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Re: Anyone??? [davidd3]
by davidd3
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Aug 08, 2005 (6:40 am)
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Replying to: davidd3 (Aug 08, 2005 6:35 am)
Oh, yeah. I missed one point. I share your reliability concern. I had no trouble whatsoever with my first year G35. But that's par for the course with most Japanese cars. I'm hoping for the best with the first year 3. This will be my first German car.
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- #4707 of 10315
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Re: Anyone??? [davidd3]
by timny
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Aug 08, 2005 (7:48 am)
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Replying to: davidd3 (Aug 08, 2005 6:35 am)
By all accounts, you will have to get a set of winter tires, if your 3 has the sport package. I've been advised to check Tire Rack (www.tiretrack.com). You see their ads in R&T, C&D, etc all the time. Their web-site has a novel feature whereby you can view your selected wheels on the car itself (ironically, the model car they show for the 2006 330 is in my selected color!). I had great expereince with Michelin Pilots (HX MXM 225 45R17s) on a FWD 6-speed -- handle suprisingly well in all conditions, and they have LASTED! 40% tread on 49,000 miles! But I think I will get true winter tires in this case -- one dealership recommended Dunlop Winter Sport M3 on 17"s. (Remember: the new 330 comes with no spare -- and no room for a spare -- so winter run-flats may be necessary, and the M3s are just that).
Oh ... and heated seats and SIRIUS were also wife-requirements for me (my wife's os, of all things, a Howard Stern fan ... one reason she wanted BMW over Acura was the latter only offered XM Sat.radio, not SIRIUS!).
The G35 is a great car. My friend got his in August of '03 -- fully loaded -- for $31K, including taxes and fees since a family friend owns an Infiniti dealership. I would have been able to leverage the same sort of deal but my wife thought having the same cars as our friends was silly. The things we do for our wives! hahaha!
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- #4708 of 10315
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Re: Anyone??? [davidd3]
by timny
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Aug 08, 2005 (7:53 am)
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Replying to: davidd3 (Aug 08, 2005 6:40 am)
Fingers crossed. Infiniti, Acura and Lexus are fast closing in on the Germans in the sports sedan market -- if they don't improve reliability, they are going to have real issues in the years ahead. With that in mind, let's trust BMW engineers did their homework before sending out this new model.
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Re: Anyone??? [timny]
by davidd3
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Aug 08, 2005 (8:15 am)
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Replying to: timny (Aug 08, 2005 7:48 am)
I didn't get the Sport Package, so my car is coming with all-season 17s. I could possibly have a go at winter with them (especially this coming winter when the tires won't have many miles on them), but I suspect that it will prove to be difficult, as has been the case with my G35. So I'm inclined to get a set of snows for my 3. I'm familiar with Tire Rack. I bought tires from them before. My preliminary research also suggests that the Dunlap Winter Sport M3 would be a good choice for the new 3. And yes, we are as a practical matter limited to run-flat snows. There doesn't seem to be much to choose from right now, but we may have more choice in the fall. I'm hoping that by getting snows I can avoid having to replace my all-seasons due to wear. Whatever miles I put on the snows will be less miles on the all-seasons. So maybe the snows won't really cost me anything, except whatever the charge is to change the tires twice per year. Do you use snows for 4 months in NY, Dec - Mar?
Go figure, my wife is also a Howard Stern fan.
G35s are now selling for about invoice, and the money factor is way less than that applicable to the new 3.
Are you aware that the transportation bill, which Prez Bush is scheduled to sign into law on Wednesday, contains a provision which makes it such that lessors of autos can no longer be held vicariously liable for damages caused by the people who lease cars from them in NY? Therefore, it should soon be the case that us NYers will be charged the regular acquistion fee ($625) rather than the jacked up acquisition fee ($900). I raised this issue with my salesperson. He said that I will be charged the reduced fee if the fee is reduced prior to my delivery date. You might want to flag this issue for your salesperson, if you are leasing.
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Re: 2006 330i Purchase Info [timny]
by cmd130
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Aug 08, 2005 (9:22 am)
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Replying to: timny (Aug 08, 2005 5:37 am)
Thank you for your response, it is much appreciated. I'm going to work them down to $45,500, that's a price that will make me feel good. They'll still be making over an 8% profit.
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Re: Anyone??? [davidd3]
by adp3
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Aug 08, 2005 (1:38 pm)
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Replying to: davidd3 (Aug 08, 2005 8:15 am)
check the Nokian website - I believe it is a much better tire than the Dunlop- they ahve an all-season with the mountain/snowflake symbol - the only tire like that, I think. I have them on my Volvo xc90, but I'd guess they make one that fits your bmw.
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Is this a Good deal?
by meangene3
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Aug 08, 2005 (4:53 pm)
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2006 330i
selling price+37900 with prem pkg and heated seats
leasing the car for 574 including CT taxes
1200 down inclusive of 1st month payment.
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Sport Package
by meangene3
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Aug 08, 2005 (4:55 pm)
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just ordered my 330i, w/o sport package. I thought the low pro's would be a huge hassle in the NE winter. am I really sacrificing alot by not getting this car equiped with this option?
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