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Captain Postal posted:I know, I hate how hard it is to find a spot in a carpark at McDonalds here in Aus, because all the minimum wage staff fill it with new and late model M5's Wages are often a factor of the minimum wage. I used minimum wage as an example because it's really the only 100% factual number. The average wage in the US is $46,440, the average wage in australia is $73,086. In that range, you can get a BMW 335i for $2000 less than the US age, or a 328i for $4000 less the australian wage. Not the massive gap you constantly bitch about. The average wage in canada is 48,250/year, and the 335i starts at $54,000. Despite the fact that canada is geographically closer to germany than the US is, and isn't some backwards little island in the south pacific. Despite our minimum wage and average yearly being closer to the americans, we also pay around the same per liter of fuel compared to Australia, and yet we soldier on. We don't start whinging every time the issue of price comes up, we don't get emotional and start throwing around words like "champ", We don't cherry pick price outliers that would never be in our budget regardless to gain sympathy. Also, judging by the number of used F10 m5s available, it would seem there are roughly the same number sold per capita between australia and the US, suggesting the money to buy them is there just the same. With the commodore and falcon offering such similar performance for $40-50 grand, that kind of suggests it's easier to make the $190,000 it costs to buy an M5 in australia than it is to make the $95,000 it costs in the US. edit: also, interesting fact i learned in my research, the AVERAGE hourly wage in the US retail industry, that's trainee to management, the average of all of them is lower than australia's minimum wage. Powershift fucked around with this message at 00:11 on May 10, 2014 |
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Car is a 1995 530i, automatic. It started making this noise on my way home. Fluid in the transmission is fine, maybe even a tad high. http://youtu.be/VAYlIp9NxPk Any clue? I don't have a loud exhaust or anything. It's all stock. Sorry about the video, it was posted directly from the phone.
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May 10, 2014 00:15
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Car is a 1995 530i, automatic. It started making this noise on my way home. Fluid in the transmission is fine, maybe even a tad high. If it's tied to speed rather than RPM, it's probably the driveshaft guibo or center bearing.
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May 10, 2014 00:22
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Powershift posted:Wages are often a factor of the minimum wage. I used minimum wage as an example because it's really the only 100% factual number. The average wage in the US is $46,440, the average wage in australia is $73,086. In that range, you can get a BMW 335i for $2000 less than the US age, or a 328i for $4000 less the australian wage. Not the massive gap you constantly bitch about. The average wage in canada is 48,250/year, and the 335i starts at $54,000. Despite the fact that canada is geographically closer to germany than the US is, and isn't some backwards little island in the south pacific. When I interviewed in Australia a few years ago they offered AUD $170K, and it seemed like a lot, until I realized that an M3 cost about AUD $140K there. What's that old adage about not paying more than half your gross for a car or something like that?
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May 10, 2014 00:39
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Das Volk posted:When I interviewed in Australia a few years ago they offered AUD $170K, and it seemed like a lot, until I realized that an M3 cost about AUD $140K there. But that $140,000 could also buy a I6/6-speed Falcon ute, a V8 commodore wagon, AND an M235i coupe. All three of them. on the road, with a years worth of third party liability insurance. It's REALLY hard to feel bad for australia.
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May 10, 2014 00:53
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Captain Postal posted:Is there anywhere in the US can you buy a car with absolutely no sales tax? Oregon, shhhhh.
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May 10, 2014 00:55
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New Hampshire doesn't have a sales tax either. Anyone who bitches about living in Australia, I'll trade places with you right this instant. You can come live in this conservative hell hole and make less than your minimum wage to do aerospace QA
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May 10, 2014 01:00
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Powershift posted:Wages are often a factor of the minimum wage. I used minimum wage as an example because it's really the only 100% factual number. The average wage in the US is $46,440, the average wage in australia is $73,086. In that range, you can get a BMW 335i for $2000 less than the US age, or a 328i for $4000 less the australian wage. Not the massive gap you constantly bitch about. The average wage in canada is 48,250/year, and the 335i starts at $54,000. Despite the fact that canada is geographically closer to germany than the US is, and isn't some backwards little island in the south pacific. If you're saying that BMW prices in Aus are high because of wages, why aren't computers/phones/food/clothes/staples all 200% more? Das Volk posted:When I interviewed in Australia a few years ago they offered AUD $170K, and it seemed like a lot, until I realized that an M3 cost about AUD $140K there. This hints at the real explanation. BMW (along with other discretionary retailers) charge a huge mark-up here. AU$170K is a lot of money for living on, and excluding real estate (which is in short supply due to infrastructure spending), BMW is one of the few outliers that makes AU$170K not seem like that much. The fact is that that AU$170K will buy you a hell of a lot of everything, except discretionaries like BMW's
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May 10, 2014 01:12
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Captain Postal posted:Is there anywhere in the US can you buy a car with absolutely no sales tax? New Hampshire, Oregon, Delaware, Montana and Alaska.
