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Post by toshtego on May 15, 2021 13:46:16 GMT -5
This young neighbor of mine, 21 years old and a student at UT Austin, is spending the summer here. He has been helping me with irrigation ditch cleaning. He needed a car. Yesterday he showed up driving a 1979 BMW 733i with 160,000 miles on the clock, excellent condition, one owner car well cared for. Original German gold metalflake paint in very good condition. Not a wisp of smoke from the tail pipes and the engine purrs like a watch. He paid the whopping sum of $1,000. Apparently, the old guy owner, an old guy, wanted him to have it since he fell in love with the car and who would not? What a car!!!! I remember them well from way back then.
I gave him a few tips to keep an eye on having owned two lesser BMWs in my life, a 1969 and a 1994.
Happy when things work out for people.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 15, 2021 13:50:50 GMT -5
This young neighbor of mine, 21 years old and a student at UT Austin, is spending the summer here. He has been helping me with irrigation ditch cleaning. He needed a car. Yesterday he showed up driving a 1979 BMW 733i with 160,000 miles on the clock, excellent condition, one owner car well cared for. Original German gold metalflake paint in very good condition. Not a wisp of smoke from the tail pipes and the engine purrs like a watch. He paid the whopping sum of $1,000. Apparently, the old guy owner, an old guy, wanted him to have it since he fell in love with the car and who would not? What a car!!!! I remember them well from way back then. I gave him a few tips to keep an eye on having owned two lesser BMWs in my life, a 1969 and a 1994. Happy when things work out for people. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world...life is going to sh*t. Some folks get lucky...my brother gave me his unused 98 Mercedes Benz...first repair (minor) was $1,000.00, next repair, also minor, was another $1,000.00...saw where this was going and gave it to the local dog rescue folks who had a MB dealer as a benefactor...he fixed it up and sold it for $$ to go to the dog rescue group...win-win! |
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Post by toshtego on May 15, 2021 17:25:36 GMT -5
This young neighbor of mine, 21 years old and a student at UT Austin, is spending the summer here. He has been helping me with irrigation ditch cleaning. He needed a car. Yesterday he showed up driving a 1979 BMW 733i with 160,000 miles on the clock, excellent condition, one owner car well cared for. Original German gold metalflake paint in very good condition. Not a wisp of smoke from the tail pipes and the engine purrs like a watch. He paid the whopping sum of $1,000. Apparently, the old guy owner, an old guy, wanted him to have it since he fell in love with the car and who would not? What a car!!!! I remember them well from way back then. I gave him a few tips to keep an eye on having owned two lesser BMWs in my life, a 1969 and a 1994. Happy when things work out for people. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world...life is going to sh*t. Some folks get lucky...my brother gave me his unused 98 Mercedes Benz...first repair (minor) was $1,000.00, next repair, also minor, was another $1,000.00...saw where this was going and gave it to the local dog rescue folks who had a MB dealer as a benefactor...he fixed it up and sold it for $$ to go to the dog rescue group...win-win! That happened to another friend of mine with a MBZ 300 Station Wagon. |
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Post by bigwoolie on May 15, 2021 18:59:43 GMT -5
My first car was a 1976 Vega station wagon that my dad sold me for $300. But instead of $300 he told me if I would paint the house he would give me the car because the landlord was going to take $300 rent off the house for the painting. So I conned my three younger sisters into painting the house, told how fun it would be. Yes, I totally Tom Sawyered my sisters and I’m not even ashamed.
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 15, 2021 19:01:45 GMT -5
Ah, Bigwoolie, you didn't get to be a cowboy by being a fool! Nice work...do your sisters have any clue as to what you did?
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Post by simnettpratt on May 15, 2021 19:07:49 GMT -5
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Post by bigwoolie on May 15, 2021 20:11:00 GMT -5
Ah, Bigwoolie, you didn't get to be a cowboy by being a fool! Nice work...do your sisters have any clue as to what you did? They do now, 37 years later. They didn’t at the time. |
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Post by toshtego on May 15, 2021 20:28:38 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on May 15, 2021 23:34:37 GMT -5
The 7 series BMW’s are nice, my uncle had a new 733i in about 86-87, and he told me at that time even though he was rich, $1k on routine services were not uncommon.
From what I have gathered over the years, is if you are well off and can afford to buy a new European luxury car every five years, that is not a bad way to go on a nice ride.
When they start needing regular repairs, the used car owner can pay through the nose. Parts are pricey and escalate as the cars age. My son found out the hard way on an Audi he had.
To replace the transmission on some of the SAAB’s of yesteryear, you had to tear the interior out of the car.
The same could be said on American cars, you are better off buying a used Suburban without all of the options than an Escalade has. When the bells and whistles stop working on them and you find out that every two years they changed the 7way seat, even at auto recyclers you are going to pony up some cash.
