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Old 05-10-2017, 08:19 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by AF View Post
An R129 ?? Who in the world knows each in house model designation for these cars ... can't we just use regular model designations like the rest of the world


Anyway thanks to google I can say yes you should if that is the model you love ... the prices seem reasonable though I could never stand the seating position in those cars. They just aren't comfortable as they do that weird thing when you recline the seat too much it pushes the bottom cushion forward also they sit very low on the floor.

It's sports car seating in a non sports car
The thread title was a reference to my original bimmerfest handle: mbr129.

Anyhow, I've never even driven one. They could be terrible - I don't know. But I do know they were very well built and stupid expensive: $100K for the V8 when it first came out in 1989. That's nearly $200k in today's dollars. The V12 was even more in 1993 when it came out.
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