By Jonny Lieberman
July 27, 2008
Hang around the car business long enough and you're bound to get some weird offers. Maybe something along the lines of, "If you fly to South Carolina and 'judge' some 70 odd cars, we'll give you $50." And so your honor, this is how I found myself standing in soupy 90 degree plus weather pounding on the hood of a 325e (or five) demanding to know how they got such a fine automobile for $500 or less. Murliee Martin and myself did an adequate job of busting the more obvious cheaters (we hit a spec Miata with a 200 lap ding and some got that tried to sneak in a supercharged PT Cruiser with 70 demerits) but a few slipped through our clutches. Namely the #1 and #2 cars, a BMW 318i and Saab 900 Turbo, respectively. In fact, the track employees were quite shocked as to how we let the Swede slide by. Guess we got distracted by something. Oh, did I tell you that they let me drive the pace car, a Vitamin C Dodge Challenger SRT-8? They did. And to think, my Mom's still bummed I didn't go to law school.
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July 27th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Regarding the E 30 and E 28, These cars are 20+yrs old. Electrical gremlins galore. I once paid 150$ for a dead 528e. The problem was just a loose fuel pump fuse.
Also people used to domestics, dont realize that 250k miles is nothing on one these cars. BMW made them too good. I hear they have fixed this problem in the later models.
July 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Did somebody say E30?
And Jonny, the world doesn’t need anymore lawyers, but it could use a few more J. Liebermans.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Did the 6er survive? Great fun fer all. I love your creative punishments and corruptability
July 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I vote for the blonde on the left.
July 27th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Nah, I’ll take the cowgirl on the right.
July 27th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
No, no, Jonny, no, no…
Was there a $500 spending limit on cheerleaders too?
July 27th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
a few slipped through our clutches
Slipping clutches? I hope it wasn’t a problem….
July 27th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
But what lawyer can administer pig brains as punishment?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Three words for you Jonny: White trash beautiful
July 27th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Also people used to domestics, dont realize that 250k miles is nothing on one these cars.…
Spare me, please. The 528e came from the Bring Me a Wrecker era. Such blanket statements rarely make sense.
This race series, which is sometimes in Car and Driver, Hot Rod, and others, sounds like a total blast. I would love to do this someday.
July 28th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Ya ain’t missing much in law school, Mr. Lieberman.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Jonny, you could give Kool Keith a run for his money in that photo.
http://www.tubafrenzy.org/weblog/archives/koolKeith.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000A59UY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
July 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
**danms6**
**No, no, Jonny, no, no…
Was there a $500 spending limit on cheerleaders too?**
Jonny is kinda hot in an average guy, bearish, geeky way. But the buxom Fishnet-wearing girls are scary…must be a South Carolina thing.