Man, would I like to find a certified BMW 330 for under $25k! Good luck! -josh
--- Kervin Ridgley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Pat, > I sell cars for a living (Mercedes-Benz and Saab). > It's hard for me to see the value in the new cars > you are looking at. All the cars you have mentioned > are sexy, stylish cars from their respective > manufactors. I would look at the same cars that are > one year old if those are the ones you like. From > what you said, I'd look at a certified BMW 325 or > 330. They are great cars to drive everyday. The > inital test drive may not be as impressive because > they do everything so smoothly. It takes ALOT to > ever get the traction control to come on because the > suspension keeps the wheels on the ground all the > time. Give one a try. > > -------Original Message------- > From: patrick austin <[email protected]> > Sent: 05/19/03 09:00 AM > To: 16V Group <[email protected]> > Subject: [a2-16v-list] OT: New cars > > > > > I'm starting a 2 year graduate program next year, > and will probably be > going from a 5 mile commute every day to a 3-day a > week 100 mile round > trip commute. My '95 GLX has 110K miles on it right > now, on the > original transmission, clutch, timing > chain/tensioners, head gasket, and > all major ancillary components. I'm thinking it may > be time to switch > to something with repairs that'll be a bit more > predictable over the > next couple of years, so I've been looking at > $18K-$25K cars. (I _will_ > keep the A2 GTI around as a weekend toy, don't > worry) > > Over the weekend I test drove a 1.8T and VR6 GTI, a > Civic SI, WRX, Acura > RSX and RSX-S, Sentra SE-R Spec V, Focus SVT, etc. > Anyone else been > looking at cars lately? Any strong opinions about > these cars and the > rest of the cars in this price range? As fun as one > would be, I will > NOT but an SRT Neon. It'd probably be a pile of > garbage by the time my > lease/loan payments end. It'd be hard to buy a VW, > too, as they're not > exactly the best handling cars on earth these days. > The car won't be > out on a track with other cars, but it will see a > fair amount of > autocrossing...I'd give more points to nimble > handling and fun-to-drive > than to outright speed. > > -Pat > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > <a target=_blank > href="http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list";>http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list</a> > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > Kervin > 86 Scirocco 8v > 90 Golf GL > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
