My Next Car List!

"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
07/21/2015 at 15:13 • Filed to: None

So, I’m a devout Audi fan. Everybody knows that, but it’s getting close to the time where I need a new car. The A4 that I currently have is aging well, but I’d like to get a newer car. It needs to be able to impress clients, be affordable, be German, manual, economical to an extent and tuneable. That’s what leads me to the 128i, I’ve ridden in one and it wasn’t a bad experience at all. I’d like to keep a classic alongside a potential DD, but that really depends on my financial situation down the road.

Here’s my list in no particular order with pros/cons of each. So judge my list and maybe suggest something. I WILL DENY IT IF IT DOESN’T FOLLOW MY PARAMETERS!

Note: I make my car purchases in cash because I’m a baller, shot caller, 20 inch blades in the Impala. $10,000 is my max for the time being. That does not include maintenance, modification and upkeep.

1. Porsche Cayenne (3.2 V6, manual.)

+Looks great, would impress clients and ladies.

+Manual luxury suv.

-Not as tuneable as the others.

-Expensive repairs and service.

-Hard to find.

2. Audi A4 Avant/Sedan (B7, 3.2 V6, manual.)

+Great engine/exhaust note.

+I love the B7 Platform and A4s in general.

-Fairly small cabin space.

-It would be my third A4 in a row.

-Less tuneable than the 1.8t.

3. Bmw 128i

+Peppy and the styling reminds me of the 2002.

-Interior quality/space.

-Less doors than the others.

-Lots of computers that can go wrong.

4. Wild Card.

DISCUSSION (70)

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:20

*completely ignores your criteria*

http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:21

This is the only clear option.

Kinja'd!!!

EL_ULY > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:21

$10,000 doesn’t include maintenance

oh man lol :] I think a Cheyenne wouldn’t be a good decision. Tavarishitus is no fun. The B7 and 128i should be ok but at $10,000... inspect it veeery good.

-owner of now 8!! German headaches

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:21

E90 330i/328i

+reliable

+tuneable

+relatively spacious

+impresses clients

-on the expensive end of the spectrum

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 15:23

WANT! But I really do want manual again.

jkm7680 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
07/21/2015 at 15:23

Nah, I don’t really like BMW that much besides the 1 series.

LongbowMkII > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:23

Are 1 series 10k already?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:26

Okay, what about a loaded 2.0T Mark V Jetta?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:27

E46 330i ZHP.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:28

Other possibilities are maybe this if you need more doors:

http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

But to be honest, and looking at all the things you want, I’d get an S60R in manual. And buy classic german as a weekend car.

Uug > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:30

I’ve got a nice BMW I can sell ya...

Also, I had no idea 128i’s were <= $10k these days.

E92M3 > LongbowMkII
07/21/2015 at 15:30

Exactly what I was thinking. Same goes for the Cayenne.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:30

E46 330i

+manual

+RWD

+dat inline 6

+Classic BMW driving dynamics

+ easily found in budget with money left over

+ fastest non-M 3 series

-older

-bit of an eh interior. Not terrible though

-potential meh reliability

LongbowMkII > E92M3
07/21/2015 at 15:32

High mileage ones are.

Under_Score > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 15:46

Matches all of the criteria (except for being German), but here you go. Also has a clean one-owner CarFax. Reliability >>>>>>>>

http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

nermal > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 16:02

MK5 GTI with high miles?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 16:09

Good luck finding a clean 128i for 10K, but there aren't many computers to break as long as you stay away from poodrive

deekster_caddy > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 16:18

It needs to be able to impress clients, be affordable, be German, manual, economical to an extent and tuneable.

Other than impressing clients our ‘08 B6 Passat Wagon meets all of those requirements. 2.0 TSI/CCTA turbo motor, modifiable/tunable, 6MT, economical (30+ MPG hwy, 24 average) and very practical! We just got an “amazing offer” in the mail from a local dealership for it for a whopping $4000 as a trade in for a brand new Nissan. I think it’s worth much more to keep for a while...

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 16:43

it actually kind of resembles my list, which I will not declare since i’m 17, and will get a new asshole made since I’ve seen what happens when young people talk about getting nice cars on the internet...

jokes aside, it is kinda similar to my list; brands wise at least

Spaceball-Two > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 16:50

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 18:42

You should buy a good car. Like a new CTS.

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR
07/21/2015 at 18:58

Nope.

jkm7680 > Spaceball-Two
07/21/2015 at 18:58

They haven’t hit my level of depreciation yet!

jkm7680 > deekster_caddy
07/21/2015 at 18:59

Meh, I don’t like the styling of that generation Passat though.

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 18:59

I will avoid poodrive at all costs! I’ve found a few manual transmission equipped cars for under 10k though, not too many but they exist.

jkm7680 > nermal
07/21/2015 at 18:59

Meh, don’t feel like timing belt changes.

jkm7680 > Under_Score
07/21/2015 at 19:00

Hell nope.

jkm7680 > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
07/21/2015 at 19:00

Nah, only one BMW on my list haha.

jkm7680 > Uug
07/21/2015 at 19:00

Yup, neither did I until I looked!

jkm7680 > LongbowMkII
07/21/2015 at 19:00

Yup

http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:01

Horrible interiors on those things though, the S60R scares me more than the S8 in the reliability department for some reason.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:01

Have fun never being a baller then.

