Even Obama Dogged By The Spies?

My wife and I went by the dealer tonight. There was an M3 coupe, sedan, and a 135i. The sedan looks great; dare I say better looking than the coupe?

The 135i was going for $43k with everything but navigation....what a chunk of change.

It's hard to want to choose an M3, when the car for $30k less will outrun it. I'll give the 1 series a few months before there are auto accidents from inexperienced drivers pushing the car to it's limits.

you don't need a few months--inexperienced drivers are causing accidents everyday on 200+hp cars.

1. The 135i will not outrun an M3. That is just a ridiculous statement.

2. At $35,000, the fast and furious crowd can't afford a 135i. Inexperienced drivers aren't going to be a problem.

"1. The 135i will not outrun an M3. That is just a ridiculous statement. "

upgrade the ECU, put an exhaust on it, etc and it will keep up with it at least

Why does it have to be a fast car? You could crash an Echo if you're careless.

I have a feeling Obama drives a Chrysler 300 ;-)

If that's true, then I expect Chrysler to resurrect the Imperial and the Next presidential limo will be an Imperial.

He drives a 64 Impala.

Yep. You are right Obama does drive a Chryler 300C. It was on the news the other day. You can check this out from car and driver.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/what_would_barack_obama_drive_feature+page-2.html

I don't know if Im feeling the "Jerez Black" color. I saw it in person and it looked a little dull. I dont like purple-ish cars.

I say order the M colors: Interlagos Blue, Alpine White, Melbourne Red or Jet Black.

My personal favourite and the colour my M5 was is Silverstone II.

I saw a gorgeous interlagos blue coupe at my dealer in Massachusetts, and sitting right next to it was a black sedan, and a black on red 135i. Nice job Bmw!

I love the M3 Sedan.

My wife and I both work various construciton contracts all over North America...with per diem and paygrade. It's not that I can't afford it. It just seems little excessive; but I guess that comes with the nameplate.

Even people that can afford such things can be money conscious. I don't know. My wife saw the 1 series, and immediately fell in love with it. That, and the 6 series convertible.

We were thinking about the 335xi but, now we're undecided. Obviously this is all subjective.

i buy my own cars btw, not my wife :)

I'm clearly the definition of "whipped".

Me personally; I'd drive 500 miles out of the way for the Pontiac G8. Absolutely no car can beat it for power on the dollar(brand new); even if the first U.S. delivery is 6speed automatics. Although I'd much prefer the 6speed manual w/ LSD.

Even though the LSD will probably be junk, the new Camaro aftermarket will probably correct that issue within a year.

I am disappointed to see how many of the options and packages on those cars are not standard features at that price.

I mean, auto dimming mirrors, the universal garage door opener, power front seats, and digital compass can't be standard at $34,900?

Only down side to the M3 is the MPG. I tought it would get better numbers :-P 70K is fully loaded prince....hmmm..what is fully lodaed price of competitors?

*thought =)