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Re: Why are BMW's so special?

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Something a friend of mine did to convince a co-worker of
BMW's worth was to take him on a ride through a long sweeping
on-ramp fairly fast, then nailed the brakes.  Came to a stop, no muss, 
no fuss.  Try that in a Caravan.

Dale
PS the guy bought a new '92 318i later that day.

> Angie,
> 
>         Here's what you do.  You go find some nice sweeping banked/or not
> corners on on-ramp's to a freeway.  Then you proceed to take those corners
> at 45-50 mph.  Point out to your co-worker how the car feels.  Then you go
> get her Nissan Stanza and do the same thing.  Point out to your co-worker
> how well that nissan flys off the road and is so able to wrap around a tree. 
> 
> There's the difference,
> Joshua
> 
> 1979 Euro 635Csi
> 1987 535is
> 1973 Bavaria
> 1982 528e
> 


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