Pope Dies 2

My wife and I have an Austrian friend who has settled in New Zealand with his wife. We talked cars once and he said, "I had a BMW once but I was having always problems". Perhaps it's just Austrian/German rivalry? I have known other people to have reliability problems with BMWs and wouldn't go near them again.

You don't buy them for reliability, you buy them for prestiege, bit like Jaguar once was.

I own a BMW motorbike, so have no Teutonic axe to grind.

This is one ugly car. I cannot believe they got the styling so wrong, when most other Bee Ems look so good.

John.

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Originally posted by J.N.

This is one ugly car. I cannot believe they got the styling so wrong, when most other Bee Ems look so good.

John.

Surely you jest? They have competition!

Nime

Oh dear.

And on the subject of BMW styling: the 1 series - so so; the new 3 series - ok on the outside but the dash is hopeless; the new 5 series - well, the less said about that the better; the 7 series - hardly inspiring; the new 6 series - looks alright; the Z4 - looks good.

I am trying to work out the connection between the pope dies and bmw and the conclusion has to be that BMW's styling was inspired by the popemobile.

John their bikes are looking really good, a few makes who have had jap and italian stuff for years are looking to swap to BM

Martin;

I've had my R1100S for 6 years now, and love it. Every bit as enjoyable to ride as my previous VFR 750, and it handles surprisingly well. No braking fork-dive either, with its wonderfully whacky telelever front suspension.

I like the torquey power delivery of the big air-cooled twin, and would never want another chain driven bike. Shaft drive is just so practical, clean and sensible.



John.

I prefer real sex !

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Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
I prefer real sex !

You're right. There's not much room for two on there, is there?