When's the rest of your Audi review coming?

jkm7680 > Your boy, BJR
07/21/2015 at 19:02

I’ll have fun with my lack of baller skills.

I have no idea, haha. I’ve been too lazy to write the rest.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:05

Yeah, I really don’t like the interior on these C-Classes, but it drives nicely and looks ok. I’d ask a few Oppos that own one, because I’d really get an S60R if I were in your shoes, other than that I say you should get V6 Cayenne, mainly because I’ve been looking at them for myself recently.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:06

Yup, I’ve been leaning towards all of them at once though! I really have no idea which one of them I like the most.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:08

You probably won’t understand what is written in the add, but I check this every 10 minutes to see if it is still there.

http://www.webmotors.com.br/comprar/audi/s…

Can you get one of these in your budget?

LongbowMkII > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:10

now that is some depreciation.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:11

Damn, that’s clean. Even the rain tray is still there and that’s not very common.

I technically could get one for around $4,000, but they’re hard to work on and getting there as far as age goes. If I was to get an S4, it would probably be a B6.

But that one is really, really, really clean. I highly suggest that you go and buy that or an S8.

jkm7680 > LongbowMkII
07/21/2015 at 19:13

It’s also an accident on it’s record, but under 100,000 miles and a pretty good color combo.

All in all, a pretty good deal. Here’s another one with just over 100k on it.

http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:16

I assumed the 4.2 V8 was more troublesome than the 2.7 Biturbo, but every time that changes. When I posted about the S8 people told me the engine and my wallet would go kaput, then I posted about the S6 and the German experts told me the V8 in the S6 is actually quite stout.

I might actually go look at it, I don’t have the money now, but that S4 is something I really want.

You never got the first gen S3 in the US right?

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:19

The 2.7 Biturbo is still a good engine, but two turbos is troublesome. You’ve got to make sure that it’s been upgraded to the k04 turbos from the stock k03 turbos because if the stock turbos have been replaced, they will go bad.

The 4.2 V8 is less fiddly, the timing belt chain issue was WAY overplayed. There’s an 80% chance that you’ll never have to deal with it.

We did not even get the first generation S3 stateside.

Your boy, BJR > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:21

Don’t roll your car now, Orlove.

Spaceball-Two > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:22

TRY HARDER!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:26

Laaaammmeee.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:30

Ah, that’s bad, the first S3 is a great forgotten little car. Now that you mentioned two turbos, you could get an All-road. (My last comments have all been suggestions of cars that I really want, but am/was too scared/poor to buy now that I think about it)

The 128i is the only BMW you want, so no on a 540i, the sedans probably don’t do anything for you then, right?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:37

Mine was $18k

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 19:43

Year and mileage?

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:44

The Allroad isn’t all that horrible, that horrible that is. I’ve seen one with 300k on it before.

None of the other BMW models do anything for me.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:47

Kinja'd!!!

I think you should consider it at least.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:48

Trust me, I have and still do from time to time.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:49

10 with 36k manual transmission, no sunroof and the sport package.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:51

Tell us if you buy one, we could be the “Failed air-suspension brothers”, a new reality show on TLC.

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 19:52

Ah, CPO I’m guessing.

I rode in one last week, felt like a solid car but the rear seat was still as hell. How’s the maintenance?

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:52

Hahaha, that would be awesome.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:54

Nah got it from a Porsche Audi VW dealer in SC.

Maintenance is pretty damn easy and I’ve fit two adults in the back with no issues on a short trip

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 19:55

Not bad, does it make nice noises under intense acceleration?

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:57

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

*Because the cars won’t move.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 19:57

With the performance muffler and a CAI it makes amazing noises all the time

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 19:57

Hahaha, new yard art!

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 19:58

OEM sport exhaust right? The I6 seems like a good engine.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 20:01

BMW Performance Muffler, OEM part just sold through the parts department

jkm7680 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/21/2015 at 20:06

Nice, was it cheaper there?

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 20:06

Tonight on Failed Air-Suspension Brothers!

Kinja'd!!!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 20:07

BMW dealer selling them on eBay and it was about half price

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 20:09

Hahaha, that is the face of shit damn it.

My citroen won't start > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 20:14

Later on that day the mechanics probably found some dried gum and paper clips stuck to the air filter, a vestige of his MacGyver years.

jkm7680 > My citroen won't start
07/21/2015 at 20:15

Haha, watch the battery be dead.

deekster_caddy > jkm7680
07/21/2015 at 20:44

Ah, okay. I have to admit for the most part I don’t understand this. Unless it’s so radically different that it really stands out, like the Pontiac Aztek, I can’t really understand one style from another being that important of a factor. Unless you have a thing for a particular model, or are talking about a supercar of some kind, where styling DOES matter, then function comes first to me. I mean, don’t get me wrong I sort of understand what is stylish but it just can’t be that important when you get down to it.

What’s wrong with this?

Kinja'd!!!

jkm7680 > deekster_caddy
07/21/2015 at 20:46

I just don’t like the way they look. Too many curves in the front and the headlights/taillights don’t look good to me.

pip bip - choose Corrour > jkm7680
07/22/2015 at 05:31

4. Wild Card.

used Buick Verano or Regal?

based on Opel , so (might) qualify as German?

no idea if they meet $10K criteria though

not sure if manual either.