BMW vs Lexus, my girl's perspective
#16
Maybe only very slightly over exaggerated. Up until a year ago I owned an 87 325e with 300k miles (bought with 225k miles on it) and never any major problems. Currently own a 92 525i and besides being slow, haven't had any major problems. I feel new BMW's are a far cry reliability wise than the older ones. Have a friend that's a long time BMW mechanic. He made a statement recently about the 745i. "It's a shame what happens to these cars at 100k miles because they really are nice riding cars." I'm glad Lexus is stepping up and producing more sporting cars.
#18
You should consider yourself lucky. I've had two BMW 5 series. The first was a lease so I never saw the maintenance. I liked it enough that I ended up purchasing a new one figuring to keep it a while. Once the warranty was up, it was one thing after another. The car was constantly in the shop for repairs. I ended up dumping it at 90,000 miles, when they said there was a transmission fault, and never looked back.
My second BMW was the '07 335i sedan. They replaced both turbos under warranty around 40k mi (would have been $8k). Fuel pump went out around 70k miles. And a bunch of sensors in between. When I sold it with 92k miles, the mechanic said there were oil leaks every where, turbos, valves, engine, etc... Good thing I had extended warranty so the dealer took care of everything. My guess is probably close to $4k without extended warranty. But man that was a fun car to own. Needless to say it's been a year with my 4GS F Sport and I do not miss the 335i one bit. With the 4GS I have 9/10 the handling and 3x the ride quality of the e90 335i. I love Lexus!
natnut -- it is such a perfect solution to a vexing problem at least to my neophyte mind. I passed on a Genesis R-spec because of the GDI and went with a 4.6 instead. It was hard to do but sure enough -- there's a long thread about GDI engine owners getting about a 1000 miles to a quart of oil.
At first I thought she would only write about luxury brands like Hermes, Cartier, Chanel, etc... on her blog. When she posted stuff like car brands (esp Lexus BMW) on her blog it became 10x better to me. Many BMW faithfuls are still ignorant of Lexus' new direction toward the new Ultimate Driving Machine so I don't mind her spreading the news.
So yeah I was thrilled when she asked me to do a photo shoot of the Lexus for her blog. And just because I like you guys here are a couple more:
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#19
She's very attractive and if she's nice too -- then you have a good partner. I'm curious -- the steering wheel says F-sport but the dash has the non F-sport gauges. Why?
#21
Pole Position
Suspect the views and replies to this thread will increase markedly after post #18.
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I suggested she writes more posts about cars especially Lexus. So maybe go to http://www.bloglovin.com and subscribe to her desgettier blog. That way she knows she has auto enthusiast readers following her blog.
Yes mine is a 4GS. I would love to have those F Sport gauges on my GS. I'm jealous of you 3IS guys. Those gauges look so damn sick!
Actually that was our first photo shoot ever. I've never taken pics of cars with a girl in it before. I remembered her telling me I need a couple shots of her in my car but with an actual SLR. I ran over to a friend's house and borrowed his Nikon. Then we just started shooting an hour before sunset. Glad you guys like the pics. I would love to take more pics, of the car of course
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