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>I'll buy some steel rims for the snow tires and pile them up in my
>garage until the winter months. Or maybe I'll wait on that until I
>have my new 4 wheel drive car. (VW 4motion? Audi Quattro? Does BMW
>even make a 4WD car?)

They used to make a 3-series with an "x" designation (325ix I know of for
sure) that had 4WD.  To the best of my knowledge (brother-in-law drives a
91 M5 and is a huge BMW enthusiast, it's rubbed off on me), they do have
not made a 4WD in years.  However, almost all new BMW's come with a quite
sophisticated traction control system which all say is just as good in snow
as front wheel, maybe even as good as 4WD.  BMW's website used to have a
link about why all their cars were rear wheel drive and why it was better
than front wheel, but it's been a long time since I read that, so I
couldn't tell you their reasoning.

>I like my Jetta but it's a jack of all trades, master of none. i.e.
>too small for a five person passenger car, and not a spectacular
>sports car either. Regardless, my next car purchase will be a 4WD
>sports car (Audi TT 4WD would be cool, hopefully with at least

Have you ever actually sat inside or driven a TT?  I have not driven one,
but I checked one out a the dealer, and I thought it was terrible.  It had
almost no visibility, which I thought was bizarre for a car that seems to
be all windows.  Plus I've heard they've had a lot of recalls, something
about the car being "unstable" at high speeds.  Just my two cents.

>250hp!) a 4WD sedan (M5 4WD anyone?) or a 4WD SUV (maybe VW/Porsche

As I said earlier, there are no 4WD M5's, but if you can afford the $70k or
so, the car is definitely worth it, and it does come with the traction
control.  My bro-in-law's M5 is an awesome car, once you get used to the
stiff clutch they put in BMW's.  Personally, I am hoping for an M3 or M
Roadster someday, but if I can afford that, I hope to keep the Jetta for
winter driving, as I really wouldn't want to drive the BMW in the salt and
subject it to the other idiots on the road who can't drive in weather.

I hate those SUV's, and I really hope Porsche doesn't try to enter that
market, it would lower my opinion of them, not like they'd care.  I believe
VW is coming out with one in the next couple of years, though.

>will finally have an SUV, or I'll have to go for an X5 or a Cherokee)

>OK, now we're really daydreaming...

You and me both (see above comment about M3 as I sigh with happy thoughts
running through my head).

>- -K
>Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com


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