Yeah. I'm a bad car guy. I just don't dig engine noise. You guys correlate it to putting you back in your seat POWER. I correlate it to working 18 hours and going half a mile. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO:
But it's an idea.
I wonder if you could just keep trading every couple weeks and never make a payment...
Technically you could until you got to a point where your total negative equity wa sa high enough % over the value of the vehicle that you where buying that they wouldnt finance it.
Payments are usually 45 days out, so trade every 40 days or so and you are in good shape!
You could make it a good 6-10 months with good credit :P [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Yeah. I'm a bad car guy. I just don't dig engine noise. You guys correlate it to putting you back in your seat POWER. I correlate it to working 18 hours and going half a mile.
Originally Posted by hometeam:
Technically you could until you got to a point where your total negative equity wa sa high enough % over the value of the vehicle that you where buying that they wouldnt finance it.
Payments are usually 45 days out, so trade every 40 days or so and you are in good shape!
You could make it a good 6-10 months with good credit :P
:-). Just down grade a little each time. That would buy you some more time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Miles:
Have driven a few new 328s as loaner cars and didn't really like a number of things despite it being an overall nice car that gets great gas mileage.
Thought the electric steering was too twitchy with complete lack of feedback which wasn't present in a 6 series I had a chance to drive with the new steering. The I4 turbo engine seemed to have a lot of punch for what I was while in sport mode but found the auto transmission in that mode very annoying. Caused it to always be awkwardly high in the revs even when you let of the gas for a while which was likely to deal with the turbo lag you noted.
Long winded way to say I agree with you.
I've read a lot of people say they think BMW got back to what it does really well with the 2 series and that other series have become pretty bland, which is what I felt out of the 328 (plus, 9 of 10 BWMs in the parking lot at work are black 328s).
Mine does that, too, if I push it in Sport mode... completely let off the gas and it'll hang at 4000+ for at least a few seconds, wasn't sure if it was something with the turbo or a 'feature' of Sport mode. Overall though, I love the auto, it's silky smooth... multiple people have mentioned they hadn't even noticed the shifting until I brought it up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
You harass me about tractors but that is probably why I feel the way I do about engine noise. I'd had a lifetime of engine noise (correlated with 5MPH) for a lifetime by the time I was 16. I just don't need it.
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
You harass me about tractors but that is probably why I feel the way I do about engine noise. I'd had a lifetime of engine noise (correlated with 5MPH) for a lifetime by the time I was 16. I just don't need it.
I wish you guys would post more pictures of your cars. Not a glamour shot but just a quick one with your cellphone every now and again. Some of you are driving some sweet ass rides and we need to see them more! [Reply]
