BMW 328i?

[cookinwithgas]

My friend has a 328i convertible and its a shop queen.

Just get yourself a VW GTi brand new and enjoy the German handling and power with a full warranty.

If you have to have a sedan the Jetta GLI has the German rear suspension and it's pretty plush for the money.

Never, ever buy a BMW without a full warranty.

[Mother Grabber]

One of the guys in my carpool has a 2004-5ish 5 series. Guess who never drives because his car is always in the shop? So, I guess there's that. You can pull a fast one over on your carpool...

I have a Subaru WRX with the boxer engine. 115K, never done anything but oil and tires. Love that freakin thing.

[Jbro]

I had a 2002 m5 , never had problems andlovedit. Traded it in in 2006.

I knew a mechanic at the dealership I traded it in at. He told me it pretty much blew up 2 weeks later when a sales manager was taking it to lunch.

[ladypanther]

Consumer reports online account worth getting.

[pawsandclaws]

My son bought a used 325i (09). Had it 2 weeks and the battery went out which is OK....I figured about time. It was $300 not installed. I asked why he bought 3 batteries. His had that tailgate package with like 2 huge power inverters in trunk.

[Claws]

For every horror story on here 20 more are happy. Just buy what u want. I love BMW.

[RedMage138]

Never saw the point of the 328. If you want the performance got up to the 335, if not, just buy a 1 series. The backseat in the 328 is comically small.

[Gin and Juice]

BMW=Bring Money Withya

[Razzy]

I bought my first truck 3 years ago and now I'll never go back to cars.

[TNPanther]

My friend has an 09 328i - got it as a Christmas gift. Doesn't get good gas mileage, and is costing him a fortune to maintain. Drives like a beauty though. As many have pointed out... the backseat is a complete and utter joke. Has maybe enough room for a lapdog.

If you're willing to sacrifice practicality and $$ for performance, go for it. If you have any sort of budget, however, I'd say avoid Bimmers and German cars in general. You could get a brand new high-performance American car for the same price as a 4 year-old Bimmer.

[RedMage138]

My friend has an 09 328i - got it as a Christmas gift. Doesn't get good gas mileage, and is costing him a fortune to maintain. Drives like a beauty though. As many have pointed out... the backseat is a complete and utter joke. Has maybe enough room for a lapdog.

If you're willing to sacrifice practicality and $$ for performance, go for it. If you have any sort of budget, however, I'd say avoid Bimmers and German cars in general. You could get a brand new high-performance American car for the same price as a 4 year-old Bimmer.

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[Kitten Diver]

You could get a brand new high-performance American car for the same price as a 4 year-old Bimmer.

No. I agreed with you until you went out in left field.

Europeans got the performance down, but they aren't practical at all. Buy it if you have the money to burn. I had a Euro sports car as well, but sold it before the warranty ran out. I now have an Accord. It is in no way a performance car, but it is much cheaper to maintain.

If youre a youngin that wants to try to nouveau riche it up for a while go ahead. Its the American way! You'll soon get tired of the expensive gas, tires, parts, etc though.

[CRA]

my wife has one....it lives at the repair shop.

lucky for us it is her company car.

[cookinwithgas]

My GTI is completely practical - I can fit my family in it and a decent amount of groceries. It goes pretty darn fast and handles amazingly well stock, but if I work at it I can get 34MPG coming home from the office.

Jetta or a 4 door GTI would make it even more "practical" but the kids wanted the 2 door for some reason.

I sell or trade them in below 100,000 miles, although my daughter has a 2000 Jetta with 150,000 miles that's actually ran really well for her all things considered (she's had it for 4 years).