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May 10, 2014 02:28
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Das Volk posted:What's that old adage about not paying more than half your gross for a car or something like that? I know that Dave Ramsey teaches that 'things with engines' shouldn't be worth more than 50% of your annual income. Not sure if my ratio between our cars being about 12-14% of my income means I'm doing right, or doing it wrong...
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May 10, 2014 04:03
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Fack. My A/C belt decided to just up and leave off my E36. No idea when. And getting another one on there looks like a pain in the rear. I hope removing the fan/clutch will give me enough room. Doesn't look like it though.
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May 10, 2014 04:24
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Powershift posted:I raced and barely lost to a modified 335i. Some of you plebs are quick. I guess i can take solace in knowing i was more comfortable the whole time. yeah you are bad at bmw driving, the correct answer to who won the race was "I stopped paying attention to a poor person bmw because I was too busy enjoying the superb interior comfort of my 7 series" also you should get rid of your second-to-most-poor poor-person bmw and get a 7 series
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May 10, 2014 08:34
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I'm starting to fall in love with this retarded 318is. It's fun to drive, looks good, and gets really good gas mileage for the kind of driving I'm doing. poo poo.
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May 10, 2014 12:03
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How do you deal with the shame of being poor? I've tinted the windows of my 135 to nearly black and I wear a ski mask whenever I get out and walk into or out of my apartment. I don't want anyone to know I drive a poormobile.
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May 10, 2014 12:23
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Nait Sirhc posted:yeah you are bad at bmw driving, the correct answer to who won the race was "I stopped paying attention to a poor person bmw because I was too busy enjoying the superb interior comfort of my 7 series" Or a Lexus or Mercedes which do the comfortable, high quality interior thing much better than any BMW
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May 10, 2014 12:28
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BlackMK4 posted:I'm starting to fall in love with this retarded 318is. It's fun to drive, looks good, and gets really good gas mileage for the kind of driving I'm doing. poo poo. Beaters are the best cars.
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May 10, 2014 12:37
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Since I live in autobahn country, and almost in Bavaria for 6 months now, I decided to retire my shitbox '97 Starlet and get a 2011 F11 520d. Picking it up next saturday. I never owned a BMW, or a car of this class before, so I'm somewhat excited/scared. The closest was a Mondeo, so go figure. Anyhow, I like my computers and the one I'm getting comes with the small nav screen. Is upgrading to a larger one something that's done/frowned upon/too expensive/pointless, etc?
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May 10, 2014 12:54
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Ziploc posted:Fack. Removing the fan gives you plenty of room. I've done it without removing anything and routing the belt around the fanblades, but that isn't worth it. Just get a 32mm wrench and save the trouble.
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May 10, 2014 13:07
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Cojawfee posted:How do you deal with the shame of being poor? I've tinted the windows of my 135 to nearly black and I wear a ski mask whenever I get out and walk into or out of my apartment. I don't want anyone to know I drive a poormobile. Man, the new title is really cutting some people deep. dissss posted:Or a Lexus or Mercedes which do the comfortable, high quality interior thing much better than any BMW I just sat in a co-workers new GS350 and was amazed at just how much better it felt inside than the new 5-series.
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Powershift posted:If it's tied to speed rather than RPM, it's probably the driveshaft guibo or center bearing. It sure is. I'll look into the guibo.
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May 10, 2014 16:20
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Residency Evil posted:Man, the new title is really cutting some people deep. So Lexus finally got rid of those awful faux-whatever plastics and rounded 90s gumdrop buttons? I haven't been in a recent one but Lexus interiors have been really dated and Toyota-y inside well into the 2000s.
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May 10, 2014 16:46
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Residency Evil posted:Man, the new title is really cutting some people deep. Ain't no thing. I simply understand my MPOOR to communicate, THAT'S MISTER POOR TO YOU.
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Das Volk posted:So Lexus finally got rid of those awful faux-whatever plastics and rounded 90s gumdrop buttons? I haven't been in a recent one but Lexus interiors have been really dated and Toyota-y inside well into the 2000s. Seems like it, and looks like the reviewers agree too. I just took a look and most reviewers not only impressed by how good the interior is but how well it compares to the 5-series in terms of power, handling, and overall dynamics. It's won quite a few comparison tests.
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Das Volk posted:So Lexus finally got rid of those awful faux-whatever plastics and rounded 90s gumdrop buttons? I haven't been in a recent one but Lexus interiors have been really dated and Toyota-y inside well into the 2000s. I liked that about my LS, though. It was obviously a Toyota, but a really, really nice Toyota.
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BlackMK4 posted:I'm starting to fall in love with this retarded 318is. It's fun to drive, looks good, and gets really good gas mileage for the kind of driving I'm doing. poo poo. I beat mine like it owes me money! Plus, it's on a 'fluids only' diet meaning I DGAF if I end up torturing the engine to death because it will get some sort of swap once that happens!
