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    September 7, 2007. National Warplane Museum in Big Flats, NY. Tour de Marque at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Festival. I am sure some of you were there. We had a nice drive on back roads up to WGI, had lunch at The Paddock Club (I know its called something else now, and in 2007, but old habits die hard). Then we took a 3 lap tour of the original 6.6 mile course and then parked the cars on display at Lafayette Park (Corner of 4th & Decatur streets). That was a lot of fun & I am hoping BMW will be the featured marque again soon!
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    Driving by the IMRRC in Watkins Glen, this was sitting in the parking lot! One of the reasons why growing up & living in Watkins Glen was/is so fun, you just never know what you are going to run into! I believe this was in 2007 and may have been during the Vintage weekend when BMW was the featured marque. Boy those are beautiful cars!
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    From 87 or 88, lap of the original 6.6 mile road course at The Glen. This is the first part of the track going up the hill before a fast off camber right hander. Just to the right of me and just out of the picture is the Seneca Lodge. I am pretty sure this was early October. Some of the locals (like my dad) gather at the S/F line in front of the courthouse on the anniversary of the 1948 race and take a lap of the course.
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    Will this ever make its way to the vintage races at Watkins Glen? Would LOVE to see that in person!
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    There is a pretty nice bimmer at the start of this clip, after the Galaxie passed it I just couldnt stop watching. Man those touring car drivers will push any car, anywhere, any time! No matter how old the cars are. It was really fun to watch how each of those drivers had to take such different approaches around Goodwood.
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    https://www.motorbiscuit.com/why-is-the-bmw-2002-still-so-beloved-today/
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    Believe it or not, they are like that in NY as well! (Well upstate rural NY anyway)
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    I have sumitomo 195/60-14 on e30 basketweaves and I think they are pretty good. Unfortunatley I cant seem to find them in that size anymore. I did see the General Altimax on tire rack and discount tire as well as Riken tires. I have used Riken's on the 1600 for several years until I went to the 14's. They were pretty good from what i remember. The Generals are excellent but not really a sporty tire. I run them on both my e53 and my daughters e83. They wear extremely well and are pretty good in the rain and snow. The e53 is on its 3rd set and the e83 is still on its first set and wearing well. I think both would be a good all season option for the e30, neither, however, is available in 195/65-14. Only 195/60-14
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    Rear seat for sleeping...pass
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    Front Recaro's...Pass
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    I have pictures of each h of my dogs in the exact same shots as you have above! Different dogs in different cars, but all the same poses (I'll have to find the one with the frisbees) Love it! This is Lola under the E24 while I work on it!
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    Oops, I forgot to ad that it was in the e70, they can stretch out in there!
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    I feel the same way! Love them all! Unfortunately it's tough to fit both dogs in the back of the 1600, so we took a nice drive around Seneca Lake in the evening.
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    While working on the interior today. I certainly can use all of the help I can get. I just wish they had thumbs!
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    Dave, I was about 21 or 22 when I bought them, was just finishing college and was flat broke. My buddy had them in his 76 2002 and was selling it but didn't want to let the seats go with it, he asked me if I wanted them for $100, not really having the money but still knowing how great they were I managed to scrape up the money for them. Best purchase I have ever made for that car! On a funny side note, he had the rest of the seats from that 320i stored in his mother's house. I saw them advertised on CL 2 years ago by his brother and bought them for 25 bucks, so I actually have the complete set of seats for the 320i sport. I tried to fit them in the 1600 but I didnt really like them. Even the dogs like the fronts though!
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    From a 320i sport, bought them over 30 years ago. They are STILL, the most comfortable seats in any of my cars.
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    Finally fixed the seat runner bolt that had sheared off years (and years, and years) ago!
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    Um, this WAS my first car. Bought it from the original owner in 1985, and still have it today! The 1600 continues to be my favorite car to drive. It's taken me throughout the northeast, college, marriage, kids, (And teaching them how to drive standard on it), vacations, flying laps around the original 6.6 mile road course in Watkins Glen (the picture is from a parade lap around the track). I've had others as winter beaters to save the 1600 from our upstate NY winters (the most notable? 1970 Buick Lesabre, about a mile long, around 5000 pounds, measured my fuel mileage in gallons per mile).
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    Granada.... Granada.... Granada.... (If you cant do the original Sahara). Granada is, after all, not seen that often!
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    Same here, back to Sahara if feasible. Of course I am partial to Granada.
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    Very sad day

    jscaptura1 replied to Stuart's topic in Off-Topic

    I hadn't seen this thread for a while so I just had to....
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    Very sad day

    jscaptura1 replied to Stuart's topic in Off-Topic

    How about a nice Chicken Wing Pizza...from upstate NY!
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    Very nice read! Thanks for posting. That pretty much sums up the e36/5 for me as well. Unfortunately here in the states, the 6 cyl was never available. Therefore after spinning a bearing in my 99 ti at WGI, I had first thought of dropping in a 6 to replace it. A big thanks to Mike Self for talking me out of it and returning the ti to near stock. At the same time a 98 ti popped up in central Jersey with a 6 cyl swap. Decision was easy, sold my e39 with almost 200k and used the cash to pick this up. I LOVE IT! cant wait to finish up the rear suspension and get it on the track. It's a little rough to look at but it's got it where it counts! Last picture is of the 99, 5 speed, Cali Roof. Love that one even more!
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    Very sad day

    jscaptura1 replied to Stuart's topic in Off-Topic

    This was it!
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    Very sad day

    jscaptura1 replied to Stuart's topic in Off-Topic

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