interesting things

[Efraim]

M5 were available in Canada since mid '80s. Just a few days ago I saw an
early '90s one driving in the same direction and two cars ahead of me in the
other lane. I actually thought that it would be fun to race him across the
intersection since it was raining. That of course would have been unfair
competition, 5KTQ against RWD Bimmer in the rain :)
Efraim
'88 5KCDTQ  327K km (203K mi) , 1.8 Bar
'90 90 103K km (64K mi)
Vancouver, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Dikeman" <quattro at brettd.dsl.speakeasy.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: February 24, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: interesting things


> ...namely, on the way home, driving through Mamaroneck/Harrison, I
> notice the 5-series in front of me looks like it has tires that are
> just a liiiitle bit wider than normal, and hmm, that exhaust pipe
> looks a liiiiittle bigger than the standard twin-pipe exhaust.  We
> pull up to the stoplight and I get a very good look at a red, blue
> and silver...yes....m5, badge.
>
> Now boys and girls, can you say "greeeey market?"(this is the -old-
> M5, ie, the one in Ronin)
>
> Before you all go screaming "badge engineering!", let me point out
> that this particular section I was driving through has 1M+ houses and
> run of the mill traffic I end up behind includes almost every
> Mercedes imaginable.  This ain't the kind of crowd that does that
> sort of thing :-)
>
> I've seen one other, and that was in Boston; a red one, being driven
> by a young fellow who just had a look about him that said, "Hi, I'm a
> prick!"
>
> I've also seen, in less than one hour, two NEW M5's, on Newbury
> Street in Boston....yeesh.
>
> Brett
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