All the same issues I have with my car except the lights and rocks. Only mine is an MT so add that frustration as well. Driving a vehicle that you don't have to worry about any of this shit is so liberating.max225 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:36 am
One more thought since I did a 2hr drive this am dropping off my rents' at the airport.
Pros:
The trunk size is excellent, it fit all their bags+ my shit i take with me to work.
3 of us are reasonably comfortable in the car. This is as small as a car should get for 3/4 people. Perfect size.
Cons: queue Johnny issues.
first the ride was fucking bouncy AF, partially due to our bombed out roads and partially because the car was loaded with around 650lbs of humans+luggage. My dad was bobbing around the front seat at low speeds.
The lights were sort of blah... and these are upgrades, but rain+ other shit in the am made shit hard to see.
I ended up hitting a pot hole... i literally ditched about 30, but i couldn't' ditch them all, I was swerving around like a fucking moron all across the lane, and others probably thought I was insane.
This was so fking loud thud, I had to walk around and see if i Popped/bent wheel but it seems ok, it was only 2/3" deep but I was going 55, there were craters like this constantly all over the place,
My car still picks up way too many rocks due to sticky tires(and our terrible roads) which end up hitting the inside of the wheel liners creating a constant metal coin in a tin jar sound.
my rents also commented on how the car is super stiff+loud.
This made me realize how "nice" my commute actually is....
Seriously though, intentionally take it into SF proper and drive it around for a day and see what you think of it. Benefit here is you already have the exact same car, so it's easy to test it out per se.
the new 7’s and 7.5’s are way better than the 6’s. I’ve owned an mk6 golf, mk6 GTI, and now a 7.5 GTI and I can vouch for the new MQB platform, Performance Pack LSD, etc. making the GTI a fun to drive FWD. Can’t imagine that the Gorf is worse because it has more power, some sort of AWD, and chassis control alongside drive modes. 
but in terms of chassis the BMW is superior, so it doesn't quite make sense to get an R and then throw small wheels on it, as I will achieve the same effect in an M3 with 18s.
competition packaged car.
time. Might kill you actually. Think of all the sleepless nights being stuck in a car you no longer love!
Every other one.
Zil sold a 240i for like close to 1k a month (when you consider drive offs) and that thing was a lease.
