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      05-02-2015, 11:34 PM   #1
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Seeing as there were a dearth of 228i's bemoaned here, I decided to add to the population.

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!












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-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).
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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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      05-03-2015, 10:49 AM   #4
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Great to see another Melbourne Red in SoCal!! Thanks for sharing!
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Looking really nice
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Looking good! Always love seeing the F22 in this color
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Looks great. Rethinking my order.
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Looks great!
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Great color. Entertaining write up! All my favorite roads. Thanks for posting.
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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?
I love MR on this car more than on other models I've seen it on.

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, 11:06 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

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Looking good. Melbourne ROCKS! Have yet to see one at the dealer or in the wild.
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