Bought myself a non-electric car.

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#1856923 1-Sep-2017 20:01

Horsepower is addictive... and Xdrive is fun with the torque too.

This thing is mad. 300+HP, 450NM...

Have to let the Mrs drive it tomorrow. :/

After her diesel, I'm scared she's gunna put us into a tree :D

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#1857365 2-Sep-2017 21:11

We're still alive...

And I found the car has a digital TV tuner. :D

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#1861156 9-Sep-2017 08:59

HAHA

M3 safe from storm. In living room.

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#1861398 9-Sep-2017 17:41

blakamin:

Horsepower is addictive... and Xdrive is fun with the torque too.

This thing is mad. 300+HP, 450NM...

Have to let the Mrs drive it tomorrow. :/

After her diesel, I'm scared she's gunna put us into a tree :D

I think it may be the second least fuel efficient BMW. After the E60 M5!

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#1861433 9-Sep-2017 18:03

mudguard:

I think it may be the second least fuel efficient BMW. After the E60 M5!

I'm not even going to tell you how "fuel efficient" it may or may not be

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#1861434 9-Sep-2017 18:06

Wiggum:

HAHA

M3 safe from storm. In living room.

Not bad... this guy did it well too

http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/quick-thinking-and-garden-blocks-saved-this-guys-bmw-x5-1798527553

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#1861591 9-Sep-2017 22:38

mudguard:

blakamin:

Horsepower is addictive... and Xdrive is fun with the torque too.

This thing is mad. 300+HP, 450NM...

Have to let the Mrs drive it tomorrow. :/

After her diesel, I'm scared she's gunna put us into a tree :D

I think it may be the second least fuel efficient BMW. After the E60 M5!

I'm not even going to tell you how "fuel efficient" it may or may not be

I also have a 300 HP ICE, 400Nm, but only 1500kgs :)

I can tell you the faster it goes, the closer it approaches 7L/100kms. *shrugs shoulders* no idea how it does it

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#1862236 11-Sep-2017 11:33

blakamin:

mudguard:

I think it may be the second least fuel efficient BMW. After the E60 M5!

I'm not even going to tell you how "fuel efficient" it may or may not be

It's ok. I already know!

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#1873876 27-Sep-2017 21:54

tripper1000:

Ah yes, statistics are like a bikini - what they reveal is interesting but what they hide is critical.

1) There are more places to charge an EV in S.A. than there are gas stations because you can charge EV's from a standard 3 pin plug and most EV's are charged this way, overnight at home.

Just thought I'd dig this up to show someone the news... Adelaides first public car charging point opened today....

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/electric-car-charging-in-central-adelaide/news-story/fe2ba9a566194341278cb90197c081bf

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#1873883 27-Sep-2017 22:04

Took it to the Barossa through the hills and out on the freeway (110kph) back over the weekend.

12L/100km isn't too bad for a 2.1T vehicle considering the drive through the hills (winding 80k zones).

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#1873884 27-Sep-2017 22:07

blakamin:

Took it to the Barossa through the hills and out on the freeway (110kph) back over the weekend.

12L/100km isn't too bad for a 2.1T vehicle considering the drive through the hills (winding 80k zones).

My petrol 220kw thingy managed 8.0L/100ks to the mountains with roofbox and all :)

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#1873905 27-Sep-2017 23:13

Batman:

blakamin:

Took it to the Barossa through the hills and out on the freeway (110kph) back over the weekend.

12L/100km isn't too bad for a 2.1T vehicle considering the drive through the hills (winding 80k zones).

My petrol 220kw thingy managed 8.0L/100ks to the mountains with roofbox and all :)

Mine will probably do better, we had Wellington-style head winds last weekend. Going through Chain-Of-Ponds area wrecks fuel economy too..

I'm stoked with 12 considering what I get around town.

You don't buy a 12yo V8 X5 for fuel economy. :D

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#1873915 28-Sep-2017 00:40

blakamin:

Horsepower is addictive... and Xdrive is fun with the torque too.

This thing is mad. 300+HP, 450NM...

Have to let the Mrs drive it tomorrow. :/

After her diesel, I'm scared she's gunna put us into a tree :D

i woke up this morning to find that my Mrs had decided to take my Land Rover over the Rimutakas, stranding it there until Friday due to her work patterns, and decided that was the best drive she could come up with to use the car for the first time ever.

I've never been so close to ringing a divorce lawyer.

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#1873934 28-Sep-2017 07:30

Depends on what other cars you have access to. Maybe that's the result of faithful application of my unorthodox counselling tips?

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#1874987 30-Sep-2017 00:17

Batman:

Depends on what other cars you have access to. Maybe that's the result of faithful application of my unorthodox counselling tips?

We have three cars.

Today, I had not a one of them at home, because 'Er Indoors had managed to get two in the Hutt Valley and one at Featherston station....

I was given an allegedly logical explanation for that. I have to say that logic was not a word I would have applied in connection with it.....

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