Distracting Toys...

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

I tried the whole his and hers BMW thing with my wife, but I gave up on it.....But for some reason, when I show her Z4 she asks me if I want to do an addition on the garage to make a 3-door and could get her a Z4 M-sport to have as a fun weekend car? Go figure.

My wife had the 325xi when I had the X5. She didn't like driving the X5, as she considered it too big and heavy, and it didn't have a manual. 325xi was also better in the snow than the X5. When I was going to buy a Porsche, she suggested the Z4, and picked the colour. When I traded the X5 and Z4 to get one fun daily driver (535i) we still wanted an SUV, so we sold the 325xi and she special-ordered the X3 3.0si. We waited months for them to build one with a manual. Our sales rep kept offering autos off the lot; she turned them all down.

I've sold all my BMWs now, but she lets me drive her X3 half the time. We talked about a new one, but when she found out there was no manual available, she turned it down.

[haumana]

[Ricky Bobby]

Jeff, your wife is awesome. Tell her I said that!

Srmmmm, love those happy poodles! I'll admit I wasn't a dog guy until I dated my wife, here are some pics of our Chadwick (Chad), he just turned 7 yesterday so I should post a puppy pic and some present day pics. He is purebred American Bulldog in case you were wondering, 73 lbs.


Puppy days (2006)



Present day (2013)


Our happy family!

[Ricky Bobby]

I think upallnight needs to post a full-size picture lol!

[motordavid]

Fine looking Fam, RB!
GL, mD

[srmmmm]

Great family picture Ricky! Our bigger of the two poodles only goes 52 pounds, but they both love any time they can ride in a BMW.

2002 X5 3.0 238,000 miles
2004 325i 106,000 miles

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Fine looking Fam, RB!
GL, mD

Thanks for the kind words guys!


Shang, gotta say I'm normally not a fan of aftermarket wheels but I love your CSL-style looking wheels on your silver X! Nice stance too!

[Shang]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

Thanks for the kind words guys!


Shang, gotta say I'm normally not a fan of aftermarket wheels but I love your CSL-style looking wheels on your silver X! Nice stance too!

Thanks! Those took quite a bit of research to figure out offset etc. so I appreciate the compliment!

[srmmmm]

As reported earlier, I am restoring the car I took my first driver’s license test in, a 1970-1/2 Pontiac Firebird. Now that the panel fits are being worked on, it is time to have the engine rebuilt. So I loaded up the original engine and all kinds of nice “go fast” parts to take to a Pontiac specialist in Bristow, OK for the rebuild. Well the delivery went fine, the rebuilder was excited about the project, and father and son shared some good bonding time. Then we headed home to Texas......


Ignition coils don’t last forever. In fact, some of them only go 342,441 miles before they quit. But after replacement, the X5 runs like it’s new again and the tow truck driver learned how to suspend a utility trailer off the back of his truck!

[Shang]

Here are a few of my distractions when I have a free moment from working on the X5.





...and this is the one I try to spend as much time on as possible. Mostly off road in places like Green River, Moab, St. George, and some local trail riding. Then the occasional trip to St. Anthony dunes in Idaho.