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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 7h

Ε30 makes even E36 touring look like a SUV! It’s tiny

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

Yoooo there you go! Friggin huge.

A silver X5 E53 next to a new black X1 BMW in a parking lot next to a highway

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

How David Arnold got the job was after producing this homage album of Bond covers but the one that rises above all the rest is this cover of All Time High by Rita Coolidge... covered by Pulp! I love this track. It adds a sensual dimension the original lacks. youtu.be/TKEG3h13Kw4

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All Time High (feat. Pulp)

YouTube video by David Arnold - Topic

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

Ones that should've been Bond themes? The David Arnold produced Play Dead by Bjork ofc with an honourable mention of Kylie's Confide in Me that sounds like Bond all over. This is hypnotic and would've worked if they made a No Time To Die series reboot in 2002. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw09...

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Play Dead

YouTube video by Björk - Topic

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

The series has come a long way since Dr No premiered in London on October 5th 1962 and they've arguably fumbled it at this point but at least the songs we got along the way will live forever.

An original Dr No poster from 1962. Bikini I don't think is too NSFW!

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

#3 actually made it to a great album, I always liked Blondie but they could've never topped Call Me for American Gigolo, this was a solid attempt but Sheena Easton was a far better track. The fact she performed in the opening titles is amazing too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwz8...

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For Your Eyes Only (Remastered)

YouTube video by Blondie - Topic

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

#2? I think definitely Surrender. K.D. belts it out and it's the superior song to Tomorrow Never Dies. I can't imagine seeing the end credits with RIP Cubbie and being blown away from it www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRc4...

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Surrender (End Title) - performed by k.d. lang

YouTube video by cymod101

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

Being that it's James Bond day, here's my favorite alternate Bond theme--I actually have a few more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE49...

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Alternative "Quantum of Solace" theme | Shirley Bassey - "No Good About Goodbye"

YouTube video by Michael McJohnson

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 9h

I still want a manual SN95 GT cabriolet, I bet it's fun asf youtu.be/ngpvev3wF9s?...

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Clarkson and Schumacher drive a SN95 mustang at silverstone

YouTube video by Gt_ Drew

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 12h

Most reels end up on YouTube and TikTok too so it’s by no means exclusive! Anything noteworthy ends up here so yeah, Insta is not required at all!

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 21h

Had this thought as someone I went out with (it didn’t work out) told me he still listens to the best of Kylie playlist I made for him and it’s 21 songs that are just solid gold. RiRi has more.. that’s how this came up.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 21h

I do think Rihanna dipping in 2016 leaves that 10 year run feeling young and fresh forever tbh

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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 23h

Dude, my friends and I were so *jacked* to see web addresses show up in mainstream advertising. I nearly wrecked my car when my roommate excitedly called out the "www" on a VW billboard.

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MMOC @solarfish.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This recently restored Glacier Blue 928 was so clean it bordered on sterile. I hope the owner puts some miles on it soon.

928 with the hood and doors open parked in front of Il Mostro

Engine bay of a 928 with an Alfa SZ behind it

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Ben Jackson @benjacksontp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the cars of the day for me. Exquisite early X1/9 with the loveliest interior.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Well, it's official, I rebranded my Instagram from petrospect_r that I had as a handle for years to petrospect.blog. It's been a long time coming! www.instagram.com/petrospect.b...

The Instagram of petrospect.blog as of October 4, 2026

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Seven Yakima @sevenyakima.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nachtrag zum Tag der Einheit.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

I’ve a friend who bought a coupé for 40k around Covid with no miles, he’s had no trouble at all other than the odd code and doubling the 40k kms to 80k, so they’re quite something! I prefer the looks of the convertible tbh

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Marianne Fajstrup @mariannefajstrup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I 1989 kom jeg forbi et mindre færdselsuheld i Østberlin: Frontal kollision ved meget lav hastighed. Audien havde muligvis fået en ridse i kofangeren. Trabanten så ud, som om nogen havde trukket splitten ud og spredt karroseridele ud over hele kørebanen. Det virkede meget symbolsk.

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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Such a wild-looking thing. It was so neat to see one in the touring Dream Cars exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art back in summer of 2015. Snapped with a Nikon Coolpix P7000 and Canon EOS 10 on Ilford Delta 3200.

A black and white photo of a low, wedge shaped Lancia Stratos HF Zero on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art as part of a touring Dream Cars exhibit, 2015

A low, wedge shaped orange Lancia Stratos HF Zero on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art as part of a touring Dream Cars exhibit, 2015

A grainy B&W photo of the Lancia Stratos HF Zero, with silhouetted humans for scale

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

You deserve a selfie (I feel like shit still but way better than before!)

A selfie of me in a grey jacket next to my light blue E36

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Now I need to see a Wartburg next to an E32

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Crazy photo cropped up on Instagram today from @durangoism —W140 and Trabant 601 at a red light after the fall of the Berlin wall. Crazy difference.

A blue Trabant 601 meets a black Mercedes-Benz W140 at a red light. East and West German automobiles meet. From @durangoism on Instagram

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Appreciate it! I washed em just before I put it in unexpected storage for a week and I should do it more often, they come out great 🙌

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Also double star grille on a S Klasse? For shame. Hideous.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

I came across a gold W140 today and if I owned one I’d be like “in my oligarch era 💕😍🔱”

A gold W140 Mercedes-Benz S Klasse streetparked behind my light blue 1991 BMW E36 sedan 316i

My light blue 316i E36 sedan streetparked in front of a gold W140 S Klasse

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

You deserve a selfie (I feel like shit still but way better than before!)

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

How it felt to drive the E36 after a week and go get coffee: ✨delightful✨

Lana del Rey circa 2014 driving her gold R107 SL and waving to photographers

Lana Del Rey dissociating in the car and posing cutely, as you do

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Alan Bradley @ajpbradley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This dog believes that she can achieve an early lunch by tapping me on the shin with her paw and staring at me. 🙄

A westie, staring at me from the end of my legs. Its a really intense, Paddinton-level stare.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Power Unit is such an ugly way to say generator or engine, completely unromantic, just terrible. When they said Russel’s PU had an issue I completely blanked out

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 04/10/2026

Can’t wait for James Bond day tomorrow

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

[But again, this is nowhere near a priority, I have much bigger fish to fry but interesting I found a matching piece semi-quickly for a NLA part!]

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

It's broken in two places and there's a crack in the bottom one so I think my piece is beyond saving unforch. At least the broken pieces on mine are bashed in but still there so you might be able to pull them out and glue them but I bet it will be noticeably ugly in my field of view! And still off.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

To be honest, that's not tragic! Nice! Weird re: storage and no dead pedal, is the latter a RHD thing? Bizarre!

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

I'm still sick btw but I get a lot of comfort watching Nikki be supreeeemely comfy on her bed

My tabby kitty Nikki on her white bed looking cute af.

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

This is the piece btw, someone elbowed mine in the 90s and it's been broken on the bottom since then too. Small bits would make a difference. Can't afford to buy it rn but damn would that be an OCD detail I'd like to amend...

BMW 3 SERIES 1990-1998 E36 SALOON DRIVERS RIGHT INTERIOR B COLUMN PILLAR TRIM ULTRAMARIN BLUE 1960980

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Andreas Petros @petrospect.blog · 03/10/2026

Finding a fresh trim piece replacement for my E36 makes me think I really don't want a 500k restomod, I want it to be mint. Which reminds me: if I had a restomod company I'd call it Spite!

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