StraightAhead » Autos http://terryjoe.com Things I do , Places I go, Things I see and hear, Independent thoughts, if I have any Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 BMW ED http://terryjoe.com/2008/07/04/bmw-ed/ http://terryjoe.com/2008/07/04/bmw-ed/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:02:01 +0000 Terry http://terryjoe.com/?p=145 The last few days, I’ve had the greatest idea.  I’ve always wanted a BMW and I’ve been considering European Delivery.  I haven’t gotten to far into the idea yet but I like the 128i or 135i autos, the manual coupes, that is.  I’ve been looking at this site which has people’s posts on their experience of picking up the car in Munich and touring Germany for a while and then having the car shipped to the USA.  If I could come out ahead enough to pay for most of the trip , that would be great.  I read one post that said that was their experience.  I have a lot more investigation to do, obviously.  I enjoyed Germany immensely when we were over there a couple years ago, and there is much more I would like to see.  We’ll see how it pans out or if it does.  Of course I would have to let go of my Infiniti.  I could do that.

]]> http://terryjoe.com/2008/07/04/bmw-ed/feed/ 0 Interesting Stats http://terryjoe.com/2007/12/01/interesting-stats/ http://terryjoe.com/2007/12/01/interesting-stats/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:47:10 +0000 Terry http://terryjoe.com/2007/12/01/interesting-stats/ I’ve always thought that HOV lanes that are physically separated made a lot more sense. If they aren’t separated people just start using them as an extra “fast” lane and this article is saying that a lot more accidents happen because of it. I admit that in Houston it is hard to find the entrances to the HOV lanes often, but when you do it really works well and you usually zip right along waving at the heavy traffic in the regular lanes as you go by. It’s pretty easy to get on Google maps and find the entrances to the HOV’s and how to get on them.

I just kindof discovered thenewspaper.com recently and have enjoyed reading the articles in it. I would , I guess, since I like to drive so fast.

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gin@sanlouis
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.

I find myself longing for the beach and the warmth of it. I’m getting back to normal after the surgery. It’s been almost a month now and i still have a lump in my throat. I suppose that will eventually go away as well as the pain in my hip. Either one i can live with though. Mom is better. She is in the kitchen cooking chicken and rice, yum. My wife has gone up to Dallas with some of her friends from church. I know they are having a good time. About 10 of them went up in the church van to celebrate one of their birthdays. Shop till you drop i imagine. they are staying in a mansion which belongs to a sister of one of the women. Great hot tub they are going to take advantage of tonight, I hear.

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Car from the back
Originally uploaded by rhyax.

This is just a shot to give an idea of the snow we got here in Houston. It made really good snowballs.

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g35silver
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.

today is going pretty well. I’ve been talking to my brother quite a bit on the phone lately. That’s been good. My mom is getting better daily and i believe my wife took her to the doctor today to get her established with a doctor down here and to have some blood work done to see how she is really doing with her sodium etc. I know my wife is glad to be off today. after i have been here at the fire station for a couple of days i am ready to escape and was thinking how i would just like to take off for a long drive somewhere in my great car, a likeness of which you will find above. a pretty good rain moved through here this morning , not long after i got up. it’s nice to have the internet back up here. One thing i have to do though, is enter all those calls into the firehouse program that i haven’t been able to enter for about a month, now. each one takes about 10 minutes. Christmas is close. Merry Christmas to all who read this.

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