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OT: Expensive bmw parts?



Hmm, do you remember which of your BMW parts were ridicously priced? 
I've been doing the BMW thing for about 18 months now and in my 
experience, the parts haven't been any more than VW parts.  I've 
replaced quite a bit of wear and tear items on my 186k-mile 88 325is 
without too much price 'shock'.

Mike
82 Scirocco + 3 BMW's

Jason Rinne wrote:

> Yeah, bimmer parts are pretty ridiculous.



> 
>> From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Jason Rinne" <rinne_jason@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Subject: Re: Small Rant (was: Winter Beater???)
>> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:14:22 -0800
>>
>> Easy there, Jason - after I posted that link to the JH turbo setup on the
>> Hardcore forum, and you turn on me like that? Man, tough crowd.  ;)
>>
>> Seriously, take a look at the rant I initially sent out. Even though I
>> really believe in the sentiment, you really should see several 
>> indications
>> that it was done tongue-in-cheek. So to classify it as ripping Dave, 
>> would
>> be considerably off the mark. I was basically ripping the car and the 
>> fact
>> that it was OT (both things I guarantee most lister agree with).
>>
>> You'll also notice I didn't insult Dave (at least directly  :)  If I 
>> did, I
>> apologize.
>>
>> And FYI -  YES, I am that bored  :)
>>
>> PS - I also had to "step down" from a BMW to one of Wolfsburg's finest 
>> (so
>> far, actually more reliable than my M3 and less $$$).
>>
>> Jeff (Aries and K-Car hater at large)
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jason Rinne" <rinne_jason@hotmail.com>
>> To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: Small Rant (was: Winter Beater???)
>>
>>
>> > Gee Jeff,
>> >
>> > Are you SO bored you felt the need to rip a fellow
>> > lister for tryin to do someone a favor? I've got a
>> > Ford Focus that's my wife's car and our family
>> > sedan. She stepped down from two previous BMWs
>> > and I'm steppin back DOWN to a Scirocco from
>> > a Porsche. Sometimes you have to do what you can
>> > to get by huh? I'll agree American cars aren't anything
>> > compared to European, but some of the engineering
>> > that Wolfsburg puts out is a bit questionable sometimes.
>> > Maybe we can keep negative rants to a minimum in the future?
>> >
>> > Jason Rinne
>> >
>> > >From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>> > >To: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>,"Scirocco List"
>> > ><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> > >Subject: Small Rant (was: Winter Beater???)
>> > >Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:59:57 -0800
>> > >
>> > >Oh - you mean the eye-sore of American engineering, possibly the worst
>> car
>> > >ever spit out of Lee Iacocca's ace-hole? Not a chance.
>> > >
>> > >Heh - That car can't even qualify under "beater" (maybe beaten, but 
>> not
>> > >beater).
>> > >
>> > >Please be kind to your fellow listers and classify your OT stuff as 
>> such.
>> > >
>> > >(and to think you were actually about to speak about a Scirocco...I'm
>> about
>> > >to yack....)
>> > >
>> > >My $0.01 (your treat on Halloween)
>> > >
>> > >JT (ducking  :)
>> > >----- Original Message -----
>> > >From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
>> > >To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:37 PM
>> > >Subject: Winter Beater???
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Anyone in the NW interested in a cheap winter beater?  I have an 89
>> > >Aries
>> > > > for sale, cheap.  It has fairly low miles for the year and the
>> > >headgasket
>> > > > has been replaced recently.  It has the nortorious chrysler 2.2L 
>> with
>> > >the
>> > > > knock that it has had since new (believe it or not) and runs great.
>> > >Needs
>> > > > very little to be a very dependable everyday car and has new tires.
>> I'm
>> > > > selling it for my brother-in-law who just got a minivan.  It 
>> would be
>> > >great
>> > > > to see it go!!!  Email me directly if interested.  Oh, I'm in 
>> Olympia
>> > >and
>> > > > the price is best offer!!
>> > > >
>> > > > Dave
>> > > >
>> > > >
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