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      04-17-2010, 12:38 PM   #1
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Sister looking for a car

ok pretty much her A4 lease is up and she doesnt want another one nor a 3 series..these are her options with the same lease payments

Infiniti G37X Coupe premium & navi

MB C300 4matic P1 package and navi

Audi A5 Stock as fuggg

what do you guys think?
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      04-17-2010, 01:11 PM   #2
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G37X more bang for the buck
Second is the C300
Last the A5...I love audi but I just hate the 2.0T engine and the fact that the I'm not a fan of the A5 look it looks way to big almost as big as an E Class coupe. Not a fan of the electric handbrake...I come from Audi and I these B8 A4/A5 are huge let downs.
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Its because a lot of BMW owners are housewives or business professionals and know little about cars other than BMW's are a status symbol in their own circles so that have to have one. But exotic car owners know cars, that's why they are willing to spend for a killer car and they know something different when they see one.

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      04-17-2010, 01:35 PM   #3
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G37 is a lot of car for the money
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ok pretty much her A4 lease is up and she doesnt want another one nor a 3 series..these are her options with the same lease payments

Infiniti G37X Coupe premium & navi

MB C300 4matic P1 package and navi

Audi A5 Stock as fuggg

what do you guys think?
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      04-17-2010, 02:44 PM   #5
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      04-17-2010, 04:09 PM   #6
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The A5 will probably make her the happiest. It's a beauriful car inside and outside, has awd and drives well enough, provided you/re not into performance.
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      04-17-2010, 05:33 PM   #7
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if you get the A5, I hope quattro is standard...
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      04-18-2010, 09:01 AM   #8
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In the US quattro is standard.
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I would get the Infiniti G37x. I have the older gen MB C-class and the reliability sucks.
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      04-18-2010, 02:37 PM   #10
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get the MB or the g37
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      04-18-2010, 02:47 PM   #11
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I would get the Infiniti G37x. I have the older gen MB C-class and the reliability sucks.
it will be leased...
our w203 was pretty much rock solid minus the driver's seat electric motor died twice.
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      04-18-2010, 05:09 PM   #12
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Why AWD?
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      04-18-2010, 05:32 PM   #13
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C300 should do it.
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      04-18-2010, 07:37 PM   #14
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sorry dude i had to do it =X
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all our cars are leased, she only wants a lease
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Why AWD?
Shes going to be traveling to jersey to school so just a piece of mind in the winter plus she got use to the AWD in her A4


Were heading over to Ray Catena over the weekend to test drive the C300 4Matic and the G37X coupe, from there on its negotiating and driving back with a new car

BTW - The lease price for those cars are the same which is

$480 a month (taxes in the payments)
$1300 out of pocket
36 months
12k miles a year
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      04-18-2010, 08:10 PM   #15
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Def A5...she clearly doesn't care about performance so A5 is the way to go, not to mention you should be getting some sort of loyalty discount. You'll have a nicest looking car of the ones mentioned, good MPG, AWD. It's a nobrainer as far as I'm concerned.
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      04-18-2010, 08:28 PM   #16
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G37 but I'm biased...
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      04-22-2010, 12:11 PM   #17
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so we decided to go with the G, now waiting for price and approval
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so we decided to go with the G, now waiting for price and approval
Best move. You guys are leasing cars for a song in the states. I've never leased but I remember my lowly stripped M-sport 135 being between 900-1000/month in 2008.
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Its because a lot of BMW owners are housewives or business professionals and know little about cars other than BMW's are a status symbol in their own circles so that have to have one. But exotic car owners know cars, that's why they are willing to spend for a killer car and they know something different when they see one.
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      04-23-2010, 11:00 AM   #19
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I would go with the A5, but the Premium Plus package is a must.
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Damn mtla. There is a BMW tech in Iowa here that leased an M Coupe 10K miles a year, tax title license downpayment and had payments of only $360 a month. WTF. That was with employee benefits and stuff but still. Made me mad.
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Damn mtla. There is a BMW tech in Iowa here that leased an M Coupe 10K miles a year, tax title license downpayment and had payments of only $360 a month. WTF. That was with employee benefits and stuff but still. Made me mad.

The sales manager and finance manager of my local dealer are driving identical 08 M6 verts, loaded for $400 a month.
They were both left-overs in to 09 and BMW Financial gave them a good employee deal

edit: o and i would go for the c class. i just had a c300 for a loaner and loved it. that thing is rock fuckin solid. 25000 miles as a beat on loaner and not a rattle or squeak, barely showed any wear
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