[Shotimes] 2006 BMW 330i replaces SHO

[Carl Prochilo]

They are very nice.  The 540 certainly looks awesome.  I'm starting to
get the idea of this whole key programming business.  It sounds very
strange to have to go to the dealer to change the way the programming
works.

About your waterpump, BMW mentioned that the one in the E90 now uses a
non-belt driven pump, meaning it's an electric pump.  Apparently
useful in eliminating parasitic losses in performance.

I don't have a basis of comparison between the E90 and the E46.  Most
people find the new version a worthy and mostly a better successor. 
There are mixed opinions of the run flats.  Seems that the old guard
dislikes them.  I haven't had the car long enough to have an opinion. 
I think the trick eventually becomes when I have to use the insurance
to replace a damaged wheel or tire, but hopefully that is way on down
the road.

Overall for folks like us that enjory driving sedans that have special
performance and handling attributes, this one hits the mark if you can
overlook the pricetag.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sat, October 8, 2005 22:29, Paul L Fisher said:
> Nice! I was at the "3's across America" event at Soldier Field but
> they
> didn't let us drive them. I need to stop by a dealer to test drive
> one.
>
> Here's some pics of mine!
>
> http://www.paul-fisher.com/BMW/
>
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
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>
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> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 5:19 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] 2006 BMW 330i replaces SHO
>
> Well, not quite replaces since I still have the 92, but I decided to
> go for the bimmer as a daily driver.  As some of you know, I've been
> debating this car, the G35 and GTO.
>
> The car is a black on black 6-speed "true" manual transmission (as Ron
> would say) with premium, sport and cold weather package.  While it may
> sound strange to get the latter here in South Florida, I didn't want
> to wait for a new order car and this one came off the boat in Sept
> this way.  Plus the heated seats actually are nice for a sore back.
> Nothing has changed in consumer buying habits and manual transmission
> 330i's are hard to come by on the lot.
>
> This car is incredible to drive.  Everything people say about them and
> car mags write about is true but hard to put into words.  This car
> doesn't break a sweat driving hard into curves.
> It is physically smaller than the SHO by a lot and yet feels roomier
> inside.  There a lot of other toys as well.
>
> The new car now has window tint that you won't see in the pics posted
> in the link below, so the car looks even sharper.  If you plan to try
> this with dial-up, grab a coffee as these picture are large.  A high
> res display helps too.
>
> http://users.adelphia.net/~prochilo/BMW/2006_BMW_330i.html
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
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