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......what she wants for her birthday!
UUUUHHHHMMM............I want a new car.......UUUHHHMMM....I want a BMW!
She's been harping on me for years about a BMW, so welcome to the family....335D with M sport package. 425 ft lb turbo diesel impressed the hell out of this Chevy guy!!!! Got 37.1 mpg on the 165 mile trip home from Richmond last night.
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ConstantChange
09-03-2011, 2:42pm
Beautiful car. Hope she likes it.
mrvette
09-03-2011, 3:02pm
Beautiful car. Hope she likes it.
This/
AND
Pictures of spoiled wife.....you know the drill.....
:lol::slap::cheers:
wow!
I've never been a BMW guy...but that is damn nice. great mileage also.
I'll show my ignorance here: Is that a 30K car? 40K?...50K? you don't need to answer if ya don't want. I'm just curious.
BuckyThreadkiller
09-03-2011, 3:41pm
160 miles from the service center?
Long way for warranty work.
...Whitepower...
09-03-2011, 3:46pm
Great gas mileageand a torque MONSTER!
Excellent choice. Good luck with it. I approve. :yesnod::cheers:
Nice looking ride. I have the M3 coupe, not as good of gas mileage but fun to drive.
wow!
I've never been a BMW guy...but that is damn nice. great mileage also.
I'll show my ignorance here: Is that a 30K car? 40K?...50K? you don't need to answer if ya don't want. I'm just curious.
No problem! Here's the online ad (http://new.richmondbmwmidlothian.com/detail/new-2011-bmw-335-d-m-sport-premium-richmond-virginia-a1150880.html) until they update their inventory on their website.
160 miles from the service center?
Long way for warranty work.
Any BMW dealer nation wide can handle the service/warranty work.
MEC5LADY
09-03-2011, 4:01pm
Gee all I want for my birthday is good BBQ (which I will be getting.:dance:)
Nice looking ride. I have the M3 coupe, not as good of gas mileage but fun to drive.
Hi Leo, THANKS! I looked at two M3's they had and absolutely loved them. This is our daily driver and if the quality and dependability proves good, I'll look real hard at the M3.
Gee all I want for my birthday is good BBQ (which I will be getting.:dance:)
I got a shirt.
MEC5LADY
09-03-2011, 4:14pm
I got a shirt.
Yeah but something tells me it's not a $10 shirt from Wally world.:beer:
Gee all I want for my birthday is good BBQ (which I will be getting.:dance:)
DAMN! we stopped at Pierce's Pit BBQ (http://www.pierces.com/) in Lightfoot on the way home from Richmond last night. Best BBQ around here and we coulda picked up an extra plate if we woulda known. :D
Got 37.1 mpg on the 165 mile trip home from Richmond last night.
Feh. What'll she do in the quarter mile?!?
:)
A real shifter! Hallelujah! They DO still exist!
OddBall
09-03-2011, 5:33pm
Sweet :cool1:
Yeah but something tells me it's not a $10 shirt from Wally world.:beer:
Funny, but...it's a Caribbean Joe (a Tommy Bahama knock off)...probably a 50-60 dollar shirt. Wife was anxious to tell me she found it on sale at Bealls for 15 bux. :rofl:
FasterTraffic
09-03-2011, 6:46pm
Nice looking ride. I have the M3 coupe, not as good of gas mileage but fun to drive.
That's quite an understatement, right? What do you get for actual fuel economy (not calculated using C5 math, please)? I don't recall the exact numbers but, looking at the window sticker, the M3 has 8-cylinder performance for 12-cylinder fuel consumption.
A real shifter! Hallelujah! They DO still exist!
:question:
The 335d is only available with an automatic. Is that what you mean by "real shifter" (as opposed to column shifter)?
TooManyIDs
09-03-2011, 6:55pm
Hi Leo, THANKS! I looked at two M3's they had and absolutely loved them. This is our daily driver and if the quality and dependability proves good, I'll look real hard at the M3.
Don't, you'll like the torque in the 335d more. Thinking about giving one a try, but no manual transmission on our side of the pond.
Look forward to your comments.
Datawiz
09-03-2011, 6:59pm
With your screen name, why is the car not green? :toetap:
A real shifter! Hallelujah! They DO still exist!
OOPS! In her excitement to get pictures, she forgot to put it in park before pushing the button to turn off the engine.:leaving:
Don't, you'll like the torque in the 335d more. Thinking about giving one a try, but no manual transmission on our side of the pond.
Look forward to your comments.
I love the torque of this little monster! I should have said I would possibly add an M3.:D
With your screen name, why is the car not green? :toetap:
Wife's car! Besides that, she wanted the LeMans Blue to match the Z06, but the Gray had more options for less $$.:dance:
OOPS! In her excitement to get pictures, she forgot to put it in park before pushing the button to turn off the engine.:leaving:
I saw a stick in mid-position surrounded by a nice leather boot and thought it was a manual car. Didn't look for the absence of a third pedal.
:cheers:
99 pewtercoupe
09-03-2011, 10:19pm
Gee all I want for my birthday is good BBQ (which I will be getting.:dance:)
So did you get the good stuff?
MEC5LADY
09-04-2011, 7:49am
So did you get the good stuff?
Not yet it's not my birthday until the end of the month.
Olustee bus
09-04-2011, 7:53am
Wife wanted something that would go from 0 to 200 in less than 6 second. Got her a bathroom scale. Anyone have a spare bedroom?
MEC5LADY
09-04-2011, 8:02am
Wife wanted something that would go from 0 to 200 in less than 6 second. Got her a bathroom scale. Anyone have a spare bedroom?
Sure just let me know when you get out of the hospital from having the scale removed from your arse.
Don't, you'll like the torque in the 335d more. Thinking about giving one a try, but no manual transmission on our side of the pond.
Look forward to your comments.
335D doesn't have a manual tranny on any side of the pond. It's only available with the auto worldwide. Given the torque curve though, the torque converter is your friend.
I have the same car and I love it. :dance:
I average a hair over 29mpg per tank and I run it pretty hard!
Hi Leo, THANKS! I looked at two M3's they had and absolutely loved them. This is our daily driver and if the quality and dependability proves good, I'll look real hard at the M3.
The M3 doesn't have the torque but does well. So far I've been happy with the M, it corners great!. I plan on hitting IN 66 this fall, catch the fall colors and take on the nice curves. I took the V up through there and want to compare the two.
Nice looking ride.
khblair
09-04-2011, 8:36pm
wow.... all i want for my birthday is a memory card for my camera
i dont think im doing this right
:leaving:
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