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No seriously. A BMW without heated seats. How??? Is the X2 the BMW that people buy just to say they have a BMW, like the Mercedes A class? |
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It's incredible. Absolutely incredible. The damnedest thing is that it cost over 48K for the little thing. My daughter loved it but I was ready to give the thing back after 2 kilometers.
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01-02-2021, 12:15 PM | #2225 | |
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I got stuck with a Saturn Vue as a loaner since I dropped off my BMW overnight to get the alignment done the next morning. Good god. One of the WORST things I've ever driven... Interior squeaked something awful, steering was... sort of (alignment was spot on though), acceleration was barely a thing (and my 328 is NOT quick, but felt like a damned Indy car after this thing), no heated seats or anything, the plastics were so unbelievably cheap feeling, the feeling the turn signal made as it clicked still makes me cringe to think about... No. I hope I never get stuck with that again, but I have a feeling I will, since it's my local indie BMW shop. Edit: I did the math with an inflation calculator. My 328 would be roughly $45-50k given the options. Wow. $48k doesn't go far anymore does it? |
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01-02-2021, 03:34 PM | #2226 | |
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01-03-2021, 01:11 AM | #2227 | |
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01-03-2021, 06:34 AM | #2228 |
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I've had a Gerber 06 Auto knife for 9 years. The spring broke. I tried to buy a new one through Gerber and they sent me a brand new 06 Auto knife ($175ish). I then bought a spring online for $3 and fixed my old 06 Auto. I now have 2 of them. My first world problem is that I stripped a torx screw on my old one and can't find a replacement online.
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01-03-2021, 07:56 AM | #2229 |
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All of my problems because I've only ever lived in a First world Nation.
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01-03-2021, 09:06 AM | #2230 | |
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This was an 05 ish. Gaaah. I shudder thinking about that turn signal.
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01-04-2021, 09:19 AM | #2233 |
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I don't know what surprises me more - that a 2005 Saturn is still going or that it is being used as a loaner.
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01-04-2021, 09:37 AM | #2235 |
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It was in really, really good shape too, aside from the driver's seat being ripped. Had fewer miles than my car too.
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01-04-2021, 10:40 AM | #2236 |
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I really wanted to get a M340i for myself as a graduation gift, but instead I decided to buy a house since mortgage is cheaper than rent in that area and use what I'd use for a down on a car as down on a house.
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Cheapest spots around me are like $600k for a shitbox teardown that was burned out and uninhabitable. Halfway decent turnkey condo / townhouse with a $650 / month HOA fee are gonna run me in the $850k+ range, $950k for something at the lower end of nice. Might as well get the BMW, the payment may end up being less than my HOA fees. |
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01-04-2021, 02:59 PM | #2241 | |
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Good thing they don't make you adjust your wipers interval manually like a pedestrian. |
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01-04-2021, 03:19 PM | #2242 |
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Well....my MB does have rain sensing wipers, but they suck compared to the BMW version.
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01-05-2021, 12:56 AM | #2243 | |
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The townhome I'm buying is $170k, hoa is $195/mo... The car actually does come out cheaper than your HOA fee alone Then again i've just graduated college last week so obviously there's some income/savings discrepancy between us too |
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But hey, feast your eyes on this, for the low, low price of $829,000 and no HOA fees! Even a $70k price cut this year. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...19559068_zpid/ If you'd like to spend a bit less in a worse area, you could go with this fine $648,000, 2/2 condo/apt....with a $716 / month HOA fee. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...19491999_zpid/ To be sure these are some of the more egregious examples in this price range, but....yeah. Last edited by NorCalAthlete; 01-05-2021 at 02:05 AM.. |
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