Your thoughts on moving from P-car to BMW
I am curious about your opinions. Here is my current situation. I used to own a 2003 SMGII M3. Although I owned couple of modded fast cars, this car was my entry to the high performance cars. I loved every minute although I experienced some problems with quality, maybe it was my luck. I still miss it alot. The engine, transmission and overall feel was fantastic.
Then a time came when I traded my M3 for a Carrera 4S Tip. Well that is when this all went wrong. Given we pay alot of tax for these cars, there was not any chance for me for a test drive because of the limited availability and my rush with the trade in deal. I was never able to make a connection with this car. The transmission just took it away from me. Piece of juck (the transmission) period. 5 speed that starts at 2nd and cannot comply with any of my driving characteristics. Many of Tip owners may not share my experiences but when you have all the highways free to speed, you can experience what these cars are all about on daily basis and I must admit I have a heavy right foot:) It is not just like speeding on German autobahns, sometimes you have to make your way through and stuff, anyways it is hard to explain but every drive is pure fun, where on daily basis I can go above %70 percent of these cars limits.
Right now I have a car, which consumes more than 20-21 liters of fuel and that does not give me any driving pleasure. The car maybe brilliant but I do not like the light front and hate the TipS. Only thing I would miss is the proper sports car feel and perfect brakes (much much better than M3)
It is strange that I miss my M3 dearly, however it is interesting that couple of Carrera owners here also shares the same thing for me. Maybe a M3 is much more suitable for my life. I do not care about brand image of Porsche. Also with these forums, I found a chance to somehow learn about the company and its marketing philosophy and I do not like it. I feel cheated. This is really how I feel.
So to get it altogether:
- The fuel cost is 1.8 € for liter in my country.
- I paid above 180K € for the Porsche. I cannot even sell it for 120K € right now. It will depreciate more once facelift model is more common.
- I cannot get the enjoyment - The facelift model should have been first generation of 997, given they manufactured more than 100000 units, the profit is there, they even bought VW. I hate to be screwed, even if it did happen I do not want this to be shown to my face.
- Driving conditions for performance driving is available where I live - I spend too much time in traffic and I need some of the amenities.
My decision for ditching the C4S is for sure. I am just not sure if I can in this economical climate. Considering all the things I wrote above, do you think a move back to BMW is logical for me. I would either consider a DKG M3 (140K €)or go low profile and get a 635d (150K €) or something. Any other suggesitons? I am 30 and single if that is a decision factor.
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2006 C4S --to be ditched soon..
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