What is the appeal of a BMW?

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I test drove about a dozen cars the last time I was looking to buy one. Eclipse, Evo, Z, GTI, Mustang, WRX, you name it. All these cars were OK, they were stellar in some ways but all had a lot of trade-offs. I started trying to figure out the least of the evils, ignoring BMW until a friend convinced me to check them out. I found a 1-Series used locally and went for a drive. I barely even got the thing out of the parking lot of that dealership and I was hooked for good. I spent some time wrestling with the idea of having one, "I'm not one of those assholes", but the car itself won me over. I absolutely love the thing and have no regrets at all. I can't vouch for the brand across the board, I wasn't all that impressed with a newer 3 Series I drove recently, but they got the 135i right. That's my reasoning for owning mine - the car simply kicks ass and pushes all my buttons just right.

 

[Remobz]

I would never buy BMW because the parts alone are a nightmare to get and insanely expensive where I live.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Just brought back horrible memories of driving a RWD in the snow

I've driven my RWD LS in Iowa and Minnesota during winters. No big deal at all, provided I slap on Michellin Xi2s.

 

[SSSnail]

I would never buy BMW because the parts alone are a nightmare to get and insanely expensive where I live.

Can you give me some examples?

 

[SparkyJJO]

True, this. Asus makes some fine ultrabooks, but they're still not quite as good as Apple's MBP and Air lines. Ironically, Apple makes the best Windows 7 notebooks, as close to bulletproof as you can get with a mainstream product. For me, the added expense is worth the improved aesthetics and reliability.

You're only a sheep if you don't do your own research.

Apple's aesthetics have never appealed to me. Too, I don't know, bland, sterile looking or something. Zero appeal. They've had their reliability issues in the past also, obviously no where near as bad as junk like emachines however

I also don't care for BMWs. in the 80s/90s they looked about as amazing as...nothing. Dull looking cars for the most part, IMO. I am a 90s kid (born in the late 80s) but so many cars of that era just did not appeal, and BMW is no exception. Sure, the "one size fits all" same shape that a lot of current cars in a way aren't much better either.

That, and about 90% of the BMW drivers around here are total idiots and jerks on the road.

 

[exdeath]

I test drove about a dozen cars the last time I was looking to buy one. Eclipse, Evo, Z, GTI, Mustang, WRX, you name it. All these cars were OK, they were stellar in some ways but all had a lot of trade-offs. I started trying to figure out the least of the evils, ignoring BMW until a friend convinced me to check them out. I found a 1-Series used locally and went for a drive. I barely even got the thing out of the parking lot of that dealership and I was hooked for good. I spent some time wrestling with the idea of having one, "I'm not one of those assholes", but the car itself won me over. I absolutely love the thing and have no regrets at all. I can't vouch for the brand across the board, I wasn't all that impressed with a newer 3 Series I drove recently, but they got the 135i right. That's my reasoning for owning mine - the car simply kicks ass and pushes all my buttons just right.

Pretty much it. Lots of better cars for certain *specific* things, but in general BMWs are a jack of all trades master of none, just balanced in everything.

Its the car in a racing game where all the stat bars are equal. Other cars some are higher in exchange for something else being lower etc.

There are faster cars with bland interiors, there are better handling cars that are uncomfortable to daily drive , etc. Its like the .40 S&W of cars, if you just want a little bit of everything and don't want to have to choose any tradeoffs.

 

[Fritzo]

I would never buy BMW because the parts alone are a nightmare to get and insanely expensive where I live.

Where do you live? Ebay ships everywhere