Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:37:05 GMT From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnopsamammyrealbox.com> Subject: Re: BMWs keep trying to smoke me!
"-Bob-" <noemailnopsammain.com> wrote in message news:shi55vglfdrftb7t78e1fr1gu3vcro3hd8nopsamcom... > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:44:01 GMT, "Fred W." > <Fred.Willsnopsamammyrealbox.com> wrote: > > > >It is true that for some reason a lot of the people that buy BMW's like to > >fiddle around with replacing with high performance parts, even more so than > >the SAAB owners do. > > > I saw that more in the "old" days with cars like the 2002 and 320(ish) > series. > > Nowadays I see mostly status seeking types buying cars so they can > say "Beemer". With rare exception, most of them don't know a socket > wrench from a blub socket. Well I 'm pretty certain that I do. I say this because I often use socket wrenches but I've never even *heard* of a blub socket. What is funny is that the same generalizations can be made for SAABs, ie many of the purchasers of new SAAB 9-3's and 9-5's have not clue one as to how they are technically engineered. OTOH it's us guys that buy the 10 year old used cars and lovingly nurse them through their middle (and old) ages that really get to experience the differences.