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#1860

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, clams casino wrote:

>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of my 
>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was 
>> "overpriced crap".
>
> Wow - harsh!
>
> That said now that VW has caught late cycle flat screen dashboard fever, he's 
> right!
>
> Hiding physical controls behind haptic swipes is dangerous as Hell.

Yes! That's a horrible trend! But there is light in the tunnel. I read an
article some weeks ago about a professor in user interface design, and she said
that she is starting to get more and more consulting gigs from companies who
want to return to the glory of the button! This is the right move, especially in
cars.

In sweden, I have an old Renault, and I can control the radio fully only with
buttons, without having to look. This is safe. I do not understand the tesla
people. Must be very difficult to control settings having to swipe and push a
touch screen without taking your eyes off the road.

>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according to 
>> him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal 
>> experiece.
>
> If yours was an 80-90s 325, it was among their best.

Much later, this was a 2010 320d. But it was fun and packed a bit of a punch
when accelerating. =)

> I have heard Germans dis Mercs as being average taxicabs.

I actually thought about an S500 for driving longer distances, but so far
haven't had the need. I have read they are supposedly very quiet. That would be
most, if not all, the reason for buying one since I do not like any noise when I
drive.

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#1858

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:

>Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of
>my
>>customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
"overpriced crap".

>It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according
>to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>experiece.

Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he was so
excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.

My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in giving
a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. That's
just as well, it's much more practical, right?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638

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#1859

On 12/1/2024 12:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:
> 
>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of
>> my
>>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
> "overpriced crap".
> 
>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according
>> to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>> experiece.
> 
> Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
> getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
> used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
> just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he was so
> excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
> Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
> that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
> was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.
> 
> My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
> That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in giving
> a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. That's
> just as well, it's much more practical, right?
> 
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638

M1 lust:

Engine: BMW 3.5-liter DOHC straight-6 (Type M88)

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#1861

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, dsi1 wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:
>
>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of
>> my
>>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
> "overpriced crap".
>
>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according
>> to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>> experiece.
>
> Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
> getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
> used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
> just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he was so
> excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
> Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
> that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
> was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.
>
> My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
> That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in giving
> a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. That's
> just as well, it's much more practical, right?
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638
>

Sometimes I wish that I was passionate enough about cars to actually get a 
really nice one. Sadly I am not, so mostly the focus is to get me from 
point A to point B.

But who knows... once I find my perfect plot for my fortress of solitude, 
I will have to drive more often than now, since I'm currently a city 
dweller (except for my fishing expeditions of course), and when I need to 
drive more, I imagine that it could be smart to plonk down a couple of 
10:s of thousands extra to get something nice, and something that can 
actually drive on bad forest roads in winter with about 0.5 meters of snow 
on them.

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#1862

On 12/1/2024 3:24 PM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, dsi1 wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:
>>
>>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of
>>> my
>>>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
>> "overpriced crap".
>>
>>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according
>>> to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>>> experiece.
>>
>> Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
>> getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
>> used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
>> just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he was so
>> excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
>> Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
>> that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
>> was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.
>>
>> My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
>> That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in giving
>> a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. That's
>> just as well, it's much more practical, right?
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638
>>
> 
> Sometimes I wish that I was passionate enough about cars to actually get 
> a really nice one. Sadly I am not, so mostly the focus is to get me from 
> point A to point B.
> 
> But who knows... once I find my perfect plot for my fortress of 
> solitude, I will have to drive more often than now, since I'm currently 
> a city dweller (except for my fishing expeditions of course), and when I 
> need to drive more, I imagine that it could be smart to plonk down a 
> couple of 10:s of thousands extra to get something nice, and something 
> that can actually drive on bad forest roads in winter with about 0.5 
> meters of snow on them.

https://www.lada.ru/en/cars/niva-legend/bronto

I know, Russian...but still cool.

