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Meant in terms of cooper s's .

Good to know! Cheers. But damn 06s are way pricier than 03/04s.

Not planning on swapping any engines lmao. Just want a kinda fun first car that won't give me much trouble. I'm mostly looking for an 04-06 car, supercharged.

I swear every post you make confuses me more and more. On another note, thoughts on an R53 Cooper S?

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Let me put it to you this way, bearing in mind it's a family car. Would you rather get the far safer car which is sold worldwide (thus proving it's actually safe), or the more 'reliable' one, with a worse safety rating, and which isn't sold in western markets? You looked at the Mazda CX-5? Nobody's forcing you to buy it. Different strokes for different people.

Taste is subjective. I think the grill looks great. The lightbar is very Audi like, and is probably there to break up there rear which has a few different lines coming from the quarter panel. Would look odder without it. As for the interior, I agree it looks like a horrible, cluttered mess. It's like they took an 2008 car and just kept adding and adding shit in. Which is kinda what they've done.... Also I think the third stalk is cruise controll?

Not saying it does. Meant it in regard to getting any newish BMW.

Tfw customers send you pics of their car which they want photoshopped and the pics are like 96 dpi.... The thing with BMW is that when the Bangle-era cars were released, everyone collectivly agreed they looked hideous. 10-15 years later and we're going, "hey those looked pretty good, and have aged very well!". So whilst I get all the hate they've gotten for their new styling, and I agree with it, what's to say that we won't look at them the same way we look and Bagle-era cars now? Asides from styling, I still wouldn't buy a BMW. Their whole "shtick" used to be that they're 'The U

You're confusing leasing and financing. Leasing is not worth it most of the time, I ain't disagreeing with you there.

Financing makes sense for higher value cars. Why put down $100k cash when you can put $20k down, and invest the rest? With the interest being so low it makes more sense.

Ok I had that one coming to me hahaha Ya ain't wrong...

I mean you're not wrong. Interest is so low you might as well take that lump of cash and stick it into some fond. Naturally the equation is more compelling for higher end cars.

God damn. How tf did that slip past them?..

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