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I would love to work for the BMW...who knows, maybe I will have a chance, I have already sent them my cv.

oops, mistranslation. i meant, i would have to earn money to buy a BMW. but good luck with getting a job at BMW. your passion for BMW really shines.

Obv I don't encourage you to buy E39, it's a car for a real fan, since it is quite old and requires lots of attention, money, etc. But its outlook is just outstanding, after 16 years it still looks great.
5-series are limousines, maintenance costs are much higher.

And btw what do you mean by "gift-gift"?

ok, that makes sense.

by gift-gift, means i'm getting gift in cash from my aunt. i thought it was something else before where she only wants me to buy a car, wants to know how much it is, would only send enough money to buy that car. i have translation difficulties with my aunt too.

Just reading through this thread- gotta love white people problems...

Just reading through this thread- gotta love first world problems...

fyp

The Fit is a pretty good car. You won't win many races in it, but a subcompact that can fit a couch in it is pretty cool.

The Fit is a pretty good car. You won't win many races in it, but a subcompact that can fit a couch in it is pretty cool.

yup, and supposedly more back cargo room than a Ford Explorer. the only problem i'm having is convincing people it's more than just a cheap subcompact.

anyway, i think it has a really cool mecha look.

cool shot in the wild

yup, and supposedly more back cargo room than a Ford Explorer......

Cargo space comparison with Ford Explorer? Not even close.....unless you have 3 rows of passengers behind the driver.

Honda FIT and FIT Sport
Cargo Volume (cu ft, seat up/down) 20.6 / 57.3 20.6 / 57.3

Newest Ford Explorer Specs
Cargo Volume Behind First Row [cu. ft.] 80.7
Cargo Volume Behind Second Row [cu. ft.] 43.8
Cargo Volume Behind Third Row [cu. ft.] 21

yup, and supposedly more back cargo room than a Ford Explorer. the only problem i'm having is convincing people it's more than just a cheap subcompact.

IMO, you won't find better bang for your buck than with Honda. They lack style, but they own vs any comparable car. Back when I autocrossed, the S2000 used to destroy BMW's roadster and Porsche's Boxster, not to mention Nissan's 350Z. It's a shame Honda usually kills any of their cars with capability and style.
The Fit is no different. It is the king of its class and no one comes close.

Cargo space comparison with Ford Explorer? Not even close.....unless you have 3 rows of passengers behind the driver.

Honda FIT and FIT Sport
Cargo Volume (cu ft, seat up/down) 20.6 / 57.3

Newest Ford Explorer Specs
Cargo Volume Behind First Row [cu. ft.] 80.7
Cargo Volume Behind Second Row [cu. ft.] 43.8
Cargo Volume Behind Third Row [cu. ft.] 21

"supposedly." guess it was just selective hyperbole. they probably compared the 2 seat mode of the Fit vs 4 seat mode of the Explorer.

i'm having serious second thoughts about the Fit/Jazz. that poor thing just got tackled by an Accord...

funny ads tho...

i'm having serious second thoughts about the Fit/Jazz. that poor thing just got tackled by an Accord...

funny ads tho...

Yeah I saw that before I bought mine. The type of crash in that video occurs in something like .5% of car crashes. So if you manage to get in an accident, you have a roughly 1 in 200 shot of it being something this bad. Under the vast majority of normal crashes, the car does plenty well. It's a very small car, though, so it certainly has safety limitations - as the comments say, the laws of physics still apply. If absolute safety is priority #1, you want a volvo I think (or a tank ).

You can't go by what the car looks like after the crash. My brother got hit at 50mph in his old Integra when a lady ran a stop light. T-boned a just a bit further back than where the Fit hits the Accord head on, so different forces, but still similar. The driver's side wheel was where the engine should've been, engine over to the passenger side, hood crumpled like paper, front fender crushed, airbag deployed, etc.. He got out and stopped people to be witnesses and only had a sore back from it.

Don't trust them Nawhead. They are not your friends. lol

Get one of these

edit: or one of these that eats smart-cars. ;-)

thanks for the reassurance, guys. i guess it just looks worse than it is. and the good thing about the FIT is that it's small and nimble so i can have a better chance of avoiding those pesky red light crashers.

but next time i'm feeling unusually paranoid, i'll just take the bus.

http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/risks_of_travel.htm

Omg that vid is so sick...Have you ever seen such dumbfucks live on the road? I haven't.

Omg that vid is so sick...Have you ever seen such dumbfucks live on the road? I haven't.

actually, just saw someone run a red light down the street from my house. the car was stopped at a red light, then just took off into oncoming traffic (turned left when cars were coming from the right)... wtf.