Having said that, the BMW John described sounds like a great deal.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 16, 2021 7:26:53 GMT -5
There's a German girl on youtube who has lived in Cincinnati for several years and has a channel about differences between the US and Germany. She said in one of them that it's interesting to see Americans thinking of BMWs and Mercedes' as fancy cars, because in Germany that's just what everyone drives, like Ford and Chevy over here. Porsche's no, they're still fancy. If you watch any videos of folks driving their regular cars around the Nordschleife, it's BMW after BMW. I'm still mad at Porsche for inventing the Tiptronic though - according to Car and Driver, there are only 27 new cars you can get with a manual transmission, albeit two are Porsches: the 911 and 718. www.caranddriver.com/features/g20734564/manual-transmission-cars/ |
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Post by craig61a on May 16, 2021 22:54:20 GMT -5
My first car was a 1968 Plymouth Belvedere, the Adam-12 car. Ten years old, paid $100 for it.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 17, 2021 6:04:25 GMT -5
My first car was a 1976 Vega station wagon that my dad sold me for $300. But instead of $300 he told me if I would paint the house he would give me the car because the landlord was going to take $300 rent off the house for the painting. So I conned my three younger sisters into painting the house, told how fun it would be. Yes, I totally Tom Sawyered my sisters and I’m not even ashamed. That's shrewd thinking right there! |
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Post by simnettpratt on May 17, 2021 7:26:19 GMT -5
I brilliantly avoided getting the Pinto my sister got by getting a new bike.   |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2021 15:00:03 GMT -5
My first car was a 1968 Plymouth Belvedere, the Adam-12 car. Ten years old, paid $100 for it. My 6th car was a used 69 Roadrunner. Very similar. Good comfortable car and easy to work on. I wish I still had it. |
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Post by instymp on May 17, 2021 18:15:10 GMT -5
This young neighbor of mine, 21 years old and a student at UT Austin, is spending the summer here. He has been helping me with irrigation ditch cleaning. He needed a car. Yesterday he showed up driving a 1979 BMW 733i with 160,000 miles on the clock, excellent condition, one owner car well cared for. Original German gold metalflake paint in very good condition. Not a wisp of smoke from the tail pipes and the engine purrs like a watch. He paid the whopping sum of $1,000. Apparently, the old guy owner, an old guy, wanted him to have it since he fell in love with the car and who would not? What a car!!!! I remember them well from way back then. I gave him a few tips to keep an eye on having owned two lesser BMWs in my life, a 1969 and a 1994. Happy when things work out for people. That was a high dollar car back then, used to sell them for a while. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2021 23:22:10 GMT -5
I drove one of these for a week when I was 19. Anyone know what it is? (without Google) |
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Post by simnettpratt on May 18, 2021 0:25:34 GMT -5
It says Subaru on the front. And Subaru 360 Model K111 on the sign. In four languages.
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Post by trailboss on May 18, 2021 6:50:13 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on May 18, 2021 8:29:03 GMT -5
It says Subaru on the front. And Subaru 360 Model K111 on the sign. In four languages. Yeah, would you believe that I didn't notice that. I'm still over medicated? 😏 |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 18, 2021 8:30:02 GMT -5
Some people like the smell of castor oil. |
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Post by trailboss on May 18, 2021 10:09:49 GMT -5
“ The man whose idea it had been to import the cars, Malcolm Bricklin, left the company. He would try again, about 20 years later, with a Yugoslav car imported as the Yugo.”
That guy had the real touch, didn’t he?
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Post by briarbuck on May 18, 2021 10:33:04 GMT -5
Never owned a BMW. Have purchased a number of low mile Mercedes and always found good value + performance with them.
My first car...Blue '66 Fastback with a 289, Cherry Bombs and Cragar's lol
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Post by Ronv69 on May 19, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5
“ The man whose idea it had been to import the cars, Malcolm Bricklin, left the company. He would try again, about 20 years later, with a Yugoslav car imported as the Yugo.” That guy had the real touch, didn’t he? 😝 He's the guy who loaned me the car, hoping to get it noticed I guess. I remember talking to him about his plan to import and sell them and build a business. I thought he was smart at the time and I was impressed. I never put him together as the Bricklin guy. The car was a real POS. It made a Volkswagen beetle feel like a Lincoln. |
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Post by trailboss on May 19, 2021 13:01:12 GMT -5
I had a coworker that excitedly bought a Yugo for under 4K brand new.
The gearbox was sloppy and the engine put out blue smoke immediately, it rode like crap and handled worse.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 19, 2021 14:31:15 GMT -5
I had a coworker that excitedly bought a Yugo for under 4K brand new. The gearbox was sloppy and the engine put out blue smoke immediately, it rode like crap and handled worse. Sounds like the Subaru, except that the body was at least tight. Oddly enough, we're considering getting a Forrester or Outback for our next vehicle. They've come a long way. |
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Post by trailboss on May 19, 2021 14:45:15 GMT -5
My brother bought his wife the Forrester, and they both love it, a great car for Connecticut winters.
My wife has long said that she likes the look of them.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 19, 2021 23:31:32 GMT -5
My brother bought his wife the Forrester, and they both love it, a great car for Connecticut winters. My wife has long said that she likes the look of them. My wife has always liked them too. |
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Post by simnettpratt on May 19, 2021 23:40:56 GMT -5
They have made some dominant rally cars, too.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 13, 2021 10:07:11 GMT -5
My brother bought his wife the Forrester, and they both love it, a great car for Connecticut winters. My wife has long said that she likes the look of them. In Taos, the Subaru Forester is the preferred car of Gay women and Tree Hugging Liberal Vegetarian men. So, it has a stigma attached. An oft heard insult here is "Go home and polish your Subaru!". LOL! Still a great car and I would love to own one. It is the modern equivalent of the old Volvo. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 13, 2021 10:55:32 GMT -5
My brother bought his wife the Forrester, and they both love it, a great car for Connecticut winters. My wife has long said that she likes the look of them. In Taos, the Subaru Forester is the preferred car of Gay women and Tree Hugging Liberal Vegetarian men. So, it has a stigma attached. An oft heard insult here is "Go home and polish your Subaru!". LOL! Still a great car and I would love to own one. It is the modern equivalent of the old Volvo. They've tried to take the month of June, the rainbow, (sign of God's Covenant), and more. I have enough confidence in my masculinity to drive a Subaru if I want to. That said, my wife says that she loves her 2012 Scion XB too much to ever give it up. Maybe I'll rent one someday. |
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