Thank you BMW - I love you too.

[Zeuk in Oz]

Exactly so !

Another case of superior dynamics saving the day !

How do you explain this to cretins who still think that a Hyundai Excel is safe because it has an air-bag ?

[DaveVoorhis]

How do you explain this to cretins who still think that a Hyundai Excel is safe because it has an air-bag ?

Don't! Let the cretins kill themselves off in a Darwinian festival of survival-of-the-fittest Hyundai-based ****wit-elimination, and leave the sweet E34s for us.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

almost every day....The roads here are full of:

cell phone talking fools.

Filipino kids ricer racing to school/work

Drunks/druggies braking for hallucinations

Turn signal boycotting spazbots changing lanes on a whim

and a whole sand pan full of drivers, whom less then a generation ago were riding water buffalos to the rice paddy.

I thank my BMW for great brakes, a very deliberate and predicable handling, I know it’s kept me out of the hospital.

[Rob]

And I thought it was just me who has notice the excellent handeling of these cars.

Now about a week ago I was taking my 525i out for the first time driving her since she had her new fuel pump fitted by me that night. So I was going down the road at about 60Ks. All of a sudden someone pull out in front of me. Now this is a normal two lane road, with a very sharp turn to the right and a road in front. This guy pulls out in front of me and I just yank the wheel to the right. What does my lovely E34 think of this? She's like "Noo, prroblem, I got this, calm down!" The E34 goes where I want it to. No tyre squeal, tiny bit of understear, but corrected it without thinking. Now if I was in my Dad's Toyota Tazz-peice-of-****. I would've just carried on sright into the turn and would've hit the lamp post.

My brother after woulds asked me if I had glue on my tyres. Lol.

Then yesterday I was in a little rush. And to get to town we have this long winding road, with almost 90 degree bends. Now I was going a little faster then I should've. About 65 on this road instead of 40. Take this pretty sharp bend. E34 again said she's got it. No tyre sqeal, little bit of body roll, and she held very, very well.

I've been in my Dad's car on that exact same road. The tyres sqeual like a bitch and he has to really hold on to that steering wheel. Or we would've said hello to the pavment and the bank.

Another thing I noticed is when my Dad is going about 120 - 130. You really know about it. The car is very nosiey. And engine sounds like it's screaming to tell him to stop the abuse!

In my E34 at those speeds, I can't hear the engine moaing. Just a lovely roar sound and I hardly noticed I was doing those speeds. I feel very safe in that car.

And my Dad wonders why I said no to selling it and getting a Golf.

[genphreak]

Hehe, yea- in Aus the fastest roads are generally 110kmh limited. My Bimmer feels smoother and more controlled at 200. Even my e28 was like that. They are built for 'bahns, not the vinyl-topped laneways we like here in Oz; the type that need to be re-surfaced every year and with corner cambers designed to prevent them having to put in any artificial drainage- rather than make the road safer for drivers.

ROFL I reckon Bimmers whould be allowed to go faster since they can do everything better and a designed for it. At the risk of some evolutionary challenged kid using that as an excuse and kill themselves, I say it cos I do get peeved when stuck having to do the same speed as an old Toyota LandCruiser towing some trailer full of motorbikes (and with rust weaving holes in its suspension) trying to go faster than the rest of the traffic. Or you get those motha fu#@&a RVs AUVs SUV things driving like they were Cayennes (through traffic).... I mean, yea maybe we all need a gun under the seat... Nick