Memorable Drives in Your BMW
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Driving back the red e30 I have now from Mankato to Mke. Then promptly overheating it in a parking garage. Good riddance m50
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I had a pretty memorable drive the other day when I sat in my car and pretended to be actually driving it!
But for real, the most amusing time I remember is overboosting the crap out of the m50, and just feeling how fast the thing took off, followed by the immediate "oh shit" feeling. That was pretty amusing actually.
As far as true driving, I always remember the holy hill cruise that we did when I had the e30 swapped with just the m50. The scenery is always awesome, and the car was on point that day (less the rock in the brake dust shield).
I look forward to making more memorable drives this upcoming season, with the stockish m52 and then with boost again! -
Drove my e30 from Milwaukee to Bethlehem, PA, in one shot, alone, without stopping for anything but gas and the bathroom, in early March of 2014. Took me 18 hours to go about 850-900 miles and did about 60% of it in a snowstorm. About 16 hours into the trip is when I took the picture in my signature, at some empty rest station on route 80 at 2:00am. It was a really surreal drive once it got dark, I didn't see another car for hours. Probably wasn't the safest way to travel, but it was a memorable adventure for sure.
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Driving my e36 in circles all day on Lake Sinissippi.
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Driving my e36 in circles all day on Lake Sinissippi.
And getting hit by a shitty trooper. Haha. JK. That was BS
E91 328xi - F15 X5 40e - Hopes and dreams of eventually having a cool car
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Here's a memorable one for me. I traded my red Canadian market 4-door for the Henna 323i euro car. The floors were rusted through and it wasn't the most ideal of rides. That L-Jetronic worked like a champ, even with the several miles of vacuum lines. I had just accepted my current job and had to make my way to Minneapolis for training. Having the 323 as my only means of transportation, I was pretty worried. So I consulted the person I usually consult when I have any BMW related quandary, TJ (wasntm3). "If it will make it around the block, it will make it around the world." Good enough for me. So I set out on a 5 1/2 hour journey with nothing but a full tank of gas and a prayer. Surprisingly, the little 323i made it without a hitch. It even snowed while I was up there so I had some snow drifting fun in the streets of Minneapolis. Drove back with no issues whatsoever (aside from some wet carpets from road spray).
Good times from the little henna that could. A picture from that snowy holiday inn parking lot.
E91 328xi - F15 X5 40e - Hopes and dreams of eventually having a cool car
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And getting hit by a shitty trooper. Haha. JK. That was BS
Grrr. I sold that car quite a while ago and I'm still bitter about that incident.
Good times from the little henna that could.
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My most memorable drive was probably this past spring when I drove my car out to the Boston area in March, put another 10K miles on over the next three months doing work and then returned home only to turn around and drive down to Indy for work training and home again a few days later. The interesting and memorable part is that my front shocks were shot, and I was able to find someone out in Boston to put new ones in for me privately for about $300 all in, and that although i didn't know it at the time, I had a partially blown head gasket and leaking oil pan gasket. I kept up on oil fills, the car ran fine for the most part and never let me down.
Otherwise, nearly every work trip is a memorable one. I'm an insurance claims adjuster and have to carry a 17' ladder with me most of the time which I strap onto a trunk mounted bicycle rack. It does the job, and I usually get a comment about it nearly everywhere I stop. I sometimes think that I should sell this car or trade for an E34 or E32 for a little more room. A hard roof car would probably be a better year round car for what I do, but this one sure makes the trip interesting.
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