"Sport Luxury Sedan" shopping experience

ptack · 05-04-2016, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by M235iguy

xdrive is coming to some of the M cars.

they'll be equipped with run crap tires too

Efthreeoh · 05-05-2016, 06:59 AM

OP, a few comments...

The correct term for a BMW car is "Bimmer". "Beemer" is a BMW motorcycle.
I sounds like to me you went into this whole search unbiased, which is a good thing. If you're still in your truck after 2 years of test driving sport sedans, I'd say just stick with trucks or SUVs. If test most all of the "C" class sports sedans on the market didn't lure you into the segment, then maybe a sport sedan is not your cup of tea.

Good luck with the search.

bzzzp · 05-09-2016, 09:30 PM

I checked out the Q50S, Lexus IS 350, Audi S4 and ended up with the 335xi M Performance edition. If it wasn't for the fantastic sales rep and experience that we had shopping at our BMW dealership, I think we would have went with the Infinity. The person helping me work through my purchase won me over as much as the car itself. I have to say, in this regard, BMW and Audi had a markedly better customer experience than the other brands I shopped.

Never_Enough · 05-10-2016, 10:22 AM

You really need to go drive some sports cars. Then you'll know what real power is & how great it is when you find a driver's car.

Alfisti · 05-10-2016, 10:35 AM

All this talk of drivers cars, i dunno, most roads in North America are arrow straight and pot hole riddled.

lowbudgethero · 05-10-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfisti

All this talk of drivers cars, i dunno, most roads in North America are arrow straight and pot hole riddled.

hey some of our roads in the northeast have turns with potholes too

malrash · 05-10-2016, 11:04 AM

Go with the Acura. It does everything well, without being stellar in any one aspect. That's what you need as a fun DD'er./

chris82 · 05-10-2016, 12:48 PM

I think I agree with your point of the new 3er. When I drove the F30 328i, the only thing I distinctly remember was the engine, which I was quite impressed by. Everything else was kind of meh, and the feedback found in previous models seems entirely gone. Also, although I don't dislike the interior design, it leaves little room for any sort of elegance to be expressed which lead me to think the interior felt a bit cheap.

ou95grad · 05-10-2016, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by malrash

Go with the Acura. It does everything well, without being stellar in any one aspect. That's what you need as a fun DD'er./

The Acura reminded me of an Apple product. It didn't completely stand out in any area, but every single aspect of the car seemed perfectly matched. Some of the other cars felt like a bit of a mashup. Handling didn't quite line up with power delivery, transmission wasn't as enthusiastic as the engine, etc., etc.

Ali Shiralian · 05-10-2016, 07:16 PM

Acura TL was just voted the worst luxury car by consumer report and they are usually very good to Honda products...

fareast1 · 05-10-2016, 07:45 PM

Thanks for the writeup, enjoyed the sense of discovery.

Sedoy · 05-10-2016, 10:25 PM

Welcome back, this is the year of 2016 and Acura TL is out of production since 2014, VW got caught cheating with emissions, what else... oh Trump is the leading republican candidate...

You have a lot to catch up.

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Originally Posted by Ali Shiralian

Acura TL was just voted the worst luxury car by consumer report and they are usually very good to Honda products...

Ali Shiralian · 05-11-2016, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedoy

Welcome back, this is the year of 2016 and Acura TL is out of production since 2014, VW got caught cheating with emissions, what else... oh Trump is the leading republican candidate...

You have a lot to catch up.

Sorry I meant the RLX, I had a TL before so that was on my brain, here's the report for 2014 RLX
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/n...ssed/index.htm

05-05-2016, 06:59 AM	#24
Efthreeoh General 19186 Rep 19,718 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	OP, a few comments... The correct term for a BMW car is "Bimmer". "Beemer" is a BMW motorcycle. I sounds like to me you went into this whole search unbiased, which is a good thing. If you're still in your truck after 2 years of test driving sport sedans, I'd say just stick with trucks or SUVs. If test most all of the "C" class sports sedans on the market didn't lure you into the segment, then maybe a sport sedan is not your cup of tea. Good luck with the search. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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bzzzp Private 28 Rep 69 Posts Drives: 2015 335 M Performance edition Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Surrey, BC iTrader: (0)	I checked out the Q50S, Lexus IS 350, Audi S4 and ended up with the 335xi M Performance edition. If it wasn't for the fantastic sales rep and experience that we had shopping at our BMW dealership, I think we would have went with the Infinity. The person helping me work through my purchase won me over as much as the car itself. I have to say, in this regard, BMW and Audi had a markedly better customer experience than the other brands I shopped.
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05-10-2016, 10:22 AM	#26
Never_Enough Banned 2225 Rep 2,476 Posts Drives: Satan's Chariot 2.0 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: PA iTrader: (6) Garage List 2018 Charger Hellcat [0.00]	You really need to go drive some sports cars. Then you'll know what real power is & how great it is when you find a driver's car.
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05-10-2016, 10:35 AM	#27
Alfisti Brigadier General 6959 Rep 3,284 Posts Drives: 2008 Saab 9-3 Combi Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Toronto, Canada iTrader: (0)	All this talk of drivers cars, i dunno, most roads in North America are arrow straight and pot hole riddled.
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05-10-2016, 11:04 AM	#29
malrash Captain 188 Rep 601 Posts Drives: '22 M5 CS Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Granger, IN iTrader: (1)	Go with the Acura. It does everything well, without being stellar in any one aspect. That's what you need as a fun DD'er./
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05-10-2016, 12:48 PM	#30
chris82 Brigadier General 837 Rep 3,855 Posts Drives: 128i Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NY NY iTrader: (8) Garage List 2009 BMW 128i [9.80]	I think I agree with your point of the new 3er. When I drove the F30 328i, the only thing I distinctly remember was the engine, which I was quite impressed by. Everything else was kind of meh, and the feedback found in previous models seems entirely gone. Also, although I don't dislike the interior design, it leaves little room for any sort of elegance to be expressed which lead me to think the interior felt a bit cheap.
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05-10-2016, 07:16 PM	#32
Ali Shiralian Lieutenant Colonel 815 Rep 1,986 Posts Drives: 2014 335i xdrive, 2014 X5 3.5d Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Owen sound, Ontario, canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 Lexus RX 350 F ... [0.00] 2017 Jaguar F Type ... [0.00] 1990 Miata [9.00] 2014 X5 [9.00]	Acura TL was just voted the worst luxury car by consumer report and they are usually very good to Honda products...
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05-10-2016, 07:45 PM	#33
fareast1 Second Lieutenant 41 Rep 208 Posts Drives: 2006 330I, 1996 z3, 2010 X5 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Northeast iTrader: (1)	Thanks for the writeup, enjoyed the sense of discovery.
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