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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1380 on: June 29, 2015, 09:48:53 PM »
So accurate did you find this video to your own experience?

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,263.msg66211.html#msg66211
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1381 on: June 29, 2015, 11:04:02 PM »
Quote from: evanft on June 29, 2015, 09:36:18 PM
If I go German, I think I'll try to squeeze the Audi dealer for some kind of extended warranty on the S4. The more I think about it, the more I want AWD. I really do love the way they handle, especially with how terrible the weather can be in Michigan. Otherwise, I'll go with the WRX. It's such an incredible package for the money.

Don't do the Audi Platinum extended warranty or whatever they call it. It comes on after the original warranty expires, and offers effectively the same coverage as the CPO warranty, so you'd effectively be paying for the same thing twice. The Platinum warranty I think is 7/100K instead of 6/100K like the CPO warranty, but an extra year is not going to be worth the $2500-3500 that most dealers will charge for it, assuming they offer it at all. Many of them will only offer the factory extension to the original owner. Some CPO plans can be extended for an additional year and some extra miles, but I'm not sure if Audi offers that.

What you could press the dealer on is to give you Audi Care though at a good price, which would cover scheduled maintenance for you similar to BMW's ultimate service.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1382 on: June 29, 2015, 11:06:07 PM »
Lol, they call it 'Ultimate Service'? LOLOL!!

Meet the new oil, same as the old oil. :)p13
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1383 on: June 29, 2015, 11:14:47 PM »
Doesn't matter. Most are leased anyways. In fact, don't bother changing the oil during the lease period.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1384 on: June 29, 2015, 11:21:25 PM »
Quote from: Marvey on June 29, 2015, 11:14:47 PM
Doesn't matter. Most are leased anyways. In fact, don't bother changing the oil during the lease period.

It does to the schmuck buying 'Certified Pre-Owned BMW'.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1385 on: June 29, 2015, 11:30:30 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on June 29, 2015, 11:06:07 PM
Lol, they call it 'Ultimate Service'? LOLOL!!

Meet the new oil, same as the old oil. :)p13

BMW has VERY long oil change intervals, but if you're the original owner, it doesn't really matter to you. If you lease a new BMW, aside from your lease payment, you're on the hook for gas and that's about it. They do the rest. Most of the other "maintenance" programs are little more than covered oil/filter changes. Considering how much they subsidize their leases, it's not a bad deal. Now whether you want to come in and buy a used BMW that has had 15K oil changes, that's a different question.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1386 on: June 29, 2015, 11:42:57 PM »
You're assuming they actually change the oil. The ones around here don't. Let the owner have a loaner car for a day and have their car sit outside, or drive it in and drive it out. Done.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1387 on: June 30, 2015, 01:47:08 AM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on June 29, 2015, 09:48:53 PM
So accurate did you find this video to your own experience?

http://www.changstar.com/index.php/topic,263.msg66211.html#msg66211

Keep in mind I drove the WRX and GTI, not STI and Golf R. I really wanted to drive a Golf R, but the dealer said they're all ordered for 2015 and there won't be another on the lot until early next year.

What they say about the interiors is basically true, and the GTI did need to be pushed to go. I drove it only in sport mode. The WRX does have that "excited" feeling and it really was a hoot. I thought the steering was somewhat similar between the two.

A dealer out of state gave me a very good quote for a WRX. I'm going to drive the car again tomorrow morning to confirm my thinking, then I'm going to try and get local dealers to match.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1388 on: June 30, 2015, 03:32:57 AM »
I drove a BMW 700 series once, what a piece of overpriced junk. One of the worst cars, outside of 10+ year old beater cars, that I've ever driven. If other BMW drives like that and people enjoy it then I guess that's their prerogative but gotta love over-engineering at it's finest. The fucking tire pressure sensor and a few other sensors kept having issues and it was 1 year old. If those issues are common then lol at people buying that crap.

I drove a 2015 Nissan Sentra, quick and smooth acceleration and tight and responsive handling. One of the more impressive city driving cars I've driven in my days of being a designated driver for a company. Drove an Audi A8 once, couldn't get over the stupid shifting knob. Yeah I get it automatic cars are electronically controlled anyway so it doesn't matter, but it looks stupid and feels stupid. Car drove great though.

Drove a Hyundai Equus once, if a Bently is nicer then holy shit, because that was the nicest/most loaded car I ever drove. It had a fucking built in cooler in the reclining back seats. Anyone who thinks of Hyundai as "cheap Korean junk" is either ignorant or a moron at this point as they make some onpoint shit.

Drove a Jetta turbo diesel also, that thing was a fucking dog in first and second, but third hit quick and hard. Gas mileage was great, a bit sluggish handling, but a decent car for suburban/rural driving. I wouldn't mind one.

Never drove a WRX STI, but my co-worker at the designated driver service had one. Man that thing was fucking quick. I'd love to take on of those on a highway.

I sometimes see a 98 Supra driving around, person always drives it way conservative on these roads (smartly due to cops) but I'd fucking love to see them push that thing down the roads and leave me in the dust at least once.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1389 on: June 30, 2015, 03:39:16 AM »
Yeah, they took the cooler from Lexus. Does Equus have the reclining rear massage seats too? Not sure why more don't have reclining rear seats. I think a Scion even had those at one time (normal seats).

Bentleys, Rolls, and Aston are much nicer unfortunately. Whole other level of refinement.
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