[naz]

2001 ZTS,May 2 2008, 11:24 PM Wrote:"You'll pry my Subaru out of my cold dead hands"

I agree with naz for getting the BMW, I am thinking 1 series "off lease" myself to replace the Ford in a year or two. I'll always have a Sube though, I'd be dead by now twice over if I didn't. Road travel is part of my job and things only go wrong in s*** weather a couple thousand kilometres away, it's some sort of rule?
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andrew... even though i've gone over to the 'dark side' .. i still believe that nothing is better than a turbocharged subaru with long wheel travel for covering ground quickly on unfamiliar 'real world' (dirty, rough, snowy, gravely, etc etc etc) roads.. i will surely be using my local short term rental car service to get into a Sube Forester when i need to make a trip into the Tahoe this winter

you should proceed with caution when going with an off lease BMW.. especially a model like the 135 that is aimed squarely at the rabid enthusiast market.. many people will really drive the crap out of a leased vehicle since it is free maintenance, full warranty. a lot of leased bimmers are used hard and maintained (IMHO) very poorly (the factory maintenance schedule calls for servicing only once per yr or every 15k miles in order to be in compliance with warranty requirements) most will not pay out of pocket to further maintain a rented vehicle

i'm becoming a believer in the bmw image of a 'swiss army knife car' (daily drive to work, take clients out, rock out in the canyons/circuit) i think you'll really enjoy it!