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**Dudesky** · 11-29-2007, 08:08 PM

On national Geographic Channel right now. It's about BMW's Spartanburg SC manufacturing plant

**Dr1ve4fun** · 11-29-2007, 08:20 PM

Sweet I was just looking for something to watch. Thanks Dudesky

**MTurboPower3** · 11-30-2007, 05:41 PM

dammit I don't have national geographic channel, cause they make you pat extra for it, god i hate cable.

**celsdogg** · 11-30-2007, 06:12 PM

^^^ cable is some bs tho.

**DUtrzan** · 11-30-2007, 07:57 PM

lol i have over 600 channels....no IDEA where the national geographic is lol free tho because people in this town are so dumb and they don't watch it haha

**DUtrzan** · 11-30-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DUtrzan

lol i have over 600 channels....no IDEA where the national geographic is lol free tho because people in this town are so dumb and they don't watch it haha

its on channel 60...lol by the time i found it the dog whisperer was on lol damn

**Dudesky** · 12-01-2007, 12:25 PM

It's on again right now. If anyone is interested, it will air again on 12/5/07 at 5pm. It's basically about the Z4 assembly line. Pretty interesting stuff tho. They mentioned that it's a misconception that the Roundel represents an airplane propeller . . don't know if they're right or wrong about that.

nick_318is · 12-01-2007, 04:40 PM

^what did they say it was then?

**Dudesky** · 12-01-2007, 06:45 PM

^^They said it's a lot simpler than that. The 4 quadrants mean nothing and only reflects the colors of Bavaria

**Exilion** · 12-01-2007, 08:57 PM

^^ That's the best reason I could find online. All I found is that the circular pattern came from the first german aircraft engine maker Rapp Motorenwerke and like you said the blue and white checker from the Bavarian flag. Pretty pitiful that I don't actually know.

**celsdogg** · 12-02-2007, 02:32 PM

^^^ i dunno. i have a 2001 3er book thingy, the one you get from bmw dealers that show all the options for the car and what colors, etc.

on one page, it had all the various incarnations of the roundel, and one was an old one from the 20's/30's that showed the roundel in the propeller of a bi-plane.