05-02-2015, 11:34 PM | #1 |
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Another melbourne red 228i in SoCal...
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com First free weekend, time for a shakedown voyage! A nice jaunt in early Sunday AM, when everyone else is still asleep. A quick trip down 134->101 and up Mulholland Highway, and I find Piuma Rd, made famous in many a youtube video of yore. It was much narrower and tighter than I thought. I took it easy out of a fear of making like Wil E Coyote off a cliff. This car does great at 20-30 mph in sport mode! OK, well enough of that...I was getting a panic up there. So I head down to terra firma, trailing a cyclist who probably wondered who was the idle chap tailing him down at 15 mph. Ah well, it's sunday, no rush. I used the time to test out the HK sound system. Not an expert but does great on 1960's analog mono recordings... OK, well down to good ol' PCH! Time for a pit stop... A nice leisurely jaunt down PCH to Point Dume from there. During which I was passed by many a Camaro and Corvette. Oh well, their loss. A few side roads later, and success! Review: 228i: -Quite good at going slow -probably good at going fast, i'll probably know eventually -looks beautiful -all sorts of gizmos and doodads -likes to scoot more than my Toyota Highlander -hm, my Toyota isn't bad as being a car either...come to think of it... Now I have to deal with some battle scars (somehow got either a scuff mark or hard to remove schmutz, and a nail in the tire...sigh). |
05-03-2015, 09:19 AM | #2 |
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Hey, good to see you have her on the road! Congrats! There is a deficit of Melbourne Red F22s out there. I'm glad to see someone's working on that.
A nail already, though. Seriously?
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05-03-2015, 09:40 AM | #3 |
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Lookin' good. Thanks for the post/pics.
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05-04-2015, 06:37 PM | #6 |
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Looking good! Always love seeing the F22 in this color
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Got a nail in my tire with less than 1000 miles on the car... I was lucky cause I pulled off the road and ended up here, of all places...Auto Anděl
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05-05-2015, 11:00 PM | #11 |
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Nice!!
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05-05-2015, 11:06 PM | #12 |
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Thanks all! I was inspired by my neighbor who has a nice red Audi A3 hatch...every time I walked by that car, I had to admire how nice it was. Always thought that when I'd pull the trigger it would be silver/coral red or mineral grey/CR, but I gradually came around.... Also loving the chrome window trim too...I know ppl prefer the shadowline but I think the chrome makes it look friendlier
I hear you on the nail...not sure if the PSS's are more vulnerable or not. I'm still in the OMG-fear-of-breaking it phase, but maybe it's a sign to say screw it, these things should be driven Last edited by caycep; 05-05-2015 at 11:20 PM.. |
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