Author Topic: new beemer (Read 2265 times)

Jackal1 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2006, 01:52:21 PM »

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Originally posted by eagl
Jackal,

You're just jealous

Seriously, it's a nice car. WTF is wrong with wanting a nice car, unless you're a jealous b**ch?

LMAO
Jealous of those who wish to play the Yupster?
I don`t care much for yupster rides or yupsters in general.
I wouldn`t be caught in one of the glittermobiles.

moot · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2006, 03:47:53 PM »

What's yuppy about it besides its bodywork?

john9001 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2006, 05:00:22 PM »

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Originally posted by moot
What's yuppy about it besides its bodywork?

the BMW is a "name" car.

example::
she: what do you drive?
he: why i drive a BMW of course.
she: (impressed $$) ohh, how sexy, take me for a ride.

Grayeagle · « **Reply #18 on:** August 13, 2006, 05:20:39 PM »

IMHO .. beemers an their ilk are 'nice' cars.

I've never owned a 'nice' car.

I prefer the 'dark side'

When street tires are just not enough .. people are dumbfounded when you tell 'em 'yes, I drive this back an forth to work' .. and it's no stretch to run Bracket 1 on weekends .. I figure I am gettin close.

-GE (flips on the fuel pump, watches gauge slam over to 15lbs, eases throttle to 1/4, ..cause baby you DON'T floor it with two 850cfm carbs sittin out there, both with 50cc squirters on 'em! ..hits the starter and all the sounds of the world are blown away by 400+ cubic inches of pure syncopated jazz)

Baylor · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2006, 06:19:15 PM »

2008 M3 suppose to be 400 HP.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2006, 06:38:43 PM »

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Originally posted by moot
What's yuppy about it besides its bodywork?

In the US market, when looking at any German car, you can get equal performance, utility, etc. from a Japanese car for 2/3 the price, with better reliability. But some people like to spend more just because they can, and those are the ones Jackal is talking about.

moot · « **Reply #21 on:** August 13, 2006, 07:11:31 PM »

I've driven a lot of miles in the southwest. For that, german cars were just better driving machines. Japanese imports weren't nearly as cheap and glitchy as domestic stuff like the Mustang, but still didn't feel as seemlessly put together as audis and the like.

I did have a lot of electrical issues with my VW passat (and wasn't alone from the looks of the dealers' maintenance shops), but other than that, it and the audis and bmws I drove were more like the sort of car I'd design myself than the japanese were.
If both had the same reliability, and the german brands made stripped out models for 2/3 the regular price, I wouldn't give the japanese cars much thought.
Roundabout way of saying there's not just yuppiness in the BMWs' attraction.
Sort of like the NSX has no cheaper alternative.

john9001 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 13, 2006, 08:01:36 PM »

oh boy , now we are going to hear about "German road cars" and "Teutonic engineering".

nirvana · « **Reply #23 on:** August 13, 2006, 09:17:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Grayeagle
IMHO .. beemers an their ilk are 'nice' cars.

I've never owned a 'nice' car.

I prefer the 'dark side'

When street tires are just not enough .. people are dumbfounded when you tell 'em 'yes, I drive this back an forth to work' .. and it's no stretch to run Bracket 1 on weekends .. I figure I am gettin close.

-GE (flips on the fuel pump, watches gauge slam over to 15lbs, eases throttle to 1/4, ..cause baby you DON'T floor it with two 850cfm carbs sittin out there, both with 50cc squirters on 'em! ..hits the starter and all the sounds of the world are blown away by 400+ cubic inches of pure syncopated jazz)

Sounds hot, what do you drive? 1970's American muscle that rips the tail fins off of rice rockets?

tikky · « **Reply #24 on:** August 14, 2006, 12:08:54 AM »

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Originally posted by nirvana
Sounds hot, what do you drive? 1970's American muscle that rips the tail fins off of rice rockets?

These cars pwns amerikan dinosaurs, high priced euro saloons and will out-accelerate, outhandle, and even keep up with supercars 3-4x the price, weight, and power (not in ghey boooring straight-aways like in NASCAR, but in challengine twisty tracks!)

These are the "real" mucle cars of the 21th century at reasonable price...

Just put a decent aftermarket turbos on these cars and you'll be launched 0-100km/h standstill like on a catapult of an aircraft carrier.

here is a video cementing the fact that EVOs can keep up with supercars 3 times the price, weight, and power.

I've driven EVO VIII (my neighbor in my apartment building) and it is easy to drive (thanks to its advanced All wheel drive S-AWC) and it is not for people with weak stomach (it is SCARY!). On his Evo VIII he had aftermarket HKS turbos, intercoolers, exhaust, and spoilers removed to make the car look practical and not too intimidating.

rpm · « **Reply #25 on:** August 14, 2006, 01:29:59 AM »

So what you are saying is they are lightweight and can zip around corners, but they are useless as far as top speed is concerned.

tikky · « **Reply #26 on:** August 14, 2006, 02:26:21 AM »

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Originally posted by rpm
So what you are saying is they are lightweight and can zip around corners, but they are useless as far as top speed is concerned.

The absolute top speed for this car is something left to be desired if you compare this sedan to 2-door exotics like Corvette C6, Viper, and Ferraris. If you talk about cornering speed now that's a different story.

You can achieve higher speeds at cornering than you thought realistically possible. It's almost a cheat because of the AWD system they use... I dare say the AWD in EVO and STi are the most advanced in the world and safe and easy to drive as long as you don't fret.

It still shocks me how the engineers at Mitsubishi and Subaru can extract more than 300 hp on a 2 liter engine (size of a milk carton!) and still keep up (or outperform) the 2-door exotics mentioned above.

I've driven this car once and it's really fun (and scary!), especially at twist roads.

rpm · « **Reply #27 on:** August 14, 2006, 04:34:22 AM »

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Originally posted by tikky
The absolute top speed for this car is something left to be desired

Ah, so unless you want to lose a race you need one of those big American dinosaurs. Makes sense.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 14, 2006, 04:43:22 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
What's yuppy about it besides its bodywork?

The owners as a rule.
They are , for the most part, around here, given to the trophy wife of the yup who is busy smooching rear in an attempt to smooch his way to the top of the comapny ladder.
Yaknow the type. The females who realy never had it to begin with, but hubby sends em down for a little silicone, a tuck here, a little nip there, some botox and fat injected here and there, etc, etc.
It certainly can`t be the appearance of the Beemer that is the attraction. they are smurfy beyond smurfy.
I sort of prefer a car with a little more message and a little more ooommmpf, so to speak.
To each his own. I just don`t have any pink clothes or any with lace.

tikky · « **Reply #29 on:** August 14, 2006, 05:24:19 AM »

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Originally posted by rpm
Ah, so unless you want to lose a race you need one of those big American dinosaurs. Makes sense.

depending on track;)

Put the evo IX and an american dinosaur at Laguna Seca and Suzuka and it's no contest, Evo pwns. Now put these 2 cars at oblong shaped track at Talladega and the american will win because usually their gear rations are not super-close as the EVOs.