Saw 118i on Route 50

iatacs19 · 12-10-2007, 12:02 PM

Went to lunch with Spoolio yesterday around 7 Corners and look what we saw on the side road of Rt. 50:

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Spacegray335i · 12-10-2007, 12:37 PM

wow nice....they must have imported that thing....

KL2DC · 12-10-2007, 01:09 PM

you foo, that was the same red 118i we saw in Pentago Row when we met up for smoothie king with CT before heading out to Min's place for Lenny's Lux install

I can't remember if thats the one with diplomatic tags or the one with Mexico tags....

edit: Diplomatic Staff tags (State Department S plates), I can't recall what country is UH...btw that's the new format State Department tags, looks kinda lame...

FrankoQ · 12-10-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KL2DC

you foo, that was the same red 118i we saw in Pentago Row when we met up for smoothie king with CT before heading out to Min's place for Lenny's Lux install

I can't remember if thats the one with diplomatic tags or the one with Mexico tags....

edit: Diplomatic Staff tags (State Department S plates), I can't recall what country is UH...btw that's the new format State Department tags, looks kinda lame...

Donny, where are the pics?

KL2DC · 12-10-2007, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankoQ

Donny, where are the pics?

what pics? The naked russian woman ones

dinkoh · 12-10-2007, 01:43 PM

FUGLY IMO.

iatacs19 · 12-10-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KL2DC

you foo, that was the same red 118i we saw in Pentago Row when we met up for smoothie king with CT before heading out to Min's place for Lenny's Lux install

I can't remember if thats the one with diplomatic tags or the one with Mexico tags....

edit: Diplomatic Staff tags (State Department S plates), I can't recall what country is UH...btw that's the new format State Department tags, looks kinda lame...

I dun remember seeing that 118i that day... are you on cracks?

Spool · 12-10-2007, 02:15 PM

Yeah we saw this thing and was puzzled...it has to be from another country...front tag is euro, rear tag looks U.S but not recognized from which state

iatacs19 · 12-10-2007, 02:30 PM

But in all it looked ugly. Waiting for the 135i to get here so I can check it out.

KL2DC · 12-10-2007, 02:54 PM

Still trying to find that 330D E91 I bumped into in Alexandria Old town some time ago. It had VA plates, on a diesel...it was a euro model with euros and chrome window surrounds and 158 wheels.

Spool · 12-10-2007, 02:58 PM

Too many ballers here...can't compete, gotta move to South Dakota and be the all star

iatacs19 · 12-10-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spool

Too many ballers here...can't compete, gotta move to South Dakota and be the all star

You'd be surprised how they kick it in SD...

BK · 12-10-2007, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KL2DC

edit: Diplomatic Staff tags (State Department S plates), I can't recall what country is UH...btw that's the new format State Department tags, looks kinda lame...

Holy moley. I was going to say those aren't State Dept tags.

I used to have a list of country codes that I kept in my car, I saw so many DoS tags when I lived in the city, it was fun to check where they were from.

I'm sure the info is on Google somewhere, hold on...

But of course! Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma...nited_States_3

UH is España.

Last E92 M3 · 12-10-2007, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dinkoh

FUGLY IMO.

i second that
335i > 135i all day

iatacs19 · 12-10-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Last E92 M3

i second that
335i > 135i all day

Agreed, but the 135i looks like an interesting car, depending on pricing since most the features are pretty comparable to the 3-series.

Last E92 M3 · 12-10-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by iatacs19

Agreed, but the 135i looks like an interesting car, depending on pricing since most the features are pretty comparable to the 3-series.

it weighs more than i've expected and that thing sits just too high
anyways bottom line is that i don't like the styling...
a friend of mine is planning to get it just because, it's supposed to be "faster" but 335i is just perfect for me.

ordering it soon

KL2DC · 12-11-2007, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BK

Holy moley. I was going to say those aren't State Dept tags.

I used to have a list of country codes that I kept in my car, I saw so many DoS tags when I lived in the city, it was fun to check where they were from.

I'm sure the info is on Google somewhere, hold on...

But of course! Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma...nited_States_3

UH is España.

Nice find on the country codes list, always wondered if there was such a list out there.

Yep, those are the new tags, its very unassuming (pale light blue background). They started using those maybe 2-3 months ago, slowly being phased in (only 2-3 cars at my office have the new plates). Most of the cars still sport the traditional (more attractive) plates.

iatacs19 · 12-17-2007, 02:40 PM

135i is now on BMWUSA, ~$43K MSRP for a nicely optioned one... YIKES!

FrankoQ · 12-17-2007, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by iatacs19

135i is not on BMWUSA, ~$43K MSRP for a nicely optioned one... YIKES!

too expensive.

BK · 12-17-2007, 07:20 PM

The 135i I would want costs $44,525.

Damn, I don't know about that.

tman · 12-17-2007, 07:23 PM

that red hatch is very nice though

BK · 12-17-2007, 07:41 PM

Call me crazy, but that "other silver" looks good on the computer. I forget the name of it, but based on the name, it sounds like it may be a little too close to beige IRL, which would be a

I love the sport package, with the M perforated steering wheel and shorter shifter. And I optioned out a black leather and high gloss black trim interior. It looks gorgeous IMO.

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