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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 03/09/2017 at 15:03 • Filed to: None

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I did it! Three years and 12k miles after purchase, I took my 2000 528i to 250k miles! Going into it, I decided that was all I wanted out of the car. It could explode on the side of the freeway the mile after for all I cared but I wanted to at least be able to say I took it to 250. This car has more than delivered with no sign of stopping!

I was planning to do an Oppo Review™ to coincide with this milestone but I think at this point it’d be impossible to write it unbiasedly.

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:06

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4000 miles a year wut

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 03/09/2017 at 15:09

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I live on an island.

Cé hé sin > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:10

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So do the Australians.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Cé hé sin 03/09/2017 at 15:11

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I live on a 22-mile-long island.

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:11

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That’s, like, over seven times worse than three mile island

Ash78, voting early and often > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:13

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Now you just need to get to 339000 miles because it would be, like, leet E39 achievement.

finn's arm > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:13

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I got my 528iT with... 153 on it and I believe I’m at 178K with 200K my goal.

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 03/09/2017 at 15:13

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I drive 2,000. Come at me, bros! #workfromhome

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 03/09/2017 at 15:13

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Which is coincidentally 333 miles away from me

For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 03/09/2017 at 15:14

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Working from home?

You’re actually Doug DeMuro, aren’t you

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:14

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._.

X files music

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 03/09/2017 at 15:19

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Well, nobody has ever seen us together. And I’m often pantsless. We’ll just leave it at that.

Justin Hughes > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:28

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Congrats! You are cleared to land on the lunar surface.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 15:44

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I’m about to roll up on 225k miles in my ZHP. But at the rate I drive vs how little you apparently drive, I’ll pass you somewhere around next new years.

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 16:03

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All working pixels, too.

Noah - Now with more boost. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 16:18

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nice!! The E36 my friends and I whipped all throughout college was taken off the road right after this milestone, so much nostalgia for that nineties amber cluster. Those 2.8s run forever if the cooling system survives

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 16:27

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Holy shit not a single dead pixel!? What kind of magic is that?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Noah - Now with more boost. 03/09/2017 at 16:45

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Cooling system was overhauled just before I bought it as a condition of the purchase.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa 03/09/2017 at 16:49

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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/09/2017 at 17:18

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I’d like to take my E90 M3 there. At this pace, that would take around 15 more years.

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 03/16/2017 at 09:29

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How many miles do you drive a year? 10k?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 03/16/2017 at 21:09

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Present pace is like 12k, which includes commute, a few backroadtrips, and an occasional longer trip to Austin/St. Louis/other. I put a few thousand miles on my old Pathfinder per year as well. Our primary family & trip vehicle is my wife’s MDX, and she/we average 25k per year on hers.

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 03/16/2017 at 21:14

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That’s not that bad. I’d consider DDing mine if that was all I was looking at. It’s 33.4 miles one way from my apartment to work, which works out to like 17k just going to work. With other things, it’ll probably be closer to 22k. So that’ why I wanted a second car. Hoping a 328i will eat up the miles like I think it will. It’s going to get the maintenance so it should be fine.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > E90M3 03/16/2017 at 21:20

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Is it a mostly enjoyable drive? If so, at least take your best girl to work once a week! =)

E90M3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 03/16/2017 at 21:22

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Rural interstate, so not really. I’ll probably take the M3 on occasion anyways.