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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5
sure thing - i had a set of brand new Toyos on the 87s, ready to go on 4.6 for the summer, when the 4.6 kicked the bucket... so, i got rid of the 4.6 with the winter 18" on it, and plasti-dipped the 87s... you can see, almost a year later, the dip is peeling... i am too lazy to do the update on the wheels...
besides, the lease on my wife's 335 is coming to an end in about month and a half, so i am looking for a replacement... she wants a convertible... so, the search is on...
a piece of advice - don't condition your wife to like BMWs - it becomes rather an expensive adventure!!! but, on the other hand, older I get, more expensive my adventures become, women including!!!  |
My wife loves my E53 now that its not with something broken all the time, but she still loves her Toyota more, its simpler for her, easier to just get in, turn the key and go. I don't think my wife could appreciate BMW's as a true driving car, she sees her car as just a mode to get from point A to point B, a transport for groceries, the dog, etc.
Her mom had an E83 LCI before trading it in, I wanted my wife to take over the payments but she didn't want to, and to be honest although someday I want her in a BMW for now I think she is good with the 2011 Rav4. The dog goes in that car, its gray interior so its a bit easier to clean out, all we have to do is oil changes, tire rotations, and brakes, and she could probably get 100k easy miles out of it before some real maintenance comes along.
Took me over a year for her to finally be able to let the car warm up for 30 seconds before slamming the shift lever into "R" or "D" (used to make me cringe hearing the car start and literally a half second later it was in gear, barely enough time for oil to flow through the sump), so I am conditioning her first to appreciate the car and take care of it better, once she has a few years of caring for her vehicle better under her belt, maybe an F series X3 for her down the line
