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10-03-2011, 01:39 AM | #25 |
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As i understand it... you first can start off by licensing a motorbike. and then go up from there as your driving experience grows and one keeps a clean record.
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10-03-2011, 04:09 AM | #27 | |
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not to mention in austria where consumption and emission taxes push the german base price by about 20% and a monthly motor tax which is about ten times higher than in germany as for the bsm: i first saw it on my own car there was only the vo on display at the welt and i saw one aw bmw-company car before - i like the color - i never had a black car before because i always wanted details like air intakes and so on to be seen... but boy does this bsm look good - especially after applying some svizöl concorso
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Also, I'm with you that VO was a bit ladish for me (and I'm 32 also ). |
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I'd normally say you are never too old to be a LAD, but I was trying to get GF approval, claiming this car is more 'future proof' than the 350Z (back seats in case you are not hearing the same ticking of a body clock that rings in my ears). Anyway, I am tempted by this to make up for it! https://www.britishcarregistrations....%20LAD/summary
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10-03-2011, 04:42 PM | #32 |
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I still haven't seen one on the road! Closest was the one I saw at Heathrow airport T5 car park about a month ago.
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10-04-2011, 04:46 PM | #33 |
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Apart from mine and AW and VO in showrooms not seen any on the road in the UK.
Though saw a BSM in the Paris traffic last week going back and forth over Seine near the Eiffel Tower. |
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10-05-2011, 11:45 AM | #35 |
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I got the most attention in Germany and Italy. Austria was more low key but everywhere in Germany and Italy people would stare, rubberneck, do the double-look, give me a thumbs up. Some took pictures of me driving or even video. At gas stations or rest stops people would go up the car and walk around it. It was pretty weird for me. I have never owned a car that attracted so much attention. I'm driving the invisible green plymouth minivan now in Urban Camouflage and no one sees me.
I really think all three colors are beautiful and it was a tough choice. White ended up being the right choice for me as a daily driver in warm climate, carrying kids and not having as much time for wax etc. Also, white leaves room for decals or other things down the road. Orange is awesome but I see that shade everywhere and it seems too trendy now even though I love it. Black looks the best on this car, but as we have beaten this horse, too warm for me and can't give it the wax care it would deserve. I wish I could have all three for my different moods! : ) |
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10-06-2011, 08:29 AM | #36 |
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I agree... all three colors look great... Racing white (great for stickers), Stlyish orange, and badass black.. Agree about the looks... In the past, I've received a fair amount of attention driving an E30 M3 (sometimes unwanted from 5-0!) ..... but it seemed like nearly everyone was checking out my car... The first night I drove it, I was driving along in Munich and a passerby turned nearly 180 degrees as I approached a stop sign. I made sure to rev the car and make a decent throaty launch, to which he responded with a big grin and thumbs up as I pulled off.. Of course, not two blocks away ... I pulled up to a stop and a POLIZEI van pulled along side... I was driving very slowly.. under the limit... and the van kept pacing me.... and I noticed that the poor fellow in back was drooling over my car!
Three stoplights later, I couldn't shake the van... and then I looked at the driver, and he had the same look as the passenger in the back! LOL The reason the PO-PO(LIZEI) van was pacing me was because the officer driving was just as enthralled! Had their not been a door on the van, the driver would have fallen out, he was leaning over so much to check out my car while he drove.. |
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i hear the lines drop on the BSM.....have yet to see one in person in NJ NY OR CT
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i don't know man...
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more pronounced in yours than the VO?! Dude, the orange car is farther away and I can see the air curtains MUCH more pronounced than the ones on your car right in front of the camera.
I have a lot of respect for black as I have owned 2 gorgeous black cars in the past, but reality is that the color hides the details and unless there is a source of light directly pointing at whichever part of the car you are staring at, they just fade away. |
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10-06-2011, 01:58 PM | #41 |
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^maybe he meant the outside lines - saw my first bsm driving by (other than mine) and the wheel arches and even the step where the sidemarkers are really stand out in sunlight - however the air intakes / air curtains sure are more visible on AW and VO - thats why i would have gotten the car in spacegrey
however, i cant stop saying how this is the best (handling) car i ever had the pleasure to own even here, in the countryside between the mountains () people notice / recognize the car - never had so much attention - had people standing up cheering and screaming as i passed by - kind of funny
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Even the outside lines...there is a picture showing all 3 colors from behind and there is an upper trunk line that only VO (yes not even AW) shows.
Regardless, this car looks great in all three colors and we all have our own reasons for picking one over the others. Quote:
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I agree they look great in all 3 colors and have their uniqueness. I've only seen an AW in person and the photos I took don't do it justice, at all. In person, it looks way better and the curves are more pronounced.
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