[Shotimes] 2006 BMW 330i replaces SHO

[Carl Prochilo]

Yes, I've found the E90 and Bimmerfest message boards and the
discussion is hotly debated.  The dealer never mentioned the break-in
period either.  I'll tell that I have flogged the car already on all
accounts but shhhhhh.  Never know who might be reading this...
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, October 9, 2005 14:39, Ron Porter said:
> Screw the 4500 limit. Subaru has a 4K limit for the first 1K miles.
> Drive it
> like you stole it to break it in right.
>
> There are always break-in discussions on forums about that. The take
> by
> many, including myself, is that the mfr will always be conservative,
> and if
> you have to read the manual to see how to break it in, you deserve the
> slow-running car that n overly-conservative break-in will produce.
>
> I have had a my new cars since the late '70s broken in right, and IMHO
> they
> have all been good-running examples once they were broken in,
> including the
> current LGT. Another current example is Ryan Dudek wit his new Hemi
> Charger.
> He broke it I right, and turned a best of 13.84 on a factory stock car
> at
> the strip yesterday equaling the factory-tweaked 300c that turned the
> 13.8s
> in the original magazine test.
>
> Ron Porter
>
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> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
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> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 2006 BMW 330i replaces SHO
>
> Thanks.  This is a good start into this world.  The only issue I have
> at the moment is getting the car up to the 7000 RPM redline because
> apparently you're supposed to honor a 4500 RPM limit during the first
> 1250 miles.  Fortunately the car has a low of low end torque to
> compensate for the other urge.
>
> At some point there should be an E90 based version of the M3 with SMG
> that might be worth a try if I want to go fast, or the 545 if more
> room is needed.  BTW, over on the BMW message boards I read there was
> quite an outcry when BMW first refused to bring a manual version of
> the M5 which I understand has now been corrected.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Sat, October 8, 2005 19:28, Ron Porter said:
>> Congratulations! Very Nice!
>>
>> The seat heaters will still come in handy for cool, damp evenings.
>>
>> I found the interior space to be surprising. It's not as wide as the
>> 5-series, but head/leg room are quite good.
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> Carl Prochilo <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org> wrote:
>> 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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