After years of SUV type vehicles I recently made a big change and downsized ..... to a sports car.
My initial thought was to buy a sports car for most of my casual day to day driving and keep a SUV in storage for location shoot days.
But a funny thing happened while I was shopping online for a sports car, I came across the new 08 Audi TT coupe. It's a hatchback design with tiny almost useless rear seats, that, when folded down create plenty of room for my gear.
Oh, and by the way it gets 26 mpg on average, with 35 mpg highway. Power is not sacrificed either, it's a 2 liter turbo creating 200 hp !
Yeah ... it's a chick Magnet ... I came out of a resturant last week to find a 20 something chick taking camera phone photos of it. She's going, wow are you the owner? , can I sit in it ? Never got that with my old suv , 07 X3 !
Posts: 107 | Location: Cincinnati | Registered: 27 June 2001
Originally posted by Shawn k: [qb] Brent, My whole family is a Bimmer fanatics. At the moment I drive '08 X5 & 01 330Ci. Both are fun. Which one do you drive? [/qb]
now is a 97 540i
before was a 86 635 csi 85 735i
also a fanatic...!
Posts: 506 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: 02 November 2004
Back in the early 80's I had a 320i with an aftermarket turbo on it that was a screamer. Also had this beautiful BMW 2002 and regret ever selling it as it was a fun car to drive. Don't even remember what model year it was, maybe early to mid 70's? It was kinda funny once...something got shorted in the wiring and every time I made a right hand turn it would honk the horn. Got a lot of crazy looks driving it home and then to a repair shop with everybody wondering why I was honking at them.
Posts: 706 | Location: Redondo Beach, CA | Registered: 01 October 2003
Originally posted by Art Dickinson: [qb] Yeah ... it's a chick Magnet ... I came out of a resturant last week to find a 20 something chick taking camera phone photos of it. She's going, wow are you the owner? , can I sit in it ? Never got that with my old suv , 07 X3 ! [/qb]
its because she was on the way to the dealer to order one...
Posts: 506 | Location: Manhattan | Registered: 02 November 2004
a 2002 has always been my dream car, I almost bought one once but when I got there it didn't start, i took it as a sign. My photo hauler is a saab hatchback more space in the hatch than some suvs, and a lot more fun to drive turbo power.
Originally posted by Art Dickinson: [qb] Yeah ... it's a chick Magnet ... I came out of a resturant last week to find a 20 something chick taking camera phone photos of it. She's going, wow are you the owner? , can I sit in it ? [/qb]
So... it sounds like the mid-life crisis is going as planned?
Posts: 576 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: 18 July 2004
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