It was a lot of fun but I'm not going to rush out and trade the SDL in. The new stuff is nice but kind of meh, I rather put the money elsewhere at this point.

The talk of the town this year was diesels. MB should offer one in just about ever car come 2009-10, and BMW is following suit.

I have to say last year MB really put BMW to shame they had a much better display, this year BMW was on top. The new BMW's are really fantastic cars. The new 1 series is out, I can see that car filling up the high school parking lots down in Fairfield. Its a kids car, small, cheaper, but still a BMW. The coupe had 300hp so that little car must really fly! The average age of the person looking at it seemed to be 17.

MB had the usual out, I actualy didn't really bother sitting in any because I have already seen them all at the dealer, or driven them. The CL550 had a line and some home boys were jacking up the radio. So didn't get to see that...

The SL now has a C class style front end, not sure if I like it or not. Its not bad looking but I really liked the way the other car looked.


Oh and BMW is now going to build a good looking 7 series again. After the fat assed Bangle previous gen, this is what the new one should look like:


In person its a stunning car, and you can see the body lines and DNA of the pretty 7 series coming out.

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The kidney grill is very pronounced.

So they screwed up the previous gen, but the next one has potential. MB kind of hit a dud with the W220 so we can't through stones. Well except the W220 was a good looking car...

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I thought that BMW concept was a Jag. I doubt it will look like that seeing as it doesnt really have a front bumper

I'd like to see the new Jag XF in person.

BMW really screwed up the 1 series. The backseat is about as useful as that of a Mustang's, it weighs 150 pounds short of a bigger 3 Series (wow for a tiny car that thing sure is a PORKER!), it's only 5K cheaper, it looks ugly, the interior is cheap.

THey should have just made it a light weight 2 seater coupe. I hate useless backseats.

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They are going to sell a ton of them to rich kids, I get the feeling they nailed the market on that one. Its actualy not that much smaller than the 3 series.


The Jag XF is very nice, its the car the crappy S type always should have been. Its still a Jag though kind of cheesy in places but sexy and cool as hell. The shifter is a knob that pops up and you rotate it to select a gear. Very cool! No key either must use a card that you keep in your wallet.

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Looks like the Chrysler Charger Cop car.

Did BMW get bought by Chrysler? Just kidding...............he he

I was thinking the same thing... It looks like a cross breed of a 850i and a Charger! Of course those are both cool cars so I am happy!
Thank God the "Bangle Bustle" is going away!

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

It is a big improvment over the present beemer.

I could do without the fussy superficial surface treatment though.

Tom W

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

It's a very low car, so it works in real life. Its much lower than the Charger.

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Is Chris Bangle still involved? The only one of that generation I ever liked the look of was the 6 Series. It was okay. The rest sucked.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles