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Mike Bradberry
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 04:08 pm, by: Mike Bradberry (Halflife)

The reason I've gone off V'35's is the relatively poor build quality. Obviously I've been spoiled by owning a Soarer, an LS400 and now the Aristo.
The build quality is there in the Merc. and I like the layout inside and the body style of the CLK. If I can trade my car on a 430, I reckon I might do it sooner rather than later.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 05:21 pm, by: Rob Rojo (Rob_tt)

If it was me I wouldn't be going for the Merc, for the same sort of money you could pick a BMW 330CI. Better performance and still very comfortable. BMW build quality is excellent and servicing is cheaper as well.

Damian Ware
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 08:07 am, by: Damian Ware (Frozenpod)

Mike Bradberry wrote on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 04:08 pm:
The reason I've gone off V'35's is the relatively poor build quality. Obviously I've been spoiled by owning a Soarer, an LS400 and now the Aristo.
The build quality is there in the Merc. and I like the layout inside and the body style of the CLK. If I can trade my car on a 430, I reckon I might do it sooner rather than later.

Fair enough, I'm not familure enough with the current Merc's to be in a position to comment.

A possible other option for you might be one of the IS series.

Good cars very good build quality and the newer models have quite sporty engines which was the only let down in the original IS series cars.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 09:29 am, by: Ali Saeed (Ali)

downgrade from a GS to an IS?

Daniel Lee
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 10:34 am, by: Daniel Lee (Son_gokou)

Mike Bradberry wrote on Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 09:23 pm:
I'm going to look at the Toyota Mk 2 now. I've never heard of it.

Toyota Mark II is the new chaser i guess.

Come with the 1JZ-GTE VVTI.

You can get one for around $20k-$24k.

Here are some photos of the Mark II IR-V:

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Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 02:44 pm, by: Mike Bradberry (Halflife)

So now I've had the chance to drive a 430CLK. What a let down. No grunt at all. What do I have to do to get luxury vehicle with performance, sexy good looks and spend less than $30,000. All I want is something relatively quick, lounge chair comfort and nice and quiet.
Maybe I'm already in it???? No, I want something more modern and less than 100k on the clock. Am I asking too much?
The BMW535i is looking pretty good, but most of them have huge K's.
I'm happy to trade up. Anyone?

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Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 01:05 am, by: Ali Saeed (Ali)

what about 335ci's?

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Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 08:20 am, by: Mike Bradberry (Halflife)

Couldn't find any 335ci's Ali, but I have looked at 330ci's and I sure like what I see and what I read about them. Just have to find one nearby so as I can check it out.

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Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 08:41 am, by: Rob Rojo (Rob_tt)

The 335's are very nice but a lot more than 30k. The 330 is a great alrounder and look the part too.
I'm considering keeping.the black 328ci that I posted with the other cars before. It's only got 107000ks fully optioned for only 16k.

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Monday, February 28, 2011 - 08:42 am, by: Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt)

The current 335 is the "almost as quick as an M3" model isn't it?

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Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:27 am, by: Damian Ware (Frozenpod)

Mike Bradberry wrote on Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 02:44 pm:
What do I have to do to get luxury vehicle with performance, sexy good looks and spend less than $30,000.

To find something that does it all and being a quality well built car the options are very limited. BMW 3 series is a good option but the higher performance models are not cheap.

Would you prefer a saloon car or a coupe?

If you are looking for a coupe how about RX-8.