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Old 07-16-2020, 08:58 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by SARAFIL View Post
There’s something to be said about the simplicity of those older models... the era when dealers still ordered manuals for inventory, nav wasn’t a common option and iDrive wasn’t even a thing! The Z3 still had cheaper E36 era interior plastics vs. E39/E46 that had gotten better. Still looks ok from a distance in these pics though. Late-90’s era was a good time for BMW. Bringing back a lot of memories for me of my early dealership days when I was much younger, I remember when we used to have these in the showrooms.
We had the 2.5 in Topaz. Also a 2001. And you're right about the cheap plastics. But it was also a budget car. Ours was in the high $20s.
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