Author Topic: Driving Style- yeah I know, like you stole it... (Read 10432 times)

kowalski · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2006, 09:21:01 PM »

Quote from: dude8383

correct spelling : Led Zeppelin

and they fuckin rock...i also wind up when listening to something up-beat.

me too, i try to mellow out when i drive, but i always just say "screw it" i select AC/DC or Off Spring, or somthing else good, and i crank it right up.

stevohill · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2006, 10:32:46 PM »

Quote from: thumper3ld

Our cars have a low fuel light??? wow, not sure I ever saw this come on. I wonder if mine works.

yep, thats what the little yellowish colored circle is apparently, our cars don't get crappy enough gas mileage to ever truly be empty

anyone else ever notice the little ding that happens too when you have low fuel? I never knew my car had that until a couple months ago, I was driving with the radio of and I hear this dinging noise and I was like wtf is that, apparently I was low on fuel. This is after having the car for over a year too.

HrdChrgr · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2006, 08:33:05 PM »

Quote from: stevohill

yep, thats what the little yellowish colored circle is apparently, our cars don't get crappy enough gas mileage to ever truly be empty
anyone else ever notice the little ding that happens too when you have low fuel? I never knew my car had that until a couple months ago, I was driving with the radio of and I hear this dinging noise and I was like wtf is that, apparently I was low on fuel. This is after having the car for over a year too.

Theres also a 'ding' from the computer when it gets below 38 degrees outside to warn you of icy conditions. Up here in upstate NY I hear it ALL THE TIME. I actually noticed it first in my wifes 95 318i and for 2 winters we had no idea what it was. I thought it sounded like the ding in airplanes when you hit 30,000 ft, so everytime I drove it and it dinged I'd yell "Cruising altitude!" and punch it. I still punch my pedal through the floor when I hear it in mine - kinda because I get a kick out of the airplane joke, kinda because its trying to tell me to be careful and I have authority issues.

stevohill · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:08:17 AM »

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I thought it sounded like the ding in airplanes when you hit 30,000 ft, so everytime I drove it and it dinged I'd yell "Cruising altitude!" and punch it.

Hahaha, that actually made me laugh out loud when I read that, good times, good times.

dude8383 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:12:34 AM »

Quote from: stevohill

Hahaha, that actually made me laugh out loud when I read that, good times, good times.

haha SERIOUSLY! that mad me cry from laughter...

man that shit cracked me up...

Eurospec · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:21:24 AM »

Our cars are supposed to be driven as if they were stolen, who's with me?

stevohill · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:25:57 AM »

Quote from: Eurospec

Our cars are supposed to be driven as if they were stolen, who's with me?

Well if you don't drive it like you stole it, then how are you driving it? Like a little girl I suppose? So to answer your question in short......yes.

stevohill · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:27:47 AM »

And to accompany the ding and the cruising altitude, you should have gotten one of the lame vanity plate reading "I don't drive fast, I just fly low"

Eurospec · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2006, 01:39:05 AM »

I should read the topic heading next time.

Guess it's a common saying among M42 owners.

kowalski · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2006, 03:30:50 AM »

Quote from: stevohill

And to accompany the ding and the cruising altitude, you should have gotten one of the lame vanity plate reading "I don't drive fast, I just fly low"

i really really like that saying.
like really like it.
thats all i have to say.

club motto: drive it like you stole it.

thats the only way to drive these bad boys, they beg for it over and over again.

Gunni · « **Reply #25 on:** March 30, 2006, 04:33:27 AM »

I push it ,, is my overall driving style I guess,

I have had M20B20, B25,
M10B16, M10B18,
S50B30
motors in e30�s and handling was never a issue I could push it as much as possible,
altough the 6cyl where more prone to understeer I simply drove in a rally style, swinging the weight over soon to not upset the car right before the turn,

with the S50 I just powerred trough all turns and adjusted steering angle with the throttle,

I really have alot of fun in this M42, it�s just the low end that idn�t there that I miss..

StreetSpec_iS · « **Reply #26 on:** March 30, 2006, 08:27:59 PM »

live in the red.

flyguy91318 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 30, 2006, 10:20:44 PM »

On the interstate smooth sailing just above the flow but when in town nothing like ziping through traffic but over all nothing like hitting curvy country roads and just hearing the rpms climb through the gears and the turns I guess like others it all depends on what kind of mood I am in. right now my bimmer is down awaiting paint so I am stuck driveing the pig of a jeep I got but on a good day 14mpg down hill with the wind pushing me but when I jump in good ol BMW to take it around the block to keep things lubricated it always puts a smile on my face! only if everyone drove a BMW then they would understand!!!

"I'm not tailgateing I'm drifting"

e9nine · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2006, 07:49:14 AM »

Once the engine is warmed up it's taken to redline in 1st and 2nd. Fuel economy suffers a lot with the fogged airbox and muffler on the car :p

sheepdog · « **Reply #29 on:** April 01, 2006, 11:31:31 PM »

Quote from: 2002maniac

Let's just say I average 25mpg

Wow, that good?

Actually I get about that and it is almost all highway miles.

Author Topic: Driving Style- yeah I know, like you stole it... (Read 10432 times)

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