New Wheels
10-08-2009, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by curiouz_G,Oct 8 2009, 10:57 AM
stance and wheel design are perfect IMO but for some reason they look too small for the car. maybe 20's in the rear would look better?
Wheel sizes are
19x8.5 +38 and 19x10 +42 rear
Thanks for the compliments guys! I'll add some more pics in a bit.
10-09-2009, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by y2ks2k,Oct 8 2009, 06:34 PM
God, where were you in 07 around here when it was me vs 25 BWM owners ripping on my IS350.
I prefer a car with a bullet proof drive line that goes quick, stops quicker... it has to be comfortable (Back seating room? Who cares, I don't siit in the back seat)and eat up gobs of interstate miles all day long at hyperlegal speeds and oh yeah, it has to be an infrequent flyer at my local dealer's service department... for me, the 350 fits the bill perfectly.
My personal experinece and the experience of my pals who like cars from the father land bares out the fact that people who own BMW's, Audi's, and other German cars are on a first name basis with their service advisor and rack up more annual miles in loaner cars than those of us who drive Hondas and Toyotas. (My last dance with a German marque was an A4... what a pain in the arase car... tripped a service code like every other month... I was in a new TLS the day the AUDI's warranty was up, drove the hell out of the car and all I did was change fluids and filters and one round of breake pads the entire time I owned it)
BMW, Lexus, or whatever... it's all about preference, that's why Baskin Robbins makes all those different flavors of ice cream... at times I really wish it wasn't so but the fact is, the Japanese manufacturers have figured out how to cobble together pretty decent cars... I submit the 350 and S2k as exhibit A....
BMW=Break My Wallet
10-09-2009, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by KonaMan,Oct 9 2009, 02:05 AM
Lurking and laughing... first, I suspect more than half of those "BMW owners" didn't own BMW's... the others were, not that there's anything wrong with it... brand loyalists who will stand by their brand no matter what... Fact is the IS is a great all around car that might give up a few tenths to a BEEMER on the track but, in the real world, it's simply a matter of preference and real world, day to day performance.
I prefer a car with a bullet proof drive line that goes quick, stops quicker... it has to be comfortable (Back seating room? Who cares, I don't siit in the back seat)and eat up gobs of interstate miles all day long at hyperlegal speeds and oh yeah, it has to be an infrequent flyer at my local dealer's service department... for me, the 350 fits the bill perfectly.
My personal experinece and the experience of my pals who like cars from the father land bares out the fact that people who own BMW's, Audi's, and other German cars are on a first name basis with their service advisor and rack up more annual miles in loaner cars than those of us who drive Hondas and Toyotas. (My last dance with a German marque was an A4... what a pain in the arase car... tripped a service code like every other month... I was in a new TLS the day the AUDI's warranty was up, drove the hell out of the car and all I did was change fluids and filters and one round of breake pads the entire time I owned it)
BMW, Lexus, or whatever... it's all about preference, that's why Baskin Robbins makes all those different flavors of ice cream... at times I really wish it wasn't so but the fact is, the Japanese manufacturers have figured out how to cobble together pretty decent cars... I submit the 350 and S2k as exhibit A....
BMW=Break My Wallet
I prefer a car with a bullet proof drive line that goes quick, stops quicker... it has to be comfortable (Back seating room? Who cares, I don't siit in the back seat)and eat up gobs of interstate miles all day long at hyperlegal speeds and oh yeah, it has to be an infrequent flyer at my local dealer's service department... for me, the 350 fits the bill perfectly.
My personal experinece and the experience of my pals who like cars from the father land bares out the fact that people who own BMW's, Audi's, and other German cars are on a first name basis with their service advisor and rack up more annual miles in loaner cars than those of us who drive Hondas and Toyotas. (My last dance with a German marque was an A4... what a pain in the arase car... tripped a service code like every other month... I was in a new TLS the day the AUDI's warranty was up, drove the hell out of the car and all I did was change fluids and filters and one round of breake pads the entire time I owned it)
BMW, Lexus, or whatever... it's all about preference, that's why Baskin Robbins makes all those different flavors of ice cream... at times I really wish it wasn't so but the fact is, the Japanese manufacturers have figured out how to cobble together pretty decent cars... I submit the 350 and S2k as exhibit A....
BMW=Break My Wallet
The IS looks classier, is more reliable, and has an interior that is fantastic. That's about it. There is an IS within spitting distance of me that I can drive.
y2ks2k has had problems with the BMW owners because he dosent know how to talk to people. Simple as that.