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Old 07-08-2010, 10:33 PM
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Yup....My wife and I just bought this very clean fully loaded 2007 BMW 328i Convertible.
My nephew lives in Austin, TX and hooked us up with a guy there that owns his own company:

MOTORPHILIA: The World's First Fully Online Car Dealership. Austin, TX 512-296-7930.

He goes to many auto auctions and seeks out cars for his clients.
He is meticulous when looking over potential cars to purchase.
My nephew has become good friends with him and has bought two cars from him and his reputation is very good in the automotive business.
He found this one owner BMW with only 27000 miles and a clean history and a complete service record.
We got this car for $10,000,00 below list and we have the remainder of the 4yr/50000 mile factory warranty.
In service date was August 23, 2007
We will be getting it in the next two weeks.
Either we will fly down and drive it home or Aaron will arrange for a closed transport to deliver it to our house.
Here are the only pics I have as of now but I will be posting much better pics soon.





 

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Very nice Gary.
 
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Old 07-08-2010, 11:22 PM
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WOW!
Nice!
Score one for the big guy!

How do BMWs compare with MB? Anyone?
I'm hooked on MB cuz of the CF.
 
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Old 07-09-2010, 09:24 AM
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really nice car Gary!
 
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Old 07-09-2010, 09:38 AM
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Valk - Nice looking Bimmer.

If you haven't already run a CarFax, pm me the VIN, and I'll run one for you.
 
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Old 07-09-2010, 10:57 AM
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Lookin good Gary.... The wifey is now going to be driving around everywhere showing off her new toy. haha.
 
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Nice ride Gary. Coingrats....
 
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Congrats Gary.

Like I said on FB, hopefully your wife will keep the smokey burnouts to a minimum, you would not want to bother any law enforcement LOL
 
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~ awesome - you're going love it.!!!
 
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Gary,
Another fine example of German engineering! A great deal also at 10 million under list.....
Ray
 
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Old 07-09-2010, 05:04 PM
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Beautiful car, congrats!! You're really going to enjoy owning this baby.
 
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Nice ride Valky. Enjoy.
 
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Mightyjlr, Andrew, FP, and now Gary.......I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Moderator=BMW owner.

Do these people really have Crossfire owners best interests at heart, or are they really just "moles", cleverly planted by the BMW forum to eventually devide and conquer?

If Danimal, RPM, and Patpur switch to the "dark side" all is lost.

Enjoy the ride Gary, don't forget the sunblock.
 

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Old 07-17-2010, 01:27 AM
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It left Austin, Texas on a carrier on Thursday and is due to arive tomorrow or Monday
More pics coming soon
 
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Nice car. I looked at an o6 convertible before I found my crossfire. I have always had an open roof for the last 10 years and I miss it.... Oh well, it's still an srt-6! LOL
 
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Old 07-17-2010, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by tighed1
WOW!
Nice!
Score one for the big guy!

How do BMWs compare with MB? Anyone?
I'm hooked on MB cuz of the CF.
Awesome ride Gary! As far as BMW vs. Mercedes...... from what I have seen from the show "Top Gear" Mercedes is always the better car. I can't remember what cars they used in the show but the Mercedes was all around a quicker and a lot faster car and had the best luxury features. You will pay more for a Mercedes generally though.
 
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Awesome ride Gary! As far as BMW vs. Mercedes...... from what I have seen from the show "Top Gear" Mercedes is always the better car. I can't remember what cars they used in the show but the Mercedes was all around a quicker and a lot faster car and had the best luxury features. You will pay more for a Mercedes generally though.
It boiled down to a MB SLK320 or the BMW 328i convertible.
Both beautiful and powerful cars for the wife but the BMW with that convertible hardtop just won her over.
I'm actually sort of happy we have one of each now
 
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Nothing wrong with a BMW. I can't believe she didn't pick the SLK though. Most woman would die for that car.... but hey everyone has different tastes. You and your wife will both enjoy the car.
 
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It finally arrived from Austin, Texas on a car carrier
Here are a few from my 2007 BMW 328i Hard Top Convertible gallery



 
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Old 07-20-2010, 07:57 PM
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Very nice ride, Gary. Wife & you will really enjoy this 328i.

Now you should consider coming down to the Euro AutoFest car show at the BMW plant in Upstate SC. Show is this October and you can have her take a driver's course at the BMW Performance Center, where they'll show her how to really drive that car!

Show is typically for European-derivative makes only. The local XFire Owners brought our cars last year to the event, since the powertrain is M-B. We plan to attend this year, too.

Here's a link: Euro Auto Festival

Later,
 


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