Omg that vid is so sick...Have you ever seen such dumbfucks live on the road? I haven't.

you obv don't live in the usa. I've seen 2 people ignore red lights in the past 2 days.

relevant: Dateline 1998 IIHS Midsize Sedans Offset Crash Test

never really thought about this stuff before since i always drove hand-me-down cars, but i'm more confident in the crash test ratings by the IIHS after seeing this--they're funded by insurance companies, not by the government. makes a big difference imo. and *gasp* i've been driving in a leg-breaker car all these years while thinking i was in a safe car. ignorance truly is bliss.

Cargo space comparison with Ford Explorer? Not even close.....unless you have 3 rows of passengers behind the driver.

Honda FIT and FIT Sport
Cargo Volume (cu ft, seat up/down) 20.6 / 57.3 20.6 / 57.3

Newest Ford Explorer Specs
Cargo Volume Behind First Row [cu. ft.] 80.7
Cargo Volume Behind Second Row [cu. ft.] 43.8
Cargo Volume Behind Third Row [cu. ft.] 21

i actually heard this claim in another review, but here is the claim in a Car & Driver review. bastards... made me look like a fool on the DC forums. this will not stand!

This thread makes a me a little sad every time I read it. Life is too short for boring cars IMHO.

I would get a used car. Porsche, audi, bmw or benz. Your fear of audis is most likely internet biased. Toyota and Audi are year after year the cars with the fewest issues in Denmark.

This thread makes a me a little sad every time I read it. Life is too short for boring cars IMHO.

I would get a used car. Porsche, audi, bmw or benz. Your fear of audis is most likely internet biased. Toyota and Audi are year after year the cars with the fewest issues in Denmark.

Bingo. I was wondering why used cars were not ever discussed.

In the US, craigslist is one of your best places for car shopping (especially in big metro areas). If you know what you are looking for, you can actually make money (like in poker). I have seen a freelance used car re-seller buy cars off of Craigslist, spruce them up and sell them.

With the economy being the way it is, you are liable to get some huge deals right now. Better negotiable opportunities. Just find that person who just went back-n-forth to work and are upgrading -- or getting divorced (no kidding).

Good Luck (if you choose to take this mission) --

This thread makes a me a little sad every time I read it. Life is too short for boring cars IMHO.

I would get a used car. Porsche, audi, bmw or benz. Your fear of audis is most likely internet biased. Toyota and Audi are year after year the cars with the fewest issues in Denmark.

Not everyone is a car guy though. And my Honda (prelude, not fit) is a pretty fun car to drive for a car driven by the wrong wheels.

My fear of Audi/VW comes from knowing 3 that blew engines within a year of ownership, one of which spent more time getting repaired than being driven by its owner, and a friend who was a service manager at a VW dealer telling me people who knew how to fix them would never be looking for a job. Also the fact that nothing is engineered well. Replacing a battery on my Honda is a 2min job. On a VW/Audi, it's at least half an hr. Only good if your service is included when buying.

Keep in mind we get different cars here than you do over there, too. Ford only recently started importing its decent European models to the US.

i had a thought the other day about the attitude difference between Europeans and Americans about cars. in America, a car is a necessity, not a luxury--we need them from the day we leave school to the day we retire. it's either get to work in our personal car, call a friend/relative to drive us, or call in sick. there's no public transport to a lot of places in America, walking/biking is completely out of the question since everything's so far apart, and taking a taxi to and from work is too expensive.

in America, the only people without cars are the unemployed and a minority of people who live in big cities. many of us consider cars as appliances because, by definition, it is an appliance for us. we have to use it to get something done (go anywhere, basically), and thus we consider any downtime a huge drawback. but if i was working at home, it'd be completely different.

and the reliability of different makes of cars goes far beyond anecdotal evidence:

The 100 most reliable cars of the last decade (data compiled by independent warranty company)

Audi A4 v Toyota Camry comparison from TrueDelta


as for the car hunt, the Honda Fit is on stand-by. i've become enamored with Subarus. Symmetrical AWD with Boxer engine... mmmm... (but the Impreza is #28 on that "most reliable cars of past decade" list, but looks good on TrueDelta, so i'm conflicted...)

Oh to have white people problems.............

Tuneman wrote:

Oh to have white people problems.............

i wanna go in a time machine... i wish i was white


Sneakers wrote:

Bingo. I was wondering why used cars were not ever discussed.

all the BMW and Audi talk was exclusively about used cars. but i chose to go another way for some other reasons.


anyway, it's weird. i've agonized so much over putting a few hundred bucks onto a poker site (and still am, actually), but when buying a car it's like, "oh, $500 for rubber floor mats? suuuure. $1500 for a spoiler that does nothing at all? gotta have it!" need to lock this down.

more reliability, more reliability, more reliability!
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/reliability-survey-2011/258307

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