BMW drops the "Ultimate Driving Machine"
05-07-2009 | 11:37 AM
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Major announcement from BMW!!!
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/07/bmw-drops-ultimate-driving-machine/
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/07/bmw-drops-ultimate-driving-machine/
05-07-2009 | 11:53 AM
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They are replacing it with "A company of ideas"....It doesnt even sound like it would go hand and hand with a car... I hear that and i think advertising not my car parked outside. I think its a bad move.
05-07-2009 | 12:00 PM
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Oh my ass! Could they have replaced it with something worse? Ok, I guess it could always be worse...
"A company of ideas" sounds like freakin' General Electric or BP. Bleh...
Please tell me this isn't true Val
"A company of ideas" sounds like freakin' General Electric or BP. Bleh...
Please tell me this isn't true Val
05-07-2009 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 5_Is_Alive' post='871306' date='May 7 2009, 02:00 PM
Oh my ass! Could they have replaced it with something worse? Ok, I guess it could always be worse...
"A company of ideas" sounds like freakin' General Electric or BP. Bleh...
Please tell me this isn't true Val
"A company of ideas" sounds like freakin' General Electric or BP. Bleh...
Please tell me this isn't true Val
Definitely doesn't sound like a company thats going to make anything exciting to drive.
05-07-2009 | 12:31 PM
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TODAY? Check article date "by John Neff on Aug 7th 2006 at 9:01PM "
Someone is (was) talking rubbish.
Someone is (was) talking rubbish.
05-07-2009 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='871343' date='May 7 2009, 01:31 PM
TODAY? Check article date "by John Neff on Aug 7th 2006 at 9:01PM "
Someone is (was) talking rubbish.
Someone is (was) talking rubbish.
Nice call bruce
I guess I can take my E60 off of Autotrader.com now. Phew. 
That was close. 
05-07-2009 | 01:26 PM
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Check the date of the post....................ooooops !
05-07-2009 | 01:30 PM
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I guess I caught everybody's attention...LOL
Good call Bruce, I did not look at the date...ooops! Why people come up with stupid articles like that???
Good call Bruce, I did not look at the date...ooops! Why people come up with stupid articles like that???