Thanks to ye another recent court settlement (Bastards! I told you so… LOL), I recently purchased my first BMW.
Actually, I bought it from our very own Tommy Regan… and a funny story that was…
I was speaking with Tommy one evening asking his advice on what BMW’s I should look at in my budget. After an hour of some great advice, tommy says, “Too bad you are not here in TX because Im selling mine.” Needless to say I was on an airplane two days later on my way to TX. Problem was, I needed to be back in CA on Monday morning and it was now Friday evening (after a day at work) on my way to TX. I arrive in TX at 4am (Thanks again Tommy for picking me up). Tommy and I got a quick meal in, I grabbed shower at his place, and was driving out of his garage at 7am (Sat) on my way back to CA.
I planned ahead knowing that it would be a long, lonely drive. i posted on Craig’s list the day prior and found two guys that wanted a ride from TX to CA. one was only 15 minutes from Tommy’s place, the other was 8 hours away but on the path I was taking. I picked up the first (a 20 year old that did not know how to drive a stick, GRR) and made it only 4 hours before having to pull over to get a 15 minute nap in. back on the road, I made it to El Paso where I picked up the 2nd guy (scary dude, but he was cool) and we got back into the drive. I handed my new ride over to him so I could get a 2 hour nap in, once the sun started to set that Sat night. I took over the driving responsibility again and dropped off the kid in LA at 3am Sunday morning. Grabbed a quick meal at Denny’s with the weird/cool guy and dropped him off in Oakland at 9am (That’s LA to SF-Bay in less then 6 hours for you math challenged). I arrived home at 10am on Sunday an slept the rest of the day. TX to CA in 28 hours… straight through. The car mileage rolled to 200K as we left El Paso. I had the cruise control set to 90MPH the entire way :)
Tommy, correct me if I am wrong; This BMW has won regional championships in SCCA auto-X. It also put you on the podium of the 2005 SCCA nationals… in the rain! Tommy placed behind two AWD cars, and only barely.
Anyway, I have done nothing to this BMW. It is perfect as it is and I plan to leave it alone. It’s a great car to cruise in and event to romp the throttle here and there. My son and I drove it up to Portland in 2006 to meet Scott Whitestine, Rob Melchione, and Matt Percival.
