View Poll Results: Where in South Asia are you from?
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Any of you e60 Drivers from South Asia or ethnically South Asian?
03-11-2008, 11:11 AM
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Any South Asian users out there? Or from the DESI background? KI KHBOR FROM Bangladesh! lol
03-11-2008, 11:16 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535i: June 6th start build, complete June 17th, at NY Port July 5th, at dealer July 10th, took delivery Friday July 13- Plantimum Bronze/Natural Brown Leather/Light Poplar, Sport Package, Sport Auto, Active Steering, Premium Package, CWP & PDC. Dinan Performance Software 384hp & 421 ft/lbs.
Originally Posted by snkpkp' post='543039' date='Mar 11 2008, 02:11 PM
Any South Asian users out there? Or from the DESI background? KI KHBOR FROM Bangladesh! lol
03-11-2008, 11:22 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535i: June 6th start build, complete June 17th, at NY Port July 5th, at dealer July 10th, took delivery Friday July 13- Plantimum Bronze/Natural Brown Leather/Light Poplar, Sport Package, Sport Auto, Active Steering, Premium Package, CWP & PDC. Dinan Performance Software 384hp & 421 ft/lbs.
Originally Posted by snkpkp' post='543046' date='Mar 11 2008, 02:18 PM
where would that be Bangalore?
It is nice to see the geographical reach of this forum.
03-11-2008, 11:24 AM
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lol...... yeah i think i get the humor , its like the most a lot of "Americans" travel... meant mostly for the Mid westerns ....lol...No Pun intended.....
03-11-2008, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by pennetta' post='543043' date='Mar 11 2008, 02:16 PM
No but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
LOL!!
03-11-2008, 11:27 AM
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My Ride: 2008 535i, Carbon Black, Black Dakota, Black Diamond Trim, 6sp Sport Automatic with Paddles, M-Sport Package, Premium Package
Originally Posted by Hyper_545i' post='543056' date='Mar 11 2008, 11:25 AM
LOL!!
03-11-2008, 11:36 AM
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My Ride: 525d LCI - xenon, tv function,grey dakota leather,titanium silver,244 radial spokes.
Great that you started this thread....i was meaning to do the same.
Am from Mumbai , India... any more members from my city here?
I am sure there is gonna be an influx of Indians on this forum as BMW has introduced the E60 a few months back in India.
Am from Mumbai , India... any more members from my city here?
I am sure there is gonna be an influx of Indians on this forum as BMW has introduced the E60 a few months back in India.
03-11-2008, 12:16 PM
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yeah I heard they are assembling the 3 and the 5 and making the door panels locally. Prices in India is cheaper than Bangladesh as the duty structure is cheaper in India.
03-11-2008, 12:24 PM
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Well i am not sure about the door panels being made locally i guess they would start with the seats first.
Fortunatly i think my car does not have any locally manufactured parts as it was one of the first few batches. Eventually after a year they have to get 30% of the parts locally manufactured.
Direct import duty in India is extremly high too but since the 5 series is assembled in India its a little cheaper on duty... I paid around $120,000USD for my 525d !! I could have gotten an m6 or more for that much in the states.
BMW has been very aggressive to steal Mercedes's monopoly in India... we get the 320i,320d,325i...523i,525i,525d,530i ... all of which do not have many options you can add as they come very well equipped.
The diesel variants are the highest selling as they offer higher FE and petrol is a much more expensive fuel too.Also the petrol engines come sightly detuned to match the inferior petrol quality here. Hence a 525d is as quick as the 530i here.
Even with this steep a price tag there is a 6 month wait on the car , the E class sales have been hit badly. Currently the 5 series is outselling the E class twice over !
Fortunatly i think my car does not have any locally manufactured parts as it was one of the first few batches. Eventually after a year they have to get 30% of the parts locally manufactured.
Direct import duty in India is extremly high too but since the 5 series is assembled in India its a little cheaper on duty... I paid around $120,000USD for my 525d !! I could have gotten an m6 or more for that much in the states.
BMW has been very aggressive to steal Mercedes's monopoly in India... we get the 320i,320d,325i...523i,525i,525d,530i ... all of which do not have many options you can add as they come very well equipped.
The diesel variants are the highest selling as they offer higher FE and petrol is a much more expensive fuel too.Also the petrol engines come sightly detuned to match the inferior petrol quality here. Hence a 525d is as quick as the 530i here.
Even with this steep a price tag there is a 6 month wait on the car , the E class sales have been hit badly. Currently the 5 series is outselling the E class twice over !