[Biturbos4] BMW becoming the 'ultimate poser machine'

[Kyle Owen]

My father-in-law found the same thing the last two times he bought a car - 
ended up with a Saab Viggen Conv the first time (only came in manual) and a 
G35 6-speed the second time (available on the lot at multiple 
dealerships...) BMW's are wonderful drivers cars (never owned one, but I 
can't begrudge,) but in automatic form I just don't get the appeal...


>From: "Bill  Coleman" <billc928 at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Bill Coleman <billc928 at earthlink.net>
>To: <biturbos4 at www.audifans.com>
>Subject: [Biturbos4] BMW becoming the 'ultimate poser machine'
>Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:18:13 -0500
>
>A friend of a friend wanted to test drive a 330i only to discover every car
>on the lot was an automatic!  The salesman told him that 95% of what they
>sell are automatics, so the only way to get a manual transmission was to
>special order it.  No slam on automatics, but for me the 'ultimate driving
>machine' would be a manual.  Has BMW crossed the line from sport sedan to
>luxury sedan?  Or is this just a local (nothern Detroit suburbs) 
>phenomenon?
>
>Bill
>00 S4 6sp
>01 A4 Avant 1.8tq sport 5sp
>
>
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