"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
04/16/2014 at 20:00 • Filed to: boatlopnik, bmw
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"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
04/16/2014 at 20:00 • Filed to: boatlopnik, bmw | 3
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We took a harbor cruise here in Charleston SC. It was dreadfully boring, but I learned that this was the ship that BMW uses to transport the X-series crossovers to various destinations from their Spartenberg factory.
PS9
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 20:02 |
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South Carolina??? OOOHHH SHIT My dream of co-owning an Avant-only dealership in florida with you just took one step closer to being true!!!
That's one step down, 10 trillion more to go. Awesome!
jkm7680
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 20:03 |
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I've been to the Museum built into the factory before. Good stuff.
I pass it every year on my way down South.
M54B30
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 20:15 |
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you couldn't tell?? It's docked sideways across at least 5 other docks!
Rev Hang Slows My Roll
> jkm7680
04/16/2014 at 20:15 |
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Here in Columbia, SC i am often stopped at railway crossings while trainloads of new BMW's head across the state from the factory to the port.
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Tom McParland
> PS9
04/16/2014 at 20:47 |
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Well I'm now headed to Savannah so I don't know how that impacts your plan
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jkm7680
> Rev Hang Slows My Roll
04/16/2014 at 21:13 |
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Awesome! Feel free to Jack the train and send me one.
TheJWT
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 21:31 |
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Crossovers, you say...
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Tom McParland
> TheJWT
04/16/2014 at 23:33 |
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Crossovers make BMW a shit-ton of money which means they will sell us a 328d wagon and not worry about only selling less than 1000 units a year.
scoob
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 23:40 |
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Is that entire statement actually true, or are you just fantasizing about a future Jalop utopia?
SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 23:45 |
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Wait, you're in Charleston?
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Tom McParland
> SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
04/16/2014 at 23:50 |
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was...now I'm in Savannah. I'll be here till Sat then back to NJ
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Tom McParland
> scoob
04/16/2014 at 23:53 |
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Well yeah. BMW makes a ton of money from crossovers which means that selling the 328d/328 Wagons in the USA is viable despite their very low volumes
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SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 23:54 |
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Ahhh. Gotcha. I'll be in Charleston for the next couple of weeks for school, then making a 16 hours drive back up to CT. I have yet to 'meet' anyone on here in Charleston, though I'm sure there have got to be a few. Enjoy Savannah. It's a really cool city, and I always spot some cool, old cars when I'm there.
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scoob
> Tom McParland
04/16/2014 at 23:56 |
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Maybe that's why the X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, and X7 exist?! THEY'VE BEEN PLOTTING TO SELL DIESEL WAGONS HERE FOREVER.
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Tom McParland
> SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
04/17/2014 at 00:01 |
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Have you spotted any cool cars in Charleston? I saw like 2, which is disappointing considering the money in that town. Though wagons are very popular, tons of JSWs, E350 wagons and Volvos
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Tom McParland
> SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
04/17/2014 at 00:02 |
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oh eat at Fuel...it is a Jalop (sorta) resturant with awesome food.
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SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
> Tom McParland
04/17/2014 at 00:08 |
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I haven't seen a huge amount of cool cars, but I've seen a huge amount of pretty nicely done cafe racers. Some are a little ratty, and then some are almost up to the Seaweed and Gravel standard. My buddy actually just picked up a 1970-something Honda CB750 to mess around with. As far as cars, I've seen one 12c, eleven Ferraris in one day (but not a single Ferrari any other day... wtf), and this:
I spoke to the owner for a couple minutes. He has a shop on John's Island. I could tell he was psyched that I was so excited about his car. Ahaha
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SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
> Tom McParland
04/17/2014 at 00:10 |
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That sounds familiar... I'll check it out! Did you happen to go to Butcher and Bee while you were here? If not, if you're ever in the area again I would highly recommend it. They ruined burgers for me. I don't know if anything will ever be as good.
E30Joe drives a Subaru
> Tom McParland
04/17/2014 at 00:45 |
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I drove an Estoril blue 328d with red interior today.
It was very jalop.