That was going to be my exact response as well, if the author hadn’t (somewhat) addressed it. He found a loophole in the leasing ageeement in California where he never had to own a license plate.
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That was going to be my exact response as well, if the author hadn’t (somewhat) addressed it. He found a loophole in the leasing ageeement in California where he never had to own a license plate.
Yes, and according to two of his biographies they were usually Mercedes.
The license plate is not his, the current owner had it made, presumably for bragging rights.
Just ordered 2. Getting them before my iPhone X!!!!
Yeah. It's some serious heresy to put a license plate on SJ's Beemer—on the same order of sacrilege as burning down his childhood home or showing a movie about his life on a Windows tablet attached to his headstone. Just saying.
Cool, so they used technology pioneered in production vehicles by the 1995 Ford Explorer!
A lot of European cars of the early 00's had issues with soldering because they were preparing for RoHS and using lead-free solders. I guess it wasn't foreseen that higher tin content (to replace the lead) subjected to higher continuous vibration in an automotive environment would lead to early stress failures.
I actually recall the opposite. While a very beautiful car, a lot of reviews criticized its handling, so I'm not sure it handled all that well.
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I'm a car guy, and more notably a BMW guy, and I'm going to have to kindly disagree. The suspension design is very similar to the modern 4 series (in the front) and the rear resembles the E46 (99-06 3-series) subframe. I own an E46, and can easily out handle M235i's (serious current gen BMW's) with about $1,000 in suspension mods. In short I guess what I'm trying to say is don't be so quick to label old cars as bad handling, especially from BMW.
Cool story about the lights though. I must admit this is the first time I've considered this car stunning. They put the V8 from the E39 M5, a seriously fantastic sounding engine, especially for the time.
Hahaha this made me actually laugh out loud. 10 points for awesome responseI actually recall the opposite. While a very beautiful car, a lot of reviews criticized its handling, so I'm not sure it handled all that well.
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The Z8 is from BMW's pinnacle (IMO; obviously). They sourced the engine from the E39 M5 and I still like that car better than current offerings.
I have always wondered why Americans drive European cars...
Really? Or being facetious? I’ve traveled to Europe many times. I don’t see too many lux American cars there and for good reason other than the ungodly import tax - U.S. lux cars are junk compared to Lux German makes. Usually if I see a U.S. car it’s an iconic muscle car like a Mustang. Not too many Lincolns in Munich.
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Z8 is fantastic but I think BMWs pinnacle was the mid 80s.to early 90’s when it was truly the ultimate driving machine. But agree today’s models are too soft. But much of that is due to regs and also Lexus.
If I had 5 million dollars, I'd bid it on this car.
Just for the BMW flip phone. ;-)
I LOVE those cars.
Just for the BMW flip phone. ;-)
I LOVE those cars.
I had an Audi A4 Quattro, and I seriously LOVED that car!!! I wanted to have it's children!!! OMG!!!
I drove to a concert (Counting Crows) and on the way back, there was a freak ice storm. We drove for about three quarters of the 2 hour trip back, and I never even knew there was any ice. We passed several cars in the ditch. Strange I thought...
We stopped for snacks and drinks at a gas station, and I pulled up perpendicular with the station, and put it in park, and realized the car was moving forward. INTO the station wall. I got out, and almost ended on my ass. The antenna had over a half inch of ice trailing off the back of it. It was UNBELIEVABLE! We started the last of the trek back, and passed several full size road blows in the ditch, and yet the Audi felt like it was ON RAILS!!! Or Velcro! It was, well, I fell completely in love... We were due to be married, except for the fact that we leased this amazing ride, and I was really over the limit for the lease. Like REALLY over the limit. We ended up selling the car, and paying off the lease. But I still miss that damn car...
So, wow!!! LOVE Audi's.
Well, except for the time the back foot wells flooded because Sven, or someone, routed the drain for the air conditioning into that area. I had two inches of standing water in that area. :-O But still love that car. I wonder if she's still out there, somewhere...
