is250 vs. 325i

So you're the type that can't possibly imagine anyone having fun doing anything that you don't like to do.

Let me guess--you're not married.

Not at all. Why do you feel the need to tell me what "type" I am?

I've done the beach thing all over the world. It's ok but I'd rather be doing other things.

But then I have a beach in the backyard so it's not quite the big deal to me it is to you I suppose. It's nice being able to see the kids swim from my desk here where I work.

The best part about the other beach, to TRY to get this back to something remotely car related, is the suntan lotion that gets glopped on the viny door bits by greased up teenagers. It's a UV protectant which is all armour all does - blocks degradation of plastic by preventing UV from hitting it. While it doesn't help leather it doesn't particularly hurt it either.

I hope this answers your questions and we can drop this rather pointless discussion in favour or something, um, interesting?

I don't have to tell you. You tell the world, all on your own.

(shakes head)

No, nod your head. You know I'm right.

You really should do something about those ugly US bumpers.

I saw this E28 a few months ago and have to say it looked pretty good. Despite liking the E34 style the most, I still couldn't help myself from taking a picture with my mobile:

Ulf

What driving force within people makes them announce to the world that they've "plonked" someone?

Ditto for announcing "top posting corrected?"

No, "top posting corrected" explains that the OP did something wrong.

Ah. Internet police. Didn't see the badge there...

Yep. It was right underneath his Junior Programmer badge.

You gotta keep yer eyes open.

Obviously, neither of you have a Valintino NetCop Detector.

No, simply demanding simple courtesy.

Why do you think the internet has different rules?

There's the difference between an enthusiast (me) and someone who merely owns a BMW. I'll be driving. Preferably in competition or at notably high speeds - at sanctioned events.

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that)

No; it's 22 miles southwest. We call it "Road America". Sometimes I go to other tracks (Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock, Sebring, Brainerd, Grattan, GingerMan, Blackhawk Farms, etc.) or autocross venues; but this one's 'home' for me.

No; you drove like a 16-year-old. We all did. Then, faced with the choice of becoming boring old farts in Toyotas or competent performance/competition drivers, some of us (like me) got education and experience that allows me to do things perfectly safely that would scare the living crap out of you.

Maturity is overrated; but do you want to see my AARP card? Want to take a lap of Road America at speed with me? I teach other BMW owners how to drive fast.

Pleaded no contest to a 44 in a 35 back in Y2K. Couple of 'roadside chats' since. Mostly because they don't much like my WARP ONE plates ... =;^)

What; and make you jealous? I insure a small fleet of about six vehicles in a very crime-free and safe state. It would only piss you off to find that I've had a 'safe driver' rating for decades.

I remember breaking one of those somewhere around 165,000 miles. It probably wasn't an original. So now I carry a spare alternator/fan belt. In May, I put on a 'borrowed' a/c compressor belt in a Chicago rest stop with no tools whatsoever, let alone any hand scuffing. Frankly, your belts probably were fine for another 20,000 miles.

Regular maintenance does not translate to unreliability and an enthusiast does not begrudge the car its regular care in any case. My E28s have actually stranded me exactly once since Y2K - for a broken harmonic balancer that I removed and threw away (It's an unneeded part

- but I didn't know that at the time.). I once performed 'field repairs' to a broken accelerator cable (@~225K miles) to limp home. I also avoided much driving after I sprang a big oil leak that I feared was a head gasket, but it was only a pan gasket. I could drive it, but it was rather a profligate waste of dead dinosaur fluids.

Other than that, I drive them. Not 'cruise' to be seen - *drive*. Back in May, it was autocross (2nd in class, dammit!) with other E12 and E28 fanatics over in South Bend. In a little over two weeks, it will be just about the oldest car circulating Road America with a hundred or more BMW club enthusiasts. I figure on maybe 0.9G cornering and around 130 mph after The Kink if things are going well. So what are your plans that weekend?

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that)

I thought we'd discussed this already. BMW puts 'frou-frou' transmissions in the cars that are driven by 'frou-frou' drivers. Mine says, "Getrag" and that thingy on top looks like this:

R 1 3 5 I__I_I_I I I

It's OK; ask a Real Man© to explain it to you. Or my wife. Her Jaguar thingy looks the same way.

-- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that)

Mine has a 6 on it as well.

^^^^^^ ITYM Ford.

If you are incapable of figuring out how to read someone's post, you (and your educational institution) have my deepest sympathy.

It's not an issue of courtesy. Some people's readers are set up that way. Could they change it? I don't know, but probably. But it may be beyond their knowledge.

For you to assume otherwise is discourteous. Ironic, no?