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#1863

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, clams casino wrote:

> On 12/1/2024 3:24 PM, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at one of
>>>> my
>>>>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
>>> "overpriced crap".
>>> 
>>>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade according
>>>> to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>>>> experiece.
>>> 
>>> Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
>>> getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
>>> used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
>>> just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he was so
>>> excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
>>> Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
>>> that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
>>> was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.
>>> 
>>> My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
>>> That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in giving
>>> a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. That's
>>> just as well, it's much more practical, right?
>>> 
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638
>>> 
>> 
>> Sometimes I wish that I was passionate enough about cars to actually get a 
>> really nice one. Sadly I am not, so mostly the focus is to get me from 
>> point A to point B.
>> 
>> But who knows... once I find my perfect plot for my fortress of solitude, I 
>> will have to drive more often than now, since I'm currently a city dweller 
>> (except for my fishing expeditions of course), and when I need to drive 
>> more, I imagine that it could be smart to plonk down a couple of 10:s of 
>> thousands extra to get something nice, and something that can actually 
>> drive on bad forest roads in winter with about 0.5 meters of snow on them.
>
> https://www.lada.ru/en/cars/niva-legend/bronto
>
> I know, Russian...but still cool.

Quite a Brontosaurus right there! But I do have my doubts about the 
quality. =/ I do not think they are built like old school kalaschnikovs 
for some reason.

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#1864

On 12/2/2024 2:52 AM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, clams casino wrote:
> 
>> On 12/1/2024 3:24 PM, D wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 10:38:39 +0000, D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Never had an audi. But I do know the RS7. I asked a colleague at 
>>>>> one of
>>>>> my
>>>>>> customers, he is from germany, about BMW and VW and his reply was
>>>> "overpriced crap".
>>>>
>>>>> It seems as if the quality has been going down the past decade 
>>>>> according
>>>>> to him. I currently do not own a BMW, so I do not know from personal
>>>>> experiece.
>>>>
>>>> Back when I was in high school, my friend drove up to me, while I was
>>>> getting into my 65 Chevy Nova junker, all excited. He had just gotten a
>>>> used BMW 1600 and wanted to take me for a ride. I said "okay." I was
>>>> just a dumb kid that didn't care about cars and didn't see why he 
>>>> was so
>>>> excited. He took me for a nice ride on the twisty road in the area.
>>>> Beats the heck out of me where a high school kid learned to drive like
>>>> that. That guy was always smarter than the rest of us kids. I think he
>>>> was abused by his father. Perhaps that's the key.
>>>>
>>>> My granddaughter's baby daddy was going to get a BMW from his uncle.
>>>> That never happened. It's just as well. There's not much point in 
>>>> giving
>>>> a kid like that a car like that. These days, he drives a new GTI. 
>>>> That's
>>>> just as well, it's much more practical, right?
>>>>
>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ptZfNrbtoyDFZ5638
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sometimes I wish that I was passionate enough about cars to actually 
>>> get a really nice one. Sadly I am not, so mostly the focus is to get 
>>> me from point A to point B.
>>>
>>> But who knows... once I find my perfect plot for my fortress of 
>>> solitude, I will have to drive more often than now, since I'm 
>>> currently a city dweller (except for my fishing expeditions of 
>>> course), and when I need to drive more, I imagine that it could be 
>>> smart to plonk down a couple of 10:s of thousands extra to get 
>>> something nice, and something that can actually drive on bad forest 
>>> roads in winter with about 0.5 meters of snow on them.
>>
>> https://www.lada.ru/en/cars/niva-legend/bronto
>>
>> I know, Russian...but still cool.
> 
> Quite a Brontosaurus right there! But I do have my doubts about the 
> quality. =/ I do not think they are built like old school kalaschnikovs 
> for some reason.

I mean they're Russian, right?

All 83 of those re-engineered Fiat horses are begging to be let walk!

I guess what it really fits is high ground clearance.

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