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06-14-2011, 03:03 AM | #24 |
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Guys posts a pic, and we jump to conclusions. Nice.
My ideal garage would have all of these cars. Each has a separate purpose, and none are M3 competitors. The GTR is in a different performance league, the SL AMG is a highway cruiser and torque monster, and the S5 is a grand tourer (more on the touring side than sporty side). If those spots were filled a CTS-V (bitchen car) or C63 (another bitchen car), then we'd have something to argue over. |
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06-15-2011, 10:48 AM | #26 |
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I was actually thinking that someone bit off more than they could chew.
I.e. They wanted "a fast car", but once they got one, they decided that they couldn't live with the inherent compromises - so they went back to a couch-on-wheels. -scheherazade |
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06-15-2011, 10:54 AM | #27 | |
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I'm just waiting for you to turn this thread into another, "here is why the GTR is the best" thread. |
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06-15-2011, 11:26 AM | #28 | ||
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If you're driving, it's loud. You'll have to speak up when you're talking, you'll have to turn up the radio volume, and you'll have to endure it for the duration of your trip. If you're driving, you'll have to suck up a few bumps. No one makes a 'comfort' suspension setting so soft that it equates to a 5 series luxo barge. Plenty of people go for a test drive, have 'fun', and after they take it home they realize that 'fun non stop' isn't as 'fun' as they expected. You really have to want that experience. If you don't, you'll wear out. That goes for all [true] performance cars. (definition : true='purpose made performance car' - not a 'regular car with a sporty looking chassis'.) -scheherazade Last edited by scheherazade; 06-15-2011 at 11:35 AM.. |
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06-15-2011, 02:01 PM | #29 |
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Another possibility...they're planted by the dealership to generate discussion and increase business. The dealership wants someone sitting on the fence of a car-buying decision to say, "Wow, someone traded in their SL/S5/GTR to get a new BMW instead. BMWs must be better/more desirable. I'm getting a BMW!" Obviously BMWs are fantastic and we love them, but I suspect this is the dealer being clever. I started thinking about this recently when I noticed our local Aston Martin dealer always has Mercedes SLs, BMW M6s, 911s, Jaguar XKRs, and the occasional 360 Modena sitting out front. At first I wondered why they would be advertising pre-owned cars from other manufacturers, and then I realized that they're playing a psychological game. Sure, some of those cars may have been genuine trade-ins, but I'll bet a significant number are staged. It reached a ridiculous extreme, however, when I noticed that the local TOYOTA dealership has a Corvette, a 911, an E92 M3, and other high-profile cars out front in the pre-owned section. "I traded in my M3 and got me this here Highlander!"
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06-16-2011, 11:50 PM | #32 |
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Oh yeah it makes perfect sense to buy a bmw when you're in financial trouble
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Never really thought of that but it makes perfect sense. |
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Depends on how severe the financial problems are and which bimmer they traded for. The only way that wouldn't be trading down is if they people trading them wanted something completely different (eg a 760 or X5M).
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