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      11-10-2005, 01:44 PM   #67
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I like the shark fin--it looks mean.
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      11-10-2005, 02:14 PM   #68
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That pic is my wallpaper now!

PS Headed to Naples next week!
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The E90 and E91 have totally different roofline profiles, therefor each car requires a slightly different shark fin mold so that the bottom of the fin will mate up evenly with the roof sheetmetal.

Different molds made at different times will most likely be different shapes as the designers tweek the parts here and there.
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The E90 and E91 have totally different roofline profiles, therefor each car requires a slightly different shark fin mold so that the bottom of the fin will mate up evenly with the roof sheetmetal.

Different molds made at different times will most likely be different shapes as the designers tweek the parts here and there.
Exactly. The e91 roof is much flatter at the rear than the e90. Just thought it was a fun post...


nim - that is a beautiful photograph. I mean really really nice!
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      11-14-2005, 01:37 AM   #73
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Just thought it was a fun post...
I am such a sucker for any opportunity to look like the smartest guy in the room...
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      11-15-2005, 07:39 AM   #74
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I am such a sucker for any opportunity to look like the smartest guy in the room...
Yeah, I always enjoy those rare opportunities when they come along too!
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While we are doing a fin show and tell...

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      11-17-2005, 08:21 AM   #76
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Hey JamieA! Nice fin! How's the new baby treating you?
I had a business call this morning with some folks down under... thought of my friends here (of course it was midnight there).
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      11-17-2005, 08:25 AM   #77
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Hey Ledzep!

New baby is treating me very well thanks. She is starting to open up and give me her best, amazing that after 700 odd kms I can feel a difference in engine response.

Interestingly enough it is the ladies that notice the fin first and ask the most questions about it

Hope the Aussies were awake enough, the country is in rapture after winning the soccer match against Uraguay. I know with me being a night owl it would be easy to forget we are normally asleep when you are awake...
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Glad the ladies like your fin!
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Hell, I would be happy if anybody liked my fin
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I noticed another use for the fin the other day.

To spot where you parked.
I couldn't see my car and then as I glanced over the cars, I noticed a little fin sticking out--there's my baby!

note: isn't very helpful when there are a bunch of SUVs around.
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I am offended by this whole Shark Fin Evolution discussion!!!

I would like to hold a vote to require us to discuss...

SHARK FIN INTELLIGENT DESIGN!!!!!!

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I am offended by this whole Shark Fin Evolution discussion!!!

I would like to hold a vote to require us to discuss...

SHARK FIN INTELLIGENT DESIGN!!!!!!


You had me worried there for a minute that you are one of those "shark fin creationist" people, insisting that they didn't evolve but that God created each shark fin just as it is, and that each one is so very special, and that even the shark fins at the factory that don't quite come out right still have a right to live and be installed on a car and shouldn't be thrown away or recycled in any way....

Whew.
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uhm....riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight........


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I noticed another use for the fin the other day.

To spot where you parked.
I couldn't see my car and then as I glanced over the cars, I noticed a little fin sticking out--there's my baby!

note: isn't very helpful when there are a bunch of SUVs around.
YEEES!! someone is a nerdy as i am!! ive done that a few times. i think in my head as im waking to the parking lot "wheres the fin?"
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How can someone keep talking about the shark fin for 2+ weeks??!!??
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How can someone keep talking about the shark fin for 2+ weeks??!!??
You just did!
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