Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #174
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   From: rfozzard@ngdc.noaa.gov (Richard Fozzard)
Subject: "Beemer"??? Is the Z3 a motorcycle?
   Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 11:06:40 -0500

>Maybe you mean "reliability". I could tell you a few beemer stories ...

>* engine diagnostic computer system (typical for Beemers)

>towards the Beemmer than I was before checking it out.  It *does*

>interesting snapshots of the new "beemer" roadster you might want to check:

>Subject: Re: more Beemer hoohaa

I'm confused. I'm reading all this talk about the new Z3 "Beemer" with 138
hp, cupholders, and electric seat adjustments.

All I can say is WOW! This is one amazing motorcycle!

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Actually, folks, as a former BMW owner (a 76 530i w/220K!), I'm just
writing to correct a common mistake:

a "Beemer" is a BMW motorcycle
a "Bimmer" is a BMW car

This is akin to people who call San Francisco "Frisco" instead of "the
City". You can always tell who _doesn't_ live there. :-)

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I have perused the spec sheets and such very carefully, and though it
doesn't ever say so specifically, I would suspect that the Z3 is a "car",
and therefore, a "Bimmer". :-)

BTW, since the Miata was the only car which could get me to give up the old
Bimmer, I admit to _serious_ Z3 lust. (Truth be told, I've had that lust
since the Z1, which was even more unobtainable) :-)

rich




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