[svandamme]

BMW dealership had some questionaire company call me to check how happy i was.

Last time they did that, it was for a repair, of which i was happy enough to say "fill in everything with happy and leave me alone"


This time i did take my time for it, cause i aint happy

For starters i don't have cruise control, they forgot to add that option when they had called me to say i couldn't have the runflats and towing hook.. and that cruise control would be quite handy to have for economical driving.

And secondly the suspension and steering on B-1B is chit for fun driving, so all i can do is economical driving.. but now my frigging shin muscles cramp up BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A CRUISE CONTROL!

Anyway, gave em the following summary :

The new one is to soft, steers really vague, and it wanders at speed.. all in all, it doesn't give me confidence to drive it fast..perhaps this is the new way to get people motivated to drive economically? cause em to get a knot in their stomach and sweaty palms whenever something fast in a corner happens?

I would have been quite happy to have kept BF-1 for at least another 3 and a half years, even if that meant i would be out an extra 50 bucks a month of my own money.. The old BF1 was a great car, it handled as good and fun as my Porsche 944S.. the new one unfortunately handles more like a 2 Liter 924.. which wasn't a bad car, but it's hardly a natural succession for the 944.. I'll admit, it's not a Skoda or anything.. but it's just a bleeding shame that i had to trade the old 1 series for this new uninspiring to drive replacement..

They can stick that in their pipe and smoke it.


Damn, should have closed with "i think somebody forgot to put in the "freude am fahren" chip into mine"