I guess Omega weren't able to make it to quite the same level of refinement as Breitling though so they had to make it about 3 inches thick

The Ploprof clasp IS an absolute monster, but never seemed anything less than perfect for the watch when I tried it on.

And you are waiting for what?????

Beemer

Well there is the problem...

Our experience with a '99 323i was just that... a money drain. The most unreliable car we have ever owned. I hope yours treats you better than ours did.

To be fair, I've owned 6 (I think) in a row now, and I've never had anything major go with them at all. In my experience they've been the MOST reliable cars I've ever owned. The problem with my current one is that I've really racked up the mileage in it over the last couple of years for one reason or another, and unfortunately things are just starting to wear out due to wear and tear. I'm looking at new wheel bearings, a new clutch, a new exhaust, new disks all round, and it also needs one or two of the dreaded electrical gremlins sorting out. Could be blank cheque time! I'm seriously thinking about chopping it in. Might work out cheaper in the long run!

several trips to the stealership.

Ain't THAT the truth!

Maybe I've just be lucky with mine to date...... although the fact I've had 6 in a row would seem to suggest that maybe you (err.... and your friends!) were just unlucky, Mark.

I will admit though that when things DO go wrong they can be horribly expensive to get fixed. And while (at least in experience) they are mechanically very tough indeed, if there is one thing that can afflict Beemers of a certain age, it's electrical faults. Years ago I had a 740i Sport that allegedly had more computing power than the Apollo 11 spacecraft (although I guess that was little more than an oil-drum anway! ), and while it was 100% reliable when I owned it, the very day I decided to change it, the dash lit up like a Christmas tree with just about every warning light coming on! Definitely not what you need while driving (dead on the speed limit, officer) on the motorway! Turned out it was just an electrical fault, but I let the dealership worry about that after I traded it in!

I just love we get off on tangents on this forum! LOL. So much fun.

One thing that nobody can dispute, nothing drives like a german car (when they work). Even my 5000 lb VW drives like a sports car on stilts, especially in winter.