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picking up my new car today... excited like a kid on xmas morning

NutBucket said:
Lame. Learn to drive, then buy the car 😛
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It's frustrating to me though these days. I have a slushbox at the moment, and I wish I had gotten the manual on mine.

BUUTTTTT, the performance increase in the new automatics is just so hard to waive away. Talking .2 to .5 second faster with these 7 and 8 speeds.

I'm so torn between wanting a manual again and knowing that I'm throwing away upwards of half a second in acceleration to 62...
 
NutBucket said:
Lame. Learn to drive, then buy the car 😛
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i have this eventual plan to buy a NB miata 6 speed. need to find parking haha.

it was also hard enough to find this car on a lot (which is how i got the giant discounts).

ordering a manual probably would have cost me $2000 extra just for the fact i'd have to order it.
 
slag said:
ah, so you swapped one unreliable german car for another. Great strategy.
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...it's new, right? He's got bumper to bumper for at least 4/50 (stanard luxo-warranty). Might not define 'reliable' but at least it's free repairs. Not that I think a new BMW would need much. I know they did a pretty good job of ironing out some of the original problems with that engine (and I recall an extended warranty on some DI-related stuff).

edit: wait, was it the 328? Their damn naming scheme always confuses me now...that's the turbo 4 now, right? Pretty new engine, hopefully it doesn't have some teething to go through.
 
Dear god not this argument again...

All I'll say is that if a Honda or Toyota isn't totaled in a wreck, they are typically around for a pretty damned long time. There are definitely stats to back this up. Not to say that people are generally sending 10-15 year old BMW's to the junkyard, either, though...

Your observation is possibly just a little skewed by your area, I'd guess. Also, you have to consider what era you're talking about...20+ year old econo cars (80's cars) are disposable, whereas many other 80's cars seem to be around in much higher numbers; it doesn't really have that much to do with lifetime reliability. A lot of people LIKE E30's...they're not buying them for 500 bucks as A-B cars and then throwing them out when something breaks.

I mean, if you go strictly on observation, 80's full frame GM's are the absolute most reliable cars ever made. Now, I don't exactly see that as true, but those are the majority of what I see from that decade.
 
Nice! Picked me up a used 3 series convertible awhile back.

Oh and here in SoCal just about every beater is either a toyota or honda.
 
bmw pre 90's always had their character moments, but really the last couple decades i think theyre considered some of the best cars built in the world.

vw is the ones who are so frustrating. awesome design, and its obvious they put a lot of engineering into their cars. but there are always glaring issues with high repair costs. its like they can never just get it all right at the same time.
 
hans007 said:
haha ok definitely pics then. its the exact car in this commercial... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZdLg7iz-g
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Did it come with one of these standard?

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:awe:
 
hans007 said:
Just sold my old car. Feels a little sad.
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lol, My brother cried when he sold his old Accord. I sat in my Jetta for a few minutes when it was time to turn it back in (lease) and I felt really sad. It was a really good car.

I felt instantly better when I got back in my new hotness though. :biggrin:
 
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