a little curb rash with dinner?
07-26-2004, 12:25 PM
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somebody here said it best, that the problems occur when you deviate from routine. . . so i take the wife out for dinner (no, that's not the deviation) and give the restaurant valet a bit extra to "keep the car out front." No problem as he proceeds to harshly buff the curb with both driver side wheels. While I watch. My wife drops one of her gems along the lines of "it's just a stupid wheel, let's go inside and eat." Long story short, argument (with her), no dinner, claim filed, yada, yada, yada. Oh well, it really is just a wheel, right?
BTW, some of the other familiar musings I'm subjected to:
"why are you washing the car, it's only going to rain"
"why do we have to park so far away?"
and "what's wrong with that space?"
"those tires cost how much?"
"what took you so long?"
"your car has a bigger trunk, why can't we take it to the dumps?"
and finally "go talk to your friends on the internet, they'll understand"
hopefully, you do!
BTW, some of the other familiar musings I'm subjected to:
"why are you washing the car, it's only going to rain"
"why do we have to park so far away?"
and "what's wrong with that space?"
"those tires cost how much?"
"what took you so long?"
"your car has a bigger trunk, why can't we take it to the dumps?"
and finally "go talk to your friends on the internet, they'll understand"
hopefully, you do!
07-26-2004, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by twinzor1' date='Jul 26 2004, 10:25 PM
and finally "go talk to your friends on the internet, they'll understand"
hopefully, you do!
hopefully, you do!
07-26-2004, 12:44 PM
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Boy, I feel for you on the wheels. I think I'll pay them to let me park the car myself. I'd be curious to find out how many others have the same problem with the active steering.
07-26-2004, 01:20 PM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Jul 26 2004, 02:32 PM
[quote name='twinzor1' date='Jul 26 2004, 10:25 PM'] and finally "go talk to your friends on the internet, they'll understand"
hopefully, you do!
hopefully, you do!
[/quote]I second that!!!!
Valet parking sucks big time. In miami it was everywhere. Luckily in holland I can park my car self because we don't have it anywhere.
08-06-2004, 02:50 PM
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My wife loves our E60 as she did her manual 1983 320is that we had for 13 years so she goes along with all the precautions we take for the E60 and doesn't mind the $$ spent to keep it perfect. She a great driver and is better at remembering directions than I am.
Am I a lucky guy or what?
That's driving directions (we don't have the NAV system). I don't think it was available when we got our ride.
Am I a lucky guy or what?
That's driving directions (we don't have the NAV system). I don't think it was available when we got our ride.
08-06-2004, 04:36 PM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
Waiting for trunkopener button from Hobi :)
Originally Posted by Jimbo' date='Aug 6 2004, 04:50 PM
My wife loves our E60 as she did her manual 1983 320is that we had for 13 years so she goes along with all the precautions we take for the E60 and doesn't mind the $$ spent to keep it perfect. She a great driver and is better at remembering directions than I am.
Am I a lucky guy or what?
Am I a lucky guy or what?
08-07-2004, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 530E60NL' date='Aug 7 2004, 02:36 AM
maybe I need a version 13 update for her????? ?
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