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Sedans BMW 5-Series BMW 528xi vs. Audi A6 Q vs. Lexus GS 350 AWD
20 messages, Last post on Dec 12, 2008 at 2:51 PM
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My A4 lease is to end soon. Thinking about these three choices of buying or leasing. Any thoughts and experiences about likes, or dislikes in these areas: Handling Comfort Luxury Safety Service issues Dealer experience. Thanks in advance. |
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Replying to: caoyijian (Jun 04, 2007 4:52 am)
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Replying to: uglybear (Jun 06, 2007 9:45 pm) |
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Replying to: caoyijian (Jun 04, 2007 4:52 am) 2. Comfort wise, I will probably say all three are the same. 3. I think the GS350 is power luxurious. 4. I will consider the BMW to be the safest, followed by the Audi. 5. Although Lexus prides itself with the reliability thing, factoring the free maintenance from BMW, I will go with the BMW. 6. I can't speak for Audi or Lexus, but my BMW dealer is very good. Now if you factor in cost into the equation, I will definitely look at the GS350, besides it has the most potent engine of the three. |
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Replying to: caoyijian (Jun 04, 2007 4:52 am) m-
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Replying to: macdad (Jun 22, 2007 1:31 pm) |
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You know..., I've been hearing where various BMWs have performed less than satisfactorily on many IIHS crashes for at least a decade, and yet, insurance company actuarial data suggests that BMWs are just about the safest cars one can drive these days. Geez, my brand new 2002 530i with an MSRP of nearly $49,000 was as inexpensive to insure as our (then) four year old Dodge Grand Caravan. I asked my agent why it was so inexpensive to insure and she said, "They're hard to steal and they're safe to be in when in an accident." So, why the disconnect? The best explanation that I've heard is that BMW engineers engineer their cars to be safe in many, many scenarios, IIHS tests be damned. Sometimes the IIHS tests coincide with their analysis of what is safe, and the car gets a good score on that test, some times the tests don't. I liken this situation in a weird way to the whole Hybrid debacle, Hybrids it seems were developed to exploit the flawed EPA mileage testing, and as such these cars were released to the market with obscenely exaggerated mileage numbers, numbers that the cars cannot hope to achieve in real world driving. Meanwhile, cars like the BMWs that I have driven have had absolutely no problem exceeding their EPA ratings, even at extra legal speeds. Long story short, I'll gladly take my chances in a BMW, even in a side impact collision. Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: shipo (Aug 20, 2007 8:50 am) When I bought my GS, I was contemplating BMW 5/3 as well. However, insurance quotes were 15-20% more for the Bimmers.
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Replying to: 2001gs430 (Aug 20, 2007 3:39 pm) Really, if I like the Lexus GS cause it's safe, reliable and rather fun to drive; which is the most important to me but it cost $400 a year more to insure than an Audi, so I went with an Audi? I just hope my wife would pinch real hard for thinking like that. Even if 20% translate to more that $800 a year, where is the threshold of pain? You are spending money on $50K or more already.
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