RE: BMW v. GLX

["Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com" <chartwel@bbn.com>]

That guy must be an idiot. 

98 GLX = $20,955 (base)
95 325i = $22,055 (base)

If this guy paid 6k more than the GLX he got ripped off, BIG time! Unless
you got the GLX for around 15-16k.

My .02Cents

Later....



At 01:32 PM 09/22/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>Tim Irwin wrote:
>> 
>> The really funny thing was that she and her husband were looking for a used
>> BWM 3 series, and she was thinking to go with a new Jetta instead. I looked
>> for a 325i 4dr/5spd for 2 months, a used Jetta for 1 month, then bought
new.
>> 
>
>While I was looking for my GLX, my friend bought a used '95 BMW 325 (18k
>miles)
>4dr/5spd with an upgraded computer chip.  He paid about 6 grand more for
>his car.  
>We  went and did some hard driving together on the highways and
>backroads, and 
>these two cars were matched perfectly.  Road handling, acceleration,
>braking,
>even the exterior dimensions were almost exact.  I've got a better
>service plan,
>a bigger trunk, and a much cheaper monthly payment.  Looks like the
>Jetta GLX is
>a hard car to beat.
>
>-- 
>Benjamin M. Piecuch
>Hamilton Standard 
>Space Systems International
>