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My last car, 330Ci M Sport convertible (E46)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Bimmer2-1.jpg
Current car 525i SE (E60) (only have this crappy pic available at work)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/Timbuk2/525i.jpg
Peeeejuke! ;)
Would make a fine addiction to the rearviewmirror roadrage game.
Well, at least it's not an Audi :up:
Aye. :)
Am an active member of a UK BMW forum. We're well used to being the brunt of all the jokes ...
They are fine driving cars though. It is my one frivolous expense. I cover a lot of commuting miles in a year, and I love driving, so am bloody well going to enjoy my time behind the wheel.
But yeh the jokes and abuse seem to be shifting over to Audi drivers now. I've had an Audi in the past too. :D
Stereotyping gets no one anywhere though innit. You get cocks in all types of cars.
But cocks in nice cars taste better than cocks in POS cars. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I've been torn between the BMW 3 Series (Coupe) and the Mercedes C Class (Coupe), unfortunately for the BMW i was put off when i read a forum regarding issues with - i believe it's this but don't quote me - the manifold etc etc. When i saw how much some of them were paying even though it's a design error i thought it wasn't worth it in the end. Plus i drove a C Class and fell in love almost straight away. It is, however, such a shame that i haven't got a pay rise so i can't get the CLC Class instead, that front end looks beautiful.
You're not even trying to be on my good side :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Hurtz!
Some one got close to getting all of Europe with it.Quote:
Stereotyping gets no one anywhere though innit.
The problems you refer to affect older E46 diesel units, pre 2003. Blown turbos on those are a regular feature on the forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lor
BMW's older petrol units however will run trouble-free for the life of the car, particularly the six-pots which have an award-winning reputation for reliability.
The new E92 coupés are fabulous, next on my shopping list later this year/early next when my 5er is swapped in. I've test-driven 2 so far.
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The new C Class mercs are very pretty cars though - I agree. Lovely front-end.
Mercedes seem to have cleared up much of the dreadful reliablity and servicing issues and wishy-washy handling of their cars that affected them in the late nineties and 00s, which had brought their customer satisfaction ratings right down alongside the likes of Peugeot and Citroen.
The cost-cutting that Mercedes implemented throughout its divisions after its disastrous ventures with Chrysler did it untold damage that they are only just recovering from, repuational-wise and design-quality-wise.
So long as you can put up with the dreadful foot-operated parking brake that Mercedes still insist on, they are much better cars to drive and much more reliable to boot.
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So yep the dilemma you're talking about is being dallied over by many who want a coupé, the new C Class or the new 3 series (E92).
Fekkin' Jews! They're all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziggy Stardust
:heart:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
I miss romantic hand-holding and cuddling and kissing, too. :(
If i were to shop for a 3 Series coupe which would have the better reliability, what years should i look at? Remember i want a diesel (want to keep MPG up and Road Tax down!)??Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
http://i45.tinypic.com/13zwgp.jpgQuote:
The new C Class mercs are very pretty cars though - I agree. Lovely front-end.
How you can't love that i have no idea! The price tag for used (i wouldn't ever get new) is around £17/18k mark. Such a shame!
I actually don't mind the foot operated parking brake, it baffled me to begin with but i'm quite prepared to over look it :).Quote:
So long as you can put up with the dreadful foot-operated parking brake that Mercedes still insist on, they are much better cars to drive and much more reliable to boot.
I was looking at the Alfa GT but stopped as, well, you know why! Hyundai Coupes are beautiful looking cars but are a let down on 1) Tax and 2) Performance. I was going to dabble in a 5 doors but i just can't. Love coupes to much.Quote:
So yep the dilemma you're talking about is being dallied over by many who want a coupé, the new C Class or the new 3 series (E92).
You guys sound like a car thread is in order ;)
I'd like one but don't think it'd get much traffic.
Off the top of my head, Lor, OG and myself are the only ones with enough interest in cars to waffle on about them.
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Quite a bit more interest in F1 when the season starts up again, where the likes of you and Spawnster and a few others chime in with posts.
Make one, you can then answer my question about 3 series coupe and allow us to further expand on the subject. I'm all for one!
Also having lurkers in mind who might not find the talk about cars in this thread but might decide they would want to join a specific thread.
Then again, you might very well be right and the thread would dry out in a day. Still, no harm done, right? Always could revive it when there's a new model or concept car that catches your eye :)
Okidokes, will do chaps. :)
Will create one in a few hours when I get home cos there's a quite a bit I'll put in there.
I'll make a general cars plus motorsport sort of thread to cover F1, Nascar, Indycar, Rally, bikes etc plus ordinary production cars sorta thing.
EDIT: Thread drift innit; groove no longer messed with! :mad:
3 hours of training on a half broken, half incomplete system...all so the library system can be the county's one stop customer service center :down:
:p Do you do customer service for my bank, too? Since I think you actually understand English that would be very helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
µTorrent asking if I wanted to install the Ask toolbar during the 2.0 upgrade. I thought you were different µTorrent, I thought you were different... :cry:
Sleeping for 13 hours is great, just not when it's a function of sickness. :(
Fucking hair loss.
:(
Hate it!
I've receded to the point that my forehead is now a fivehead. :mad:
Fucking getting to the point of Billy Zane:
Before:
http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/f...040421-456.jpg
After:
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...05_468x425.jpg
And I never had his goddamn looks to begin with. Or a gorgeous brunette hanging off my arm!
GAH.
:mad:
:rant:
EDIT and WHERE has the farkin rant smiley gone ?!?!?oneeleventyone1!
I was happy about my daughter going to college until I remembered who had to pay for it. The joy never lasts, the misery never fades.
I did something to my right shoulder. I have not a clue what, but I wish I hadn't done it, whatever it was! :cry: Hurts like a big fucking dog, and even my strong pain meds aren't touching it! :cry:
Shave it all off. That's what I plan to do if I start balding by middle age. The remaining hair just become a liability, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Heh, I recently installed Trillian and the free version asks the same thing as well. Moronically, I clicked on "Continue" before removing the checkbox.Quote:
Originally Posted by Illusions
Turns out, the Ask toolbar cannot be installed on Windows 7 x64 due to incompatibilies.
Phew.
I've got the hair from my great-grandfather. Who had hair until he was ninety (further hair loss data collection was prevented by end of life, sadly). Though my temple hair is now 30% white.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dattu
I got a letter from a friend at another university today. Unfortunately, it was just the envelope. The letter itself must have fallen out.
I am so sad.
TicketMaster needs to learn basic math.
4 tickets at $15 each should cost ~$60.
4 tickets advertised at $15 each should not cost $96.70.
Buying tickets within 30 seconds of them going on sale should not put me on the 2nd level, tickets for the lower level should not end up on ticketmasters own ticket reseller website at that same time for a 200% mark up.
Fucking ticketmaster, I can't wait till their business practices get put under some sort of proconsumer guidelines. :mad:
I'm the only one posting tonight. :(
Obviously not, unless you consider me a nobody!
But that would be fine, too.
You're not Nobody. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dattu
Got woken up by Jehova's Witnesses at the door - again.