>Presumably BMW wanted to pay homage to the tremendous motorsports heritage
of Dayton, OH.
who knows, maybe his M3 was made in a plant in Dayton, OH. i dont remember
where those are from.
but what am i talking about, my car is painted after the color of an SUV. :P
and the stripes are "Wimbleton White"
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Thana, Peter {High~Palo Alto} <PETER.THANA@ROCHE.COM>
To: 'Navid Kahangi' <navid@interwoven.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: Genies Wienies, then Genies tamales, now Daytona Violet
> >Just for the record, there is a factory badge on my car that sez
> >"daytonaviolet", not to get confused with that hideous "technoviolet"
> color,
> >and definitely not purple. Definitely not!
>
> Oh really. According to the entry card that you wrote at Round 13, which
> you chaired, the true name of the color is "Dayton Violet". Presumably
BMW
> wanted to pay homage to the tremendous motorsports heritage of Dayton, OH.
>
> Peter
> (who thinks "Turquoise Pearl" sounds even worse than "Teal" and will now
> refer to the color of his MR2 as "Aquafresh")
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Navid Kahangi [mailto:navid@interwoven.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:59 AM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Genies Wienies, then Genies tamales, now Daytona Violet
>
>
> Thanks Alan for pointing that out. I had no idea Honda made a Talladega
> Watermelon. Makes sense to me! Talladega is the first thing that comes
to
> mind every time I see your car.
>
> --Navid
> Just for the record, there is a factory badge on my car that sez
> "daytonaviolet", not to get confused with that hideous "technoviolet"
color,
> and definitely not purple. Definitely not!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Alan Gruner
> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:42 PM
> > To: Kelly, Katie; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Genies Wienies (now Genies tamales)
> >
> >
> > It's not purple. It's "Daaytoohnaaa Violet."
> >
> > For the record, my car is no longer Green. It's
> > Talladega Watermelon. :-)
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >
> > --- "Kelly, Katie" <kkelly@spss.com> wrote:
> > > All right. It was the threat of losing to a purple
> > > car.
> > >
> > > Katie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Navid Kahangi [mailto:navid@interwoven.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:30 PM
> > > To: Kelly, Katie; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: RE: Genies Wienies (now Genies tamales)
> > >
> > >
> > > Gust of wind, ha? I guess you had too many of those
> > > Genies tamales. :)
> > >
> > > --Navid
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> > > Kelly, Katie
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 12:54 PM
> > > > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: RE: Genies Wienies
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I didn't WHIIIIIIINNNE!
> > > >
> > > > No, I merely patted myself on the back for
> > > creating that sudden
> > > > gust of wind
> > > > that pushed Corey into those three cones after the
> > > lights, giving YOU the
> > > > victory, you selfish sod!
> > > >
> > > > Katie
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Navid Kahangi [mailto:navid@interwoven.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:08 PM
> > > > To: Kelly, Katie; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: RE: Genies Wienies
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Katie sez:
> > > > > With Genie's Wienies around, I still have a hard
> > > time believing
> > > > I'm not 12
> > > > > years old anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > Katie K.
> > > >
> > > > That explains all the whining on Sunday after your
> > > loss!
> > > >
> > > > --Navid
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