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up to a certain point (year / model), i will go for mercedes benz...but they were having some major problems with reliabilites from about 00/01 to 04/05...so i have kinda "switched" over to bmw (but still have my mind with benz)...

so now when i have heard it gets better, i will definitely take the new C class over the 3 series...bmw always have a boring interior and does it really handle that well? i dun think so!

when u look inside a bmw, from the most basic model to the highest end model, i dun mind more than 50% of a diff...

just make sure u purchase extended warranty (u should know ur annual mileage, and make that mileage for the longest period they will offer)...

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the european delivery is definitely fun to try, but when a car new like this, shouldn't it be break-in properly instead of taking it onto the autobahn and rip it?

good luck and take ur new ride to our next meet, if there is anyone still hosting any

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wouldn't go for 1 series, it makes me think of the C coupe, kinda like a poor man benz (i know some 4 doors can be even more "basic" than the C coupe but it just doesn't have the "feel")

also 5th gear has done a testing for the 135i vs cayman, it's not doing great at all?

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Fibbi: just make sure u consider the option in extended warranty too, does mercedes have free service like BMW? was just talking to my friend with a 545i, some design for BMW is just stupid and interior is so plain (he got excited when he first got it, a step up from a 02 Subaru WRX to a nice european 545i was always nice, now he is debating if he should have used the WRX as down payment, paying $650 a month now for the 545i haha, and very lucky he has purchased extended warranty!)...

Traum: i am still waiting to try it out, but it seems like the wheel base, weight and power makes the car hard to control; dun forget, it's different than review on paper / article ~ most of the time they were testing in a closed course or just taking it easy on the street)...

BarF1: yeah 135 beats cayman in slalom, but how often do u drive the car like that on the street? if you have tried auto-xing and tracking, u will know tracking will be closer to real life, 135 with the extra power it lost in the course and drifting (which means u can hardly hold the power, but if u are taking it easy along the slalom it's fine ~ possibly with the help of TCS?)

u know slalom steering input and throttle timing is very important, but since u are always doing a S, suspension geometry can only be tested out so much; if it has everything in an auto-x, then u might know if it's a real fun car ~ that means on top of the slaom if they make it like a full course, cayman might beat 135 and it will lost all 3 categories!

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well the free service for BMW is so limited, like brakes is not full 4 years (i think is 2 years or 40k); their oil change interval is soooo long that i strongly not recommand that; even my friend with the 545i was told by his friend at bmw, that he should change his oil more often if he wants the car to last longer ~ BMW used to recommand a much shorter interval when they charge u for service, yet now they are free when the car is new and they extended it; lots of the time oil has break-down so bad that u have to keep topping up ~ my friend's 545i, 5000km oil change interval, at close to 80k he is already topping up 1.5L so if he keeps driving it till 25k, he doesn't even know how many L he has to put in! he told me his friend's M5 put in 10L of oil for a 10k drive and he was bitching so much about the oil consumption...haha

我都想換車不過真係唔捨得...

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well it's somewhat a good time to get a new car as there is rebate and discount, but if your car still running decent honestly a new car might not be necessary...

i have been debating over a new car, but i might ended up keeping mine; i guess my story is diff, aside from cleaning it up i will have to return my car to stock so when it happens, for sure i will get rid of it; but for now i still love it so much (same like u just have it all waxed)...

i guess it really really depends on the car's condition!

btw, i wouldn't recommand Audi too; it's a fun car to drive but not a fun car for owner (leasing one is a diff story); have still seen quite a few lucky one with the 2.0 and 1.8T as most problems are common and nth rare would usually happens; while there are a lot of problems BMW can't fix (so far have never heard benz can't fix their problems, at least at the dealership under warranty)...

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