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BMW has really come a long way...


walkinfool

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Had to get my cars and coffee fix this morning at a local event in Camas, WA and found an empty spot next to this beast! My ‘72 on the left seems a bit dated but I’m not complaining. Happy first day of summer!

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Pretty cool. 

I noticed that both guys in the photo are looking at the 2002....Not the beast. ?

 

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1975 Malaga. It is rusty and  springs an occasional leak.  Just like me. 

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2 hours ago, Vicleonardo1 said:

Pretty cool. 

I noticed that both guys in the photo are looking at the 2002....Not the beast. ?

 

Thanks! Funny, I was waiting for them to get out of the shot but they were just sort of lingering haha

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1 hour ago, SydneyTii said:

Technically yes, stylistically nope.

Call me crackers, but I’d take your car over the late model any day, that is unless I took the late model, sold it, and bought more 02’s!

 

Right there with you, mate!

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I vote for the 02 too.  On a financial statement, the car on the left would be classified as an asset, and the car on the right as a liability.

Why is the ground all wet?  If it rained that much in LA, we would have cancelled the event.  

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For those most interested in DIY maintenance, the list for the i8 begins and ends with washing the windshield 

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73 Tii stock build, Porsche Macan   , E46 330i Florida driver, 

….and like most of us, way too many (maybe 30 at last count) I wish I hadn't sold ?

 

 

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4 hours ago, Steve Tochi said:

I vote for the 02 too.  On a financial statement, the car on the left would be classified as an asset, and the car on the right as a liability.

Why is the ground all wet?  If it rained that much in LA, we would have cancelled the event.  

They were threatening to cancel but the rain held off for the first 20 minutes before the drizzle began. 

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26 minutes ago, walkinfool said:

They were threatening to cancel but the rain held off for the first 20 minutes before the drizzle began. 

ORWAs (Oregonians and Washingtonians) aren't going to let a bit of wetness stop them.

Just ask any one of us parental units that has sat through long and wet soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, football etc. etc. games.... 

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1975 Malaga. It is rusty and  springs an occasional leak.  Just like me. 

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19 hours ago, walkinfool said:

Had to get my cars and coffee fix this morning at a local event in Camas, WA and found an empty spot next to this beast! My ‘72 on the left seems a bit dated but I’m not complaining. Happy first day of summer!

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Yours was the beast in its day....

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 BMW's mission statement is “to become the world's leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility.” 

 

Asset and depreciating asset.

 

The 2002 is a sport oriented car. (asset)

The i8 is a "premium product and premium service for individual mobility". (depreciating asset)

 

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There's rain in that picture?  That's just a little damp...

it can do that all day.

 

BMW and I parted ways philosophically a long time ago.

Probably after the E30, E34, and E38.  Everything got droopier,

blobbier, and, critically, heavier.

 

And crucially, the M badge followed along.  They had the chance to diverge-

make the M a real enthusiast car-

but they chose to provide "premium products" not sports cars.

 

Well, hell, let's face it, the 2002 and E30 were kind of happy accidents-

the damned things had (and still have, in current generations) MacPherson struts up front, universally regarded as

'far less sporting than  that cool dual offset wishbone thing that Honda did'

 

t

likes the cars, but they're 'transportation packages' and if you need that, why not a used Tesla?

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