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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
For god's sake avoid VW/Audi if you are buying used out of warranty! High mileage BMW's with manual trans do not scare me at all.... Wife's daily driver E46 '03 330i sport has somewhere around 125k on the clock with no issues and my 80 mile round trip daily driver E36 325i has 312k on the clock on it's original engine that has never been opened up.
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That's what everyone says/ I tend to listen when it's that unanimous, but I am curious as to why? I had a GTI and that 2.0T engine is a gem, pretty reliable too. Quattro and stick also avoids me the CVT issues...
I have had bimmers of that era (OK, one) and several friends do, and they are always replacing water pumps, radiator hoses or alternators, hence my worry about 2000-2006 models. But your point is well taken ! For giggles I looked on CARMAX for 3 series not too far under 60K miles and $20,000, I got 30 hits, ALL automatics ;-) F$%$ me !!! ;-)
Patience, I need patience ;-)
On the R32, that's not a bad thought (and I don't meant to shoot it down), but you can chip a base GTi to eat an R32 alive, it's kinda pricey... if I were gonna go that route I'd want the new Golf R, but it's not coming here yet (and when it does it'll be $35k). It's not a bad idea though, I was thinking 4 doors for kids, but....