Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

handy with a new page there... :)

That's certainly one of the plans to help pay for it.

No your a cunt

You're

If you're being positive, I suppose the smaller BMWs are less offensive.

What was that?

Something went way over my head.

Paging @NurseHolliday found a mx5 eunos you might be interested in.

I don't understand BMW. It's a 4 series with 4 doors?? Is this a GC? How is it any different to a 3 series??

Old forum stuff... You're was always spelled your on purpose. Doesn't really matter

send me a link?

It is a GC.

It's lower, wider, longer and has a sportier roofline than the 3 series. It's also a hatchback (powered trunk) which is much better for lugging things around. All reviews have the 4GC as better to drive, more planted and nicer looking (my opinion too).

4GC on top:

Hatchback:

The wife wanted rear doors and I didn't want a 3 series. Simple.

nicer looking (my opinion too)

That's where we can agree to disagree

Fair enough... Don't understand but fair enough. :)

Pictures of that Thule bike carrier for anyone that's interested...

It's up on eBay for £350 but £300 to forum people.

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Sorry mate. That's one helluva a car, and looking at those pics ^ def the right choice

(I need to make more moneys...)

:).

You can't please everyone but I'm delighted. Best car I've owned so far...

Don't get the appeal at all. What are these, £40k or am I way out? What else was on your shortlist?

Brand new, this particular model is more like £45k. With 5,800 miles on, it was £28k for me.

With a significant cash deposit and 2.9% apr pcp over three years, it makes it super cheap for me.

Nothing else was on my shortlist. I got exactly what my wife and I wanted.

Does anyone have a 16mm deep socket and wrench I can borrow to change the sparkplugs on my car this week/weekend? I've left my tools at the rents and my car is dead...

Happy to collect and redeliver, otherwise I'm based in Central and i'll buy you a beer!

Got them in Dalston or can bring in tomorrow and meet up after work.

PM me if req'd

This. Current BMW lineup makes almost no sense until you see them lined up with a spot the difference type check list next to them.

Remember "telling" a dealer down the phone he was wrong once, and maybe he shouldn't be in the business of cars if he didn't know difference between a hatch and a saloon.
Turned out I was wrong, Mk2 mazda 6 come in saloon and hatch, he had a hatch for sale that I was convinced was saloon only and therfore useless to me.

This. Current BMW lineup makes almost no sense until you see them lined up with a spot the difference type check list next to them.

I actually think the lineup is pretty easy to understand - granted my sole client is a direct competitor to BMW so i have to understand it but still...

Aside from the 1 series 3 door, 4 gran coupe & 6 gran coupe, it's odd numbers have 5 doors and even numbers are the coupe (2 door) version.

In the premium sector, the growth has been 'outwards' (as in, into new segments) for some time now. There's saturation in the mid market / luxury saloon categories which are the traditional strong points of the German 3 (especially now Lexus, Jag, Infiniti etc are gaining ground) and so the only way to increase brand sales is to create new segments or push into ones that already have low competition. This will continue until those markets are saturated too. Especially if these manufacturers can create additional models by platform sharing existing ones (1 & 2 series, 3 & 4 series, etc etc) as the cost of tweaking the body / specs is much cheaper than missing out on a new segment.

Truly 'groundbreaking' models like the Evoque (4x4 coupe) create a goldrush so each brand can offer a competitor (x4 / x6 in BMWs case).

The next one (started by Bently) is the uber lux 4x4. The Q8, X7 etc are all in the pipeline as a competitor.

As long as there's a car for you, i don't see why they need to make sense to you. Buy the one that suits your lifestyle and get on with it.

Aside from the 1 series 3 door, 2 series GT/AT and future X2, 4 gran coupe & 6 gran coupe, it's odd numbers have 4 or 5 doors and even numbers are the coupe (2 door) version.

FTFY

You missed the 2 Series AT as well.

God awful looking thing, so I can't blame you.