Far too many posts on here are people hating on others choice of car. Guess what, not everyone wants a racecar with a gazillion horsepower that is not even useful on most roads except the autobahn. Here are some of the regulars

  • People just buy so and so BMW for the badge. That’s okay. People buy Rolex, Patek, LV for the logo too. Sometimes people just want to feel like they’ve achieved something they aspired to. No need to shit on them

  • BMW X1 is just a mini…yeah And? Minis are great cars too and X1 is actually one of the best in its class especially with regards to space and that is reason enough to buy it, badge aside

  • I don’t get why people buy the X2/X4/X6( insert even numbered car here), they are slow, large, less space etc. Again different reasons for people to buy a car. Some of these are actually pretty cars. And some people like pretty looking things.

Also if whatever car is not your thing, just jog on. No need to comment. Literally scroll past!

Argh!

  • mpst-io@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have just ordered BMW 3. Just, I liked it the best of all cars on test drive (BMW 320i, 330i, MB Class A 200, Audi A4, Pegout 408, Skoda Superb, Toyota Camry, Lexus ES). I took 320i, far from the “performence” car.

    • vdawg01@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Genuine question. What did 320i have that 330i didn’t if you had the option?

      • mpst-io@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        320i was cheaper and I live in Poland, so it is an important factor. I do not really care that much about power, my current car is Opel Astra J with 1.6 114 PS, earlier Opel Vectra B 1.6 16V 104 PS. I had to make a decision between 20k PLN for more powerful engine or getting some packages I cared about (like adaptive cruise control) so I went this path.

        Also I tested both, because my local dealer had 330i, but I though that it is better to test a car with an engine I will buy, so I traveled to Warsaw were I can find a lot of BMW dealers and I did a test drive with 320i.

        I believe that 318i is just too little power, 320i is what I wanted and 330i would be great. These are the same engines (B48?), just with different turbo.

        For my driving style and my use case I do not see the reason to put more money into the car, maybe in future when I will get some rise or promotion.