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Special Delivery (How To Buy a BMW in Germany)
The Truth About Cars ^
| 3/18/07
| Jay Shoemaker
Posted on 03/19/2007 4:05:56 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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That settles it. Next year, I am off to Deutschland for my new Beemer. The savings will pay for my vacation.
To: FormerACLUmember
I've always wanted to do this with a 2-wheeled Beemer. One of these days...
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:23:12 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.)
To: FormerACLUmember
How do you "avoid the break-in period"? I thought that was like "avoiding" gravity.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:23:50 AM PDT
by
Eclectica
(Ask your MD about Evolution. Please!)
To: FormerACLUmember
Great story, except for all the whine references.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:28:59 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: FormerACLUmember
FYI...German car makers, about 10 years ago, effectively "buried" an insurance study which showed that Americans picking up cars in Germany ( and likely to head immediately for the Autobahn ) were some 400% MORE likely to have a serious accident...IOW..if you're NOT used to driving at 100+MPH...don't start doing so on a public highway..
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:30:06 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(The 2008 winning ticket: Rudy/Newtie, with Hunter for SecDef, Pete King at DHS, Bill Simon at Treas)
To: FormerACLUmember
But what about Global Warming??? How much do Germans layout for Carbon Offsets to cover their criminal behavior against the planet???.../s
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:36:44 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
To: FormerACLUmember
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:37:03 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: Eclectica
We did this once. It made sense and we enjoyed the trip a thousand times more. I think the "break-in" period means kieeping it under 140 for the first 500 miles. The only downside was that the six weeks waiting for it to be delivered were a torture, and I found out the hard way that as a woman I was not allowed down on the docks to pick it up so there were some delays. This was from an old law that prevented hookers from going down to the docks to score longshoremen, but it's a law that does need to be updated because not everybody who buys a car abroad is a man.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:38:44 AM PDT
by
Fairview
( Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.)
To: FormerACLUmember
That settles it. Next year, I am off to Deutschland for my new Beemer. The savings will pay for my vacation.That was being done 50 years ago with Mercedes. But you have to do it right. The car has to be built to US specs and, unless things have changed, has to be driven for so many miles to not be considered a new car. New cars pay import duties.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:39:52 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: DCPatriot
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:41:01 AM PDT
by
Comus
(There is no honor in dying with your sword sheathed)
To: FormerACLUmember
So I had to package my automotive connection with a week in Paris. Smart man. One who truly understands the fundamentals of the game.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:43:03 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: FormerACLUmember
The author sounds like an uppity snob to me.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:45:58 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: FormerACLUmember
He does make it sound fun.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:49:38 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
(A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet)
To: Comus
Well, I'll agree that the heating/air-conditioning fan unit is a POS.
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:51:31 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: FormerACLUmember
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posted on
03/19/2007 4:58:35 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: FormerACLUmember
why would anybody order a BMW with FOUR doors?
To: FormerACLUmember
I wanted to stop en route to let my wife could experience Federweisserwe call it something else
To: FormerACLUmember
Sounds like fun ! I would rather have a E-spec car though since they don't have the power restrictions and crappy headlights. US DOT has different requirements on headlamps versus Europe. It is not a "grass is greener on the other side of the railroad tracks" thing. Europeans complain about our inadequate headlamps when they visit.
Under Jimmy Carter, NHTSA's Joan Claybrook put in the 85 mph speedo regulation, wouldn't allow for new headlamp technology such as halogens and better optics. Better optics are still not allowed.
To: FormerACLUmember
"That settles it. Next year, I am off to Deutschland for my new Beemer. The savings will pay for my vacation."
A "Beemer" is a motorcycle. Is that what you're getting? Or are you getting a "Bimmer" (car)?
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posted on
03/19/2007 5:14:08 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Get our Marines out of Pendleton's Kangaroo court!)
To: Dixie Yooper
"Great story, except for all the whine references."
My feeling, too.
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posted on
03/19/2007 5:14:56 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(Get our Marines out of Pendleton's Kangaroo court!)
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