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Old 08-16-2008, 01:13 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Beelzebubba View Post
Older BMWs?

Cardboard dash? That's a sign of quality.

3 feet of imprecise shifter throw. Yep. That's a true driver's car.
Seriously. From 1st to 2nd gear in an E30 is like from the dash to the backseat.

The heavy gauge vinyl is better than American or Japanese vinyl....I'll give them that. But then again, Vinyl was only in the mos base model of US and Japanese cars. Even the 3rd gen 2.5 Camaro had cloth inserts on the vinyl seats
Yeh, older Bimmers. Apparently you don't have your head to deep into the Bimmerphile world, because there are quite a few high milage Bimmers (among many other Germans) out there. But I do agree they break easily.
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