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to be at watkins glenn by now, right roadburner?
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| I am hearing a faint high pitch sound when going a steady 40 mph or 45 mph. Does anyone have ideas of what may be causing this noise? | |
have a good resale value, but c'mon. I was driving by a Mitsubishi dealer today and saw a Boston Green/Sand Leather 2000 E46 328iA. The car had the Premium Package, Sports Package, & Automatic. No Xenons. 39K miles. The sticker said they were asking $18,9K for a (almost) 9 year old car! They must have picked the car up at an auction for what 6 or 7 K?
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Sep 28, 2008 8:47 pm) 
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Sep 26, 2008 8:03 pm) I wish; car, house repair, and a nasty cold conspired to force me to write the trip off. And I'm still mad about it... 
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Replying to: roadburner (Sep 29, 2008 9:09 am) Rumor has it that they've finally discovered the cause of the common cold. The answer for simple avoidance of catching said cold is that you absolutely, positively must stop running naked through the woods. I said that to my (then) 71 year old mother-in-law once upon a time and she responded in a kind of wistful and reflective tone of voice, "Gee, I haven't done that in many-many years." Realizing whom she had just said that to, she immediately clapped her hands over her mouth, and then upon removing them yelled, "And if you ever breathe a word of that to my daughter, I'll beat you to a bloody pulp!" I immediately replied in my best Sgt. Shultz voice, "I know nothing..."  Best regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Sep 29, 2008 9:17 am) LOL! Great story! I wish my cold or whatever the heck it was had had such an interesting origin... |
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comfortable behind the wheel of my E30 325i. Last night I took it to go pick up dinner. Got it up to about 70 mph on the highway. The car feels amazingly solid for an 18 year old car whose suspension is shot (to put it lightly). Once I put shocks, springs, wheels, tires, & brakes the car is going to drive almost good as new. I've got a really solid car. I'm excited!
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I took my new (for me) 2000 328Ci 5MT on its first road trip today, about 330 miles roundtrip, mostly freeway but a little city at the start and in the middle, and 30 minutes of nasty stop-and-go in construction at the end (which let me get a lot of experience with the stick shift, since I haven't owned a stick for 2-1/2 years). The car performed beautifully and made for a pleasant trip on a picture-perfect fall day in MN. The suspension soaked up the rough spots well, the power seat with power lumbar was very comfy, and--the best part--when I entered the road construction zone after 330 miles, the mpg meter read 35.1 mpg! For comparison, on a road trip I took this past spring with my '04 Elantra (I4 4AT, 138 hp), I got about the same fuel economy. For most of the trip I had the cruise set at 72 mph, with some slower speeds in town. I noticed that when I was going around 55-60 mph, the instantaneous mpg meter was reading 40+ mpg. I filled the tank this morning and after a total of 340 miles (10 in town before I left), the needle was just a hair to the left of 1/2. That means the car's cruising range is about 600 miles! I knew the E46 could get good fuel economy if driven moderately, but these numbers exceeded my expectations. And a couple of times when other drivers did something that was stu...er, ill-advised, and I needed a burst of power or some crisp handling, the car delivered there too.  The only casualty was that somehow the moonroof shade got detatched from its track as I was sliding it closed. I'll have to take a look at that tomorrow--hoping it will be easy to pop back into its tracks. After this trip and a thorough read of the owner's manual tonight (finally got time to read it cover to cover, and learned some things I never knew about, e.g. the automatic anti-pollution setting on the HVAC system), I have a much better idea of what the car is capable of. |
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