BMW: European Delivery

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• cdnpinhead (Mar 14, 2008 5:09 pm)
  • circlew (Mar 17, 2008 9:39 am)
• shipo (Mar 14, 2008 6:30 pm)
  • circlew (Mar 17, 2008 9:43 am)

Replying to: nyccarguy (Mar 14, 2008 3:43 pm)

Calm down -- .
 
Turns out it's for his wife.

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• circlew (Mar 17, 2008 9:39 am)

Replying to: nyccarguy (Mar 14, 2008 3:43 pm)

Yeah, like our buddie from Arizona said, it's for Mrs. Shipo. Last weekend she managed to back her current car off of a neighbor's driveway into some deep layered winter accumulaton of slush on top of icy snow on top of mud, and the car sank in up to its belly pan. In spite of the fact that the flatbed/winch vehicle that pulled her out needed to really strain to get it moving, she somehow believes that AWD would have saved her from that fate.
 
Given that I tried to play objective "car salesman", I only offered my opinion on the matter once and then let it go; after all, she's paying for it. Of course the bit I'll be paying for regardless of which drive orientation she gets, will be a set of winter skins and some new wheels.
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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• circlew (Mar 17, 2008 9:43 am)

for 7 years and over 135,000 miles my Mom drove a 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300E with RWD (no traction or stability control) and snow tires (during the winter). During the '90's we had some pretty nasty winters here in the suburbs of NYC (part of which fueled the SUV craze).
 
My parents sold the 300E and leased one of the first 1998 CLK 320s (RWD) for four years. The winters got milder towards the end of the '90's and my MOm got by driving the CLK with the regular all season shoes that it came with.
 
When the lease was up on her CLK, she got it stuck in her head that she HAD to have AWD in her next car. Mind you it snows maybe 5 times a year here now. In 2002 AUDI was the only AWD game in town as the E46 Xi had come out and were too small (for her) and too expensive to lease. She ended up with an '02 A6 3.0 which she HATED! One day it was snowing pretty bad and I asked her how the car drove in the snow. She told me she doesn't feel comfortable with the way the car drives and was afraid to drive in the bad weather
 
Then when the lease was up on her AUDI we walked into our local BMW dealership (this is 2004 now). After my Dad's great experience with his '04 X5, she wants a BMW, but it has to be AWD. Well, she drives an E46 330xi and doesn't like it. We walk past an E60 530i on display in the showroom and she falls for it. Drives it. HAs to have it. She loves it for 3 years.
 
The lease comes up on her beloved 530iA (RWD) and she has to have AWD. She drives the 528xi and doesn't like the way it drives. She said it felt really heavy and rode rough (due to the added weight of the AWD system and the Run Flat Tires I giess). She ends up driving a 328xi and liking it a lot. 3 months later, she tells me she misses her 530i
 
You can't win all the time shipo

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• dhanley (Mar 17, 2008 1:57 pm)
  • jeqq (Mar 18, 2008 2:32 pm)

Replying to: cdnpinhead (Mar 14, 2008 5:09 pm)

Replying to: shipo (Mar 14, 2008 6:30 pm)

Don't feel bad, you couldn't sell it to me either.
 
The great thing is you will have really objective feedback when you get your RWD/FWD replacement as to the whole "AWD is a waste" issue.
 
Regards,
OW

Replying to: nyccarguy (Mar 14, 2008 7:16 pm)

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• jeqq (Mar 18, 2008 2:32 pm)

Replying to: dhanley (Mar 17, 2008 1:57 pm)

Liked Mom's auto saga
 
BTW, I had a '01 A6 2.7 turbo and it handled amazingly in bad weather. Test drove the 528xi and 535xi and felt they both drove real nice. Sorry to disagree with Mom

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