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    There is a lot to like in this car, but I don't like yellow engines. The wheels are too modern for the car and I'd go for an original BMW color, not a Volvo color. I'd bet that it is a super car on the road, though. It would get some attention at the events I've been to, certainly.
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    Hey Dave, welcome back! That is a long time to go without your Colorado roundie. I am glad that it worked well on its initial drive of 2006. Too bad you will not be able to do many such drives for a while. Enjoy it while you can. Hope that things have likewise gone well for you two in China.
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    Hey RS2002, it's the best $200 you ever spent!! It may look a bit raggedy but it's got great potential. Potential to drain your wallet among other things, that is!! Seriously, it will be great fun and you will be so proud of your $200 find. You rescued a forlorn '02 that needed a bit of TLC, you're a great guy, right??
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    Nice looking car, Brian! I think that I will order the same 3rd brakelight today. I have one mounted on my trunk. I don't like the look, nor do I like the fact that water creeps into the trunk along the wiring from the light under the edge of the trunk under the back window. It's not a lot of water, but it's quite annoying. I like a stock look and the brakelight you are doing is keeping it pretty close to stock w/a lot higher safety factor. The jerks that tailgate and don't watch where they're going have nearly gone up my tailpipe already. Thanks for the info, all of you.
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    Happy Fathers Day to all the dads. My dad got me interested in cars with his enthusiasm for noticing just about anything half-way interesting that was on the road. When he bought a '64 TR4 when I was 5, well, that was amazing to me. THen when he followed that up with a Porsche 356B and later on, the Golf 2002 roundie, I was reading the Car & Driver and Road & Track right along with him!! He has an Audi A8 now which is not as cool, but it saved his life in a serious crash, so it's a great car too, right?? When I was 14, I put up a poster on the wall (next to the Farrah one!) of BMW's racing at Nurburgring -- 2002's and 3.0CSI's going flat out.... Had to go get one fer meself one day. All thanks to dad.
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    Brad: I did not see enough of your orange jumpsuit at the Vineyard. That means I MUST come to Herndon. I will try to keep the date open and make a roadtrip. Thanks to you & Jonathan for putting it together.
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    That's almost 500 miles from Dayton, OH. I have mixed feelings -- I wanna go, but that's a long haul. Give a nudge to those of us on the fence due to distance... Looks like fun.
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    Good luck w/your new car, Jim! Your car is what I should have gotten in the 1st place: Riviera, Roundie, Calif. car, & ready for a little fix-up & go. I love mine, but that is a very nice looking car. I would probably do a Calif. road-trip to pick up a car if I was to buy one now. Not as much to choose from here.
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    Your daughter's cute. Kids can tell when a car is special to you -- then they are drawn to the car. My kids get excited about a ride in the '02. Our youngest (4 1/2 yrs.) used to call it the "MW." She couldn't quite remember the B on the front end. She likes to point out every BMW for me. My son catches any that the rest of us fail to notice. He takes pride in knowing the year and model.
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    Steve, there's a nice Brew-Pub restaurant near the capitol bldg. It's the St. Bernard Brew Pub & Restaurant. They brew the beer right there and you can see the vats and pipes and such. There's also a museum of WI history that I liked a lot very close in to the capitol bldg. Had some very good Civil War stuff there. Lots of pretty girls there, too since it's a college town.
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    Belated Happy Birthday, then! Mine's on 4-22 as well. I made comments about wanting an '02 cake, but my son instead made a cool refrigerator magnet in the form of a Roundel which I will NEVER part with!!! BTW: Matthew, shouldn't your cake have been Riviera colored?? That is my favorite '02 color as of late...
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    Bill: Nice to meet you. Brad Day is next to a Chamonix 68 2002 in the one photo. It belongs to Ben, AKA Eastsidebimmer in the Indianapolis area. He caravaned with the MW contingent to V@V. Thanks for the pix.
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    Thanks to Scott Sturdy and everybody who contributed and brought their fine autos. Thanks Tim for the fun carwash party on Friday. Wish I could have stayed for the Sunday drive. It was super to match up a lot of people with their cars, their faces, their spouses, kids, you name it. I think I gotta go throw beads with the guys from Arkansas/Louisiana next year for Mardi Gras -- I love the idea of heaving them out of my 02! Also the Midwest 2002 Fest looks mighty tempting. I will plan to be at the V&V next year. As always, you guys are great!
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    Buy it from BLUNT by all means then, it's a good deal.
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    Hello 76 bimmer: What you need is new doorbrakes. I got mine from Bimmerparts for $79.00 ea. I had a BMW specialist shop put mine in and I am very pleased. They are the new-style doorbrakes which are apparently more sturdy and modelled after the later 3-series doorbrakes. It is nice to get rid of the floppy door syndrome IMO. Just one of those little fixes that will make you smile once it's done....
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    Paging Mike Self: Seriously he can tell you just how to go about this. Something to do with making a template that is a mirror image of the driver's side mirror arrangement. You two need to talk! Good luck.
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    Glad to hear that Ludwig is nearly ready for the road! I am certainly excited about the V@V trip. Maybe we'll have a film crew interested in our '02's next weekend. It seems like we'll be seeing something on TV about these unique automobiles one way or the other.
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    Nice car, Robert. I hope to meet you down there. I will be in Mike Self's Midwest caravan to V@V. Palo Alto would be nice, but I am thrilled to be able to do NC! See all of you there soon.
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    Well, they gotta have suffficient sales volume to remain profitable. I am no fan of BMW building X-3's and X-5's, but I can understand their logic. These vehicles subsidize other BMW's that are more in line with the no compromises statement. They are compromising one thing in order to survive and build other cars that are truly uncompromising. Right?!? (Sounds a bit messed up but so is the world)
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    Yee ha is right! I cannot wait to see & hear Ludwig after his overhaulin' experiences of late. JIM
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    Damon; That ad is destined to become a classic. It does set the company up as serious, dedicated, determined, and even rebellious in the face of all the crappy compromises of nearly all car companies. That ad jumped off the page at me and I thought: "I think they mean it!" I have read of engineers at Ford for example being contemptuous of the very SUV's that have made BIG $$ for the co. due to the inherent stupidity and crudeness of these vehicles built for vacuous, insecure doofuses. I recently read a review of the new Mustang in which they liked the retro styling touches, but were put off by the cheapness of the car's interior. Doing it RIGHT would have been so cool.
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    Congratulations Bill. What could be better than your son returning from the battle zone strong and healthy? Tell him we are all glad that he is safe and back here.
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    JakeB: Your dad is way-cool. My dad does not give a crap about cars anymore. Weird, since he has owned a: TR4, Porsche 356B, Golf 72 2002, 911, etc. The fire went out I guess. Tell your dad I like him a lot. BTW, we used to put a canoe on top of the Golf '02. It was quite a long canoe so we made an unusual site going down the road!
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    Welcome dtharp and your 75 2002! My 75 car is celebrating his build date/birthday today -- 31 yrs. old. I'd be on a drive right now, but I have to watch our youngest (4 yrs. old) and the car seat is a no-go in that car. Was the PO a BMWCCA member? The upgrades make it sound as though that is likely. Was it being well-maintained or was it sitting around forelorn until you "saved" it?? You ought to consider driving down to Vintage at the Vineyard the May 27th weekend in the Winston-Salem area. Good luck w/your obssession!
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    Mine had a trailer hitch when I bought it. Don't know what was towed behind it by one of the previous owners. The man I bought if from rarely used the car and I don't think he towed anything behind it. The hitch is now gone to improve the looks mainly. BTW: the '02 in the photo is a square taillight, so is that your '70 2002??
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