And to think my first new car ever was an end of model year purchase
of a 73 BMW 2002 w/ sunroof butr no AC or radio.  Paid $4700 for it
brand new..  Traded it in on one of the last nes 76's on the lot 3
years later(76 had SR, Behr AC and fancy silver paint) and the price
had jumped to a whopping $8,300 already.  I never see them around
here on the streets anymore.

DM^FS

At 01:38 AM 8/18/2007, David Kao wrote:

>Congrats! I don't know what was the problem for you to get it sooner
>but I can understand that it can be a PIA being in California. Each
>time I had smog check for my Vanagons the smog check technician was
>always like trying to catch a thief when inspecting the engine compartment.
>Sometimes they even dug out their repair books trying to identify a
>smog component as a non original equipment. Of course they never succeeded
>it. And my vanagons always passed the smog check.
>
>I once bought a BMW 2002 with a valid California registration. But I was
>never able to get it registered in my own name because of the tough
>California emission regulations. The 2002 had an after market carbureter
>system. I had no idea what the original equipment look like and had no
>idea how to restore everything back together to pass a smog check.
>Visited referee stations many times with no success. Eventually I donated
>it to charity and got a tax write off. I did get a taste to drive it at
>80+ MPH before giving it up though. Guess what, that was probably 15 years
>ago. It was my first time to reach more than 80 MPH on a car I owned.
>A faded dream of owning a BMW classic.
>
>David
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--- Kim Springer <kimspringer@RCN.COM> wrote:
>
> > It's been 3 years since my Tristar set down on California soil,
> and today, after a ton of work,
> > (and money I might add), the pink slip was in the mail.
> >
> > I do have to admit that it was sort of anticlimactic.  It
> reminded me of getting my college
> > diploma in the mail, months after my actual graduation.
> >
> > Anyway, that phase is done, and it's on to more complicated
> things like keeping it running.
> >
> > Kim
> > '88 Tristar #7
> >
>
>
>
>
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