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08-30-2013, 03:01 PM
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YAY! New car loan paid off. (pi'c too)
3 months/5days after I got it. "Zibigniew BMW" is free and clear!!!
I HATE being partners with a bank in anything! And the BMW dealer peddled the loan to the Bank of America. WITHOUT asking me... Guess they can do it. Feels like a huge burden off my head. No mortgage on the house either. I feel pretty lucky. Though I missed the chance for children; so I guess that is the tradeoff. Made this easier to occur:  Just back from a couple of weeks driving it up to Canada (Victoria). Sometimes life gets really good! Meet "Stuart". A German Shepherd/Welsh Corgi mix. Met him on the tripHe was an "accident". A *VERY" young 14 year old mutt. Love his smile!   Canada got geese!   Jim B. got girlfriend! Butchart Gardens high tea!     Life is good !!! Enjoy it !!
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 1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ... 1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold) 2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp 1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k 2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive  (sold)
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08-31-2013, 04:49 AM
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What a fabulous prologue to what is quissentially to be the Book of Jim and the 535i.
You will probably be one on the BMW factory's books as a "frequent" driver, service departments amazed at the odo each time they service your 2013 car. "It must be a rental? Give it a bangjob oil change?....No....its an owner driven car..." 9k since May 25th, 3 months' time. Wow. Still a bit under your 40k yearly attestment, but still, go easy once in a while and drive your other special MB's to balance out.  Jim, I think you've met your mate, car-wise. 
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08-31-2013, 09:41 AM
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Congratulations of the car AND the girlfriend!
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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.
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08-31-2013, 10:31 AM
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Jim..you've done well in many arenas. Your automobile being the lessor of them, and your lady friend being the greater.
Congrats, my friend.
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08-31-2013, 11:07 AM
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Nice Jim! I've got the same roof rack on the 1er, amazing that BMW part is cheaper than Thule and Yakima.
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08-31-2013, 11:22 AM
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Kids vs. Shiny Things. I'll take the kids any day.
Congratulations anyhow.
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09-02-2013, 01:56 PM
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Still, the shiny thing and the girl and dog I'll take, the kids, I'll pass on if that is the choice.
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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke 99 E300 Turbodiesel 91 Vette with 383 motor 05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI 06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI 03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red 03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow 04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler 11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow
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09-02-2013, 02:03 PM
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Or if you're lucky you can have the kids, THEN the cars.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual. [SIGPIC]..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.
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