zamboni386

I have a question for all you about AUDI and BMW. One of my friends has a A4 3.0 and my other friend has a 325i. They both loathe each others cars even though they are almost the same with a few exceptions. They are about equally equiped on the enterior. The only real difference is that the audi has more power and has quattro. The audi guy thinks that the BMW guy only got his car because he cared about prestige. The BMW guy thinks the audi guy paid to much for his car and he says quattro wont save you around every corner... Its constant madness. I have noticed that this isnt uncommon. Audi Drivers and BMW drivers simply dont agree on anything. Why is this?

ImportsRhot

I think it's because their cars are in the same class and so they have to come up with something to try to prove that their car is better.

zamboni386

what do you guys like better? Bmw or audi?

NickR

Personally, I'm an Audi guy. But thats because I drove a turbo Jetta for a couple of years. I think that VW/Audi is still one of the most innovative car company out there. They've always been like that. Even VW is pushing its traditional limits with the Toureg and Phaeton. I still like Bimmers a lot, but dont need the headache that comes with all the stares and weirdness from other drivers. But guys like these are the types that perpetuate the snooty-ness that others think high end car owners have.

Luckily, Acura owners dont have to worry about that. Ha Ha.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

They bought their cars for other people's opinion and can't stand competition?

I like my car the way it is. There are better, cheaper, faster, whatever....I like mine.

Buff-Daddy

What stereotype are you placing on someone who owns both an Acura and a BMW?
The truth is that there are all types of people that own BMW's and Audi's just like there are all types of people that own Acura's. That stereotype is an old one that won't die. The fact is that almost anyone "can" own a BMW, MB, etc... if they really want one. If you have a half ass job and want to spend the majority of your income on a car, then you can have a BMW. It might not be the smartest thing to do, but there are hundreds of thousands of people doing it in every state. Always have been, always will be...

d-rock

or u can get a barebone lowest class model

theres a C230 coupe at my skool, and it has cloth interior, y would u buy a benz to have cloth interior

Dan Martin

I actually like cloth! It's a shame they took it off as a standard feature on the 320i. It's warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and really grips well in the corners. Plus it wears better than leather.

rick955i

I have a 2002 A4 quattro the other half has a 2003 745i. I call my Audi "The Thinking Man's BMW", he doesnt laugh. I think Audi and Acura have a lot in common, and I am uncommonly close to the Acura brand (for reasons I can't go in to)

Rick

Buff-Daddy

Your name is Rick, you have an A4. Your "other half" has a 745i. The part that I don't get is that you said "HE" doesn't laugh after you call your A4 "the thinking man's BMW". That would make you both male?

dom

There are gay members around here Buff, remmeber that thread about amonth ago?

Not sure if Rick is gay though. Or maybe Rick is a girl? Although a women probly would have said "thinking women's BMW"

mcourt83

Gay people with nice cars!? Tell me this isn't true!

Responses like this still amaze me.

Mike (gay, nice car, and the guy that responded to "that thread about a month ago")

dom

How about in English this time?

AcuraFan

It's just a rivalry thing. They have competing (rival) products so they're going to dislike each other's cars. Just look at your favorite sports team rivalies. Most healthy rivalries are done tongue-in-cheek...but some people take it to extremes.

larchmont

I don't care about the gay part -- this is the part that I wanna know about!

Am I the only one who, when someone says something like "for reasons I can't go into," that's the most interesting part?

mcourt83

Huh?

larchmont

You have to understand, Dom is Canadian.

dom

What did you mean in that post? Maybe its because I'm Candian but I'd love to see someone else come out and say they understood your post.

larchmont

All he meant was, he's tired of stereotyping.

dom

Why do I ask questions to which I know Larchmont will respond with an answer to

I definently understand that part, and that's why I left it out the first time I quoted him.

