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  • B
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    Love the 325ix thrashing.
    The F1 car and speedboat are nice touches. It kind of reminds me of the "Impossible Dream" video by Honda, originally released back in the "good ol days" when Honda was an engineering powerhouse but revised later to show the HondaJet, Asimo, and the FCX/CRZ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYkYQDweVg

    Not to hijack the thread already with a non BMW not-quite-vintage video but I think its pretty great.

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    • YoungCRY
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      YoungCR
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      Forgot about this one, similar to your E30 one but it covers the 5 series and 6 series towards the end. Its in dutch but has awesome '80s synths to make up for it :)

      Chris Young
      BMWCCA #458972
      1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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      • B
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        Thats a new one for me. I have the hardest time imagining our cars as being brand new back in the 80's. I have a hard time imagining that in 20 years there will be college kids driving and modifying beat down E60 and E90s. that they bought for 2-3k

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        • KaiserRollsK
          KaiserRollsK
          KaiserRolls
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          still trying to figure out if good oil or good car...

          I'd love to see the same tests on Farm 'n Barn oil.

          there's a reason they picked a bmw and not an AMC Gremlin

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          • YoungCRY
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            YoungCR
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            KaiserRolls said:

            still trying to figure out if good oil or good car...

            I'd love to see the same tests on Farm 'n Barn oil.

            there's a reason they picked a bmw and not an AMC Gremlin

            Very true, M20's last forever!

            Chris Young
            BMWCCA #458972
            1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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            • B
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              KaiserRolls said:

              still trying to figure out if good oil or good car...

              I'd love to see the same tests on Farm 'n Barn oil.

              there's a reason they picked a bmw and not an AMC Gremlin

              The heat cycling, loading, and environment were much much less harsh than if it were driven on the road. The only thing that can be fairly said is that Mobil 1 oil protects a piece of machinery being run for a long duration in a stable environment and that BMW designed an engine that operated for a long duration in a stable environment without failures or substantial wear.

              Not downplaying it at all, because its great novelty material for an engineer/bmw enthusiast, but the first person that posts an E30 on craigslist claiming "300k miles is nothin, these things go to 1million miles and are just fine" is going to get punted.

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              • KaiserRollsK
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                Snap Understeer said:

                The heat cycling, loading, and environment were much much less harsh than if it were driven on the road. The only thing that can be fairly said is that Mobil 1 oil protects a piece of machinery being run for a long duration in a stable environment and that BMW designed an engine that operated for a long duration in a stable environment without failures or substantial wear.

                Not downplaying it at all, because its great novelty material for an engineer/bmw enthusiast, but the first person that posts an E30 on craigslist claiming "300k miles is nothin, these things go to 1million miles and are just fine" is going to get punted.

                true stuff.

                I'd love to see how long stuff would last just pinned on the limiter

                Oh and love cutaway videos like this:

                and here's some high rpm cutaway action

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                  KaiserRolls said:

                  true stuff.

                  I'd love to see how long stuff would last just pinned on the limiter

                  Mean piston velocity

                  http://www.unofficialbmw.com/all/engine/all_redline_rpm_vs_reliability.html

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                  • KaiserRollsK
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                    Snap Understeer said:

                    Mean piston velocity

                    http://www.unofficialbmw.com/all/engine/all_redline_rpm_vs_reliability.html

                    do you have information for every topic ever? lol

                    oh and off topic, I want the guy who narrated the mobile one video to narrate my life, it'd be awesome.

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                    • Brian.B
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                      It's funny, I still find it hard to believe my car was new at one point in its life... So weird.

                      instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                      • KaiserRollsK
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                        i just put air vent fresheners in (lots), at least it smells new, if new smelled like "mountain top fresh breeze sunset linen"

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                        • Brian.B
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                          KaiserRolls said:

                          i just put air vent fresheners in (lots), at least it smells new, if new smelled like "mountain top fresh breeze sunset linen"

                          Make friends with someone who works at a new car dealership, and they'll make your car smell brand new for a longgg time. i found out why cars smell the way they do.. haha

                          instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                          • KaiserRollsK
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                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf-uxmN7XYs

                            reminds me of some creepy post apocalyptic/nuclear era with that music and the happily drawn people in the ads.

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                            • Brian.B
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                              Brian.
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                              ​

                              instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                              • KaiserRollsK
                                KaiserRollsK
                                KaiserRolls
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                                what? bmw made boats?

                                Posted Image

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                                • Brian.B
                                  Brian.B
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                                  Evidently you could JUMP Bmw's back then. now a days you do that they'd implode!

                                  instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                                  • YoungCRY
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                                    Brian said:

                                    This was already posted :confused:

                                    Chris Young
                                    BMWCCA #458972
                                    1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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                                    • Brian.B
                                      Brian.B
                                      Brian.
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                                      Evidently I'm retarded.

                                      instagram @howdoyoudrivethat

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                                      • YoungCRY
                                        YoungCRY
                                        YoungCR
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                                        Brian said:

                                        Evidently I'm retarded.

                                        Tis otay :o

                                        Chris Young
                                        BMWCCA #458972
                                        1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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                                        • rampelsauceR
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                                          Brian said:

                                          I seriously want cocaine and some Carerra sunglasses, now.

                                          547421260Wagonsig.jpg.13a2d6479bb8e139b82b81acc0402e18.jpg

                                          E91 328xi - F15 X5 40e - Hopes and dreams of eventually having a cool car

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