Yep, you're right. I've looked up different BMWs and both the grille and bumper trim piece exactly match the E38.
Woker: Driving is an end in itself. It's always worth it. (Also: people who are riding bikes because they can't afford anything else are probably not the ones riding around narrow, blind mountain passes all the time while insisting that everyone else is the problem for trying to go too fast in cars that are too wide.)
I cleaned and drove a 2018 Lincoln Navigator today. It has 26,000 miles and it was one-wayed to us, I've never seen it before. Had to take it to the shop because someone curbed a chunk out of one of the tires. Rental service seems to have been tough on it. There's something wrong with the transmission, causing it to have rough, uncoordinated shifts occasionally, and the white leather interior is sort of beat up and showing wear in places. Looked exactly like this. Ugly ass color and wheels. Just...not promising at 26,000 miles. They're quite nice brand new, but I fully expect to see them in the ghetto in 10 years.
That's what American luxury has been for at least half a century. At least it's cheap to buy. --- Post updated --- Always? Is driving a bad car on some crowded grid also worth it?
A crowded grid is the one exception I'll make, although in many cases my expectation is that I'll eventually be free of the crowded grid and able to open it up (not living in a major city helps). As far as a bad car... my car isn't in the best of shape and I'll still make up excuses to go places.
My father's boss has recently ordered a 250K Continental GT for his 59th birthday, received it with a malfunctioning transmission and a rip on one seat. He returned it and demanded a replacement. This means several months of waiting once again. He was also frustrated by the fact it didn't feature full-time all-wheel drive. Moral of the story: no need to make fun of American luxury, it offers the same defects for much less money.
I didn't mean quality in terms of reliability, but the materials, fitment and capabilities when it runs. Bentley is quite good at that. My mother somewhat knows a Bentley Conti GT owner. He likes it, but not when he has to drive his Evoque instead.
I feel a lot of that has to do with rental duty. Luxury rentals are a curious breed, they seem to be beat upon way more than a Chevy Spark or even something like a Challenger. I'd feel comfortable buying an ex-rental Nissan Sentra over something like a Chrysler 300, having looked at both as ex-rentals myself. The Chrysler did way less miles, but was absolutely hammered. Even comparing it against an ex-rental Ford Fusion it was basically finished.
It was in really poor overall condition: scratches everywhere, every wheel curbed, it smelled like weed, it didn't track straight, and it had a very noticeable lifter tick. It was a very similar story with a Chevy Malibu I looked at as well. The leather was torn, it has stains everywhere, and one of the speakers was blown. The Chrysler had 45,000 miles, the Malibu had 30,000. By contrast, I looked at a Cadillac ATS at a regular dealer that had 40,000 miles. Vehicle was in perfect condition save for some wheel curbing. My last Mustang was an ex-rental and while in need of some paint correction, it was mechanically very sound, especially since it was a manual.
Here's an odd and interesting vehicle, the Volkswagen Plattenwagen: It is essentialy like a pickup truck but with the bed infront of the driver.
Deadass every large SUV will be in a "ghetto" in ten years, that's how buying and selling used cars works friend.
This is a major want... THIS! A MILLION TIMES THIS! A friend of mine’s parent bought a 3 year old Range Rover, and the car was a mess after only a couple years of (extremely hard) use. People don’t realize that nice cars aren’t indestructible. --- Post updated ---