Here's where it gets confusing for me.

he wrote "Mike" and then everything else in brackets

who's the guy that responded to "that thread about a month ago"? and who's Mike?

larchmont

I assumed he meant himself.

rick955i

yes, I am gay, and to answer Larchmont, I have a position that gives me advanced knowledge of AHM products, so it is better that people don't hassle me for future product info, but I do know what I am talking about. Does that make sense (typing awfully tired here)

Rick

dom

Bad move, prepare to be hounded.

fdl

He's probaby a secratary for some Honda middle manager

phile

Ouch.

rick955i

acutally, I am just the janitor that snoops through the trash at night

rick955i

oh, and no hounding, my job isnt worth all of you getting a little advanced notice or speculation...I might have been nice, but you are all being punished for fdl's comment!!!

you all can wait like the rest of the world!

Junkster

lol, damn it fdl, now you ruined it for everyone!!!

Junkster, who doesn't mind waiting like the rest of the world.

vwong

This whole thread has gone OT completely.

I finished reading all the posts in this thread. I then proceeded to click the "Back" button, then clicked on "Hey guys, whats it with AUDI and BMW." just to see what is in the thread. I read the first post, and I told myself that I just read this and realized that this thread has gone OT.

Buff-Daddy

Now that you are in that frame of mind, go rent the movie
"Momento"...

majormojo

He probably already has and just doesn't remember.

BarryH

A "thinking wo/man" would realize that even though the BMW is more expensive at purchase than an Audi, because of higher resale, it's cheaper in the long run. I wanted a convertible to replace my off-lease TL-S. An Audi 1.8T with a sticker of $43K was $100 more a month than a 325cic with a sticker of $46K. Guess which car I bought.

Buff-Daddy

Same thing happened to me when I was comparing the A4 1.8T Quattro to the BMW 325xi. And guess which one I bought as well... Audi's don't lease very well if you compare the price of the vehicle and the monthly payments against BMW.

rick955i

The whole thinking comment was a tongue in cheak jab, illustrating that a portion of BMW drivers buy solely and blindly based on brand and that that happend less so with Audi. Audi has done a lot to increase the residuals on their cars lately, but residuals are a touchy thing around our house, the 745i isnt worth anything!

Buff-Daddy

Prove it! This is nothing but your personal opinion and the opinion of an Audi owner I might add.

Junkster

LOL!
Hey, I used to own a Audi, I'm offended!!

As for BMW=snoby owners, I would have to say most of the 3-series owners don't buy for performance, but rather the image. Sorry, B-D, but that's what I usually see with people around me that buy BMWs. The 5 series owners are a bit more concious of what they are buying, but the 3 series ownership is definitely watered down. I know at least 10 BMW 3 series owners, and of them, only 3 know that their cars are RWD. Most don't even know that there is engine differences between each other's cars, and they hardly recognize the driving dynamics between their car and others (ie, I had a friend that told me "my dad's Accord handles much better than my BMW".)

Sorry, B-D, there are idiot BMW owners who don't know the car's true heritage.

Junkster, whose two friends out of three that did know that their car was RWD were M3 owners.

Buff-Daddy

Buff-Daddy, who likes Junkster, but thinks that he needs to stop using his "ignorant" friends as examples to stereotype all BMW owners.

Junkster

Ignorant or not, there are some that buy BMW's for the sake that it's a BMW/prestige name. Are you telling me that ALL BMW buyers buy them because of the performance of the car? Come on, B-D, that comment would sound 'ignorant'. I'm in concurance with the statement that 10~30% of luxury/performance car owners buy their cars due to marque, namesake, prestige. That also includes those idiots that buy the RL.

I would write more, but I'm leaving for home for holidays now.

Happy Holidays every1!

B-D, I see your point, that some of my friends are 'ignorant' (one owns a 330 and a Cavalier and can't tell the difference in ride quality, so... yea, ignorant, but still a BMW owner/buyer.

Junkster, who wants a new PC for Christmas.

Buff-Daddy

Just like there are TSX owners that think they have 100% leather upholstery and that thier 200hp is obviously faster than any vehicle with less than 200hp? Ignorance is world-wide, there are just as many dumb Acura owners as there are dumb BMW, MB & Lexus owners.
People buy for different reasons, stereotyping everyone for thier choices would be impossible.

Buff-Daddy, who hopes Junkster gets his new PC for X-Mas!

dnb

Hmmm. What do you and your other half think of iDrive?