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10-30-2012, 08:33 PM | #24 |
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Well, I read/check CR. I don't need them to call a 3er the most reliable car around, but if they called it unreliable, I would probably not buy one. Bearing in mind, I buy, rather than lease, my cars, so I care. Folks that lease probably don't care at all. But even were I to lease cars, I don't have the time to be back and forth to the dealer to have things fixed.
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10-30-2012, 09:12 PM | #29 |
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No, but I have a really good excuse:
Now entering Hour 26 of the Sandy blackout in Northern NJ, can barely get an AT&T signal lock on my iPad which took 2 hours to recharge in my wife's Odyssey's USB port. Can you summarize for me? BJ |
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10-30-2012, 09:24 PM | #31 |
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Just stay safe and don't worry about BMW's until all is back to normal. Trust me, coming from someone who has lived through many storms/scares (and over 10 days of power outages).
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I'm very skeptical about this ranking though. Just from these forums, there seem to be a lot of people whose F30s are having complaints - steering clunk/vibrations, bluetooth/USB malfunctions, auto wiper malfunctions, A/C noise, yet un-diagnosed 'limp mode' problems etc. I'm still impatiently waiting for my delivery but now I'm a little worried ![]() |
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10-30-2012, 10:21 PM | #35 |
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Consumer Reports? Won't change a thing. People who like the F30 for thinking it has great handling and agility will still like it. People who hates the F30 for thinking it has gone soft and mushy will still hate it. Because it's not what car reviewers say, but what you as the buyer like that matters in the end.
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Assuming you can find a hotel with a) power and b) available rooms. Good luck and hang in there. Be thankful for no major loss.
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I think the reliabity reports from Consumer reports are very accurate. If you subscribe to the magazine or on line they send you a questionaire about your cars every year which I usually fill out. I don't follow their overall reviews on cars because they are biased away from sports oriented vehicles. I would contend they are much more accurate about reliability than this forum because this forum is geared towards BMW enthusiasts or people that have an issue that went on line and were directed to the site because it matched an issue they have.
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EDIT: I see it's the white 328 Luxury being tossed around. I recall seeing that video months ago already....but still fun to watch. Cheers Robin Last edited by Robin_NL; 10-31-2012 at 10:12 AM.. |
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Personally, I think the CR reliability thing is funny because a car's reliability score shouldn't be measured in less than a year of it's new generation. However, my wife thinks it's funny because our brakes squeal like a banshee, our exhaust flap screeches louder than Gilbert Gotftried, and ASS just decided to put the car in Park at a stoplight yesterday. Most nonethusiasts say the same thing... "If you pay $50k+ for a LUXURY Sedan, it should be damn perfect." Whereas I tend to think, "It's a $50k+ SPORTS Sedan. For little problems I can just take it in to the dealer for a fix. Not that big of a deal." |
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