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In Reply to: Like Steve R. sez.....vintage is where it's at (pic) posted by otari on September 08, 2004 at 17:54:38:

I guess it's just about broken in, huh?
My personal favorite (gotta have four doors) is the E34 5-Series, which I think was the pinnacle of the design efforts at BMW. It always seemed to me that the 5 had just about perfect proportions, and that the 7-Series simply looked like a stretch job, and the 3-Series as if it shrank slightly in the wash. Not that either of the latter models was not attractive on its own, just that the 5 looked like the starting point.
In my opinion, each successive design became increasingly bloated- looking, until the ultimate freak show of the current models.
Anyone interested in helping me finance the acquisition of a pristine E34, please E-mail me for an address to which you may send funds.
Fat chance.

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Re: That's a real beauty, otari, and only 60k?... (pic) - otari 18:53:44 09/08/04 (1)
Yep, I am the third owner of the M6, both previous owners and myself have treated it mostly as a "garage queen". Though I am in New Englnad, this car has never seen snow or salt, and still carries original near-flawless black paint.
I agree with you Neil about the E34 and also the 7 series E32 non "L". I have a '94 740i and I feel that it is proportioned well. I'm 6'4" so need the space.
Too bad Chris Bangle has taken BMW in the styling direction of hell.
There is a groundswell and I believe you will see BMW turn around and go back to the more understated and refined lines of the past.
Best,
otari :-)

My mother-in-law, after seeing the Levinson 33H amps in my listening room: "Those are the nicest electric room heaters I've ever seen".
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  ...had the later version in my previous car, an E34 M5... now have an E32 735i-based Alpina B11. Will be back in an M5 (hopefully touring) in the next few years...

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