Originally Posted by Russianblue

Very interesting to say the least. Not sure if I love where BMW is headed. Something about my first three of them were a little bit of rawness, and were all about the driving experiences. That's what I fell in love with. The handling, brakes and driving confidence they inspired. Hoping that's not going by the wayside. Every time I see ANOTHER barebones new 328i on the road (and there are a LOT of them) my heart sinks a bit. There's no way they are producing these cars to last 15 and 20 years like my three have/will. I guess they don't make em like they used to. Good in many ways but alas....change is difficult.

The other car I'd like to check out is a Q5 Audi. Or maybe I will just buy my girl the engagement ring and drive the e53 until it is completely dead!