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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1320 on: December 20, 2014, 07:41:07 AM »


Thinking about getting one sometime next year. Still debating between that and a 435i. M4 is still on the table if I end up making a lot of money next year too (unlikely).
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1321 on: December 20, 2014, 08:03:38 AM »
Quote from: ohhgourami on December 20, 2014, 07:41:07 AM


Thinking about getting one sometime next year. Still debating between that and a 435i. M4 is still on the table if I end up making a lot of money next year too (unlikely).

Who cares. It's a BMW. Lease it and drive it into a tree.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1322 on: December 20, 2014, 08:12:24 AM »
No love for BMW? Leasing is better than buying?
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1323 on: December 20, 2014, 04:26:15 PM »
Quote from: ohhgourami on December 20, 2014, 08:12:24 AM
No love for BMW? Leasing is better than buying?

For BMW? Lol, yeah. You're just asking for it if you buy into a new BMW long term. Lease it, let them pretend to do included maintenance for 3 years and let the dealer deal with the garbage when your done.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1324 on: December 20, 2014, 05:21:56 PM »
No problems with our 08 335i... well, aside from 3 high pressure fuel pumps and 2 sets of turbos. And glitchy electrics all over the place. But for a fun, good handling all-rounder with a notoriously unreliable engine it's actually been alright, and while we haven't tracked it, we don't exactly drive like old grandmas either. Fingers crossed.

We have an N55 engined car as well, and that one has been rock solid so far. If that's what the 435i packs then the engine at least I can attest to. I can also attest to new electric steering systems on BMWs being utter shit compared to the old hydraulic racks, and if I were in your shoes, I'd get something from the e90/92 generation and not the current stuff. Also,

http://blog.caranddriver.com/bmws-ceo-will-step-down-in-may/

Apparently, I'm not the only one that thinks so either. Maybe we'll see a positive change and some real improvements and less marketing-driven design in the future.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1325 on: December 21, 2014, 03:32:34 PM »
Quote from: catscratch on December 20, 2014, 05:21:56 PM
well, aside from 3 high pressure fuel pumps and 2 sets of turbos. And glitchy electrics all over the place.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1326 on: December 26, 2014, 04:18:47 AM »
220,000 on my 05 325i and still going strong. I put 108 miles round trip a work day on it. Best car I ever owned along with the 90 VW Corrado.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1327 on: December 26, 2014, 07:18:58 AM »
Quote from: shotgunshane on December 26, 2014, 04:18:47 AM
220,000 on my 05 325i and still going strong. I put 108 miles round trip a work day on it. Best car I ever owned along with the 90 VW Corrado.

Just oil changes right? ;)
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1328 on: December 26, 2014, 02:35:07 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on December 26, 2014, 07:18:58 AM
Just oil changes right? ;)


And tires, fluids a few bushing and gaskets. Nothing major.  It's been a low mantenance vehicle.  I hope to get at least 450,000 before thinking of buying another.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1329 on: December 27, 2014, 07:57:28 PM »
Quote from: shotgunshane on December 26, 2014, 02:35:07 PM
And tires, fluids a few bushing and gaskets. Nothing major.  It's been a low mantenance vehicle.  I hope to get at least 450,000 before thinking of buying another.


I consider you fortunate top have no electric gremlins though '05 might have been a sweet spot where they got a lot of kinks worked out prior to adding more gizmos to break. Unlike a new BMW, you won't have to have your car trailered to the dealer to replace a dead battery. Still, based on my experiences with other owners and various dealer service centers, combined with empirical data, I would never  recommend a new BMW for trouble free and worry free daily operation. For every BMW with 250,000 miles there's 20 Toyotas with a million miles in the Middle East serving as crew served weapons platforms.
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