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Well, first, sorry about your tickets, but I have to ask: Were you doing 15-20mph over the limit or just driving AT 15-20mph? If it is the latter, the cop are just crazy. Hope you can fight them off. On the other part, glad to hear your Lude is doing well (and your BMW). It will definitely save off some miles on the lude if you commute some on the Bimmer. Since I am in Texas, so snow is not really an issue - I have either all season or summer tires on all year long. We might get some icy rain once per year and it worth the sarcrifice for that 1 day per year to drive slow like an old lady  So far this year, the weather has been really good and I am actually enjoying my Prelude. Now the gas is more than affordable, my tires are wearing out faster  After some negotiation, I finally talked my wife to get me a third car - something better than the Lude and I am in the process of closing a deal - I will save this for my next post when everything is all confirmed.
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Replying to: shmang (Jan 02, 2009 2:38 pm)  I can't wait for my day in court. 3rd car, nicer than the Prelude? hmmm. Now you've got me intrigued. It is good that you are keeping the Prelude! Give me a hint, coupe or sedan? 535i? G37 Coupe? 370Z? or did you go the used route? Maybe an E46 M3 or an E46 330i ZHP? |
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| will be a sedan (used). It is way nicer than the Prelude IMO. I will let you know next Monday if the deal went through as I expected. | |
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Saturday afternoon, I ended my long car shopping journey on a 2006 Infiniti M45 with journey and advanced technology package. The engine is so powerful and smooth (335hp and 340 lb-ft of torque). There are comparisons between M45 and BMW (535 and 550i) in 2006 and 2007, both time, the M45 comes on top (not by much over the 550, but totally blown away the 535, which cost almost the same), you may have read those articles before (If not, they are available on C&D's web site). 0-60 is about 5.5 sec. according to the spec. (and I believe it can do that or maybe even a bit faster since the one I got is fully broke in at 43K). It is a off-lease, one owner car and apparently it has been well taken care of. The car drives and shifts so smooth that it feels like the Ferrari clutchless shifting system - if I am not looking at the RPM, I barely realize it is shifting even during WOT acceleration. I have driven BMW, Porsche, Lexus and other Infiniti in the past, none of them can match the smoothness of the tranny in the M45. On the luxury side, it has all the normal stuff, like vented leather, sunroof, tilt steering wheel with telescoping, 2 set of driver position memory with exit function (move the seat back and the steering wheels up when exit and position them back after entry), etc.... This car has a lot new technologies, such as: voice activated GPS navigation system, XM radio, home link system, intelligence cruise control, DVD player, blue tooth technology, lane departure warning, intelligent key with push start (which is really cool, IMO), voice command recognition, climate controlled seat (yes, not only heated, but cooling as well) as well as backup monitor and guidance system. For now, I am 100% satisfied with my baby - my 6 years old son call it our new found treasure and offered to help me washing it although it is clean and shinny now. At the same time, I am still like my Prelude, it is a car of different kind and I still enjoy the interaction of manual shifting. So, I will keep both car and drive them alternatively for the next couple of years.
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Replying to: shmang (Jan 05, 2009 11:15 am) My 97 prelude has been falling apart for the past couple of years and I have been sinking money in rapidly. So even though it still drives great, I had to trade it in.. So finally I got a 2006 BMW 330xi ..loaded..Love it so far. Too much tech compared by my poor old lude..So im still learning all the gizmos. The 6 gear shift is different and less comfortable than the prelude, but I had drive the prelude for 11 years, so I guess I need to break into this format.. oh yeah, .9% financing from BMW for 5 years and two free payments didnt hurt either..
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Replying to: hemanthh (Jan 05, 2009 11:24 am) The G35 is not nearly as good - I drove it before and moved on without even looking back. The M35 is supposed to be the bigger brother of G35 and the M45 is the more powerful and more luxury version of the M35. So, we are talking about a huge difference here. It is basically like compare the BMW 328i with BMW 550i (Not saying the 328 is bad, but when compare with the 550, the choice is obvious). |
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Replying to: hemanthh (Jan 05, 2009 11:24 am) |
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An M45? Sweet car! I can't fault you for buying a V8 powered car. I'll bet you reliability will be on par with your Prelude's. Best of luck to you with your new Infiniti. I'm really happy for you. My best friend drives an FX35 & his wife drives a QX56 and they absolutely LOVE the cars. One of my parents' friends who can pretty much afford any car he wants drives an '03 (older body style) M45 that he raves about. What color is the car? Did you buy it CPO from an Infiniti Dealer? Do you mind me asking what the asking price was and what you paid for it? hemanthh: Sorry to hear about your sour experiences with your Prelude. How many miles are on it? What has gone so wrong that you have been "sinking money into it?" My '01 Prelude Type SH has just over 106,000 miles on it. I think the only things I've had to do (other than scheduled maintenance) are the clutch (a major expense because of the ATTS on my Type SH) and a door lock actuator. I'm not only continually amazed by my Prelude's reliability, but also how well it is screwed together. I bought my car new as a leftover at the end of April '02. I plan to keep it as my daily driver until at least 2012. Congrats on your new (CPO) E90 330xi. The N52 Motor is awesome (it powers my wife's '07 X3. Good torque (especially compared to the Prelude) and very flexible. It hauls on the highway. Very cool you got an Xi with a stick. Where do you live that you went with the Xi (AWD)? What color is your BMW? How many miles are on it? I too am curious about the deal you got. It is very interesting to see what my fellow Prelude drivers get into post prelude.
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Replying to: nyccarguy (Jan 05, 2009 7:57 pm) Mine is Umbria Grey (It is kind between grey and brown). WIth the chrome finish, it looks good - The black actually looks better. But, since I do not want to wash it on a daily basis (Dirt show up really easy on black cars and had my share of white with the Prelude - I will keep it for a while as well), I went with something neutral. The interior is in wheat leather with Rosewood. I did not get the sports package for 2 reasons: 1. The ride will be too harsh and the performance gain is minimum (The 19' wheels are nice though). 2. The rear wheel steering had me concerns about its reliability and maintenance - kind remind me the 4WS of 3rd gen. Prelude. The asking price was $26,995 and I got it for $23,500 plus TTL, take into consideration that I need to replace the tires, the overall cost would be around $25,000 (TTL included) - which is about $1500 more than what I paid for the Prelude 10 years ago. I hope I did OK. I was hooked and I guess I will pay another grand more to get the car at the time if the sales insisted. For hemanthh: His Lude only has 85K (although it is a '97). If I remember correctly, he spent around 2 grand on it already and there are some body works need to be done. He recently had a power steering line leak and got it replaced for $550 - at least that is what the dealer quoted him at the time. But, I am curious about his deal details on the BMW.... |
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He got a really nice deal on his BMW. He posted it on another forum in here. He got close to $6K off the asking price. Best of luck to you with the M45. That car brand new today is over $60K!
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