Dealers don’t stock those though, and the average M3 is definitely not $65k. But regardless, there are only two or three options for the M2, and there is still an entire off-lease Civic between them at similar spec.
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Alas, I am not. From Vermont, and the farthest south I’ve lived is South Carolina. It’s a small world though, and there are only a few of us David Roses around.
Here’s one spec’d out as most of the M3s I’ve been in are (and the way a dealer would have them). These are not extensive options, and it doesn’t even have the DCT. I don’t know anyone who has the 18" base wheels (and I didn’t even realize they could come without the technology additions, which have been in every M3…
VT-registered. Hmm. Anyone know if that’s an RPM car?
A heavy GT that is a very different animal than the 2 series. Plus, you won’t see an M3 drive off the lot for less than $75k (up to $90k+ for an enthusiast one), whereas the 2 series has very few options and will probably stay at $50-60k even in Gran Coupe form.
Lolwut. The Civic is more American part by part than most American vehicles. I think that standard is a little outdated due to globalization of production. It’s not like it’s a Fiat Abarth with Italian stripes, or a MINI with a German flag on the roof.
$12.5! My loss* your gain, folks!
2000 BMW 5 series...
Reasonable. And my Legacy daily was purchased in that style (albeit from a dealership owned by a fellow member of the local car community), so that’s fair. I rest my case.
I’m not saying be fraudulent (and every DMV I’ve been in in the last five years goes by book value, whether the car’s been pulled out of a barn or bought from a dealer). I’m just saying that buying a car that retails for $25k for $15k when it’s 3 years old is a much wiser decision.
Fair enough. It just saddens me to see so many people put themselves in debt to buy cars they can’t afford when they could get an equally reliable, capable, stylish, and functional 3- or 4-year old car for a fraction of the cost.
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Why was Steven Tyler there?
Of course they do, because they’re from New York. Move outside a city and that’s a hilarious error in reason.
Hat tip to David from OppositeTalk!
I’d say to go with the pre-modified route, but mainly because I tend to buy the same cars repeatedly (two BMW E39s, two E24s, three Mercedes W124s, two Subaru Legacies, etc.), and I’m sick and tired of doing the same basic “immediately after buying the car” stuff over and over. It just means the problem areas were…
Long Island’s still ugly on the whole, but having stayed for a while in Huntington with a friend of mine, there’s at least some openness in parts. Unfortunately, the water is still unsightly and polluted, and it’s not somewhere I’d want to walk around for any great length of time.
At least I don’t live in Jersey.
I’ve done a lot of work in the Woodcliff Lake area, and it’s a very great place and beautiful in many ways. But much like nice parts of Long Island (which are similarly attractive in their residential areas) it still has undertones of uncleanliness and poor infrastructure, and not somewhere I would describe as…