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Originally Posted by Josh (PA)
This well said and in line w/ my thinking. And for the record, our beater is a 2003 325Xit worth maybe $1500. My daughter is driving it to Maine today to have thanksgiving w. her boyfriend. It does an excellent job at being the beater you described.
@WDC
I know I'm the poster child for being stranded, but I'll warn you that new doesn't equate to reliable... espcecially in BMWs. My 1er left me on the side of the road at 21,000 miles when it was two years old with a failed water pump. Actually my 911 did the same at 3 yrs old and 11,000 miles. My older cars (the e46 and e70) have been the most reliable cars I've had in recent memory. Just get the Mazda and put the $20k savings to some cool furniture for the new house.
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The Mazda is the easy no brainer for sure. And LOL, the one thing I don’t need is cool furniture! (But, I do need a cool house.)
Thank you for all your thoughtful advice. I do look forward to some cool beater with a stick for my kid. That will be another fun car chase.