eBay Find of The Night: A German Wagon With AWD and a Manual? ed.

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 01/08/2014 at 21:12 • Filed to: ebay

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2004 BMW 325ix Wagon 71,977 miles. West Palm Beach, Florida. $12,990 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Manuél Ferrari > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 21:14

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My head needs to stop telling me that bimmers must be RWD and that AWD German wagons must be Audi

Old stereotypes are still stuck in there

Nibby > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 21:17

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Needs moar PAINT!

Mathias Rios > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 21:17

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I wish my benz had the Oil filter with a standard hex on top instead of an oil filter wrench. Thats a pretty cool idea and convenient too!

EDIT: nice job kinja crop

PS9 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 21:18

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but-but-but that's not fair! I live in florida, I could totally get that if only I totally couldn't get that...

Arch Duke, why you do dis to meeeeee

Bad Idea Hat > Manuél Ferrari 01/08/2014 at 21:21

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Yep, I find myself falling into that trap occasionally as well.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PS9 01/08/2014 at 21:21

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Because I like you guise

Manuél Ferrari > Bad Idea Hat 01/08/2014 at 21:35

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Isn't it funny how stuff gets ingrained in our heads?

Just cause Audi was the first German automaker to mass produce good AWD sedans and wagons doesn't mean that BMW and Mercedes aren't good at it as well now.

But whenever I think of German AWD my head thinks of Quattro rally cars and sexy Audi wagons.

Bravo Audi - your marketing works well

Bad Idea Hat > Manuél Ferrari 01/08/2014 at 21:39

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It's a brilliant long game. Part of me thinks this was the plan all along. The other part thinks it's just luck and good engineering.

I don't like Audi the most, but I respect them the most.

Manuél Ferrari > Bad Idea Hat 01/08/2014 at 21:43

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I think it was an ingenious plan.

VAG gained R&D cost savings by making the entire VW and Audi lineup (other than a couple high end Audis) FWD. They knew most people don't want FWD luxury cars so they created AWD versions of those same cars at a lower price point than separately developing FWD and RWD cars.

They spent money on racing and established the Quattro brand to make their AWD seem premium and fast.

It's very smart.

M54B30 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 22:10

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Are those seats....vinyl? Or as BMW calls it, "leatherette?"

Also, ugly non-M wheel without the benefit of being heated...

Otherwise great package. The M54 series engine is a dream

KoenigSTIGg > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 01/08/2014 at 22:24

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My mom had an '02 one just like this one.

twinturbobmw > M54B30 01/08/2014 at 23:01

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BMW vinyl seats are terrible. They feel like hard plastic.

M54B30 > twinturbobmw 01/08/2014 at 23:06

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They're also embarrassing. I never knew they came with vinyl until I was test driving a 3 series and thought "man these seats are really slippery, what's up with this?"

BMW should've offered nice cloth seats instead of trying to fool people with leatherette. Or, more appropriately, all BMWs should've come with leather or alcantara.