Whoops, I did it again...

[pendyman]

Went back to Fort Lauderdale, and couldn't resist renting a 7 series again. What a gorgeous vehicle.





And fabulous to drive.

It's the same color as the one last year, but it's a different car, with around 500 miles on it when I picked it up.

Actually, I originally got a really nice silver one, but when I stopped for lunch on the way in from the airport, the key fob, or something in the car that talked to the key fob, malfunctioned, and I couldn't lock it or pretty much do anything. Because it's all electronic I was lucky it started or I would have had to call for help. But I was able to drive back to the airport and replace it with this lovely thing.





I stayed with my friend, who I learned had traded his two fairly new BMWs:







For two new Porsches, a Cayenne and a Cayman:



Making these kind of automobile choices is to me pretty much unimaginable. But he's unhappy with the Cayman because there's a rattle in the hatchback that the dealer can't seem to fix. I have to say I wouldn't like to buy a new Porsche and have it arrive with a rattle. So, he's thinking of trading it for an Audi A5 convertible.

These are not the kinds of problems I have in my daily life.

I rode in the Cayenne, which was a diesel turbo and seemed pretty much like any SUV, but not the Cayman because there were always three of us, and I was only there for a few days. Maybe if I had driven the Cayenne I might have felt differently. They loved it.

Some random pics:
























Drove to the Everglades:















One of the only changes from last year to this year was that the dash cluster went from all analog:






to all digital, with a couple of metal rings (Please excuse the not very good photo; I was going 80 mph at the time.):





Interestingly, when I changed the suspension setting to Sport, the gauges changed from dials to simple white numbers on a black background. I would have thought people who wanted the Sport setting would want to see the gauges. I wish I had taken a pic.

So, for a few days I had some car related fun, and wanted to share it.

[cawimmer430]

Glad you liked it. 

The 7-Series is a nice car. I checked one out at BMW Welt not to long ago. Great car, just so massive. You can't park these anywhere here: literally.

[MexicoCityM3]

Nice!

[NomisR]

I would've gotten a sports car though.

[Raza]

There's a hot chick at work who has a 760Li.  I can't imagine driving a car that big all the time.  Though I wouldn't mind using that back seat space with her.

[dazzleman]

Nice!  I'm glad you enjoyed the drive.

[cawimmer430]

Though I wouldn't mind using that back seat space with her.

Just be careful, man. That's real leather in the back!

[Rupert]

God, this thread title is terrible.

[hotrodalex]