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Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i

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Old 01-05-11, 06:51 AM
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Nice pick up, I've enjoyed my time behind the wheel of it.
Old 01-05-11, 08:20 AM
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Wow...that house is gorgeous!










Congrats on the car too! Good luck!
Old 01-05-11, 10:27 AM
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I have a feeling a lot of us are going to end up in the F10 5 series.
Old 01-05-11, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by batman75
I have a feeling a lot of us are going to end up in the F10 5 series.
No way, I will never buy a German car (for myself). Have you seen the JD Powers ratings on them? MB is ranked 22, BMW 23, and Audi is 27. They look nice for sure, but the maintenance is way too high.
Old 01-05-11, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by batman75
I have a feeling a lot of us are going to end up in the F10 5 series.
me myself, i am looking at f10 m5

Originally Posted by KevGS460ML
No way, I will never buy a German car (for myself). Have you seen the JD Powers ratings on them? MB is ranked 22, BMW 23, and Audi is 27. They look nice for sure, but the maintenance is way too high.
true. but i have to say, a lot of luxury car owners, they change cars every 3-4 yrs.
Old 01-05-11, 11:46 AM
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Thank you all for the nice comments on my car and of course my house.

I will be posting some pictures of the new 5 soon. As for the maintenance cost, its free for 50k and can be extended to 100 thousand miles for 2,100 dollars and it will definitely save alot of money. I have had no major issues on any of my German cars in the past 6 years as they have really made stride in reliability in comparison to our Lexus so we cannot distinguish reliability anymore but we can distinguish base on handling and comfort which has made some of the german cars desirable again.
Old 01-05-11, 12:05 PM
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Some new photos of the 535i xdrive!
Attached Thumbnails Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0253.jpg   Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0254small.jpg   Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0256small.jpg   Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0257sma.jpg   Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0260smal.jpg  

Old 01-05-11, 12:07 PM
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Garage photos. Sorry the other 3 cars are not inside right now. Maybe I will take a photo with all 4 cars inside the garage soon.
Attached Thumbnails Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0261sm.jpg   Goodbye. Sold my 2006 Lexus GS300 and got a 2011 BMW 535i-20110105_0265s.jpg  
Old 01-05-11, 12:10 PM
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ohh nice,,guess many members switchin over to bmw lately,,,i will wait until first year bugs have been remove after first year model,,
Old 01-05-11, 12:14 PM
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Beautiful car! Congrats!
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I think I want one, but I just dont want the problems that follow BMW's but its a nice car, love the interor choice very different!
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sweet ride, congrats again!

and the house, damn
Old 01-05-11, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rexus300
Some new photos of the 535i xdrive!
that's beautiful. i love the interior!
my friend is doing the opposite. moving from BMW to lexus GS
Old 01-05-11, 03:41 PM
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Wow... soo many 3GS owners are leaving and getting the new BMW 5-Series. Should have gotten an LS460 instead.
Old 01-05-11, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
Wow... soo many 3GS owners are leaving and getting the new BMW 5-Series. Should have gotten an LS460 instead.
totally different car


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