Whats a BWM? <FONT color=#5d6165>RE: [BMWCSRegistry] Check This New BWM Out Everyone</FONT><BR> Jef Rolison<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">----- Original Message -----<BR>From: T.Taklo@shell.com<BR>To: cgshawaii@netscape.net<BR>Subject: RE: [BMWCSRegistry] Check This New BWM Out Everyone<BR>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:21:07 -0500<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>Charlie,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>BMW <U>is</U> building fuel efficient cars - they are just not bringing them to the US.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>A few months ago a friend of mine postulated that <FONT face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3>"there's not a German car in existance that gets 35 MPG... much less an ability to AVERAGE that across the entire fleet..."</FONT><BR>I took the time to go through the bmw.de web site, and here's what I came up with:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>The following BMWs are getting 35 mpg or more according to EU mixed driving cycle:</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>535 d auto</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d x (4WD)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d x</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 d (46 mpg!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 i </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>335 d auto</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d x</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>325 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>325 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 d (49 mpg!!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 d (50 mpg!!!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 i Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 i Touring (as well as coupes and cabrios for all the above 3's)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>123 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>120 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>118 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>120 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>118 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>116 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>X3 2.0 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>635d almost made it: 34 mpg (mixed cycle)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>I understand that BMW will be introducing a couple of diesels in the US by the end of the year, but they seem reluctant to bring the "less powerful" models to the US market. No wonder that the 1-series is expensive when the smallest engine offered is a 3 liter with well over 200 HP....</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>I'm sure the BMW marketing executives are monitoring the market carefully at the moment, given the increasing fuel prices. Maybe we'll se lighter and more fuel efficient BMWs in the US as well in the near future.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>Tor</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>74 3.0 CS</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> bmwcsregistry-bounces@idb.ded.forest.net [mailto:bmwcsregistry-bounces@idb.ded.forest.net]<B>On Behalf Of </B>cgshawaii@netscape.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 18, 2008 6:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> the-hound@juno.com; bmwcsregistry@idb.ded.forest.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BMWCSRegistry] Check This New BWM Out Everyone<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Okay.... but with BMW's penchant for "customer engineering" (some latent, potentially very expensive, flaw in each model) what might the first-generation electric Mini do to its owner?<BR><BR>"Break My Wallet".<BR><BR>I thought the gas Mini was kinda heavy for a "small" car, though I don't recall hard numbers. Electric power wouldn't go well with that. <BR><BR>And, of course, BMW WILL NOT build an economy car... look what happened with the 1 series, base price upwards of $30K... and not a fuel efficient motor in it, either. Apparently they have utterly conceded that market to others. Well, it's their choice. Brand loyalty will only carry so far, but I think they've gone beyond that too, marketing and selling to ego-driven buyers for whom a car purchase doesn't represent a major expense.<BR><BR>I think small fuel efficient cars ARE the future, and large cars will shortly become a thing of the past. We are seeing, I think (hope?) the end of large vehicles. Yeah, there are holdouts, and haulers for commercial use will always be here, but I can't think of anything that would get me into something larger than my coupe. Mostly I ride a 2-wheeled BMW where multi-child pick and delivery is not imposed on me.<BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Charlie <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: the-hound@juno.com <the-hound@juno.com><BR>To: bmwcsregister@idb.dedforest.net; bmwcsregistry@idb.ded.forest.net<BR>Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 3:35 pm<BR>Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] Check This New BWM Out Everyone<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>This one I would buy in a convertible.............I have been looking for a 2006 Cooper S White, Silver or Red with a tan or burgundy interior 6 speed. </DIV>
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