cygnusx1 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 My WRX is no longer giving me that warm cozy feeling after 147,000 miles, and many uncomfortable trips to the dealer. Â I save my wrench time for my Z cars, not my daily drivers. Â So...I have the car sold, or at least a deposit on it and I have made the decision to pick up a used 2006 330xi Sedan 6-speed with Sport Package, Winter package, and Nav Package. Â It has 40K miles on it, and I can buy a warranty for an additional 100K miles. Â I am going to test drive it on Friday I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Nice choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan1 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) wow money bags thats an awesome DD. Edited June 3, 2010 by logan1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 Believe it or not it's only a few coins more than a new 2010 Kia!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators RTz Posted June 3, 2010 Administrators Share Posted June 3, 2010 Heck yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeartTouge Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 very nice! congrats! a few of my friends have bought beemers lately and say they're very easy to work on. although they're both late 80s, early 90s models... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 nice, I've been looking at a '94 318i 2 door coupe as a third car. I'm pulling the '85 hilux off full roadgoing registration to a rural registration (MUCH cheaper, but limited to 21 Km from the farm gate on public roads, enough to pick up stockfeed and baby animals, but not enough to make trips to town) and replacing it's roadgoing duties with a more economical new (used) car. BMWs are nice cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Man, you just got the exhaust done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 ..and several things have broken since then and it is pissing me off. Â It's a good car but it needs someone with a fresh set of patience for it. Â My set has worn thin and it's taking my wallet with it. Â I won't get into dealer prices and ripoffs here because it will be called poor form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted June 4, 2010 Administrators Share Posted June 4, 2010 Very nice Dave, welcome to the dark side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank280zx Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Very nice Dave, welcome to the dark side... MOWHAHAHA now all do beamer engines in z's !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikelly Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My "new" daily driver is my wife's "old" 97 328iS. Although it's a great car and I'm a fan of bimmers, I hate working on it beyond the basics... It's not a hard car to work on, but I don't view it as "simple" either... The porsche, that's pretty simple... the BMW, not so much... Crazy I know, but it's true. Congrats on the new ride. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My "new" daily driver is my wife's "old" 97 328iS. Although it's a great car and I'm a fan of bimmers, I hate working on it beyond the basics... It's not a hard car to work on, but I don't view it as "simple" either... The porsche, that's pretty simple... the BMW, not so much... Crazy I know, but it's true. Congrats on the new ride. Mike I never thought I'd hear someone say that a 996 was simple to work on, and an E36 was not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited)  It's not my new ride yet but unless I am walking everywhere and driving the Z's in all seasons, It will be my car shortly.  I have 5 of them I need to see before I make the selection.  I do know it's going to be a 2006 330xi with the sport package and maybe nav and winter packages.  The sport package is a must.  I have three black ones, a gray one, and a red one lined up to test. My WRX turned into a stack of cash today.  I got my full asking price plus lunch.  Edited June 6, 2010 by cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun723 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Sweet! Sounds like a good deal to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice choice, but do you need AWD? It adds quite a bit on the bimmer, it rides higher than a regular rwd e90, and fuel economy takes a large hit. RWD 3 liter e90s get 30-31 mpg on freeway, I think the xi gets 25-26 max. not harping on your choice, just curious of you need it. I was looking for an e90 sport pkg 6 speed, but it's as if they don't exist at all around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 I need the AWD because we need at least one car in the family that can go out, and come back during a snowstorm. Â The mountain ridge lines around here run North-South and many of the roads wind East-West from valley to valley. Â The topography in this region is very steep. Â Great for mountain biking but bad for Winter driving. I am replacing this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetterben Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) Still say audi quattro Old school at that..... Or like my old CS turbo ;0 I could blow threw 2 foot drifts with this!!! Edited June 8, 2010 by yetterben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Snow? SAAB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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