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01-25-2011, 07:37 PM | #1 |
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I was pleasantly surprised to see a Flamenco Red Z4 filling up today, as I was stopped at a red light. Temperature is well below zero here in the Toronto area...lots of salt and sand on the roads. I watched the driver come out from paying and make a bee line to the window cleaning squeegie. I thought, "No, don't do it, you don't want all the crap that has collected in that bucket smeared all over your windows and subsequently all over your paint!" The good news is that his glass was spared the indignity.....his passenger door and front fender.........well, that's another story!! Yikes. I was left shaking my head.
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01-25-2011, 07:53 PM | #3 |
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Likely his Girlfriend's car
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01-25-2011, 07:56 PM | #5 |
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IMO if they knew anything about detailing, the car would be under cover
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At the beginning of January I saw an E89 on the 407....must have been a leased vehicle!!! |
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I saw a Lotus Exige the other day on the 407
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Even if you aren't concerned about the body of the vehicle (among other components), the ground clearance on the Exige and Z4 would be enough to convince you not to drive it in the winter around these parts. I think we have all been stuck at one time or another in a car that was much better suited to winter conditions. |
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It gets filthy quickly, but so would a substitute, and the crud comes off with a wash. Put on the right wheels/tires and enjoy your car. EB |
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As for me though, if I am ever in the market in the future for another Z4 or a Z4M, I will definitley not be buying a winter driven car. Winter road salt simply ages the car at a greatly accelerated pace, and I want none of that.
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Ironically, I passed the same E89 today on the 407!
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Roof down on a warm winter day (often with the Chinooks here in Calgary), sun shining, watching in the rear view mirror the snow still on the road being thrown in a plume 10m in the air from the rear tyres = great fun! Great snow conditions here today, bumper lip pushing snow on the side streets. Had one of the best drives ever on the snow covered access road to Kicking Horse resort before Christmas, lots of drifting fun around the corners. We have a 1998 Jeep Cherokee, but it only gets used for dump runs and parking at the airport, most of the time. Z4MR is my daily driver 365 days of the year. Hopefully I'll wear out the Z4MR as soon as possible by driving it as much as possible |
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What made me cringe was the use of the gas stations squeegee. Once, I thought I would be nice and clean off my wife’s car window with what I thought was clean blue water from the station. I really wanted to get all the bug residue off and I ended up scratching the windshield with the sand left on the sponge part.
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