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  1. Detrich

    EBay M3 gimmick fails, BMW dealer won't honor sale

    every state's law re: advertisement & auctions might be slightly different. in CA, for example, you cannot hold a seller to a sale from just an advertisement, because it is considered merely an "invitation" to make an offer to buy. for an internet auction, i'd imagine that a seller is also...
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    BMW mulls all-electric car

    wow. just hope it isn't 50% the Tesla but 200% the price tag.
  3. Detrich

    2010 Z4 Rendering

    it doesn't look all that different from the current one? i thought the new z is supposed to have a re-designed look?
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    BMW 5er beats Prius in fuel economy "race"!!!!

    wow. very interesting... somehow or another, i think the chimp in the white house had something to do with it.
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    New M3 - Dealer sets $30K Premium over list

    totally... if the dealer wants to put a hold on the car in the showroom to draw in browsers & potential buyers, then just be cool about it and put a sticker on it that says "not for sale"- at least until they are ready to really sell it. how hard is that? otherwise, arbitrarily putting a $30k...
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    Car Drying

    in protest, i actually mailed all my remaining mr. clean stuff back to Procter & Gamble... the only thing i kept is the water hose attachment sprayer, because that actually works rather nicely for spraying water on the car. but the mr. clean autodry soap and "filters" deserve to go in the...
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    Tgif

    lucky! :) wish i was retired...
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    Car Drying

    p.s. the leaf blower & micro fiber towel methods sound very good to me. i used to just use microfiber towels to gently dry the car. but, i bought a leaf blower recently for about $30 to blow wax dust off the car. i was toying with the idea of using it to also dry the car, but wasn't...
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    Car Drying

    i highly recommend AGAINST using mr. clean autodry at all costs. (unless u want to **** up your paint.) in areas with harder water, mr. clean autodry actually leaves behind trace amoutns chemical residue that over time will eventually leave water spots on your car that are etched into the...
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    Welcome Guests

    yesh me lord! :)
  11. Detrich

    Few questions for a new bimmer owner 2005 325xi

    oil change is every 7k miles i think- european synthetic 5w-30? i just use sylvania bulbs in mine.
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    2000 323i question

    european synthetic is what's recommended in the manual. i've tried both regular and synthetic on mine and finally settled on synthetic, because i noticed it does seem to run better with it.
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    Beeps 3 times while driving?

    my car did that too a couple of months ago. i was driving home around 12am and it was freaking cold- something like 30º+ outside. pretty cold for southern cali at least.
  14. Detrich

    *FOR SALE* 2004 M3 carbon black

    maybe because you're an admin? non-admins can't view the pix.
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    *FOR SALE* 2004 M3 carbon black

    i can't see any of the pix for some reason
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    Horrible storms hit D-Land and Austria

    damn. sorry to hear about this. hopefully it won't get worse for them. thank god we live in so cali. all we need to worry here about are wildfires, earthquakes, and crazy idiots crashing enzos & bugatti's in malibu. <lol> :P (oh yah, and cops.) :)
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    2008 M3 Build-Your-Own on www.BMWUSA.com

    yah, but sadly, the m3 sedan has the same fugly tail lights as the other 3-series sedans. :( wish they would put the coupe tail lights on the sedans- like they did w/ the e46's.
  18. Detrich

    So... I am literally crying

    d'oh! sorry to hear about that man. suxors. hope u get it fixed soon.


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