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Originally Posted by DitrasetMan
Friends,
Option 1: 2013 528i- Driver Assistance Package
Total price (including taxes): $52,325
Option 2: 2013 535i- NO premium package (to save money since the 535i comes with leather, but I would be losing the comfort access system, which I don't need and satellite radio, which I won't be using - Pandora instead)
- Driver Assistance Package
Total price (including taxes): $55,277
Thoughts? |
It doesn't look like you are ordering anything that will make a difference in between 528 and 535 except power.
535 in the past has higher popularity among the car modders.
Here are some thoughts.
I have a 528ix 2012 model. my feeling was mixed. Sometimes I wish I had chosen the 535 just because a Subaru STI 4 banger is making 300hp while mine is making only 240hp. But I felt proud of my choice when I found out my car sips gas less than my girlfriend's 2006 Honda civic. Daily driving fuel consumption is about 8.5l/100km(27.5mpg) . My STI friend told me his combine fuel consumption was 12l/100km!
528ix's engine from outside the car sounds absolutely terrible to my ear, but who cares, you can't hear anything inside the car anyways. And it makes a nice discussion topic every time when someone asked me whether my bimmer is a diesel. I think the era of listening to the sound of engine is pretty much over now anyways as high compression ratio engine with direct injection becoming more and more popular.
For the rims, people have different taste. I personally think neither 528 nor 535's stock rim looks good. If you are going to buy sport/M package, than 528 and 535's rim will be quite different. 528's rim will be more economical since the radius is smaller than 35's.