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 |  | |  06-03-2006, 05:11 AM | #16 | | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 |
I assume "bimmer" would sound like "swimmer." __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH!
THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR
Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler
From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." |  |  | | 06-05-2006, 04:23 AM | #17 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 368 | 
Quote: | Originally Posted by roadrash OK, Phil... since you're a BMW veteran... do you have any idea where these silly terms of endearment came from? | Mostly from illiterate wanna-bees, present company excepted. Where do any nicknames come from? Sweetie Pie? Poopsie? Old woman? Do people really name their kids "Trip" or are the real names Charles Quisenberry Hughes, III? I really don't care what anyone else calls them, in fact I can pretty much tell how knowlegeable a person is by the term he uses to describe a BMW. Of course they are all shortened versions of the first two letters of the company initials. I've even heard people call them "BEE EMMs", but even disregarding the scatological reference I find it a rather uncomfortable appellation. Of course these same people often refer to the famous brand of racing wheels as "BEE BEEs" and when you ask where they live they start the explanation with "I be stayin' at . . ." Ignorant. Illiterate. Take your pick. How you speak is one of the first things people will judge you by so why give them a reason to dis you right off the bat? BEE-EM-DOUBLE-YOU—or DUBB-UH-YEW for you Republicans.  | | | | | 06-13-2006, 08:09 PM | #18 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
Wow that was a pretty long rant. Feel better now? __________________
"Drive Fast and Take Chances" | | | | | 06-14-2006, 08:10 AM | #19 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
u guys are crazy. BMWs come from a different part of the world-thus language is our only barrier between nations...forget the linguistics and just realize that we are all have this love for BIMMERs(  ). and KNOWING that you drive a rollercoaster everyday you should be so lucky- and that if , godforbid, an accident occurs you can still walk away and live to drive another day. i have first hand experience. AND THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT save it for the track  | | | | | 06-14-2006, 09:38 AM | #20 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 368 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by SDKmann Wow that was a pretty long rant. Feel better now? | That wasn't long. If you learn to type you, too, can communicate with others in more than incomplete sentences. Support higher education! | | | | | 06-14-2006, 01:57 PM | #21 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by m3outtanowhere u guys are crazy. BMWs come from a different part of the world-thus language is our only barrier between nations...forget the linguistics and just realize that we are all have this love for BIMMERs( ). and KNOWING that you drive a rollercoaster everyday you should be so lucky- and that if , godforbid, an accident occurs you can still walk away and live to drive another day. i have first hand experience. AND THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT save it for the track | don't by chance have those vaders for sale, do ya?  __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 06-14-2006, 05:18 PM | #22 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 411 |
Whenever someone asks me what I drive, I say, "My baby is a BMW" They usually ask if it is a M3. I have gotten turned down from jobs because people think its an m3 and I don't need the job. Ain't that funny?
What the heck happened in that accident!?!? At least you lived. I see sssoooooo many smashed up BMWs. If it was a Chevy in the same wreck you would know they were dead. __________________
I'm back with a different 95 ti | | | | | 06-15-2006, 08:00 AM | #23 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by cali-ti don't by chance have those vaders for sale, do ya? | nope sold the car for 3 grand total | | | | | 06-15-2006, 08:03 AM | #24 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
i was hit by another car and pushed into a wall...and swerved into a pole. hit and run, no witness at 6 am, insurance didnt believe me, my F*****G loss. | | | | | 06-15-2006, 01:32 PM | #25 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
wth? unless the cops proved otherwise, how can they not pay out? did you sue?
man, insurance companies suck. they just hate to pay out anything after you've paid them all that money over the years. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 06-15-2006, 03:34 PM | #26 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,525 |
Cali- I agree. I've been in a hit and run accident, and my insurance had to pay out. Just cost me the deductible. M3- How many cars do you have? Or was that wreck a while ago. You have some major car problems eh? Wrecked m3, wreck ti, and another ti leaking like crazy... And to stay on topic.. A quick google search turned this up.. Sounds like a good answer to me- http://www.bmwccbc.org/misc/tech-and-trivia/bimmer.html | | | | | 06-16-2006, 07:48 AM | #27 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by mohaughn Cali- I agree. I've been in a hit and run accident, and my insurance had to pay out. Just cost me the deductible. M3- How many cars do you have? Or was that wreck a while ago. You have some major car problems eh? Wrecked m3, wreck ti, and another ti leaking like crazy... And to stay on topic.. A quick google search turned this up.. Sounds like a good answer to me- http://www.bmwccbc.org/misc/tech-and-trivia/bimmer.html | 2 now. i got 3 grand for the m3. look on autotrader for a yellow m3 1995. its mine! | | | | | 06-16-2006, 07:53 AM | #28 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
fix the leaks tomorrow. i am paying 100 dollars for my (ex)mechanic to replace the main seals and pan gasket. great price but ill never be able to ask him for a thing again. i burned that bridge threatening to sue the new owner for not covering the warranty and doing things wrong. | | | | | 06-16-2006, 08:29 AM | #29 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 100 |
The term "beemer" started as a pronunciation of the acronym "BMW," adapted from the early-20th-Century British pronunciation of BSA (as "beeser" or "beezer"), whose motorcycles were often racing BMW's. Over time, the term became closely associated with BMW motorcycles.
The term "bimmer" was later coined to refer (exclusively) to BMW automobiles. As such, use of the word "beemer" to refer to a BMW automobile is frowned upon by BMW enthusiasts, because it is the term used for motorcycles, though the distinction is somewhat arbitrary. Interestingly, in the German language, the correct pronunciation of the term "bimmer" is "beemer."
The initials BMW are pronounced "bay-em-vay" in German.
BMW is also the acronym in the UK for a cocktail of Baileys, Malibu and Whisky.
That's what Wikipedia says... | | | | | 06-16-2006, 07:09 PM | #30 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Regensburg, Germany Posts: 584 |
Bailey's, Malibu, and whiskey? Sounds pretty nasty. | | | | | |
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