[Shotimes] OT - BMW 540i for sale

[Paul Nimz]

You have to play the hand you're delt.  We all have hindsight when it comes to
past experience.  Still, I would have the Gen 3 over any other spiffy Taurus
though.

Paul


On 7/26/2006 4:30:04 PM, Ron Porter (ronporter@ameritech.net) wrote:
> Wasn't it the "Hank The Deuce" quote that went: "Never Complain..Never
> Explain"?? You need that attitude for VOD posts. Although, you are
> correct..the music died in 1995!!
>
>
>
> Ian did a great VOD post with these words (which sound like something that
I
> could have written):
>
>
>
> "I personally find any car with an automatic transmission undesirable. If
> the SHO were automatic only, I wouldn't
> own one anymore. I hope that
> I'll
> never own another FWD car again.
>
>
>
> But yeah, I agree with Paul. A performance oriented engine mated to an auto
> transmission (especially one as weak, heavy and poorly geared as the SHO's)
> seems counter intuitive.
>
>
>
> Ian  "
>
>
>
> In playing VOD, I agree, and if the SHO came out as an ATX in '89, I never
> would have bought one. it would have merely been a Ford version of the
SSEi,
> except n/a,  with DOHCs, without near the bottom-end torque.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> _____
>
> From: Paul L Fisher [mailto:sho@paul-fisher.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:39 PM
> To: 'Scott Krietemeyer'
> Cc: v8sho@v8sho.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject