2nd car- reliable DD?

///M Power-Belgium · 07-26-2015, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Hope your right. It's wife's new car, got the sportwagen for extra utility. Have 2 diesel family now with my x5d.

No , I am right .
Golf TDI stands in Europe for oustanding reliability and for decades ,that's why we see them all over on our roads .
So you should really not be worried about the Golf .
Of course your X5D is also a perfect work horse .
Hope you and your family are fine too...

Gray_Panther · 07-26-2015, 02:32 PM

I DD my 128i and GTi MKIV and I love driving both of them. There were a few times I drove my father's X3 and my mom's rav4 and I couldn't wait to drive my cars again.
I drive ~50 miles a day and would go crazy driving a car I didn't love to drive.
With that said, get a GTi.

blinkme323 · 07-27-2015, 09:55 PM

I have 2000 Civic that I'm pretty sure I could drive through a wall and it would still run. You really can't go wrong with some of the older Hondas / Toyotas, cheap and they will run forever.

Alfisti · 07-29-2015, 08:35 PM

TBH your 335 sounds like a pain in the arse more than something enjoyable, but each to his own.

As for a DD, the answer is Nissan Maxima. Done, go shop.

ToastOfTenacity · 07-29-2015, 08:39 PM

I've always thought that a VW Golf GTI or something similar would be a good DD, and you could probably find a good used one cheap or even a new one depending on your budget.

ToastOfTenacity · 07-29-2015, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ginger_Extract

Avoid the Mercs like the plague, their repairs make N54 guys feel better.

N54 guy here, can confirm. Between the tears for my own car, I chuckle at Merc owners almost daily. It doesn't help how ridiculous they are to work on either.

I'm starting to think they're so cheap because of all the money you'll dump into repairs.

ben14142001 · 07-29-2015, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wheresmy5

This too. Which model years?

Mine specifically is an 02, and it's been fantastic (Just under 200k on the Odo and no large issues). I know the newer model years haven't been quite as good of build quality, but the motors are still reliable and very efficient.

mtla4 · 08-02-2015, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by m3SennA

toyota corolla or camry....any toyota or honda imho

X2 Avoid anything german.....Also you could look at a used Focus (12+ avoid the Powershift transmission)

Never_Enough · 08-06-2015, 09:15 AM

Focus RS

angelr · 08-06-2015, 09:55 AM

Lol, I'm looking for a second z4m. I daily this one, I need one to track and one to daily instead of using this as my do everything car.

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Gray_Panther Brigadier General 1553 Rep 3,234 Posts Drives: 128i Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Upstate NY iTrader: (0)	I DD my 128i and GTi MKIV and I love driving both of them. There were a few times I drove my father's X3 and my mom's rav4 and I couldn't wait to drive my cars again. I drive ~50 miles a day and would go crazy driving a car I didn't love to drive. With that said, get a GTi. __________________ 2012 BMW 128i 6MT Deep Sea Blue Metallic
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blinkme323 Captain 504 Rep 788 Posts Drives: 2018 M3 CS Join Date: May 2011 Location: Philly iTrader: (1)	I have 2000 Civic that I'm pretty sure I could drive through a wall and it would still run. You really can't go wrong with some of the older Hondas / Toyotas, cheap and they will run forever. __________________ 2018 SMB M3 CS
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Alfisti Brigadier General 6496 Rep 3,030 Posts Drives: 2008 Saab 9-3 Combi Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Toronto, Canada iTrader: (0)	TBH your 335 sounds like a pain in the arse more than something enjoyable, but each to his own. As for a DD, the answer is Nissan Maxima. Done, go shop.
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ToastOfTenacity Nurburgring Nate 1 Rep 116 Posts Drives: 2008 E90 335i Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	I've always thought that a VW Golf GTI or something similar would be a good DD, and you could probably find a good used one cheap or even a new one depending on your budget. __________________ "I'd rather lose by a mile because I built my own car than win by an inch because someone built it for me." -Moog 2008 335i Sport Package
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angelr Lieutenant 188 Rep 515 Posts Drives: 07 aw/ir m coupe, 2013 S4 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cedarpines park, Ca iTrader: (1)	Lol, I'm looking for a second z4m. I daily this one, I need one to track and one to daily instead of using this as my do everything car.
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