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The car is in mint condition.  Dinan Engineering used the car in his catalog for pictures.  The car has 19,000 miles.  Single Owner, Serviced Meticulously. 

My car was in a comparison exercise against the new BMW M3 and the video is here:

http://www.webridestv.com/videos/bmw-shoot-out---dinan-335i-vs--stock-m3-79736

Listen carefully for the differences in time; they are miniscule. Please note the prices in the video are for a base model 335 and do not include the price of the wheels.

Here are factory specs:

• 2007 BMW 335i Coupe - 6 Speed Manual Transmission
• Alpine White Exterior, Black Dakota Leather Interior with Brushed Aluminum Trim
• Sport Package
• 8-way adjustable front sport seats with adjustable back bolsters with Drive Memory
• 2-way headrests and manual adjustable thigh support
• Optional Dinan Engineering 19” Lightweight Wheel Set – Price $4,000
• 265/30/19 front, 275/30/19 rear Michelin Pilot Sport 2 Tires Brand New – Tire Rack Price $1,800
• Premium Package
• BMW Assist, Bluetooth
• Lumbar Support
• Auto Dimming Interior and Exterior Mirrors with Digital Compass
• Universal Garage Door Opener
• Ground Lighting in Door Handles & Front and Rear Ambient Lighting
• Dual Power/Heated Exterior Mirrors
• Tilt/Telescopic 3 Spoke Leather Sport Steering Wheel with Finger Tip Controls
• Heated Seats Front Seats
• Active Steering
• Logic 7 Premium Audio System
• Sirius Radio
• IPod/MP3 Player input
• Single CD/MP3 Player
• DVD Based Navigation System
• Stability Control
• Traction Control
• Anti-Lock Brake System
• Dual Front and Side Air Bags
• Moon roof
• Air Conditioning
• Power steering
• Power windows
• Power Door Locks
• Cruise Control

Dinan Engineering Additions – Dinan Engineering is the only Factory Authorized Tuner for BMW.  All of his products are available for purchase directly through BMW dealerships as dealer-installed options.  Dinan Engineering does not void the BMW warranty and Dinan Engineering adds 4 years and 50,000 miles from the date of install.

• Stage III Performance Engine Software Upgrade
• Stock power is 300hp/300lb ft upgrade to 406hp/460lb ft – Price $1,999
• High Capacity Oil Coiler System – Price $1,999
• Free Flow Exhaust – Price $1,749
• Dinan Intercooler upgrade - $1,900
• Stage III Suspension System – Price $2,248
• Camber Plates to add +1/2 degree of negative camber on front wheels
• Performance Spring Set
• Koni Adjustable Struts and Shocks
• Front Anti Roll Bar with 2 new sets of bushings
• Rear Antiroll Bar with matching bump stops
• Limited Slip Differential (Quaife) – Price $1,695

Listen carefully for the differences in time; they are miniscule. Please note the prices in the video are for a base model 335 and do not include the price of the wheels.

$48,595 Car Sticker Price

 $4,000 Wheels

 $1,8000 Tires

 $1,999 Stage III Engine Upgrade

 $1,999 Oil Cooler

 $1,900 Intercooler

 $1,749 Exhaust

 $2,248 Suspension

 $1,695 Differential

$64,085 Total 

$45,000 - Asking Price

Jon Prall - jprall@gmail.com - 650-465-8405

My car picture taken from Dinan Engineering’s website, and advertising shots

335iWhole

335iRear

335iFrontLeft

So I wake up early this morning, do my thing, but I feel little tightness in my chest.

An hour or so goes by, and now this isn't just tightness, now I've got crazy sharp pains.  Shooting pains toward my shoulder, up into my neck and it f__in hurts to breathe.

Based on my recent hospital stay for SVT's, I thought for sure this was gonna be it and I was having a full blown heart attack.  Needless to say, this was pretty much the worst part of the day.

Then I weigh the odds, trying to make a decision on what to do and how to do it.  I had convinced myself I was in trouble but for now it was just a lot of pain, not feeling light headed or anything.  So I take Steve Dinan's incredibly fast Dinan 5 (juiced up BMW 545) and I haul ass from cupertino to good sam in los gatos.  I also make a call to Aimee to tell her "I think I'm having a heart attack, how's your day going?" 

I arrive (woot!) to the emergency room at Good Sam and the triage nurse took one look at me and let me skip to the head of line and got people working on me asap.

I now know this routine pretty well.  4 or 5 people descend on you immediately.  The manage to somehow put an IV in, take blood samples for tests, give me asprin, nitroglycerine(!), an EKG, and of course, extract my insurance info all in 5 minutes.  These guys thought i was having a heart attack too.

Then I get wheeled off to X-Ray for my chest and I said, "I can try to stand if you need me to" and she said, "Uh, you look awfully pale, let's keep you in bed."  Cool, more reassurance.

Then I make it back to the ER and I wait for an hour.  They were keeping the heart monitor on, but they were really waiting for the blood tests to come back.

Turns out that when you have a heart attack, some enzyme or something like that gets into your bloodstream.

Doc finally comes back and says, "well it's not your heart, but we don't know what it is yet either."  Cool, more reassurance.

I stay in the ER and after complaining about the pain and clearly since I hadn't died yet because of a heart attack, they were quite accomodating with pain meds.  That makes for reading through email on a treo much more difficult.

6 hours later, after they had taken an additional set of blood tests, they come back and say, "It's not totally confirmed, but we are pretty sure you have pleurisy."  Thinking in my head, "I'm a dude, I dont have a pleurisy."

Treo and Internet to the rescue.  Turns out Pleurisy is "is an inflammation of the pleura, which is the moist, double-layered membrane that surrounds the lungs and lines the rib cage."  Cool, yet more reassurance!  But, hey it's been 6 hours and I'm still alive, so that's all good.

So Google up Pleurisy if you want to learn more about it.  At home tonight, feeling ok, but still hurts to breathe.

Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?

Fun times