Spied: 2009 BMW 3

[Andonis]

http://carversation.com/2008/04/23/s...-bmw-3-series/

[mgescuro]

It also remains unimpressive and nondescript. The faux Bangle just doesn't work.

[69Firebird400]

It's always weird to me when they disguise such a minor change. Why not just keep the thing under wraps, or not even put any disguise on it? It calls a lot more attention to itself as a red car with black disguise and steel wheels than it would with just the new headlights and LED taillights.

[Ambalanche]

Man I hate my work computer! All I get are red X's!!

[chaseabryant]

meh, nothing too groundbreaking. I was hoping that they would ditch those goofy looking headlights though, maybe in favor of what is on the Coupe, like they did for the M3 sedan...

-Chase

[69Firebird400]

Originally Posted by Ambalanche

Man I hate my work computer! All I get are red X's!!

I have the same issue at work - our firewall is ridiculous (no webmail, no blogger, etc.) but for whatever reason I don't even see red x's, just blanks where I know pictures are.

By the way, nice LMB Corvette. That's my favorite color of all time in a Corvette.

[mgescuro]

Originally Posted by 69Firebird400

I have the same issue at work - our firewall is ridiculous (no webmail, no blogger, etc.) but for whatever reason I don't even see red x's, just blanks where I know pictures are.

You're using a different browser. Firefox doesn't return the "X".

My old job used to be that strict. My current job, is free and open.

[69Firebird400]

Originally Posted by mgescuro

You're using a different browser. Firefox doesn't return the "X".

My old job used to be that strict. My current job, is free and open.

This POS has IE 6.0 (it's a four year old ThinkPad T40 with 512 MB of RAM). I'm supposed to get a new Dell next month. Ordinarily I'd prefer a ThinkPad, but a four year old ThinkPad versus a new Dell is no contest.

I'm just hoping that I can keep good old Office 2002 on this old computer until the upgrade date. They're pushing out Office 2007 to everyone, but with some 20+ minute startups on this thing, I think 2007 would kill the old thing. The laptop keyboard is also missing its M key; I called to complain thinking I'd get a new computer, but all I got was an M which does not attach.

My old company (the one you knew) was much more free on the firewall. All they blocked was bandwidth-heavy stuff like YouTube or streaming audio, and extremely objectionable content. Oh well, live and learn. Now I have to get an iPhone to read my personal e-mail at work.

[Ach]

Mine is blocked altogether as against the "policy" of my work. They must not like BMWs here.

[wender]

I like the front and side of the 3, i also agree that it looks much better with the coupe's headlights but i think that the most important thing is to work on those rear tail lights. That's the only thing i'm not too fond of.

I wonder how it would look with the same tail lights as the coupe!

[chaseabryant]

Originally Posted by wender

I like the front and side of the 3, i also agree that it looks much better with the coupe's headlights but i think that the most important thing is to work on those rear tail lights. That's the only thing i'm not too fond of.

I wonder how it would look with the same tail lights as the coupe!

That was one thing that did bug me but I didn't think about! They are so big!

-Chase