Anyone seen this book?

[Den]

I'm looking for something to round out an Amazon order, and reports of truly crappy editing make me hesitant to get the BMW 3 Series Enthusiast's Companion. I took a look around the Bentley site for any hint of a revised edition, and I found this new 3 book. Kinda pricey at $60, but maybe it's something special. Anyone seen it?

http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=bdm3

BMW 3 Series: Concept, Technology, Design

[Drake]

Looks pretty cool.
Buy it and post up a review

[robert325is]

my firend gave it to me for my birthday, but I havn't had a chance to read it yet

[silverblades181]

What's wrong with the BMW 3 Series Enthusiast's Companion? I have it and I love it.

[CleanAzzE30z]

I have the book. I think its quite informative and Im going to read it to my children as a bedtime story, especially the E30 part. I know, random, I had a feeling and went with it.

Try and find it used, probably lots cheaper, 60 bones sounds pricey.

[Den]

What's wrong with the BMW 3 Series Enthusiast's Companion? I have it and I love it.

BMW 3 Series Enthusiast's Companion
Amazon.com Reviews

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0837602203/ref%3Dase%5Fbmwworld/002-2893427-2997632

"...if the editor had done a little better job with lining up the material and not constantly repeating some of the facts it could have been even better."

"Sure, you can't expect Shakespeare in a "car-book", but sentences that you have to read three times to understand are too much. Short and simple sentences would much improve this book - Sounds like advice for a 3rd grade student!"

"...I was let down by the truly terrible writing. As mentioned in another review, the text is poorly organized and skips from topic to topic with little rhyme or reason. Non sequitors are the order of the day. Basically unreadable."

"detailed but lacking organization"

"I got the impression that the author did a whole lot of research which took longer than expected, and so had to rush the final manuscript out to meet the deadline. I found a number of obvious typos, errors and other discrepancies. The book has a huge amount of data and information in it, but it is disorganized, repetitive, and sometimes contradictory. . .The author jumps back and forth between topics numerous times, which I found distracting, to say the least. Many statistics, measurements and performance figures are included, but they are not easily compared as there seems to be no rhyme nor reason to how or where in the book they are presented."

[Rob]

hmm, internet reviews swaying your decisions. sucker.

[silverblades181]

If you let reviews guide everything you see or buy then that's your choice. But reviewers are humans with opinions that might not always be yours. I see that a lot in movie reviews. Anyway, I'd say get both ;)

[bkelsey86]

If you let reviews guide everything you see or buy then that's your choice. But reviewers are humans with opinions that might not always be yours. I see that a lot in movie reviews. Anyway, I'd say get both

werd....If I wanted someone to make opiinions for me I'd just assume he can live my life for me...but whats the fun in that.

[nando]

Try and find it used, probably lots cheaper, 60 bones sounds pricey.

$19 shipped on amazon.com.. uhh yeah.

[Den]

If you let reviews guide everything you see or buy then that's your choice. But reviewers are humans with opinions that might not always be yours. I see that a lot in movie reviews. Anyway, I'd say get both

werd....If I wanted someone to make opiinions for me I'd just assume he can live my life for me...but whats the fun in that.

Yeah, I guess I should just buy every BMW book available and decide for myself which ones were worth buying. . .I wouldn't want to cheat myself out of personally experiencing everything. ;)

[Den]

Try and find it used, probably lots cheaper, 60 bones sounds pricey.

$19 shipped on amazon.com.. uhh yeah.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0837612241/qid=1117089152/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0431251-0287349?v=glance&s=books

Bmw 3 Series: Concept, Technology, Design

List Price: $59.95
Amazon Price: $59.95

[Bimmerfanatik]

Are you kidding me? This book rules. It rules so much I lick it before bed every night.


Did I say lick? I meant read. Easy mistake.