According to Phillip it wasn't a BMW - he was being sensitive to the feelings
of anyone on
the list who might own one of the cars in question by not specifying the
make/model. As
for the BMW joke - of all the cars I have owned but no longer have, my '76 BMW
3.0Si is
the only one I still keep a picture of at work. A lot of posers and
dilettantes drive
BMWs, but they are serious, well-crafted automobiles and I still miss mine. Not
a patch on
a Porsche in the twisties (of course, mine was a 3,000-lb 4-door sedan) but I
never met a
Mercedes I couldn't dust off with my 3-litre - and it would carry 5 adults in
comfort at
85 mph all day. That BMW straight-six is a piece of automotive art - such a
sweet motor...
Gary McCormick
San José, CA
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Thomas Walter wrote:
> >Just between us Roadster owners, what make of car is the one that the own=
> >er moves when you
> >park next to it?
>
> Bayerisch Mist Wagon
>
> (translation: Bavarian Manure Cart)
> This is a German joke around Stuttgart. You'll have to
> realize it is the home of Porsche & Mercedes, so they
> tease about those BMW's.
>
> Oh, first car I bought while living in Germany... BMW. ;-)
> I needed to look up "Mist" as I didn't catch it the first
> time!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Walter
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