A thing of beauty...

[jsbowden]

Is in my garage.

It's um...wow. When it idles, it sounds like a purring kitten. Give the accelerator a little push, and it roars. I haven't quite got the seat exactly where I want it yet, but it's still like sitting a leather body glove. A heated leather body glove. That roars.

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[missysedai.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm...Beemer yumminess...

Are you giving it a name?

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Dunno. Hadn't really thought about it. I don't normally name things other than computers, and I only name them as part of the whole 'putting them on the network; need unique identifier' bit.

[melallen.livejournal.com]

Only Geeks give cars names....

But then I love geeky people.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

While not normally a car person, I do admit that I have a bit of a soft spot for BMWs. And Corvettes. And the engine smell. And the new car smell. And the sound of a good engine, and the feel of power, and...

...OK, maybe I am a car person, I just choose not to follow that potential hobby beyond helping around the Datsun.

At any rate, nice toy. Enjoy it.

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

Interesting. For me, Beemers are too German (well built, expensive, and also around here they're driven by pimps -- drug dealers drive Porsche), Ferrari's too Italian (One word: electrical system. *shudder*), and 'vettes are too American (cheap -- over there --, plastic, big engine with an even bigger number in the weight column and relatively little power-to-weight both for the engine separately as well as the whole car). Almost all really good/pretty sports/luxurycars are made in Britain. But not in the seventies, cause at that point the electrical system sucked worse than a contemporary Fiat's.

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

My undergraduate Science and Engineering House Master was a professor of Electrical Engineering who had a habit of purchasing beat-up classic sports cars and then rebuilding/restoring them to collector quality, including machining his own parts in his garage. All self taught over the years.

Yay cars. Or, as Jesse "Corvette addict" M.B would say, Vroom! :-)

[kjn]

Lots. Squishy. Green.

Channeling the Loy

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

A heated leather body glove. That roars.

You know, that could be me. Well, except for the leather part. I'm not *that* chapped. Yet. Um.

[melallen.livejournal.com]

We thought about a BMW, but around here only assholes drive BMWs. I am leaning towards an Audi or a Mercedes. If I ever do get around to buying a luxury car.

Right now the 8 year old Pathfinder will have to get us through. When you have a two year old and a black lab, you need someting you can destroy without a care.

[robeli.livejournal.com]

Completely understand that one - the Boy is now 6 1/2 - we would have never gotten that car 4 years ago!!

[melallen.livejournal.com]

Then what you completely understand is that the only reason assholes drive BMW's around here, is because I don't own one.

Plus, *arg!* Two. What in the world am I going to do with her? The problem is that she is so damn smart, I don't know when she's just being "terrible" versus when she's manipulating me.

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

(grin)

Hell of a time for gas prices to finally move torwards reality, tho.

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice. I can't tell from the picture, is that a 330Ci? Strangely, although I see a ton of 3 series BMWs around here, I can't remember seeing a single one that was a convertible.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's a 330Ci. I added the performance package just for fun.