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06-11-2007, 03:04 PM | #1 |
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Help -- Advice Needed!
My wife and I have plans to go to Vegas later this month and has suggested that rather than flying we take my new e93 (she thinks it would be a fun road trip in the vert). I don't mind the idea of driving vs flying, but am affraid that the paint will get chipped/scratched/etc. driving through the desert on the way there and back.
Would you guys do it? Am I being over protective? I really don't want to come back with my hood and front bumper looking like sh!t. Thoughts? |
06-11-2007, 03:05 PM | #2 |
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You are too attached to the car. It is meant to get scratches and chipped. What's the point of having a car if you don't drive it?!?
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06-11-2007, 03:06 PM | #3 |
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Do you have clear bra?
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06-11-2007, 03:08 PM | #4 |
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Drive it. That trip sounds incredible. If I could drive from santa barbara to las vegas right now, I would in a heartbeat..
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06-11-2007, 03:08 PM | #5 |
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I'd be more concerned with the extra 6 hours or so it'll take you each way to drive rather than fly!
I just traveled to san diego, and the flight was cheaper than the gas would have been to drive, and it's way faster roadtrips are nice, but sometimes it's just too far |
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06-11-2007, 03:08 PM | #6 |
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Mmmm.. roadtrips.. Man I need more vacation time..
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06-11-2007, 04:56 PM | #9 |
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i drove the 335i for the first time last week in vegas. vegas got the smoothest roads when compared to san francisco. almost no potholes, no messed up roads. the road made the car smoother then any driving machine available. i topped 100 for the first time in my life too
vegas should be good becuase it's so new. rich city fixing the potholes from gamblers money |
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Give it to your wife, at least it sounds like she has the balls to enjoy it. Kidding KIDDING... Seriously though, I wouldn't sweat it, don't tailgate, and drive the wheels off the thing. It's not a rare super exotic, it's built to be used. SO USE IT! The car is supposed to be the Tool.... Not the driver. Still Screwing with ya, but yeah just drive the thing. HARD!!!
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06-11-2007, 05:18 PM | #12 |
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Drive it. I live in Vegas and have 11,000 miles on the car with no chips to date.
btw- Vegas highways may be in pretty good shape, but some of the roads suck here too. I bent 2 rims on my last car. Enjoy the drive- I drive the LA once a month. |
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06-11-2007, 05:31 PM | #13 |
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I second that!! I also have bent 2 162 rims out here in one our great construction zones.
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06-11-2007, 05:34 PM | #14 |
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When you say you are concerned about driving through the desert, do you mean you are worried about sandstorms? If so, they are pretty rare. I would check the weather forecast before you go and unless there are reports of extremely high winds, don't sweat it.
Other than sandstorms you are just as likely to pick up a stone chip from a passing truck on the way to Vegas as you are where you live now. Just go enjoy your car. |
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06-11-2007, 05:37 PM | #15 |
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Ur gonna get chips..whether u like it or not, that's life..Sb to vegas sounds nice, I would do it depending on the distance, if its more than one day I would pass.
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06-11-2007, 06:27 PM | #17 | |
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i got my first chip within a month of buying my car... dont worry.. u'll get used to it
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06-11-2007, 06:36 PM | #18 |
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I would just drive--like others have said, I think you guys would have a lot of fun.
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06-11-2007, 06:40 PM | #19 |
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Do you have the new fuel pump installed? it would be sad if it bites the dust somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
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06-11-2007, 10:30 PM | #20 |
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to your wife. Definitely do it.
I'm not getting my 28 Cab until next year and I already have some ideas on dates for my Vegas trip in the car planned.
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