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"Quick Review of the BMW 435i Convertible Best for: People who want a true driving machine\u2014fast, high tech and good looking. Will make you feel: Instantly glamorous.With its gorgeous red-orange interior trim and upholstery, the 435i is easily the most handsome car I&amp;#039;ve ever driven. Ease of parking: Dunno. Ask the valet parking guy. Leave it to a pro to parallel-park a car this nice.  Gas sipper or guzzler: 30 mpg on the highway. The car turns off every time you come to a complete stop (then turns back on quickly and efficiently), saving fuel and reducing emissions. Who should be behind the wheel? Anyone who doesn&amp;#039;t mind being ogled, so a Bond Girl or a supermodel. The car attracted more than its fair share of attention, especially with the top down and three women within.  Dashboard intimidation factor: Pretty high. There arelots of bells and whistles, but the basics (such as the headlights) were a little hard to figure out. The coolest feature is a hologram-like screen that hovers at the bottom of the windshield on the driver&amp;#039;s side and shows your speed, the speed limit, and GPS directions. The GPS system, which you can operate with a large dial that sits between the front seats, was tricky to start up.  Space for: Two people, but two more can squeeze in the back. There&amp;#039;s not much trunk space, so pack light. There comes a time in every woman&amp;#039;s life when the stress-o-meter lands in the red zone and, for the good of humanity, it&amp;#039;s necessary to take a break. For me, that means calling my three best friends and planning a weekend away. With the demands of family and work it&amp;#039;s hard for all of us to carve out time, but this year we managed to escape.  Since we were in need of some pampering, our destination was Mohonk Mountain House, a grand dame of a hotel set on the Shawangunk Ridge in New Paltz, New York. The drive upstate is usually gorgeous, but a steady downpour obscured the vistas. The BMW adapted to the wet conditions beautifully and the two-hour drive sped by.  Pulling up to Mohonk in the BMW caused a bit of a stir with the valet parking guys, who seemed thrilled to take the car off our hands. Stepping into the lodge is like going back in time. Huge stone fireplaces, porches with rockers overlooking the lake, afternoon tea\u2014Mohonk has been owned by the same family for 145 years, and a sense of history, and permanence, is part of its draw. Which is not to say the hotel doesn&amp;#039;t have all the most modern amenities. Chief among these is the popular spa, which adjoins a gorgeous indoor pool and offers a full menu of treatments. This is where my friends and I headed at the end of our second day for a marathon spa session involving facials, massages and hot tubbing. We&amp;#039;d spent the day walking the miles of trails around Mohonk, so just sitting still was a treat. We sat and talked with the ease of friends who have known one another for more than 30 years. Then we continued the conversation over dinner. When my daughter asked me that I&amp;#039;d done all weekend, I replied, &amp;quot;We talked, we walked, we ate. Mostly we talked.&amp;quot; And we drove. When the valet attendants wistfully returned the BMW, I pressed a single button and the roof lifted up and folded, Origami-like, into the trunk. With the top up the car is handsome; down, it&amp;#039;s totally sexy. As we left Mohonk and drove down the mountain, cars honked appreciatively and we waved back languidly. We left our stress at the top of the mountain and left like queens\u2014pampered, relaxed and ready to face humanity again. RELATED: Couples Ski Getaway in a Chevy Traverse Visiting Family in the 2015 GMC Yukon Country Weekend with the Nissan Pathfinder "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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