Went up to get a Coffee and was greated by this just sitting there.
Went up to get a Coffee and was greated by this just sitting there.
Of course he couldn't park between the lines.
BMW drivers let me tell you.......
You'd think he could park properly, the doors don't even swing out and it should be as dent resistant as a Saturn, but I understand not wanting to risk it.
Cool car
Adam
They're interesting cars. There's one in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area I see from time to time. More or less an e30 3 series under the skin.
I hadn't thought about those in years. Not sure I've ever seen one in real life.
I didn't know it was even a thing. Thanks for posting.
In reply to Aspen :
Looks like they only made 8,000 of them and none were officially exported to North America. Also, none of them have AC since the dashes are too small to accommodate it. At least that's what I gathered from Wikipedia.
Re the parking. The owner of the shop where it was parked it like that on purpose after the state inspection to keep others from parking close to it. Since he owned the parking lot I would say that is down right considerate of him to do for the owner.
Daeldalus said:Of course he couldn't park between the lines.
BMW drivers let me tell you.......
Assumptions are the mother of all f$:!-ups.
In reply to dean1484 :
Calm down, think it was a joke. I was about to make the same one except he was way ahead of me.
Wow, cool! Never seen one in the wild.
So what is this ugly little green thing we're looking at?
In reply to yupididit :
BMW Z1. Famous for having doors than slide down into the body rather than hinging out.
Came here expecting a Kawasaki...
bcp2011 said:In reply to dean1484 :
Calm down, think it was a joke. I was about to make the same one except he was way ahead of me.
Yup. Definitely joking. I drive an E30 everyday. So it was a bit of tongue in cheek humor.
Nice car though. I have only ever seen them in movies.
Just looked up how the doors operate. Your skirted lady friends will hate you.
adam525i said:You'd think he could park properly, the doors don't even swing out and it should be as dent resistant as a Saturn, but I understand not wanting to risk it.
Cool car
Adam
I'm pretty sure that when most people park like this, it's because they are concerned about the other guy swinging their door into your car, not you accidentally swinging your door into the other car.
Daylan C said:In reply to yupididit :
BMW Z1. Famous for having doors than slide down into the body rather than hinging out.
The Kaiser Darrin had doors that slide into the A pillar. It made the proportion a bit wierdo but probably a better hiding door solution.
In reply to Daeldalus :
Next time pleas put one of these at the end. 
or this. 
i am all good!!!
Really cool car I saw one in Vagas and on wheeler dealers. Never seen one in the wild
Different look, but not the homeliest cat BMW ever made.
In reply to RossD :
I was at an event in Connecticut a few weeks ago and I saw a Z1 and a Kaiser Darrin on the same day!
I see them all the time.
Sine_Qua_Non said:I see them all the time.
where are you?
Think I have only seen one in the flesh (didn't come to Canada either). The droop snout look comes across much better on the later 8 series cars, IMHO, and the Z4s were a superior performance car. Interesting curiosity, though.
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