BMW 1-Series

Replying to: fedlawman (Sep 11, 2008 7:32 am)

It's too heavy and luxurious to subject to that abuse.
 
LOL!
 
I'm not laughing at you ... kinda laughing at myself. I track my 3750lb G35X.

Replying to: tagman (Sep 10, 2008 9:26 pm)

People have a special relationship with cars because (for most people) they perceive their cars to be an extension of their personality, accurately or not. Also, because cars are constantly on public display, people view them as a vehicle (pardon the pun!) for personal advertisement for whatever qualities they want to project (real or imagined), be it wealth, sexiness, machismo, coolness, etc. And of course, the high cost of a car is also a factor in creating this "passionate" relationship. I would hypothecate that if your refrigerator costs $40K and you can customize it with personal options and lug it around in public, you may also develop a "passionate relationship" with it too!
 
Now the question is why is it mostly men that bond with their cars. I guess it's the machismo ingrained into the male psyche by years of propaganda advertising. And I guess clothes and shoes to women are what cars are to men.
 
As for the question, am I messing with you? Yeah, maybe, since I'm part of that herd that has an inexplicable bonding with cars. But when you cut out all the rhetoric and analyze the nuts and bolts (again, pardon the pun), that is what it is.

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Replying to: fedlawman (Sep 11, 2008 7:26 am)

you're talking to someone who removed the air conditioning from his M3 to shave 30 lbs off the nose
 
That says it all. I understand.
 
I had a Lotus Elise two years ago, and I can genuinely appreciate the whole idea of "less is more".
 
TM

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Replying to: circlew (Sep 11, 2008 2:37 pm)

So is a pair of shoes! If it weren't for women, no Malls would exist, only car dealers!
 
HA HA!! Ain't that the truth!
 
Car dealers... and if ya' don't mind... sporting goods stores and/or Bass Pro Shops!... LOL!
 
 
 
TM

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Replying to: nyccarguy (Sep 09, 2008 6:49 pm)

What kind of E46 do you have?
 
Here's the story - Last time I was looking for a driver, the wife was watching every move. Being the considerate guy I am I made sure I got the Steptronic so she could drive it. As long as I was getting an automatic transmission, I figured I might as well get the 325i, which I did.
 
Now - get this - she has driven the car exactly 3 times in a little over 3 years and hasn't driven it at all in the last year and a half. The only times I could get her to drive it was when I had to take her car in for service.
 
I'm not making that mistake again.
 
I guess that's more than you wanted to know.

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