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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Heivilin, Jim wrote:
> And back then not very many of them had bumpers like what is mandatory
> on American cars (boy is that poorly worded). But this was the mid to
> late 80s and I don't know how it's changed. And going down to the local
> BMW dealer wouldn't help since those intended for export are made to
> American safety standards.
Yup, there are still different safety standars, like bumpers, airbags,
etc. IIRC, most BMWs are homologated, so they meet all safety
standards, and that comes standard.
> IIRC there was a whole sub-economy in grey market cars that were old
> enough that they didn't have to meet safety standards.
That reminds me of when I saw this on the streets of Munich:
http://www.davelloyd.com/gallery/album17/IMG_0461
Sadly, about a day later, I saw a little Traubie that looked just like
that involved in an accident on the A8 coming into Munich. :(
--
--dlloyd
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