is250 vs. 325i

<clifffreeling.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We,
> the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
> ---Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 2001
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> Cliff

Your sig is a fabricated lie promulgated by hate groups. Are you aware
of that, Cliff?

See:
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=373&x_article=373
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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <GLCdnUEVirYGv37ZnZ2dnUVZ_vmdnZ2d.TakeThisOut@adelphia.com>,
> Fred W <Malt_Hound@*spam-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Life is too short to drive *boring* cars, even if they cost less to
>>operate (but they probably don't, you just want to think they do)
>
>
> Thanks for admitting that they probably do cost more to operate.

Actually, I said no such thing. I said "even *if* they cost less..."
followed by "they probably don't..."

>
> Life is full of choices. I'd rather choose the "boring" car that puts a
> smile on my face every day, knowing that the money I'm saving allows me
> to do other, MUCH more fun things in life than driving.

So now we get down to the real "crux of the biscuit". You are not a
driving enthusiast in the least. People that are driving enthusiasts
*do* enjoy driving as much as, sometimes more, than what you may
consider more fun. I for one enjoy driving cars (and even more so,
motorcycles) much more than I enjoy "saving money for other things".

>
> And let's face it: how much time does the average American spend in his
> car every day? How much of that is stop-and-go vs freeway or open road
> driving? There isn't much open road time in people's lives. The German
> car costs quite a bit of money for what it ultimately offers.
>

I average a very small amount of time in my car or on my bikes each day.
I do not commute. But I live in an area with a large percentage of
open (rural) roads. I spend as little time as humanly possible in stop
and go traffic. That is one reason that I greatly prefer driving a
manual transmission, sporty handling car over a softly sprung, slush-box
encumbered lux-o box.

The funnies thing is, because you can't appreciate the difference
between these cars you think everyone should drive the same car that you
do. That is just plain silly.

In my opinion, you should continue to drive whatever car makes you feel
best and I should do likewise. In fact, everyone can follow that basic
tenant and they just can't go wrong!!

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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <TK6dnR6FgrTJ137ZnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d DeleteThis @adelphia.com>,
> Fred W <Malt_Hound@*spam-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>Life is full of choices. I'd rather choose the "boring" car that puts a
>>>smile on my face every day, knowing that the money I'm saving allows me
>>>to do other, MUCH more fun things in life than driving.
>>
>>So now we get down to the real "crux of the biscuit". You are not a
>>driving enthusiast in the least.
>
>
> I am. Quite a bit.
>
> But for a daily driver, and for most people, the German cars come at a
> much higher expense than what they offer. Period.
>

Yeah, and eighty percent of all people say they are above average drivers...


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In article <elmop-197E7C.12513716082006.DeleteThis@nntp3.usenetserver.com>,
Elmo P. Shagnasty <elmop.DeleteThis@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>In article <TK6dnR6FgrTJ137ZnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d.DeleteThis@adelphia.com>,
> Fred W <Malt_Hound@*spam-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote:
>> So now we get down to the real "crux of the biscuit". You are not a
>> driving enthusiast in the least.
>
>I am. Quite a bit.

Pardon me while I giggle uncontrollably.

>But for a daily driver, and for most people, the German cars come at a
>much higher expense than what they offer. Period.

Ya know if you were trying to use some hairy V12 as a daily driver I might
see your point. But then there's these diesel things...

And as you said, "most" people.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article <1155765228.410485.150520.TakeThisOut@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> <clifffreeling.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Manicure my ass. My hands are scuffed up as I speak from doing
> > work under the hood last week (belt replacements). The frigging
> > things were already cracking at 28,000 miles.
>
> Ignore the cracking - they all do that. They'll be ok for double that
> mileage.

Ya know, you're probably right. They could've lasted the usual 60k
miles. I've noticed that there can be a lot of cracking on the rubber
side, with the rest of the belt seemingly as good as new, and I find
it hard to believe that they are near failing at that point. I've had
a
belt fail on me just once in my life, about 25 years ago, and believe
me, this thing was clearly worn out from just looking at it, but I
kept putting off replacing it. So it left me stranded in the middle
of nowhere.

I replaced these last week because a BMW mechanic who was doing other
work on the car told me that they really should be replaced,
even though he had no interest in doing it himself, as he knew
I did this kind of work myself. I thought, what the hell, I'll put
new ones on, especially since I'm driving the car to Miami
next week. But I still believe that what you say is probably true.

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"Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We,
the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
---Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 2001
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Cliff
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In article <elmop-B66C80.10380816082006.TakeThisOut@nntp3.usenetserver.com>,
Elmo P. Shagnasty <elmop.TakeThisOut@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
> I'd rather choose the "boring" car that puts a
> smile on my face every day, knowing that the money I'm saving allows me
> to do other, MUCH more fun things in life than driving.

Then you're right to have a Lexus. Designed for those to whom driving is
no more than a chore.

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In article <1155765228.410485.150520 DeleteThis @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<clifffreeling DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> Manicure my ass. My hands are scuffed up as I speak from doing
> work under the hood last week (belt replacements). The frigging
> things were already cracking at 28,000 miles.

Ignore the cracking - they all do that. They'll be ok for double that
mileage.

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