whoohoooooo!! BMW is gone

[00Bolt]

well some of you guys know the problems with the wifes car. Man was that the biggest mistake of my life buying that piece. First mistake was buying it used and not brand new. Second was buying a BMW. bought car with around 30k miles and shortly after had transmission, radiator, window motors, idlers, power steering pumps, etc etc... u name it, its probably been replaced.

well on thursday we were driving out to dallas on i20 and i suddenly notice the temp gauge soar up to red and start glowing... i pull over on shoulder and doesnt have a DROP of antifreeze... a pulley broke and that caused belt to go out and belt runs the water pump... so i had to get it towed back to mansfield, and had belt, pulley, and some tensioner replaced... another $500 down the drain on this money pit...

so first thing monday morning i went to every car lot on cooper/i20 area trying to trade it in... we owed $17k on it and nobody would give me more than $12.5k for it... not even carmax... Had a hard time negotiating deals with guys since I was upside down $5k. I wanted a mid sized SUV that would fit in the garage along with the boat.. looked at Acura MDX, 4Runners, Explorers, Pathfinders, etc and ended up getting an 06 Honda Pilot. For one, they were running a special deal on it and my payments were going to be a little over $100/mo cheaper than all the other cars. I really wanted to find a deal on an explorer but wife didnt like them much for some reason unless it was a decked out EB edition... Iv never owned a Honda, so hopefully it will do us right... I did purchase the superduty ext warranty though and payments are only like $8/mo more than the BMW so was kinda a no brainer... but its not bad, has rear a/c, 3rd row seating, and tons of goodies...

if i can just change 1 persons life, id feel like so much of a better person... so take my advice.. DONT BUY BMW

[jcblack]

well some of you guys know the problems with the wifes car. Man was that the biggest mistake of my life buying that piece. First mistake was buying it used and not brand new. Second was buying a BMW. bought car with around 30k miles and shortly after had transmission, radiator, window motors, idlers, power steering pumps, etc etc... u name it, its probably been replaced.

well on thursday we were driving out to dallas on i20 and i suddenly notice the temp gauge soar up to red and start glowing... i pull over on shoulder and doesnt have a DROP of antifreeze... a pulley broke and that caused belt to go out and belt runs the water pump... so i had to get it towed back to mansfield, and had belt, pulley, and some tensioner replaced... another $500 down the drain on this money pit...

so first thing monday morning i went to every car lot on cooper/i20 area trying to trade it in... we owed $17k on it and nobody would give me more than $12.5k for it... not even carmax... Had a hard time negotiating deals with guys since I was upside down $5k. I wanted a mid sized SUV that would fit in the garage along with the boat.. looked at Acura MDX, 4Runners, Explorers, Pathfinders, etc and ended up getting an 06 Honda Pilot. For one, they were running a special deal on it and my payments were going to be a little over $100/mo cheaper than all the other cars. I really wanted to find a deal on an explorer but wife didnt like them much for some reason unless it was a decked out EB edition... Iv never owned a Honda, so hopefully it will do us right... I did purchase the superduty ext warranty though and payments are only like $8/mo more than the BMW so was kinda a no brainer... but its not bad, has rear a/c, 3rd row seating, and tons of goodies...

if i can just change 1 persons life, id feel like so much of a better person... so take my advice.. DONT BUY BMW

I dont think that you can go wrong with Honda or Toyota. Probably the best two brands for car life and economy. The camry I have is still rollin at 220,000 miles.

[00Bolt]

thats what i had heard. im actually currently driving a 01 Tacoma 4x4, its pretty nice... best of all, its paid for....

i wanted to get 4runner, but they werent running any kind of deals right now and payment would have been about $75/mo more than the honda.

[gbgary]

glad you came out good on the deal. you may have been upside down but you probably saved money in the long run. you'll like having a honda. they're pretty trouble free and hold their value.

[PoorSvtman]

where did you get the honda from?

But if theres problems with the honda let me know.. im an old honda man lol the motors havent changed much

[00Bolt]

just right here at Vandergriff. ill let u know if anything minor, but i got the ex warranty so ill let them take care of it

[PoorSvtman]

who was your sales man... a friend of mine works there....

[00Bolt]

an older man named Harvey Spears... went in there about 8:30pm and was my last stop of the evening... didnt get out of there until about 12:30... i kept trying to negotiate more and more and finally the sales manager dropped the price $1000 just to get me out of there around 11:30.... they closed at 10pm... lol

[FRDRCING]

I hope you enjoy the pilot. My parents bought one two years ago and they love it. It's the best SUV out there for the price. What color did you get? My parents got one in midnight blue. They say it's one of the Rarest color's there is. I have only seen two other ones it there color in The area.

[jcblack]

But if theres problems with the honda let me know.. im an old honda man lol the motors havent changed much

oh jeez. Scott you'll have JB Weld, Spray painted parts, and a wing before you know it.

[00Bolt]

well the color isnt my favorite part. its the tan colored one

http://automobiles.honda.com/images/2006/pilot/customize/base_car/BE_exl_34FRONT.jpg

wife liked it and its growing on me now, tried for white but they didnt have a single white one at vandergriff or any of the surrounding dealers to trade with... weird i thought... as matter of fact they didnt have many white vehicles there period

lol jake...i need a vtek sticker for the window since it has the 245hp vtek engine... lol

[dboat]

We got the wife one of these about a 2 weeks ago.. its our second Suzuki.. I thought it was a pretty good deal for the money.. its smaller than a Pilot.. more in the CRV range.. we had the other one for 5 years and not a single problem with it ever...

http://www.suzukiauto.com/sr_06/grand_vitara/

Dana

[QDRHRSE]

I couldn't disagree more!!! I have a 3 series BMW. After driving it for couple of years, I gave it to my wife. It was too expensive of a car to put 50k a year on. We still have it and after 90k it has never had a single problem. In fact, all around, it is the best car that I have ever owned. I know 4 other people with the same car, 2 with the same color even, and they all plan to buy another the next time around. The only issue that any of us has had is lightbulbs burning out, especially the turn signals. You must have bought the lemon of all lemons. Everything about the BMW is better. I was even impressed with the battery cables they put in them.

How was your BMW maintained? By the dealer or you? I'm curious. I maintain mine myself but by the dealer specs. Only synthetic fluids and BMW approved oil like Mobil1. It almost sounds like somebody put regular coolant and tranny fluid in your car. That could cause almost immediate problems. Ours still has the original plugs and tranny fluid. I'm about to take it in for its 100k first service.

I am also the not-so-proud driver of a Honda 4 door Civic EX. I commute through a 30 mile canyon twice a day and I can't keep brakes in the Honda for more than 10k. The BMW went through the first set at around 50K. I'm lucky that the first time I needed brakes in the Honda I went to Autozone and got lifetime pads and 2 year rotors. I just bought it in July and I'm about to put my second replacement set in. The pads don't wear out completely but the rotors get really warped. I'm also midway through my second set of tires at 30k....the BMW got tires when in got brakes.

[PoorSvtman]

oh jeez. Scott you'll have JB Weld, Spray painted parts, and a wing before you know it.

go to hell:D but you cant say my spray paint looks bad........Cant even tell its spray paint... i think bcLs buddies blower i did is my best so far....