Future family car / MCS waffling

[FC]

Originally Posted by lemming

i, too, think the e60wagen is a terrible buy brand new --i'd wait for a 20-24month old one and snap it up.

i love the e60wagen, though.

At MSRP it's a rip-off. With an up to 7K ED discount and the fact that we would keep it for 6 years, probably not so bad.

I'm sure the used 530xiT's are cheaper. After all, they have to compete with new 535xiT's with craploads of more power. Still not a bad idea other than I am not willing to consider the E60 (yet, at least) and the F11 comes out in 2011. So to wait for a used one of those, we are looking at 5-6 years at least. Far too long.

[equ]

zhp >> clubman

why sell?

[JST]

Originally Posted by equ

zhp >> clubman

why sell?

His wife appears to want a Mini and the ZHP won't last forever, but yes, I agree with this general point.

[FC]

Originally Posted by JST

His wife appears to want a Mini and the ZHP won't last forever, but yes, I agree with this general point.

Correct. I agree that the ZHP is better than the Clubman. The odds of a clubman replacing the ZHP anytime soon are very slim. The ZHP is not getting replaced one way or the other for at least another year, and likely at least two years from now. If we do change it, it would likely be for an MCS because I'm bored/my wife woudl be happy/the ZHP is getting old (remember my ZHP was built on 3/03).