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Sealobo · Sep 3, 2001, 10:05 PM

We had a poll at one of the BMW message board on the web, asking what kind of OS do BMW owners run on their computers. Surprisingly, a lot of them runs OS X and OS 9.

So what car do you all drive in real life?

I have a friend who uses Mac and drives a Civic Type-R, very interesting combination.

godzookie2k · Sep 3, 2001, 10:10 PM

this is a strange topic, but...
2001 Saturn SC 1 3 door sports coupe, silver.

nick

Kickaha · Sep 3, 2001, 10:29 PM

'95 Jeep Cherokee Sport

No leather.
No CD player.
25mpg avg.
Fits in a compact parking space.
Real world 4WD.

Scott_H · Sep 3, 2001, 10:33 PM

91 Civic with a nail in the front dirver side tire.

ctt1wbw · Sep 3, 2001, 10:37 PM

I drive a 97 Jeep Wrangler. Is there any other car?

Well, there is... I would rather drive a 2002 BMW M5, my dream car... [drooool]

Neo.cmg · Sep 3, 2001, 10:38 PM

2000 Green Volkswagon Jetta 1.8T

Homer1946 · Sep 3, 2001, 10:41 PM

2000 Acura 3.2 TL (Damned if the 2001 Type S didn't come out a few months later)

Sealobo · Sep 3, 2001, 10:42 PM

M5 kicks ass~! (and up to 4 persons can sit in the car comfortably and kick it together!)

muchfresh · Sep 3, 2001, 10:49 PM

1998 RangeRover 4.6HSE

Big Pimpin'

Mactoid · Sep 3, 2001, 10:56 PM

92 Chevy Cav (Gonzo blue) w/ shot tape deck
Decorated w/ apple and Redhat window sticker in back and expired school parking lot stickers on the side (they never check

)

The tape deck thing really sucks since my portable CD player's tape adapter is now useless and Michael Stipe's words apply to nearly every station I've heard, "It's that same sing song, and the DJ sucks".

edit: s/protable/portable/

[ 09-03-2001: Message edited by: Mactoid ]

selkirk · Sep 3, 2001, 10:57 PM

I can't believe that I'm replying to this, but...

1996 Ford Ranger (300 Mhz B&W G3)
My brother: 2000 Saturn (500 Mhz iBook)
My Buddy: 1997 Neon (350 Mhz G4 & 500 Mhz iBook)

jguidroz · Sep 3, 2001, 11:09 PM

2002 Ford Explorer XLS

BTW, if I have two computers, should I have two SUV's?

Keda · Sep 3, 2001, 11:11 PM

98 Estoril Blue M3.

Kestral · Sep 3, 2001, 11:13 PM

I don't know about Mac OS X users but this OS 9.2.1 user drives a 92 BMW 5-series.

C.J. Moof · Sep 3, 2001, 11:20 PM

Black 1985 Jeep CJ7 with 3" body lift, topless, doorless, featuring cow-patterened seatcovers.

Wanna guess where I got this username?

My other car is a 1995 Passat GLX VR6. They fit 2 distinctly different moods.....

DanMacMan · Sep 3, 2001, 11:26 PM

'98 Red Chevy S-10 with white Apple logo sticker in middle of back window. It shows up beautifully against the tinted window. (BTW I have a 333 iMac w/ 10.0.4)

Napier · Sep 3, 2001, 11:27 PM

1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88

Sealobo · Sep 3, 2001, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by C.J. Moof:
Black 1985 Jeep CJ7 with 3" body lift, topless, doorless, featuring cow-patterened seatcovers.

I like that~

moki · Sep 3, 2001, 11:30 PM

2001 Audi S4

Sep 3, 2001, 11:31 PM

With the ultimate OS, what else belongs but the Ultimate Driving Machine?

1997 BMW E39 528i

1989 BMW E34 535iA

[URL=http://das.doit.wisc.edu/bmw/]http://das.doit.wisc.edu/bmw/

Pismo Of Ages · Sep 3, 2001, 11:32 PM

well, not all OS X users drive a car, i'm only 14, but my parents both have black Passats

-Pismo Of Ages/Mercury X

Sealobo · Sep 3, 2001, 11:45 PM

2000 BMW M Coupe~

DP533 G4~

Toyin · Sep 3, 2001, 11:51 PM

Me: 2001 Passat V6 Manual
DP 500 OSX

Dream Car is Audi A6 with 40v V8 & Stick (Doesn't exist) but I'd gladly take Moki's S4.

Father DP 533 OS9.2.1 (Will move to 10.1 when drivers are completed) Lexus GS300
Brother Titanium OS9.1 (anxiously awaiting 10.1) 1998 Golf GTi VR6
Sister Titanium and DP 450 OS 9.1 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

[ 09-03-2001: Message edited by: Toyin ]

mrtew · Sep 3, 2001, 11:52 PM

2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS - Amber

SpYn · Sep 3, 2001, 11:53 PM

Honda S2000 and '96 Integra GS-R

Ghoser777 · Sep 4, 2001, 12:00 AM

I just bought an iBook, do you think I have enough $$$ to buy a car? I walk.

F-bacher

jamesa · Sep 4, 2001, 12:02 AM

Originally posted by moki:
2001 Audi S4

hehe, how the **** can you afford one of them? We must be paying way too much in shareware fees!!

-- james
PS driving an Alfa 75; saving for an Audi S3

SpYn · Sep 4, 2001, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by jamesa:


hehe, how the **** can you afford one of them? We must be paying way too much in shareware fees!!

