Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #190
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   From: "Mike Reno" 
Subject: Re: "Beemer"??? Is the Z3 a motorcycle?
   Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:36:51 -0500

On  4 Dec 95 at 11:06, Richard Fozzard wrote:

> Date:          Mon, 04 Dec 1995 11:06:40 -0500
> From:          rfozzard@ngdc.noaa.gov (Richard Fozzard)
> Subject:       "Beemer"??? Is the Z3 a motorcycle?
> To:            Multiple recipients of list 
> Reply-to:      rfozzard@ngdc.noaa.gov (Richard Fozzard)

> >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". :-)

Actually here in the East, or at least my little corner of it, a 
"bimmer" is either a four, three or two wheeled BMW and a "beemer" is 
something that yuppies call BMWs. This is a kind of instant yuppie 
check similar to your "Frisco."  We also call New York "The City", not 
San Francisco, which shows how much we know. :}


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Mike Reno (mreno@fast.net or michael.reno@rrd.com) 
>From the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, USA
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