02-02-2008, 08:03 PM | #101 | |
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I'm confused. Both of us have to be on board with nay purchase. And neither of us has ever bought anything over ~$100 without checking first. Not because we have to (we have no rules on this), but simply out of consideration. I could park an Elise in my house tomorrow if I wanted. She'd be incredibly pissed off, but I know she would not get rid of it (or me). It's not about the money as she trusts me to not do anything stupid (I actually run the finances). It's about both of us being happy. |
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02-02-2008, 08:08 PM | #102 |
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There appears to be only pair of pants in that family...
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02-02-2008, 08:18 PM | #103 |
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02-02-2008, 08:44 PM | #104 |
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I have driven a previous generation MC and then an MCS on a pretty decent test drive. They're decent to drive (not better than my gf's honda si hatch). But they're still fwd and have that horrible interior. At some price point they might be attractive, for me personally, the price point is 10k lower.
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02-02-2008, 10:42 PM | #105 | |
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I had my 530 in the shop yesterday -- and I upgraded my loaner to a new CTS (the dealer uses Hertz for loaners). It had the DI engine, base suspension, and a the "luxury" package with heated/cooled seats, sunroof, keyless start. I really liked it -- it was great in traffic, nice mid-range grunt, very stable, and absolutely no rattles (it had 5k rental car miles on it). I've decided to keep the E39 for about another year, but I've essentially decided that an '09 CTS will be my next car.
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02-02-2008, 10:43 PM | #106 |
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Yep... on both of the sport packages...
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02-02-2008, 11:01 PM | #107 |
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Oh, yeah. And if you get the FE3, I think it's included.
FC, as for the Mini, you don't need to spend 32K on a Mini. Mine was 26. You don't need the JCW package, you don't need the fancy leather...it's a small hatch. Equip it like one. |
02-02-2008, 11:12 PM | #108 |
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So Cadillac will offer an LSD on it's cheapest model, and somehow they don't feel that it will threaten their more expensive "V" line?
BMW, uh, WTF?! |
02-02-2008, 11:17 PM | #109 |
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I think that if you equip a MINI to the $32K level, you'd better be willing to keep the car forever, or take a huge bath on resale value. It's hard to imagine that there'd be a significant market out there for a used econo-hatch in that price range.
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02-03-2008, 01:05 AM | #110 |
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Some of the quotes on this board could go into the "quotes from other boards" thread.
In particular, I like ff's comment about how MINI resale is going to tank (evidence please? everything I have read and experienced says the opposite) and equ's comment about the MINI not being any more fun to drive then the Civic Si - umm - ok, if you say so. They are what they are. Lots more people like them then don't like them as is obvious by their success and their continuing ridiculously high resale values. Yet people that don't like them for whatever reason seem to take that success as a personal insult for some reason. |
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