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That interior is beautiful. The circular gauges look so much better than the weird trapezoid shape in other BMW's.
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I would be scared to sit in it with Jeans or let my kids in it. I like the Tesla white interior but I just know it would be so dirty so quick. Looks good when clean though.
I usually got around 22-23 mpg in my old M340 which was AWD and I never drove it in eco mode and I also had it tuned for more power. Amazing how good the gas mileage was in that car for the power it put out.
There's so much to learn about this car compared to an XLT F-150.....
The auto-start stop disable button is actually persistent in this model. If you push the button to disable the system, it remembers this setting. Newer cars built after March 2018 do not have that luck.
Been mostly driving it in eco-pro mode to see how well it does on gas. Seems to be averaging low 20's around here which is pretty decent. When you put it in sport mode and floor it, it really takes off. I'm loving this inline 6.
The auto-start stop disable button is actually persistent in this model. If you push the button to disable the system, it remembers this setting. Newer cars built after March 2018 do not have that luck.
Been mostly driving it in eco-pro mode to see how well it does on gas. Seems to be averaging low 20's around here which is pretty decent. When you put it in sport mode and floor it, it really takes off. I'm loving this inline 6.
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We have the same color interior (Ivory White?) in our 2019 5 Series and initially I felt the same, but surprisingly it's not difficult to keep clean. I wear jeans all the time with no color transfer problems, and we'll occasionally eat in the car and so far, it hasn't needed any special care. The seats still look great.
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The guy in the Chicago area dropped his price for the hardtop to $2,000, which is tempting. I haven't responded yet.
Logistics of the whole thing will be annoying but let's see where this goes.
I have the upper hand, he can't sell the car (it's been well over a year) so it's obviously a POS, so he might as well sell the top. Buyer's market situation.
Logistics of the whole thing will be annoying but let's see where this goes.
I have the upper hand, he can't sell the car (it's been well over a year) so it's obviously a POS, so he might as well sell the top. Buyer's market situation.
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$1,500 is good.
I'd even mention that for $1k I would be excited and for more than that I'd have to think about it.
It might need paint and a headliner.