June 2008 COTM - Metal Bumpers

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Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:30 pm

pacerpete wrote
That must be the first time desireable and mineral blue have been used in the same context !
scandalous,nothing short of car racism,call the cops



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Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:21 pm

just noticed what happened to may's car of the month
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 1:39 pm

Alex wrote:just noticed what happened to may's car of the month
I think that the announcement may be delayed because someone has to make the banner for the top of the site.
I think that the winner could still be announced if that is the case though, no need to wait for the banner :D
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:04 am

Why have we gone back to the April banner??? :mad:
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:41 pm

cliffybabe wrote:
daimlerman wrote:(yawn) calling Mr Clarksun.....
:lol:
...still waiting.... :banana:
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:47 pm

daimlerman wrote:
cliffybabe wrote:
daimlerman wrote:(yawn) calling Mr Clarksun.....
:lol:
...still waiting.... :banana:
Is there any body there? Hello!
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:50 pm

I know it's so wrong, But it is metal bumper. winkeye

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M30 Tech 1 Touring on gas.
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:52 pm

zaust wrote:I know it's so wrong, But it is metal bumper. winkeye

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and its only 8days late :lol:
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Considering Selling the Cabby, looks like its gonna go
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:55 pm

cliffybabe wrote:
zaust wrote:I know it's so wrong, But it is metal bumper. winkeye

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and its only 8days late :lol:
And the worst photo ever taken! :D

I don't know if a desision has been made yet, June 8th and no announcement so far.
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:25 pm

march109 wrote:Hello!
Is it me you're looking for?
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Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:28 pm

At last!! We have discovered who 'Mr Clarksun' is....step forward and take a bow,RoscOPColtrane..... winkeye
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Rosc0PColtrane wrote:
march109 wrote:Hello!
Is it me you're looking for?
I always thought that was a cruel thing to say to a blind bird!
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:?: :?: :?: :D
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:32 pm

Hmm, Didn't realise this hadn't been decided.

I'll ask the nurse to wake Mr Clarksun.
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:09 pm

You are so Mr Clarksun! :D
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:05 pm

100% am not.
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:04 pm

chrome /kroʊm/ noun, verb, chromed, chrom”¢ing.
”“noun
1. chromium.
2. chromium-plated or other bright metallic trim, as on an automobile.
3. Photography: a positive color transparency; kodachrome.
4. Automotive / BMW: Pre-facelift; inner-arch delete; fitted with external fuel pump.
”“verb (used with object)
5. (of dyeing) to subject to a bath of dichromate of potassium or sodium.
6. to plate (metal) with a compound of chromium.
7. Automotive / BMW: to unnecessarily (subj.) adorn vehicle with trinkets; to bolt on shiny things (see: Auto-Erotic Magpie Syndrome)


Not quite the showing I’d hoped for this month, and certainly not the on-time winner announcement I’d planned on making in my ”˜Mistakes I Repeat Frequently And Must Address’ notebook. Ah well. Can’t have everything (where would you put it?).

Linking seamlessly on, however, this month’s winner is a car which to many, and to me in many ways, does indeed have almost everything. Some might say by virtue of having nothing. At least nothing it didn’t leave the factory with.

Clap your hands, or at least tap your keyboard for the fetishistically pretty car owned by hennabm.

New category to follow, and in a pathetic attempt at controlling my time-soak, we’ll be running the category for one calendar month from announcement :smile:

The new banner will be done at some point by the drawing-wallah, I imagine.

Mahalo,
D6dp...sorry, Clarksun
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:59 pm

A worthy winner with a time warp car. Well done hennabm!
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:11 pm

Congrats to the winner and to Mr Clarksun for confirming our worst fears.... winkeye
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:36 pm

looks like its time to wave goodbye to mine :wave:

wonder if mr clarksun will update the month this time?

a worthy winner and a stunning car, look forward to seeing this every day :notworthy:
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:11 am

A very worthy winner! The old chromey will look great on the banner 8)
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:23 am

Just tuned in again after a few days away.
Well what can I say chaps - thank you for appreciating a bit of chrome fetish. :cool: :cool:

Here's some more....

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Look forward to seeing it at the top. :D :D
'82 323i henna
'90 320iSE sterling silver No more!
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'12 1.4 Punto Easy Exotica Red
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:34 am

Stunning original mate
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:46 am

weel done lovely car :cool:
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:24 am

About the banner, isnt it a 323i not a 325?
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:31 am

Beautiful :thumb: :thumb:

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Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:33 am

Again stunning. I've seen this car close up and the photos do not do it justice.

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Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:38 am

Very nice Trevor :thumb:

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Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm a little jaded by the thought that it is classed as a common or garden 325 :cry:

Do you know that there were only 4000 approx 323i produced as opposed to over 25000 325s! Who said it was a better car winkeye
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:25 pm

Well done that man

However, is it me or does the banner not do it justice? Considering the chrome theme and all that?
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:52 pm

hennabm wrote:I'm a little jaded by the thought that it is classed as a common or garden 325 :cry:

Do you know that there were only 4000 approx 323i produced as opposed to over 25000 325s! Who said it was a better car winkeye
thought there would be more than that produced, i would like a 323i next as for sum reason its the cheapest 6 pot to insure for a 17 year old driver :? but finding a decent one around 1k might be a challange :cry:

im sure with a few mods it will be nearly as quick as a 325i
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Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:27 pm

it needs changing from hennabm's 325i to 323i :?
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Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:31 pm

What a fooking lovely car. It has all the obsessive anoraks in us foaming at the mouth!

Well done!
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:00 pm

Where's the next COTM comp? Surely it should be up by now?
Not in E30s any more :(
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:51 pm

greenythirty wrote:A work in progress-almost there

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emphasis on the arches...
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seen this in the flesh, the arches are massive!!!! looks good, will look good when its done!
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