My dad has had BMWs the last decade, and they are the same way. Its kind of funny, I think despite only having 5 series in that time, Ive been in/driven almost every model in the fleet due to him having it on loan at one time or another. Pretty sure the 6 series that he got as a loaner when his car was in for service was a direct attempt by his sales guy to upsell him as his company car was coming off lease. He also was not amused when he got a 7 one time, and I insisted on sitting in the back even though it was just the 2 of us going to a basketball game. TO THE BRADLEY CENTER, JEEVES!
Yeah, they're still below the industry average. But at least they're tied with Kia. Spoiler We had a Lexus ES300 that had 282,000 miles on it and the only thing we ever replaced was the alternator at about 230,000. Everything else - A/C, power steering pump, starter, power window motors, etc. - was still original. It got hit by another car earlier this year and of course $4000 of damage totaled it. I was pissed because that car still drove great. And about dealer experiences... We had our RX350 serviced at the Lexus dealer a couple weeks ago in preparation for our trip to Orlando - new tires ($$$$), brakes, alignment, oil change. I usually avoid the dealer and do my own work but in this case the original tires lasted 90,000 miles, and the dealer price-matched, so I went with them. On the way home that night my wife hit a deer. At her suggestion, I called the dealer up the next day and asked if could get a loaner for our trip - obviously that answer is going to be no. To my shock, they said yes, and we drove their loaner to Orlando for a week. That's service.
God bless you, Florida. Florida teaching assistant quits job to twerk for a living To be fair... girl got skillz. https://vine.co/#/v/OaViZdqddIj
I know this dance craze is over a year old now but I have to say, not a fan of the over sized rumps this phenomenon tends to push to the top of popularity. It reminds me of that lumber king sign from The Simpsons, they don't look like they are actually attached to the rest of the girls' torsos. I for one give it to this girl, if I were in her unique situation, why the fuck WOULDN'T you make as much money on a passing craze if you could?!
My dad just used a word I had to google the meaning of to me in a text message. Then my mom made up an acroym that doesn't even mean anything on google chat. I have so many feelings about this right now.
Some people say we'd be better off without Florida, I'm starting to think they're dead wrong. I'm starting to think its the fucked up relative we love to view from a distance. Without Florida we'd have no KC Anthony or Elian Gonzales or Burmese python invasion or even the cannibal who ate someone alive at a bus stop.
Good news is the alligators, water birds and birds of prey kill them, as well as cars and the cold snaps. The most common size of wild python you catch is barely more than a baby. The idea that massive monster pythons are taking over Florida is ludicrous.
Is it just me or are NHL announcers much better than NFL announcers? Maybe it's just because I don't know hockey as well as I do football, but it always seems that NHL announcers add a lot more to following the game than football announcers.