[Dennis Kalma]

Sorry to bring this up on a Porsche list, but it is time for us to finally buy a car for "touring" We've been borrowing the kids cars when they were away at school, but now we need to give them back and we need a 4 door sedan.

Looked at a 528i, liked it a fair bit. Thought the European delivery was pretty good, but the price is around $60k. US pricing is much lower, but they will not service the car, honour the warranty or included maintenance if the car is bought in the US. Apparently if a US dealer gets caught selling to a Canadian, their licence to sell BMW's gets pulled after one warning.

So, it is a nice car, but I can buy a friggin' Honda Accord for $35k with all the trimmings, and if I get tired of it just sell it and move on. VW Passat's with the 2 litre turbo's are around $38k, I can buy a Lexus G35 Sedan (also rwd, manual) for around $50k.

I am beginning to think that a nice boring, cheap Honda is a great transportation appliance. If I want a rush, I'll hop in the 911 and get a really good drive!

Anyone want to talk me off of this ledge?

Dennis