Car Enthusiasts Unite: What to Buy?
 

Ok, so I'm trading in my mostly beloved RX-8 and getting one of the following new rides. I'd like your input, especially from those who are into cars and have something valuable to add:

1. 2003 BMW 325Ci

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2. 2003 Audi A4 3.0 Quattro

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Both have comparable price and mileage and I'm kind of torn. Your opinions are appreciated.

dont get the "bimmer" we already have one fgt from michigan with one biggrin:

BMW. They are a drivers car and you will get more notice with it. However they do have electrical gremlins, jsut not the bazillion that audi's have. Id def go with the 325

Fuck the Bimmer, go with the A4. I love those, and they are very nice.

Cant beat AWD. I believe the 325 has RWD.

Correct, its RWD, which is one of the reasons I'm dumping my mazda. I've heard it does much much better in snow than the RX-8 (don't know what doesn't do better) so its tough to say.

can i have your old rx8?

were you bought out by ford? Visteon in Ypsilanti got Pwned

Nein.... Visteon is independent of Ford.

The plant in Ypsi used to be a Visteon plant. However, this summer Visteon sold 13 plants to Ford. It's a long complicated story, but the moral of the story is: Ford is in trouble, Visteon is doing pretty good.

Just stfu and get the Audi happy:

I love you too

dance:

take into consideration how easy it is to get fixed if something goes wrong with it? Does the bmw have readily available parts? Are they hard to get? Are they cheap? Just something to think about.

Both carry warranties for a few years. This is indeed a good point, but not something that will really come into consideration for my purchase.

Now that the word Snow has been brought into the equation get a fucking STI and you will be happy.

Looked into WRX's, but insuring one is much more costly than either of these.

good point. If you get a lot of snow, And by a lot I mean you are driving on an inch of snow EVERY day to work and back then I would go with the AWD Audi. If you rarely have to drive in snow I would go with the BMW. RWD is not fun to have in snow but it is on the dry pavement.

Bleuachdu is leet.

Agree unknown, i knew he had to deal with snow, which is why i said Audi. (plus io think that audi looks a lot sexier than that BMW)

Also bleu and i were discussing WRX's a while back biggrin:

and I think BMW's are about 5X sexier than Audis.

get a 03 or 04 g35 biggrin: biggrin:

out of those two id get the audi

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Sorry for the aside, which I'm sure will ultimately derail my own thread.

G35's are indeed hot... but insuring one where I live (see my derailing post above) is almost impossible.

Also, the snow here is only 3 or 4 months of the year. It can be nasty, but like this winter, it can also be very mild. Its kind of hit or miss.

after watching "Transporter 2" id get the Audi

I knew someone would say that. oOo:

that's whole movie was an Audi Commercial

Motor Trend is always ranting about that Audi
I think it looks pretty solid dude

ot: i'm gonna be living in detroit for awhile once schools finished. my brother just moved into a studio downtown (can't remember exactly where) . i think i'm stay with him for awhile. i'll pm when if it happens and we can get together, for sex of course.

hitch a ride with him to work, he works 3 minutes from me. Ill bring the dew and doritos, yall bring the jimmy hats

Audi. Its just a so much better car.

Audi, QUATTRO BABY.... Do it. biggrin:

Audi all the way man, its uncomparable. Especially between them two particular models.

buy a Dodge, keep your neighbors working

rock:

Tell your bro I live on Woodward at Grand Circus Park across from the stadiums.

I'd go with the A4, Bleu. My buddy has owned two of them and he swears by them.

BRRMAN SUPERNACHO 4TW

rock:

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http://www.funny-video-clips.co.uk/ scroll over to the audi a8 video rock:

Neither, get this instead

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Personally, i'd opt for the Audi. The beemer is too much of a "bling bling" car. You can blame that image (and the hummer) on NBA players and rap artists.

BMWs are every where now. eek:

I'd say the Bentley or the Rolls Royce would be more tainted by the "bling bling" image...But I think owning a BMW isn't as 'cool' as it used to be...They're so common place now - The Audi is just cooler.