Frank
Fri, Nov-01-2002, 06:58:11 AM
they just got it in today i think.
they had a silver auto with the sport pkg/nav/prem pkg for about $37K...too much IMO.
the salesman let me take it out by myself for a test drive so got a chance to ring it out. :D it had like 40 miles on it!
anyway, it felt like a japanese sedan more than a sporty gt. had a strange exhaust note from within the car. steering was overboosted...MUCH more so than any BMW i've ever driven. what finally diswayed me on the car was the auto tranny. it has a manual mode which seems useless as it almost felt like it would upshift for you sometimes..sometimes it wouldnt...and when it did shift it was surprisingly slow in it's shifts.
the engine does seem to rev very freely. i think it would be nice with a manual if you dont mind the japanese steering.
they had a silver auto with the sport pkg/nav/prem pkg for about $37K...too much IMO.
the salesman let me take it out by myself for a test drive so got a chance to ring it out. :D it had like 40 miles on it!
anyway, it felt like a japanese sedan more than a sporty gt. had a strange exhaust note from within the car. steering was overboosted...MUCH more so than any BMW i've ever driven. what finally diswayed me on the car was the auto tranny. it has a manual mode which seems useless as it almost felt like it would upshift for you sometimes..sometimes it wouldnt...and when it did shift it was surprisingly slow in it's shifts.
the engine does seem to rev very freely. i think it would be nice with a manual if you dont mind the japanese steering.