In December of 1983, I purchased our first BMW, a 318i coupe, which we had for twenty-five years.
BMW 328i and 318i
In December 2005 we bought our 328i coupe, which we still have in our garage.
BMW Family, 328i and X1 — Image by kenne
This past Friday Joy replaced her 2004 Infiniti FX35 and with a 2018 BMW X1. This makes the fourth BMW in our family since 1983. (We had a 1995 M3 for four years in the mid-1990’s.)
The purchase price for the X1 included a “loyalty” discount, which by buying the new SUV through Costco combined to make for a real deal on the X1. As a result, the price for the X1 was about the same as what we paid for the FX35 in 2003 — not bad!
We will miss our Infiniti FX35, which had over 180,000 hard-working, loving miles.
An expression of joy can mean a lot of things — as many as there are people. For me, three things come to mind quickly:
Joy-Joy
Art-Joy
BMW-Joy
Artist Robin Rhode was given a BMW Z4 to use as a 300-horsepower paintbrush on a 100×200-foot canvas. The event was videoed by director Jake Scott. The only thing missing from the video is “Joy-Joy.”