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Finally brought my car home.

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Originally posted by: zerocool84
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: zerocool84
It's a nice car but the interior looks really plain and boring like many cheaper non-luxury cars. Doesn't seem like anything special to me but it should since it's a luxury car and you pay more specifically for how much nicer it is.
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It's actually really nice close up. Very functional and well made. I've looked at other car interiors for cars in the same range but I find this pretty appealing compared to most other cars. An exception is Audi as they tend to have nicer interiors. On the other hand, I like mine better than the one in the 335i.
It's not obvious from the pic, but the driver sits a bit lower and dash seems to 'wrap' around you.
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I guess I just expected more "bling" from a $45k car.
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Looks to be about equal with a Nissan interior... not that I expected it to be drastically different.
 
>< close to getting a 2005/2006 G35 coupe but it's still 20K+ for the options I want. A 2008 G37 coupe at 28K is an amazing deal. Almost too good to be true..
 
Originally posted by: hiromizu
>< close to getting a 2005/2006 G35 coupe but it's still 20K+ for the options I want. A 2008 G37 coupe at 28K is an amazing deal. Almost too good to be true..
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There are a few deals out there. But I have to say the G has a high resale value so they're hard to find. For example, take the following. It's over 31k but i bet you could bring the price down a few grand. I was looking at this but it didn't have nav so that was a deal breaker for me.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ctd/1182606555.html
 
this makes me kick myself in the ass for buying a new Accord, when I could've gotten something like that for only 5k more 🙁
 
Originally posted by: hiromizu
How much are you paying for auto insurance? Do you have both liability and damage? How old are you?
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I'm 35. Yep, I have full comprehensive/collision with a 500 deductible. I also have an old 240sx which is my everyday car; the g37 is a weekend car. I pay around 92/month for both cars. The 240sx however has basic liability.
 
Originally posted by: hiromizu
92? that's a real low price. who do you go through?
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Liberty Mutual. I used insurance.com to get the quote from multiple insurance companies and LM was the cheapest.
 
awesome car, that was first on my list when I was looking. I really like the athens blue color - is that 7 speed automatic ?
 
Originally posted by: RKS
Nice car.

All you dash-stokers must not have seen the spartan 335i interior.
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I've always agreed the 3 series interior needs much work for a car in that price range. The old Zs too. The new Z4 is 10x better.

And there's nothing wrong with dash-stroking... it's your car, you see that dash everyday. I think that G37 interior is alright, could definitely be better for that price. Even Camrys can match that.
 
Originally posted by: rh71

Even Camrys can match that.
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Actually it's a lot more refined than it looks. The silver on the dash is aluminum with a 'washi' paper texture. It lights up pretty nice too but that wasn't what I was looking for in the car when I bought it.

 
Originally posted by: kevman
awesome car, that was first on my list when I was looking. I really like the athens blue color - is that 7 speed automatic ?
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I think it's the 5-speed auto. I think the 7-speed is in the 2009 models. But I'm not sure.
 
Originally posted by: hiromizu
92? that's a real low price. who do you go through?
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I do the same thing, drive an older DD and have a nice weekend car.

$92/mo is right in there.

I have an 99 camry with only liability and a 08 boxster with full coverage. List your second car as a weekend car that is driven < 7.5K mi yr. In this case the camry actually costs more to insure.

The Boxster is $240is/6m and the camry is $280/6m? I actually pay less than the OP but I have homeowners and umbrella insurance from the same place so there mutli policy discount.
 
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: Sawyer
I'm surprised it was that "cheap", isn't this like a 40-50k car?
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It's around 45k or so when new. This is a year old ('08) with 18.5k miles.
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Whew, I was gonna fly out to CA and punch you in the face if it was new. CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY.
 
Originally posted by: shocksyde
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: Sawyer
I'm surprised it was that "cheap", isn't this like a 40-50k car?
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It's around 45k or so when new. This is a year old ('08) with 18.5k miles.
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Whew, I was gonna fly out to CA and punch you in the face if it was new. CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY.
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Lol. Did you just buy one?
 
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