BMW E36 Blog

Have you heard about a car that doesn’t need a driver before? I know I did hear that before and it was like many theories about how to control the car and how the car can determine the path that it’s going to take … etc. Today, I’ve found a video of a real BMW car (not a theory) that can drive by itself. I know it is crazy!. I’ve seen BMW cars that can park without the need for their driver intervention (driverless parking) like these videos:

But this new technology is really cool! I absolutely LOVE it. This makes you wonder about the future and how it’s going to be. I think in the near future a BMW car will wake up in the morning, go to work while you’re sleeping in your bed, and at the end of the day, it will come back home and just hand you the money 😆 wouldn’t that be great?!

Take a look:

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I’ve made some changes to the BMWE36BLOG.COM hosting account in order to be able to create a larger number of email addresses. The idea behind this is to be able to provide the readers of this blog with an email address (for instance mike@bmwe36blog.com) in exchange for a little amount of money that you pay on monthly basis. I have prepared two types of emails. One with 50MB quota which costs 10$/mo and another type with 10MB quota for 5$/mo. I know this is not the best offer on the web, but I was hoping to get some of you to register their emails as a way to support this blog. At first, I was expecting to get at least 50 requests for emails since I put the "Support Me" image on the left sidebar, but believe it or not, I didn’t receive any requests until now. I just thought that you might be interested in getting such an email account. Anyway, please feel free to comment about this and whether getting an email from this blog is going to be a cool thing or not.

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I’ve seen some videos for a racing game called Gran Turismo 5 and I was shocked to see them. They are really amazing!! I’ve posted before about the Forza Motorsport game and I was really excited about it and about how good the graphics were. Today, I have changed my mind. The new Gran Turismo 5 game which can be played on Sony Playstation 3 is away much better. I didn’t try to play the game yet, but I’m almost sure I will like it. Take a look at this video. It’s the official trailer for the game.

Enjoy.

And this is a video for a BMW 135i inside the Gran Turismo 5 game (Yes BMW has new series called 1-series in case you don’t know) . It looks great and almost real to me. Pay attention to the driver, it made me laugh sometimes when taking shortcuts to win the game. LOL!

What do you think of this game? Have you tried it before?

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I’ve been contacted yesterday by Peter (he’s of the blog readers) and he sent me this link which has a review for BMW Australia. Peter has suffered from problems in a number of BMW cars that he owned.

It’s really sad to read how much of pain he suffered with these BMW cars. I’m really sure these problems were annoying and maybe dangerous in some situations. I recall that my E36 used to turn off when I turn my A/C on and in some situations, it turned off in some bad areas that really scared me (in traffic intersections sometimes). After that, I had to do some research and keep looking for solutions until one mechanic successfully fixed it.

I know for sure that these cars need good maintenance which can cost a fortune sometimes, but I think you all agree that you enjoy driving them. I’m not affiliated with BMW in anyway but I have to be honest about this. These cars are fun to drive.

I have also noticed that every newer model of BMW is a little bit more complicated than the previous one and in some cases leaves you with some problems that no one can help you with. That’s a real situation that I’ve been in couple times lately. It seems that every newer BMW generation gets even more complicated which results in more faults and more money to pay for fixes. I guess the new Mercedes and Jaguar cars are not better though.

With all that said, I know that the cars (especially new models) have some serious problems and in some situation hard to fix also, but BMW is a cool car when it’s working fine 😆 and I guess that’s what keeps the crowd hungry for more of that product.

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As you may already know, this blog is growing really fast and I get excited everyday when I see that the number of readers on this blog is increasing steadily. I want to thank you all for being loyal readers for my blog and I hope you are enjoying the posts that I write almost everyday.

Now, I have a favor that I need to ask. It’s a simple thing that will help the BMW E36 Blog to rank better on Technorati. If you’re unfamiliar with Technorati, think of it as the authority website for blogs. The Technorati ranking is measured by how many persons have voted for that blog (i.e, made it their favorite). So, my request is simple: I was hoping from all the readers of this blog to click on the following link to vote for the BMW E36 Blog on Technorati to push its ranking. You can also, click on the green icon at the top of the right sidebar (Add to Technorati) to accomplish the same thing.

I hope this is not much to ask for and I hope you all vote for it. Thank you all!

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