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Re: Why are BMW's so special?
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Subject: Re: Why are BMW's so special?
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From: Dale Beuning <dalus@domain.elided>
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
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Something a friend of mine did to convince a co-worker of
BMW's worth was to take him on a ride through a long sweeping
on-ramp fairly fast, then nailed the brakes. Came to a stop, no muss,
no fuss. Try that in a Caravan.
Dale
PS the guy bought a new '92 318i later that day.
> Angie,
>
> Here's what you do. You go find some nice sweeping banked/or not
> corners on on-ramp's to a freeway. Then you proceed to take those corners
> at 45-50 mph. Point out to your co-worker how the car feels. Then you go
> get her Nissan Stanza and do the same thing. Point out to your co-worker
> how well that nissan flys off the road and is so able to wrap around a tree.
>
> There's the difference,
> Joshua
>
> 1979 Euro 635Csi
> 1987 535is
> 1973 Bavaria
> 1982 528e
>
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