You know you are a Coupe owner if....

[bluecoupe30!]

I know the E9 owner has had to adapt their car to be a comfortable, reliable driver in 2015, as much as they have had to adapt TO their car. I would like to read some of the responses that you can think of to complete the above sentence.

I will go first : ... you start raising your windows way before you get back in your driveway. Mike

 

[adawil2002]

Rain makes you cringe because you know your coupe is made of confectioners sugar. :lol:

 

[aearch]

owner

if your car is in a thousand pieces.

 

[dbower]

...you have a chair in your garage where you sit, sip a beer, and stare at the coupe. Sometimes you compliment it; sometimes you cuss it.

Don

 

[adawil2002]

if your car is in a thousand pieces.

It is a 1,000 piece puzzle.

 

[gregthall]

...if every time you brake you look in your rear-view mirror to see who is tailing you....

 

[Stevehose]

...you train your wife or instruct any passenger that:

1. the sun visors are not to be touched, squinting is acceptable
2. the retracted seatbelt must point forward and equidistant between the seat and door card when exiting
3. the flat accesory area on the dash in front of the wood veneer is not for accesories
4. the back seat is off limits
5. air conditioning is rationed

other than that, enjoy the ride!

 

[MyFemurHurts]

Damn, the rust and window jokes were ready made.

You look at it the same way you look at your wife.

 

[Markos]

You go to the garage to grab something out of the fridge for your spouse. You stop to stare at the car and day dream about the next project. After a few minutes you head back inside empty handed.

 

[Markos]

It is a 1,000 piece puzzle.

If you can get the outer section complete the inside pieces will fall into place!

 

[Honolulu]

While you're getting the outside pieces in place, the inside pieces fall apart!

 

[kasbatts]

...you train your wife or instruct any passenger that:

1. the sun visors are not to be touched, squinting is acceptable
2. the retracted seatbelt must point forward and equidistant between the seat and door card when exiting
3. the flat accesory area on the dash in front of the wood veneer is not for accesories
4. the back seat is off limits
5. air conditioning is rationed

other than that, enjoy the ride!

 

[adawil2002]

Despite meticulous maintenance, you have the rational fear that something somewhere on the car is going to fail on your next drive, oops maybe this drive. :roll:

 

[30csl]

You spend a good part of the drive watching the temp gauge.

 

[NewSixCoupe]

Every time I pass a modern BMW and wonder where/when did it all go wrong?

 

[Rek]

.....if you're Customer of the Month at Walloth & Nesch, most months.

 

[rsporsche]

...you train your wife or instruct any passenger that:

1. the sun visors are not to be touched, squinting is acceptable
2. the retracted seatbelt must point forward and equidistant between the seat and door card when exiting
3. the flat accessory area on the dash in front of the wood veneer is not for accessories
4. the back seat is off limits
5. air conditioning is rationed

other than that, enjoy the ride!

somehow i can't see that going over too well. its one step worse than telling the wife that she can't set her purse on the trunk / hood / top while trying to find something in it ... or even placing her hand on the paint, after a spirited drive with a lot of dirt on the car.

 

[lsquaredb]

You carry a Swiss army knife because you know from experience that the handle of the small red screwdriver will split if you use it.

You curse BMW for making the blinkers stick out further than the bumpers.

You feel like an idiot sitting in this beautiful car while it diesels for 30 seconds after shutting of the engine. (Early car with automatic and no anti-diesel solenoids.)

Leonard
70 2800CS Bristol

 

[adawil2002]

When you turn the car off and when you go to restart you just get a click. (true story). :-(

 

[loloe13]

You spend a good part of the drive watching the temp gauge.

+1
and checking that the windows did move.. or not