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I vowed years ago never to own a BMW.  We had never had a car at home and always used bicycles or public transport...one day the boss in the 1st practice I worked in gave me his BMW keys to get a file out of the boot.  I'd never opened a car boot before...he said all I had to do was click the key at the car and it would open.  Fair enough says I and head out to get the file...15 mins later I returned with no file having spent the entire time clicking the key (and unlocking the car) and then sticking the key in the lock, twisting it and relocking the car!!!  I almost threw the keys back at him in frustration!

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
by Sam on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:19:03 PM EST
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LOL, thanks for the bedtime story - time for me to get some sleep. :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:25:41 PM EST
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My ex had BMWs for years.

My major issue with them, apart from the emissions and the terrifying servicing costs, was that, after three days in charge of one of them, I turned into a BMW driver.

I'm sure there's a mind-control chip in the driver's headrest...

But, as a woman driving one of those things, you get cut up, tailgated-the one time one of them got keyed was when I was driving it. And it seems like every moron in town wants to race you from traffic lights.  Not that I ever sank to that. Or could have done. The clutch was much higher than on my car, which meant that I frequently stalled it and looked silly anyway.  :)

by Sassafras on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:42:33 PM EST
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