What Car Do You Drive? (24 Viewers)
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yes 4 years 60K, so ideally you want to get a year 2 year old ride max, and just invest in extended warranty if you want to keep it. with beemers i am talking fun loaners, whether it's bmw or other rides, anytime i would want to go on a road trip id drop off my car for oil change, then i'll just pick up lincolns caddies you name it 
trust me bmw is the way to go
trust me bmw is the way to go
I see you are planning from afar
For what's worth, not counting the luxury market (say 40+K) range, I'd never recommend anything that didn't come out of Japan (Honda, Nissan, Toyota and my personal favorite, Subaru). This price-range obviously excludes most German brands besides VW, of which you know my opinion. I have never driven a Korean car (KIA, Hyundai) so can't say much on those but over the past several years the level of quality/craftsmanship involved there seems to have improved quite a bit and they should be something to consider too, I think.
As for US cars, unless we are talking something exotic or vintage like a Corvette or Mustang, which I assume we aren't here, I can't recommend any either. I've driven quite a few - from a 2013 Malibu thru a 2013 Fusion all the way up to a 2014 Caddy XTS - and am sorry to say none of those were to my complete satisfaction with the main culprit being the gearbox and lack of adequate response and flexibility in the car in city-driving conditions, where generally you can't afford to floor it in order to get it going and are constantly changing gears up and down. Driving on the highway, where you could really step on it and stay mostly in one gear, was a different story and most were a pleasure to drive, especially the Caddy. Great designs, inside and out, some pretty good engines too but it's that damn box thingy that they don't seem to have figured out yet. In that regard, US manufacturers just don't measure up to their Japanese or German competitors yet, as far as I am concerned.
Whichever way you go, just make sure you test-drive the hell out of the thing before you commit to purchasing.
For what's worth, not counting the luxury market (say 40+K) range, I'd never recommend anything that didn't come out of Japan (Honda, Nissan, Toyota and my personal favorite, Subaru). This price-range obviously excludes most German brands besides VW, of which you know my opinion. I have never driven a Korean car (KIA, Hyundai) so can't say much on those but over the past several years the level of quality/craftsmanship involved there seems to have improved quite a bit and they should be something to consider too, I think.
As for US cars, unless we are talking something exotic or vintage like a Corvette or Mustang, which I assume we aren't here, I can't recommend any either. I've driven quite a few - from a 2013 Malibu thru a 2013 Fusion all the way up to a 2014 Caddy XTS - and am sorry to say none of those were to my complete satisfaction with the main culprit being the gearbox and lack of adequate response and flexibility in the car in city-driving conditions, where generally you can't afford to floor it in order to get it going and are constantly changing gears up and down. Driving on the highway, where you could really step on it and stay mostly in one gear, was a different story and most were a pleasure to drive, especially the Caddy. Great designs, inside and out, some pretty good engines too but it's that damn box thingy that they don't seem to have figured out yet. In that regard, US manufacturers just don't measure up to their Japanese or German competitors yet, as far as I am concerned.
Whichever way you go, just make sure you test-drive the hell out of the thing before you commit to purchasing.
I see you are planning from afar
For what's worth, not counting the luxury market (say 40+K) range, I'd never recommend anything that didn't come out of Japan (Honda, Nissan, Toyota and my personal favorite, Subaru). This price-range obviously excludes most German brands besides VW, of which you know my opinion. I have never driven a Korean car (KIA, Hyundai) so can't say much on those but over the past several years the level of quality/craftsmanship involved there has improved quite and they should be something to consider too, I think.
As for US cars, unless we are talking something exotic or vintage like a Corvette or Mustang, which I assume we aren't here, I can't recommend any either. I've driven quite a few - from a 2013 Malibu thru a 2013 Fusion all the way up to a 2014 Caddy XTS - and am sorry to say none of those were to my complete satisfaction with the main culprit being the gearbox and lack of adequate response in the car in city-driving conditions, where generally you can't afford to floor it in order to get it going. Driving on the highway, where you could really step on it, is a different story and most were a pleasure to drive, especially the Caddy. Great designs, inside and out, some pretty good engines too but it's that damn box thingy that they don't seem to have figured out yet. In that regard, US manufacturers just don't measure up to their Japanese or German competitors yet, as far as I am concerned.
Whichever way you go, just make sure you test-drive the hell out of the thing before you commit to purchasing.
For what's worth, not counting the luxury market (say 40+K) range, I'd never recommend anything that didn't come out of Japan (Honda, Nissan, Toyota and my personal favorite, Subaru). This price-range obviously excludes most German brands besides VW, of which you know my opinion. I have never driven a Korean car (KIA, Hyundai) so can't say much on those but over the past several years the level of quality/craftsmanship involved there has improved quite and they should be something to consider too, I think.
As for US cars, unless we are talking something exotic or vintage like a Corvette or Mustang, which I assume we aren't here, I can't recommend any either. I've driven quite a few - from a 2013 Malibu thru a 2013 Fusion all the way up to a 2014 Caddy XTS - and am sorry to say none of those were to my complete satisfaction with the main culprit being the gearbox and lack of adequate response in the car in city-driving conditions, where generally you can't afford to floor it in order to get it going. Driving on the highway, where you could really step on it, is a different story and most were a pleasure to drive, especially the Caddy. Great designs, inside and out, some pretty good engines too but it's that damn box thingy that they don't seem to have figured out yet. In that regard, US manufacturers just don't measure up to their Japanese or German competitors yet, as far as I am concerned.
Whichever way you go, just make sure you test-drive the hell out of the thing before you commit to purchasing.