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Remains of a 2008 Beemer after bumping into a oak tree (Page 2)
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Jan 29, 2008, 12:08 AM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
It's "pedal", not "peddle".
I'm glad someone finally addressed this.
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Jan 29, 2008, 12:11 AM
 
you can peddle pedals but you can't pedal peddles, so a pedal peddler once told me as a he peddled along peddling pedals but I noticed that you could pedal a pedal!

..shame about that beamer though...
( Last edited by JohnM15141; Jan 29, 2008 at 12:13 AM. Reason: BMW lament)
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Jan 29, 2008, 10:30 AM
 
I see Edmunds has an article on this, referencing the posts that were mentioned here earlier.
     
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Jan 29, 2008, 11:15 AM
 
Really sad, people mostly young men, think their invincible and go and do stupid stuff. Heck I did too when I was in my 20s but nothing as reckless as that. Some people unfortunately learn the hard way that life is precious and its too bad he took others with him (I'm sure they were willing participants)
     
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Jan 29, 2008, 12:01 PM
 
I don't think the warranty will cover that.
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Jan 29, 2008, 12:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by bmwparamedic View Post
Bimmer = BMW motorcycles
Beamer = BMW automobile
Bimmer = BMW that you hate. For example: "My Bimmer is a pile of crap, the wheel fell off again"

Beamer = BMW that you like. For example: "Oooo, that's a lovely Beamer".
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Jan 29, 2008, 01:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacosNerd View Post
Really sad ... think their invincible...)
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Jan 30, 2008, 08:31 AM
 
Ha ha ha! This thread is funny.

What matter a few human lives in the face of such terrible grammatical errors!

     
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Jan 31, 2008, 06:56 PM
 
ABC News Story - 5 Killed Speeding on Private Runway

But less than six hours before the accident, a user who called himself "AmericanM5" logged on to a BMW M-5 online forum asking for advice on how to make the 500-horsepower car go faster.

"The problem is when I'm going pedal to the metal pushing 140 and upshifting, there tends to be thud noise with the gear change," AmericanM5 wrote in one post, adding, "Let me say I am beginner when it comes to high-performance cars as I am only 18 so take it easy on me."

The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com) - View Profile: AmericanM5
     
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Jan 31, 2008, 07:13 PM
 
Originally Posted by Tiresias View Post
Ha ha ha! This thread is funny.

What matter a few human lives in the face of such terrible grammatical errors!

Because grammar can mean the difference between life and death.
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Feb 24, 2008, 10:42 AM
 
"Rich Kids Try Cover-Up When their Idiotic Activities Result In Death"


...sounds like a bad teen movie....

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Feb 24, 2008, 11:01 AM
 
Interesting. Not so much "let's see how fast my dad's car can go" as much as "my dad's car can OWN that jerk's dad's car!" And of course the other people involved didn't want to look like they were at all involved so they ran off like the cowards they apparently are. Yes, this irks me (if true).

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Feb 24, 2008, 11:12 AM
 
A lot of lives ruined and several lives ended over Daddy's beamer. It really is sad, but then this has been the same story since Ogg the caveman's kid got crushed trying to see how fast a stone wheel could go down hill.
     
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Feb 24, 2008, 11:14 AM
 
You knew Ogg?!?
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Feb 24, 2008, 11:20 AM
 
I met Sherman through Ogg's brother Blorg. Great guy until he found out that mammoths don't like being tipped over. Poor Blorg.

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