Anyone around from the Roadfly (Roadflea) days?

[gale]

Let us not forget Alan S

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and whatever happened to "Nickel_Fork"?

[Alexlind123]

I think i came a bit after that...wheres UKM5 been anyways?

[Jr ///M5]

This group/site has a lot of history together, over the past 10 years I've spent on the boards have found friendships, get togethers, car shows, (both real and virtual) and some of the best BMW mechanics in the nation who were willing to help anyone that asked without reservation.

My M5 sold yesterday, and while I'm still a part of this community, there probably will not be another E34 for me. I've owned the 535i for 5 years and the M5 for almost 6....I loved every minute of it. It's not saying good-bye to the car that would hurt the most (although my heart was in my shoes as I watched it drive away down the winding road with the ever so distinctive exhaust note singing in the distance)....no that wouldn't be the hard part, the hard part would be the relationships that have developed over the years with this group of people. So the M5 is no longer in the picture, but my long standing friendships are, isn't that what it's all about? The E34 is our common bond, and the friends we make along the way are the people that make up this board.

JR

[Fetch]

I used to lurk on the e32 section of RoadFly, when I had an e32

[Robin-535im]

My M5 sold yesterday,

Hey Whoa WHAT!?

Man... times they are a changin'.

I didn't know she was up for sale Jr., I remember you did some head work recently but I didn't hear the news that the m5 was up for sale. Seems like just yesterday we were reading your "I just hit a deer" thread - that was probably 4 years ago? 5?

[Jr ///M5]

Yeah....I went and did it. Scott H. and I had a long talk about a month ago and I explained the situation to him. Usually, when I have threatened to sell it, Scott would talk me down out of the tree, this time he knew it was going to happen.

I refuse to drive it in the salt/snow covered roads. I wouldn't drive it in the rain either. The winters last 4 months or more here and it would make me sad to see it just sit there....I would squeeze in a drive here and there when winter rains washed off the salt and the temperatures were above freezing, that's what kept me going. This year Aubrey starts college, he's been driving the 318iS and he loves it. That used to be the car that would keep the M5 in hibernation. Suddenly, I find myself without transportation....so the question of the year is....."What comes after an M5?".....it's a hard act to follow. The car would have been 18 years old this March 21....

I was thinking about a 330 convertible.....or maybe a 740i Sport 2001 model....hmmm, tough decision. You got any suggestions Robin?

[Robin-535im]

You got any suggestions Robin?

Just one...

http://autotrader.autos.msn.com/fyc/...r_id=235937042

[DrewZ]

I was thinking about a 330 convertible.....or maybe a 740i Sport 2001 model....hmmm, tough decision. You got any suggestions Robin?

I'm aiming for a 740i Sport when my Touring sells. It seems like the next logical progression from an E34. It's the last of the classically good-looking BMWs, and a 6-speed swap would be a relatively simple way to add some extra sport performance to a car that already looks and drives well.

[MicahO]

So what ever happened to HENRY FORD? That guy was a lot of fun.

Geez guys, I'm getting all teary-eyed here. Jr actually sold the eM. I thought I heard a distant scream last weekend. Now I know why I should have been lurking more. That was a car worth keeping.

Bill doesn't forget anything. I don't think it's in his constitution.

I'm still in the ZHP. If they ever do anything neat to the 135 (Concept Tii anyone?) I'll hit it. Until then my car is just too well balanced to think about anything else.

My e34 fallback? My old Touring is in my niece's garage, and I'll buy it back from her someday, provided she doesn't kill it first. By then it will be begging for an S52 and a stick.

It is nice to see the old names...... Miss you guys, in spite of myself.

[Jeff N.]

Good to see you drop by too Micah.

So what ever happened to HENRY FORD? That guy was a lot of fun.

Geez guys, I'm getting all teary-eyed here. Jr actually sold the eM. I thought I heard a distant scream last weekend. Now I know why I should have been lurking more. That was a car worth keeping.

Bill doesn't forget anything. I don't think it's in his constitution.

I'm still in the ZHP. If they ever do anything neat to the 135 (Concept Tii anyone?) I'll hit it. Until then my car is just too well balanced to think about anything else.

My e34 fallback? My old Touring is in my niece's garage, and I'll buy it back from her someday, provided she doesn't kill it first. By then it will be begging for an S52 and a stick.

It is nice to see the old names...... Miss you guys, in spite of myself.