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AMGeater said:
It seems that you like past BMW's and not the new ones.
Hi AMGeater,
My wife and I joined the BMW car club of America in 1974, just after we purchased an Inca 2002. We're still members.
We've owned many 3 series (including a Hardy & Beck-converted 323 and an M3), many 7 series (6, 8, & 12 cylinders), an Alpina B6 and an Alpina B7 (5er).
Just a month ago, we replaced her 330Xi with an Audi A4 3.0 Quattro. Now we are without a BMW in the garage for the first time in THIRTY YEARS!
I sold my last 740iL (my beater car) to switch to a Lexus LX470 because I needed more seating capacity. An X5 is too small inside.
My wife got fed up with the poor reliability of various electrical items (xenon headlight ignitor, each and every tail lamp), particularly a fuel gauge that said she had 1/8 tank of gas, but left her stranded --- out of fuel --- in this second of her E46's.
I couldn't forgive the 330Xi AWD drive train that always made an annoying vibration in the 55-70 mph speed range (annoyed my wife, too). Even the loaner cars w/AWD did the same thing. It's a design feature as far as I can tell.
Now, our garage has a few Porsches, my LX470, a Bentley sedan, and her A4.
No more BMW.
I might have been a new 745 customer, but I can't abide the styling. It has yet to "grow" on me. And, no, I'm not just an old fuddy-duddy. I lept at the chance to buy a 735i in 1988 when the modern style first took over at BMW. They seemed to go from strength to strength in styling, performance, and features for more than a decade. Sadly, styling no more. I like the looks of my Bentley Arnage way more than the new 745 (the Arnage has better valet appeal, too).
I'm not trying to rain on your parade. BMW has simply abandoned a household with three decades of loyal patronage. I think others on this board merely reflect a variation on our theme.