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It's a real shame I didn't get to see your car on the day. I know the 30d would be more than adequate but I'm willing to wait if there's the slightest chance the 35d makes it's way here. I want to order soon though as it will have to be built and I was willing to wait until early 2012 earliest. I have to say, I've got a new found respect for the 30d engine seeing it action when I followed Sam. It's definitely got a load of pulling power on a roll, I was really impressed!
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We are nothing but impressed with the 30d. It is tuned for more power and torque than any other 30d in the BMW range ATM. (190/560) While I would also have liked the 35d, when the 30d already outperforms the X5 40d, I doubt they will be in a hurry to bring it here.
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A great day except some very rough pot hole reeded road,a disgrace to the shire council on one long long road.
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I'm sitting on 495kms out of the tank (filled up the night before and drove to work this morning) but I'm gonna need petrol to get home
I did about 450kms on the day but I live on the northside so had further to travel... PS: Speaking of "Not-BMWs", how about that 928S? He was a charming fella |
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I didn't have the pleasure... what happened?
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He didn't like to be overtaken and almost took Vinney out - then had the nerve to blame Vin and accuse him of almost killing both of them - in front of everyone, at the lunch stop...
I also had problems getting around him - he'd bunch up or swerve or indicate an overtake as soon as you got near him... |
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My first thought when I saw the porsche at Calamvale was "bringing a knife to a gunfight"...
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heh... My first though was "Mate of mine had one of those 20 years ago... It was crap then..."
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I filled up just before the day started, so basically had a full tank at Calamvale and still have 1/4 tank left.
I found it quite hard to put the foot down a lot of the time, being stuck behind traffic was a pain in the behind... I was in 5/6th gear for a lot of the time! I remember when we overtook someone when I was behind the leader in the E46 325 I hammered it but had to put on the brakes mid overtake as he was too slow... We really had the fastest cars there but were in group 3 being held back by group 2 a lot of the time. Could have kept up in a Smart car! PS- How nice was that black Brabus Merc on the M1 on the way home! |
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There were quite a few camera. There was also a killer around the dam. Luck the Honda Odyssey flash at Richard and I when we were trying to catch to Vinny and Angus... That would seriously really ruin the whole trip. I also nearly had a close call at Calamvale in the morning when one of the cops waved at me to try and slow me down. I think she was busy writing a ticket at the time. That was lucky.
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