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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ender again.

i owe you one. ^^^

seriously. some people here are drooling over a Mugen Si. others are saying forget that, just spend a couple grand more and get a TL-S. yeah 38k for a front drive car screams value. no, what it screams is, "i wanted to buy a 335i, but i cared more about the things like free leather and navi, and will never drive this car properly to notice its FWD, and hey the HP is pretty close right? so its the same performance that means."

all over alot of car mags, especially in europe there is so much praise for the "Value" of the JCW Cooper S GP. thats 220hp, FWD and $32,000.

the 135i would be a steal.

aki is acusing BMW of going the way of being too much luxury. yet when BMWs are compared to the competition, they are THE MOST performance oriented company of the lot. they are practically the only company who hasnt switched to V6's instead of straight 6's because a V6 will provide more cabin space because an Inline 6 requires no dynamic balancing. they make Zero FWD vehicles sans the ones badged MINI. they are the only ones who offer stick shifts on the size luxury cars, 5 series. and previously did on the 7 series as well in europe back when they still offered them in I6 engines. (NA hasnt seen an I6 7er in a LONG time)

BMW is one of the only companies who never comprimises the drive, things like steering response, driver feedback for things like price and more cabin space. even Audi has gone the way of FWD and things like shoving the engine to the front to give most space inside. even the 7 series has a 50/50 weight balance. most other companies, if its not a sport oriented vehicle they let things like that go to hell.

and its funny... when the G35/G37 TL-S/ IS350 comparisons come up... BMW is accused of not including enough luxury features standard that the other companies do...haha and now look at aki.


edit:
if you look at same car stunts on the making of section of some movies...whenever a large luxury car is i remember in i think the transporter, they say how much a BMW is prefered... in cars the size of the 5 and 7 series, BMW are the only ones who make such a big car with a refined enough suspension and balance to actually handle properly with a couple hundred pounds of camera equipment hanging like 5 feet off to the side of the car stock. when they use other cars, the suspension is heavily modified and specified to counter the weight and position the camera will be.