots!
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Yikes...I'm getting vertigo just looking at that last shot...! Thanks for sharing pics of America the Beautiful!
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My Ride: 2004 530i | Sapphire Black | Sport | Premium | NAV | Logic 7 | DPE R07 Variant S Gloss Black with Polished Lip 20x8.5 front 20x10 rear | Falken FK452 tires 245/30/20 front 275/30/20 rear | H&R Coilovers | Smoked Tail Lights | M5 trunk spoiler | AC Schnitzer style roof spoiler | HID 8000K headlights & foglights | 35% tint all around | Sprint Booster | Speed Innovation ECU tuning | M5 trunk finisher | M-Tech body kit | Remus Quad Exhaust | AC Schnitzer style pedals | Euro Stickers | RPi Ram Air Induction | Smoked LED Side Lenses | AC Schnitzer style e-brake handle | AC Schnitzer style shifter | AC Schnitzer style iDrive knob | AC Schnitzer style carbon fiber diffuser | carbon fiber hood/trunk/steering emblems | carbon fiber grilles | carbon fiber door pillars | MTEC v2 Angel Eyes | Hamann style carbon fiber splitter
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awesome road trip! thanks for sharing!!
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