The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She’s a fine seabird: weatherly, stiff and fast… very fast, if she’s well handled. No, she’s not old; she’s in her prime.
Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) speaking of HMS Surprise in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). Had he lived today he might have well spoken the same words of the BMW 5 Series (E39).
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