The 3G Ramblings & General Discussion Thread (Quattro)
03-22-2016, 10:14 AM
#5401
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He's getting a hummer of course...
You all don't make the same face? Just me?
You all don't make the same face? Just me?
03-22-2016, 10:14 AM
#5402
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only when it's time to pop my puddin'
03-22-2016, 10:14 AM
#5403
From my HS engineer buddy (the one I passed on his M3 
)...he swayed me from buying it because he said that even if i can wrench myself and drop the motor for intense work, the parts are expensive as hell, even though he had a hook up. He told me in 3 years of owning it, he spent 10K to keep it on the road and it spent 60% of the time on stands being worked on at his parent's house.
I mean, I take it with a grain of salt and I love warranties...but the idea of the inconveniece of having to be in a loaner (NOT MY FKNG CAR) a few times a year would turn me off majorly.
)...he swayed me from buying it because he said that even if i can wrench myself and drop the motor for intense work, the parts are expensive as hell, even though he had a hook up. He told me in 3 years of owning it, he spent 10K to keep it on the road and it spent 60% of the time on stands being worked on at his parent's house. I mean, I take it with a grain of salt and I love warranties...but the idea of the inconveniece of having to be in a loaner (NOT MY FKNG CAR) a few times a year would turn me off majorly.
03-22-2016, 10:15 AM
#5404
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03-22-2016, 10:15 AM
#5405
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The bimmer CPO is very good it covers almost everything but each time I have a $50 deductible, which isn't bad.
Totally agree! I can't believe how smart (lucky) I was to buy one with a CPO warranty. The depreciation on German is ridonkulous...I would never buy new German...wait, is Bugatti German or Italian?
Totally agree! I can't believe how smart (lucky) I was to buy one with a CPO warranty. The depreciation on German is ridonkulous...I would never buy new German...wait, is Bugatti German or Italian?
$50 is cheaper than your oil changes
I'd be game for that... 
03-22-2016, 10:16 AM
#5406
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03-22-2016, 10:17 AM
#5407
Drifting
That's a honest and interesting opinion GK. One you don't hear very often from BMW owners.
Are you a wrencher? I actually watched a ton of videos on servicing the S5 DIY style and I often caught myself saying things like "wow...it makes so much more sense to mount the bumper that way instead of Hondas way". Etc.
Are you a wrencher? I actually watched a ton of videos on servicing the S5 DIY style and I often caught myself saying things like "wow...it makes so much more sense to mount the bumper that way instead of Hondas way". Etc.
03-22-2016, 10:17 AM
#5408
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Yea but BMW/Audi have changed quite a bit since then J. If I remember right that was an e46 right?
Especially the Audis.
Especially the Audis.
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03-22-2016, 10:18 AM
#5409
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03-22-2016, 10:18 AM
#5410
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03-22-2016, 10:19 AM
#5411
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03-22-2016, 10:19 AM
#5412
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Bugatti was a french auto-manufacturer made in Germany founded and owned by an Italian. 
03-22-2016, 10:20 AM
#5414
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damn cross breeding gwai-los 
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03-22-2016, 10:21 AM
#5415
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modified wrencher...I change my own oil and other maintenance stuff. I have access to an Air Force auto hobby shop which makes a lot of the stuff way easy. Everything is more expensive on bimmers v. Japanese though. 6.9 quarts of BMW certified Oil, that's 50 bucks, oil filter, 14 bucks, air filter, 24 bucks, etc. Spark plugs changed every 30K miles, that's about 40 bucks.
03-22-2016, 10:21 AM
#5416
Drifting
Yeah, my son had the 2006 M5, that's the E46 right...the oil pump was changed before he got it but it still cost him a shit ton to maintain. It's gone, he has a V6 TLX now.
03-22-2016, 10:22 AM
#5418
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03-22-2016, 10:24 AM
#5422
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03-22-2016, 10:25 AM
#5424
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I paid $28 for an air filter for the Sonata, a few weeks ago from the dealer. That's standard fare around here.
03-22-2016, 10:26 AM
#5425
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At $200 per wheel for powder coating and when I brought in a 6 year old receipt to make sure the color is perfect...they better match. Or they're redoing them.
03-22-2016, 10:27 AM
#5426
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The e46/e90 etc designates the generation, GK. Well, mostly, that is how that would translate here.
Actually no, that's wrong.
People say that's the number of times the car will break down in it's lifetime.
Actually no, that's wrong.
People say that's the number of times the car will break down in it's lifetime.
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03-22-2016, 10:31 AM
#5431
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You know what Luda says when he's driving a Korean car...
03-22-2016, 10:37 AM
#5433
Drifting
I'm that way with cars the grass is always greener, there's always a car I'd like to have that's not mine. Whence I was young, I was like that with ladies...never acted on it though...because i'd have fallen on a knife in the backyard.
03-22-2016, 10:41 AM
#5435
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Yea I linked the wrong one, removed post. Lol.
It'll be tough if not impossible to find the exact one I want for a decent price. White on black, Prestige, manual, LSD.
It'll be tough if not impossible to find the exact one I want for a decent price. White on black, Prestige, manual, LSD.
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03-22-2016, 10:47 AM
#5437
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S4s are nice. I just like the rear of the S5 better. I would rock either and really they're pretty much the same thing.
$39k though! Too much for me. I'm hoping to keep it under $35k... Or $30k with whatever I get from the TL removed.
Wife says keep the TL... she wants a S2000. Lol
"I wanna be a hot blonde driving a bright yellow convertible to work" is what she said yesterday after I showed her those new pics J.
$39k though! Too much for me. I'm hoping to keep it under $35k... Or $30k with whatever I get from the TL removed.
Wife says keep the TL... she wants a S2000. Lol
"I wanna be a hot blonde driving a bright yellow convertible to work" is what she said yesterday after I showed her those new pics J.
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03-22-2016, 11:12 AM
#5439
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What was the lease going to run you? $700/month?
03-22-2016, 11:13 AM
#5440
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