#7942989 - 11/01/14 06:22 PM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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JEFFOS
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I think it will be a good solid daily driver
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#7942992 - 11/01/14 06:24 PM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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Bang for the buck they are the best cars out there, for me it's living with the fit and finish of the car, can't do it. Is350 would've been a much better buy.
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#7943311 - 11/02/14 06:59 AM
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#7943445 - 11/02/14 11:26 AM
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#7943449 - 11/02/14 11:37 AM
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The IS250/350 drives like shit for its class, same shit as the c-class of that gen. NOT GOOD. G37 and TL of the same gen. are great handling cars. Good choice IMO, however it's probably just as thristy as the M3 lol
You have no idea what you are talking about, for starters lumping in the IS250 and IS350 as if it's the same car and then telling me the IS350 is a worse car in relation to a G37, lol ok man. If you are talking strictly driving the G37 does feel a bit sportier, I agree the IS350 can feel a but underwhelming in relation, but we are splitting hairs here, both are fat automatic pigs. I like the more refined IS350 feel to be honest.
The IS350 is better than a G37 in every imaginable way except price...which you get back when you sell as they have better resale anyway. Damn Lexus hater, holy crap.
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#7943452 - 11/02/14 11:42 AM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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I wanted an IS but inventory is scarce and I paid about $5000 less for this than what people were wanting for IS's. I tried. I really like the G too, not sure if you guys have driven them.
Jeff, I hope so too. Need to also remember I daily an M3, this is my beater.
So let's hear your opinion on all the cars you drove, just curious. Post up pics of the G.
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#7943463 - 11/02/14 11:59 AM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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Whats wrong with daily driving an M3? I did it for 6 years  (except for winter of course)
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#7943592 - 11/02/14 02:04 PM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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maybe this beater is just to preserve the m3?
save it from winter use?
bc you sure aint saving much gas on the g37x over the m3!!!
PS, spd-dmn, 13L/100 is pretty damn good in my books XD XD XD XD XD
I'm averaging 14 ahahahaha
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#7943625 - 11/02/14 02:35 PM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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#7943739 - 11/02/14 03:36 PM
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I'm averaging 14 ahahahaha
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#7943899 - 11/02/14 06:01 PM
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I'm still waiting to drive that M3. 
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#7944019 - 11/02/14 08:25 PM
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maybe this beater is just to preserve the m3?
save it from winter use?
I always laugh at this logic. Spend 25k after tax on a winter beater to preserve a 45k car.  (omg my car is an investment/asset, wow warren such buffet  ) wow maths, making sense. If you can't afford to put mileage on a half a decade old m3 then you shouldn't buy it. /rant Not saying this is OP's situation, just hatorading on stupidity in general 
How much is a TL vs. a e36 m3 again?
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#7944262 - 11/03/14 07:30 AM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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Check the fuel consumption!
This was after a short city jaunt XD /probablydriveslikeeuphoric
18.8L, baby!
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#7944292 - 11/03/14 08:05 AM
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maybe this beater is just to preserve the m3?
save it from winter use?
I always laugh at this logic. Spend 25k after tax on a winter beater to preserve a 45k car. (omg my car is an investment/asset, wow warren such buffet ) wow maths, making sense. If you can't afford to put mileage on a half a decade old m3 then you shouldn't buy it. /rant Not saying this is OP's situation, just hatorading on stupidity in general How much is a TL vs. a e36 m3 again?
TL is like $250, M3 is basically scrap metal.
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#7944446 - 11/03/14 09:47 AM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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So let's hear your opinion on all the cars you drove, just curious. Post up pics of the G.
No pics available as of yet. To be honest I can see the deal falling through. I'll post about that once I know for sure.
Disclaimer - results and opinions may not be typical, these are based off the samples I had access to within my budget.
<=08 TL's - nice car, would have to do timing belts on all that I had seen, drove type-s and non, liked them both but the drive was a little harsh for what I wanted. Kept in back of my mind it's a FWD.
>=09 TL's - really nice car, but, tooooo big. Turn around and look at back seat passengers it was like I was in a town car. Also, hard to get with all the packages I wanted in my price.
TSX's - I liked this, but, it's very entry level luxury car, which is fine. Resale is quite high on these.
is350's - most were BEATTTTTTT. The paint must be as thin as a piece of paper. interiors seemed to hold up alright though. I liked the drive however I'd drive two back to back and seats would feel different. Road noise too but that was the tires. I tried to buy one of these but we were too far apart.
G37(x)'s - had that substantial luxurious feel. Lots of amenities. Only offering here (I believe) with intelligent cruise. Easy to find with decent features. Paint isn't awesome on these either but compared to the IS's it was awesome. AWD is nice. The one I bought comes with winter and summers.
e class' - nice to drive but I'm just not old enough for this. I drove an 08 E300 to buy the G37x actually.
5 series' - too big, and honestly compared to the M3 the materials in other BMW's in my price range were not the premium packages so I didn't want a car that's so similar but offering an inferior experience.
c class' - felt small, cramped, econo box ish, expensive, vinyl? Really?
<09 A4's - See c class but inexpensive.
One thing I did notice is that as cars were aging people were skimping out on matching tires, rotors with pads (>2 sets of pads / rotor with huge lips), cheap noisy tires, etc.
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#7944762 - 11/03/14 11:53 AM
Re: Secondary cars and rust check
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4age
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87zcsi, u found 5 series to be inferior in experience to m3 even in the interior? which gen 5 did u test? The 5s seem quite nice in the interior imo. the leather is better, and the trim/switch gear in general are nicer.
......or maybe it's bc i am comparing m5 to m3. m5 is nicer inside fo sho (e60 m5 vs e90 m3)
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