Originally Posted by SRCMAN
Originally Posted by S1rst
Originally Posted by SRCMAN
It's the 4 cylinder thing. All BMW's should have six cyliners minimum. Let's see a 318 or an ST220.......HMMMMM let me think. When you take total cost (purchase and running costs). I think the ST220 would come out cheaper. People who have 316 and 318 BMW's are the sort of people who would buy a turd if it had a BMW badge on it and that is why they need a slap.
How can you compare a 318 to an ST220?
Thats all well and good for people like me and you mate who can probably afford to insure something bigger/quicker, but for the 19 year old in question, a 316/318 is all he can afford.
For the price of a 318 (brand new). Think how many better cars there are out there. I would rather have a mondeo with a decent size engine, with a LARGE spec than a basic BMW. This is my point. People who buy for the badge not the car.
they can be as well speced as the bigger bmw's its just the engine thats smaller.not everyone wants a big engined faster car ,some prefer an insurance friendly well built non rattly bmw.