BARKLEY & RICHARD'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

Stealth B'Day surprise happened tonite, and everything went great except for the pictures. Arrived 7:30 @The Palm, Nashville TN.....Got a wink from the Valet who was in on the deed......30 minutes later, the waiter waited until Barkley was in the Ladies Rm, to advise me that Sean Petty from Music City Motorsports had arrived and was in the bar. He had the Valet park the car right at the front door. After dinner, the waiters sang "the song", and then coffee, and the check. ON the way out, I gave her the "watch", which she opened, and it was a BMW key (she later told me she was sure it was a 325i Conv..... As the door to the street opened, there it was, in all it's glory, dressed with a monster red bow.....she started bawling....25 or so people were applauding..... Sean was the photographer (he needs lessons), and a grand time was had by all. I love my wife, and I'm thrilled that she was so thrilled.....we drove around Old Hickory Lake, and she screamed most of the way!!!!!

Richard - Good job!. You're wife looks TOTALLY surprised! BTW, she is a very nice looking lady. But why are you wearing a white coat?... oh, wait... never mind... that's the waiter... sorry, I couldn't keep the whole thing serious!

Hard to top that...well done and don't lose her, she's gorgeous!!

No chance of that.....I met her in Ft Lauderdale in '97, and we've been together every minute since....she was a student at Univercity of Alabama (Roll Tide). Married 4 years now, and everyday is better than the last one!! Oh, and by the way.....she siings like Bonnie Raitt.

Absolutely awesome!!!

Great job! Awesome!

Very impressed!!! Glad it all worked as planned. By the way, my wife sends her kudos as well. Hope the night didn't end after dinner

The night still hasn't ended!!!!!

Man, you are a stallion!

I thought the stallion was on the Ferrari!!!!!

Robyn....she IS awsome......with one fault...........she can't shift. I've tried teaching her.... I think she needs to learn from a female.......how 'bout it???

What's that horse looking thing on our crest?

It certainly can�t be a gelding! Can it?

Glad it all worked out Richard! Nice job. Nice lady.

That is cool.

Oh no, not another Smarty Jones!

Richard, Great Job..if you surprised her with a car I could only imagine how you proposed. How do you top that?

Dell - Smarty Jones? That does not ring a bell... can you explain?

How you gonna top that???

Oh, I've got a few plans.......stay tuned!!!!!

Seriously Tim? Smarty Jones (aka the triple crown threat last year). Richard, what is next? You said there is more???????

No more for this B'Day.....but we have plenty of other events for which I can get creative!!!!!

Man your just too cool for school....

"we're not worthy...we're not worthy"

my wife does NOT need to see this thread she wants a 325 convertible actually but I think she may have to organise that herself when shes an attorney in a few months - gives me more to spend on a Cayman (selfish I know)

That is way cool... I just hope my wife does not read this thread... LOL

The biggest question I have is WHAT DO SOME OF YOU NOT LIKE ABOUT THE 645i? I drove it yesterday, and it's pretty amazing. If I wasn't so in love with my Pcar, I'd defiinitely have it on the short list. Not to crazy about the i drive, or whatever they call it, but I'll get used to it. As far as performance, for a touring car, it's pretty great. I'm glad to have it as an addtion to the family, but it would never replace my C4S.

Stlying, interior and exterior I hate the way BMW have moved away from the driver angled dashboards I was EXTREMELY excited when BMW announced a new '6', i've always wanted a big BMW coupe - I nearly bought an 840 CSI a few years back... I like the 5 and 3 styling but I cannot get on with the '6' I only buy two car manufacturers - BMW and Porsche so its not an anti-beemer thing

I guess that's what makes horseracing!!!! For the last 2 days, the ego juice from the headturning caused by the 645i has been something to behold. I had an '01 M5, '90 750il.....I like this one the best!!

Totally kool! That's the way to go. Lovely lady.

Gracias, Jim!!!

Cool story, good job On the 6 series question, I freely admit I just don't get it. Isn't the M3 just like it, except superior in every way? And then theres the styling

Theonly thing I can suggest is DRIVE ONE.....then you might get it.....all I know is, ever since she saw it, it'sthe one that got her....and we have a friend w/an M3 Conv.....her comment is "it's too BOY RACER for me..... before you even THINK of flaming, remember, that's her comment, not mine!!!!! I used to pick all her cars, and then it dawned on me that I drive whatever I want.....so should she!!!! ESPECIALLY since I'm looking at something pretty vulgar, money-wise that is!!!! But that's for another thread....let's see if I work up the nerve to spend that much!!

I did drive one, not my thing I guess. And I agree with the boy racer M3 comment, the demographic doesn't fit me either but the car was very fun to drive. I just can't figure out the marketing strategy, unless it is only meant to compete with the MB CLK. Now if some bonehead at BMW can explain why you can't get a manual transmission on an M5

I think it's in between an SL, and a CLK....more youthful than an SL, and it has the occasional rear seats....WAY too many SL's here.... I didn't know that about the M5 being auto only.....I had an '01, manual trans....man was that a great car...LeMans Blue, LeMans Blue/Black seats.....when we drove it through Europe, kids would give us the thumbs up....very recognized over there. Is it the same for the upcoming M6, no manual?

Looks like SMG only for the M6 as well (best I can tell from a few minutes on M6board dot com). Did see a killer pic of a deep purple M6 though (love purple).

Dell - I guess I should have been more precise with my question. What I meant was "Smarty Jones (was a gelding) ? That does not ring a bell (I don't recall hearing that about him) ... can you explain?" Since I have only a casual interest in horse racing, I didn't know if SJ was or was not missing his "chestnuts." (I guess they really wouldn't be called CHEST-nuts, would they?)

definitely missing!!!!

Let's just say Smarty won't be "enjoying" his retirement years like the rest of colleagues (aka twig sans berries)