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dissss posted:Or a Lexus or Mercedes which do the comfortable, high quality interior thing much better than any BMW the problem with lexus is that you can't go anywhere without pussy shrapnel just falling all over your car and scratching up the lovely paint job, what a pleb problem IRL: Topped up the power steering with Pentosin CHF11S, and now the Dynamic Drive message doesn't come on anymore when flying around corners. This car does a pretty good job at preventing body roll. It'd be cool if I could get a GT1 VM and do the Dynamic Drive self-test that those guys do in that video, though. I'm considering upgrading some of the audio in this car; it's got what appears to be subwoofers underneath the front seats. Some guy on bimmerforums makes a harness that allows for upgrading of the stock amplifier to a higher-powered amplifier, and then I'd imagine you just upgrade the individual components as well. Not really interested in spending any money on this car though. Beater7 continues to deliver.
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Nait Sirhc posted:wow look at how wrong you are The Lexus GS has a dead pedal sort of thing for the accelerator pedal on the central tunnel. In other words the people who drive them are so old they can't even hold their legs properly while they drive.
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Das Volk posted:So Lexus finally got rid of those awful faux-whatever plastics and rounded 90s gumdrop buttons? I haven't been in a recent one but Lexus interiors have been really dated and Toyota-y inside well into the 2000s. It should be noted that, although dated looking, everything is as well fit together as the German competition, and none of the plastics/rubber/trim crack and rot after 5 years, something that cannot be said for BMW. Powershift posted:I raced and barely lost to a modified 335i. Some of you plebs are quick. I guess i can take solace in knowing i was more comfortable the whole time. That just means you need to stop being so poor and get a real BMW like an M5 instead of your poverty-spec poormobile 540. Everyone knows the only BMWs worth owning have names beginning with M and any other models are just cheap crap pumped out for the pleb masses. Nait Sirhc posted:you can't go anywhere without pussy shrapnel just falling all over your car What the gently caress is this even supposed to mean? 
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HotCanadianChick posted:What the gently caress is this even supposed to mean? If you don't know, you've obviously never experienced it. :pity:
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HotCanadianChick posted:That just means you need to stop being so poor and get a real BMW like an M5 instead of your poverty-spec poormobile 540. Everyone knows the only BMWs worth owning have names beginning with M and any other models are just cheap crap pumped out for the pleb masses. I've already ordered the badges off of ebay! The pussy shrapnel thing comes from some guy here a while back bragging about his lovely toyota.
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May 10, 2014 23:09
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My new to me 325I, Yes I'm poor, but I want to hide it as much as possible please accept me into your guy's club. 
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Lexus interiors are great post 2012 or so.  
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Keyser S0ze posted:Lexus interiors are great post 2012 or so. That superior M interior makes me feel poor. The contrast stitching on the wheel is hot. drat you and your black threads, my steering wheel! Edit: that lexus mouse pointer thing really sucks though.
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I think the switchgear in the new cars and the layout looks great, especially the new steering wheels. I never liked the interior of the E9x all that much, but it's functional enough that I end up ignoring it anyway, and the stuff that does catch my eyes (gauges, wheel, gearshift) all does look nice at least in the M.
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So I've decided my next car might be my first BMW. I wont be buying new because I'm a poors. So if you had the choice between a 2010 3 Series, or a 2005 M3, what would you go for?
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Do you mind an engine swap or rebuild in your future? If not, get the M3.
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Hammer Floyd posted:So I've decided my next car might be my first BMW. I wont be buying new because I'm a poors. How much do you want to spend on maintenance a year? Because that makes your decision real easy.
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Viper_3000 posted:How much do you want to spend on maintenance a year? Because that makes your decision real easy. Seriously. The M3 is coming up on 10 years old, and even the 2010 is likely getting to the point where some larger maintenance is coming up. Are you able to do the work yourself?
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Used 2006 750LI's are going for cheap around here lately with around 60,000 miles on them. Bad idea to pick one up ? MB S450 and S550's seem to be around $10,000 more. Is it all the little gizmos that go wrong or is it poo poo like head gaskets and transmissions going out ? Also, gently caress searching for anything on popular bmw forums. What a bunch of gaylords.
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jonathan posted:Used 2006 750LI's are going for cheap around here lately with around 60,000 miles on them. Bad idea to pick one up ? MB S450 and S550's seem to be around $10,000 more. So far as I know the engine and transmission are very solid, electronics not so much. I think I replaced the nav system on my e66 every year, and there were still gremlins in the system when I got rid of it. Incredible car just expect iDrive to eat a lot of expensive parts. Not a single spot of oil on my garage floor in almost five years of ownership, and it never even needed to be topped off between oil changes. I would assume that it had the GOD DAMNED COOLING SYSTEM but I never had any issues. On another note, for a low mileage car with an n54 engine, when should the plastic cooling system stuff be replaced? I have an 08 with 45k miles and I don't know if I should go it soon or wait for 60k miles.
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