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Originally Posted by kungpao
So it seems like most everyone around here's a seasoned vet when it comes to their X5's and to BMW's in general. Me personally, I'm pretty much a virgin bmwer  Sort of. My wife has been driving an E90 for the last couple of years but that's HER car. This one's mine. For me the BMW ownership thing is still very exciting like that X5 commercial with the guy saying it was the best day of his life (whilst his wife and children glare in disgust)
Any other newbies out there? Or for the seasoned vets, how did you feel when you got your first?
(little excitement tidbit... i'm a plumbing designer and work on CAD for a living and have changed all of my "match line" symbols to mini roundels  ) |
Plumbing designer? How interesting! I remember seeing a Discovery Channel show about toilets and how they are designed and made. We take for granted how much work goes into carrying our waste out of our homes.
Welcome to :roundel: ! There are plenty of noobs here and plenty of salty old BMW vets too. I'm sure there are some with well over a dozen BMWs owned, plus some with BMW motorcycles too. Noob tip: A BMW car is a "Bimmer" and a BMW motorcycle is a "Beamer/Beemer". That is a critical distinction and a major faux pas in hardcore BMW circles. I also appears you are hip to the "E codes". Any true BMW enthusiast knows the E, and now F, codes.
I got my first BMW in 1993. It was a 1992 E36 325i sedan in Jet Black with Parchment leather. I was very, very exciting. I had only owned Japanese cars up to this point but family members had owned many BMWs so it was my turn. (There is a baby picture of me sitting in my father's Bavaria many years before this E36!) That E36 got me into vehicle mods and I haven't looked back.