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[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

I'm bout to get a raise at work and I'm thinking a newer vehicle is in the cards now.

I can't decide what route I want to go; save 3-4k and buy something decent or put that toward a load for about 8k and get what I've been wanting.

What I really want is a 98-00 BMW 323is; black 2 door coupe. I found one like 7k with only 43k miles on it. I'm also looking at 00-04 cadillac sts.. maybe and explorer so I can get loud easy.

I just want some oppinions on my ideas so far, and what would you do if all you had was 6-8 grand to spend on a car?

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[anj46907 10+ year member]

go with a sSUV. can never go wrong with all the space

 

[slim8605 10+ year member]

I wouldn't do the BMW. Everything I've read says they are expensive to fix if something goes wrong.

 

[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

I was the same way with BMW myself, until I talked to actual owners at work. I work at a parts house so I here review on pretty much ever vehicle on the road. I had one owner of a 00 3 series come in and i was told him parts gotta be a pain in the azz. He told me "well if the only thing your replacing in 160k miles is a light bulb, then I don't mind"... thats what got me thinking about BMW. I'm also looking at the fact im in college and girls are plentiful... its gotta be an "attractive" car lol

 

[sxpimpin 10+ year member]

I was thinking about just finding an explorer with like 70k or less... Find some 20's for it and call it a day.

 

[WildSebring 10+ year member]

I work for Budget Rental Car, and lemme tell you, the STS' have shit for trunk space....not big enough for even a single 10", lol.

BMW's maintenance, what a joke....we get their service drive customers...and let me tell you, their repair bills are insane...for the littlest of things, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif.

Buy a nice Explorer, Blazer Xtreme, on the cheap, and stick some wheels on it...IMHO..

 

[slim8605 10+ year member]

If you're going for the girls, take the BMW. The explorer with rims would do it too but I'm just not that into SUVs. It would be good for audio though

 

[slim8605 10+ year member]

Blazer X > Explorer

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

You sound like a poor guy looking to buy an expensive mans car. I would hold off on the anally raping vehicles until you have graduated and can actually afford to fix them should something go wrong.

 

[Loud3 10+ year member]

Buy a yugo.

 

[aturcotte127317 10+ year member]

I work for Budget Rental Car, and lemme tell you, the STS' have shit for trunk space....not big enough for even a single 10", lol.
BMW's maintenance, what a joke....we get their service drive customers...and let me tell you, their repair bills are insane...for the littlest of things, //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif.

Buy a nice Explorer, Blazer Xtreme, on the cheap, and stick some wheels on it...IMHO..

x2...but if you want a luxuary foreign[sp] car, i would reccomend a VW becasue they are a little more americanized, and easyier to find people to work on, and find parts for. Otherwise a 2000ish audi A6 or A4 (I have an A6 and i love it! i dont know if they still do it, but in mine they located the battery under the back seat which makes it real easy to run stuff from ur battery to ur trunk (less than 4 feet of wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif )

 

[John3000 10+ year member]

I was the same way with BMW myself, until I talked to actual owners at work. I work at a parts house so I here review on pretty much ever vehicle on the road. I had one owner of a 00 3 series come in and i was told him parts gotta be a pain in the azz. He told me "well if the only thing your replacing in 160k miles is a light bulb, then I don't mind"... thats what got me thinking about BMW. I'm also looking at the fact im in college and girls are plentiful... its gotta be an "attractive" car lol

Worst reason to buy a car if your money isn't right IMHO.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'm bout to get a raise at work and I'm thinking a newer vehicle is in the cards now.
I can't decide what route I want to go; save 3-4k and buy something decent or put that toward a load for about 8k and get what I've been wanting.

What I really want is a 98-00 BMW 323is; black 2 door coupe. I found one like 7k with only 43k miles on it. I'm also looking at 00-04 cadillac sts.. maybe and explorer so I can get loud easy.

I just want some oppinions on my ideas so far, and what would you do if all you had was 6-8 grand to spend on a car?

I'd buy an MG Midget, but that's just me, I'm not looking to impress anyone. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Bubb Rubb 10+ year member]

If you're capable of doing the work yourself, or learning to do it yourself then its not going to be that expensive to maintain.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

'98 - '00 lexus gs300