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Old 04-17-2008, 09:29 AM
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On the way to work today and shock horror, E60 M sport with sun protection glass...... TAXI !!!
Old 04-17-2008, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by simba' post='563109' date='Apr 17 2008, 12:29 PM
On the way to work today and shock horror, E60 M sport with sun protection glass...... TAXI !!!
Pardon my ignorance, what exactly is a "sun protection glass"?
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Tinted would be my guess.
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Originally Posted by simba' post='563109' date='Apr 17 2008, 10:29 AM
On the way to work today and shock horror, E60 M sport with sun protection glass...... TAXI !!!
Well, some times you absolutely HAVE TO be at the airport on time!! And of course don't want to be seen in anything as pedestrian as a taxicab!!
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You got it bdkinnh
Sun protection glass/glazing => tinted windows -> UK specs brochure ...
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Hard to visualize the "horror" of tinted windows on an e60 M sport, but it must have been pretty bad for you to mention it...
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i dont get it........ maybe its just the way simba is saying it, but i dont get it...


something about an e60 with "sun protection glass" (tint) and has to do with a taxi???

i've read it 6 times and i still dont get it...??
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I think his point is really the E60 as a common taxi was a horrible sight...
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Originally Posted by kscarrol' post='563364' date='Apr 17 2008, 09:29 PM
I think his point is really the E60 as a common taxi was a horrible sight...

+1 I believe the OP was that he was desribing a tinted 5 series for dramatic effect and then he was like.......It Was a TAXI! (shock and horror)
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It was a TAXI. Loads of them in the Netherlands too ... 530d's and 730d's...


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