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Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 01, 2016 9:07 PM
by xyzrbs
Nice find!

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 01, 2016 9:24 PM
by Karl Grau
wkohler wrote:I don't know if that's worse than this :( :
Wow, that's horrible. I feel bad that I even mentioned mine now.

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In all seriousness, this last storm killed people, totaled hundreds of cars and caused millions in damage. I consider myself very lucky.


This poor girl was squashed dead yesterday afternoon on a main drag in Pacific Beach. She was a drummer who was on her way to a gig at Winston's in Ocean Beach.

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Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 01, 2016 9:25 PM
by tig
Karl Grau wrote:We had sustained gale force winds and rain over the weekend and a ladder blew 15' from the side of the house into the passenger door last night.
I obviously angered the M Gods. :cry:
Time lapse video or it didn't happen.

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 01, 2016 9:38 PM
by Karl Grau
cek wrote:Time lapse video or it didn't happen.
The camera blew three backyards over, and plus, it only works when it's in range of my Amazon Echo.

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 01, 2016 10:16 PM
by cddallara
Karl Grau wrote:
cek wrote:Time lapse video or it didn't happen.
The camera blew three backyards over, and plus, it only works when it's in range of my Amazon Echo.
:rofl:

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Feb 12, 2016 7:58 PM
by Karl Grau
Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of me bringing the e39 home. Even though I’ve only put 1,399 miles on it, I have to say, I LOVE the car.

Today I put the trim piece on the grill of the front bumper that Chris Kohler talked me in to installing.

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Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Aug 25, 2016 9:44 PM
by Karl Grau
I just got back from my first roadtrip in this car and now I love it even more. Ran like a champ the whole way and got 30+ MPG on the highway. Very comfortable and un-fatiguing compared to the e28. On the mountain road between Santa Barbara and Los Olivos it had no problem hitting 100mph uphill in the heat with a full tank and a full trunk. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrG3rNP ... e=youtu.be

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Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Aug 25, 2016 9:55 PM
by geordi
Happy to see you are back safe and didn't get lost ;) It was good to see you again!

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Aug 28, 2016 1:33 PM
by vinceg101
I second everything Chas just said about his E39 and the trip to Monterey; I too took my 530i up and back for my first long term trip inauguration as well (kind of pathetic to think I have owned this car since January 2014 and this is first time I took it farther than 300 miles, but it is a my city car after all).

I have to say I am more and more impressed with the the E39 (all the niggling biting maintenance repairs aside); it's comfort, smoothness, available power (fully loaded), quietness, as well as its' nimble adeptness (with Sport Package only) is making me glad I bought this thing. The drive back had me go through the back roads of Paso Robles wine country west of the 101 for some wine tasting and lunch. Being mid-week we had the roads to ourselves mainly and I put the car through its' paces on the twisties with an E28 M5 and 535is in hot pursuit. Boy that was fun.

Wished we could have timed things better, Chas, and been able to caravan back to at least Los Angeles.

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Aug 28, 2016 7:37 PM
by Karl Grau
geordi wrote: It was good to see you again!
Same here, wish I could have stayed longer. Give Ramona my best.
vinceg101 wrote:Wished we could have timed things better, Chas, and been able to caravan back to at least Los Angeles.
Yeah, me too. As you know, because of family stuff, I was last minute organizing this year. Next year I hope to have things better planned.
In addition to Hwy-154 I got to take Hwy-41 from Atascadero to Morro Bay. Not as twisty as I remember from the first time in 2014 but still a lot of fun. :haul:

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Sep 02, 2016 9:43 PM
by John in VA
Karl Grau wrote:In addition to Hwy-154 I got to take Hwy-41 from Atascadero to Morro Bay. Not as twisty as I remember from the first time in 2014 but still a lot of fun.:haul:
You missed Lompoc!!

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Oct 30, 2016 9:54 AM
by oldskool
Okay already. I've been out of the closet now for four weeks.
Yeah, I bought a V6 Accord for my daughter and I like it.
It smokes tires and shreds dignity of most who don't see it coming. VTEC is a hooot and I don't care who knows anymore. I race every hillbilly that crosses my path and do hellacious burn outs at major intersections because, well. . . Gray four door Honda. Haha. Fuck you.
Square up bitches. I''ll turn my flat brim cap around and roast you, and my Careless Whisper CD won't even skip a beat.

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Oct 30, 2016 1:44 PM
by tig
oldskool wrote:Okay already. I've been out of the closet now for four weeks.
Yeah, I bought a V6 Accord for my daughter and I like it.
It smokes tires and shreds dignity of most who don't see it coming. VTEC is a hooot and I don't care who knows anymore. I race every hillbilly that crosses my path and do hellacious burn outs at major intersections because, well. . . Gray four door Honda. Haha. Fuck you.
Square up bitches. I''ll turn my flat brim cap around and roast you, and my Careless Whisper CD won't even skip a beat.
Proud of you, man. Takes balls to own up like this.

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Oct 22, 2017 4:22 PM
by Karl Grau
I made an early morning Trader Joes run this morning and had a funky burnt electrical-ish smell when I turned on the defroster. I hope it's the FSU/FSR (final stage resistor) because that's what I just ordered from AutohauzAZ. :?

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Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Oct 22, 2017 10:13 PM
by Kyle in NO
That is the smell of money burning.....

Re: New addition to the fleet

Posted: Oct 23, 2017 11:16 AM
by Karl Grau
lol, I love the smell of burning money in the morning.