-- james
PS driving an Alfa 75; saving for an Audi S3

my friend got an S4 when we were seniors in high school (year and half ago)
i wasnt surprised...his dad was on the waiting list fer the BMW Z8...
one rich mofo

Sep 4, 2001, 12:14 AM

This B/W G3 350 owner drives a '92 Grand Am. I would still be driving a '93 Cavalier, and have a new iBook, but the Cavalier got totalled at the beginning of the summer, and the Grand Am left me w/ no money left to buy that iBook. Oh well, Grand Am w/ power windows, doors, air, newly installed CD player and speakers is nicer than that cavalier...

t_hah · Sep 4, 2001, 12:15 AM

VW Jetta

my dream car would be moki's Audi S4 or the new A4...

and own a PBG4/500/768MB/OS X

kelix · Sep 4, 2001, 12:39 AM

Bah all your cars suck i have the best of the lot!
Holden HSV Clubsport 2001
THE BEST CAR!!! Kicks the crap outa american cars.

BZ · Sep 4, 2001, 12:43 AM

Can.... not.... resist..... trying.... not to type.... reply.

2001 Audi TT Coupe

That hurt... back to my cave.

Sealobo · Sep 4, 2001, 12:51 AM

Originally posted by kelix:
Bah all your cars suck i have the best of the lot!
Holden HSV Clubsport 2001
THE BEST CAR!!! Kicks the crap outa american cars.

LOL~

Toyin · Sep 4, 2001, 12:59 AM

Originally posted by kelix:
Bah all your cars suck i have the best of the lot!
Holden HSV Clubsport 2001
THE BEST CAR!!! Kicks the crap outa american cars.

Hey isn't that based on the Cadillac Catera? It also when toe to toe with the BMW M5 in the latest issue of Car & Driver. Nothing to laugh at. (But I'd still take the S4 or A6)

kelix · Sep 4, 2001, 01:08 AM

haha beat this u yanks!

Type: V8
Displacement: 5700 cc
Horsepower: 342 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque: 350 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm
Power: 300 kW GTS
Wheels: huge 19" Pirelli 8 x 19 tyres
Brakes: Four piston HSV Premium brakes with 343 mm front discs

AirSluf · Sep 4, 2001, 01:13 AM

I think this might Kelix!

'88 911 Cabriolet - Widebody-no tail. Guards red-black top, of course!

[ 09-04-2001: Message edited by: AirSluf ]

Rolling Musubi · Sep 4, 2001, 01:38 AM

'90 Thunderbird Super Coupe

...which was a "poor mans" version of the 635CSi (following pic) that I wanted but could not afford back then...

drjoe · Sep 4, 2001, 01:51 AM

1987 Volvo 740 Turbo, 185,000 miles and going strong
goes with my
1998 beige G3 with XLR8 466 G4 and 768 M of ram and going strong.

both much modified

Sealobo · Sep 4, 2001, 01:52 AM

Originally posted by kelix:
haha beat this u yanks!

Type: V8
Displacement: 5700 cc
Horsepower: 342 bhp @ 5600 rpm
Torque: 350 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Redline: 6500 rpm
Power: 300 kW GTS
Wheels: huge 19" Pirelli 8 x 19 tyres
Brakes: Four piston HSV Premium brakes with 343 mm front discs

5700cc w/ only 342hps... low rpm... very inefficient design...

marcsiry · Sep 4, 2001, 02:05 AM

Car? I don't drive no stinkin' car.

'00 Suzuki SV650X! 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds...

My wife drives a silver '98 Passat- she uses Macs too.

(Edit: You can see my helmet, complete with white Apple sticker, on the stone wall behind me!)

[ 09-04-2001: Message edited by: marcsiry ]

Sealobo · Sep 4, 2001, 02:09 AM

Originally posted by marcsiry:
Car? I don't drive no stinkin' car.

My wife drives one (a silver '98 Passat) - she uses Macs too.

LOL~ Yamaha R1 rules~!

APC · Sep 4, 2001, 02:15 AM

Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 Twin Spark 16v

moki · Sep 4, 2001, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by Toyin:
Dream Car is Audi A6 with 40v V8 & Stick (Doesn't exist) but I'd gladly take Moki's S4.

The S4 is faster than the A6 anyway

Hydra · Sep 4, 2001, 02:25 AM

I drive a Guards Red 2000 Porsche Boxster S. It may not be the fastest sports cars out there but this drop-top mid-engined missle just may be the most fun to drive. Much like OSX itself I guess

Jerry C.

kelix · Sep 4, 2001, 02:56 AM

Who needs efficiency??? it 300kW it kicks off the line... and low rpm with that much harsepower is quite efficient actually... packed with tourqe. Face it it would beat anything america could throw at it while looking the best.. like any thing Australian really!

Scrod · Sep 4, 2001, 02:59 AM

I drive a battle mech.

xi_hyperon · Sep 4, 2001, 03:02 AM

2001 Honda Passport, which in reality is an Isuzu Rodeo (where I live, however, it is re-repackaged as an Opel something-or-other, go figure). Always drove sports cars and never thought I'd get an SUV until my daughter came along...

KidRed · Sep 4, 2001, 03:16 AM

2000 VW Jetta.

Funny, half the pics look like production magazine photos

milhous · Sep 4, 2001, 03:24 AM

86 Mercedes 560SEL Pearl White
69,000miles and hauls ass!

sessamoid · Sep 4, 2001, 03:43 AM

2000 Honda S2000, Silverstone Metallic

2001 iBook

(ok, my desktop runs win2k/xp)